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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1919
Page
3
Miss Ohmie Wilcox advises Parsley Kincheloe and Antelope area gardeners on canning peppers and beans. She outlines fresh picking, trimming ends, cutting sizes, jar preparation, salt addition, and two sealing methods. For beans use a three day boiling cycle, for peas three hours total, and avoid drafts and overfilling to prevent cloudy liquid.
Odell May 5 special correspondence reports Ruben Tarter has returned home after a year in Panama service. Locals attended the Deans picnic and the show Price of Peace in Vernon. Several families visited relatives and travelers left for Mineral Wells for Mrs Starr’s health. An Ada ad promotes chicken feed and Magnolia gasoline with light sales pitch.
White City reports several rain showers improving the wheat crop. A busy social calendar includes parties at Miss Connie Stockton and Miss Leila Brown, visits among families, and Sunday School interest rising after winter illness. Noted illnesses include Miss Charley Ward with appendicitis and Mrs. Coffer improving.
In Tolbert May 4 report, a large crowd attended a Woodbine schoolhouse supper delayed by rain. The Vernon war picture The Price of Peace drew patrons and pupils. Cora Brock and Ernest Browning quietly wed in Vernon, Browning a recently discharged soldier. Clyde Cobb, recalled from overseas, returns home in good health after captivity in a German prison. Miss Gertrude Porterfield returns from Tulsa after an appendectomy. Odie Wood of Vernon spent the weekend with his parents. J S Archer is ill with influenza. Doss and Blanchard Jurve opened a cold drink stand with confectionery and groceries. Rigin Chaney visits Childress with his parents.
Community urges attendance at Sunday School and prayer meeting. Names listed include FE Gillingsworth family and Mrs Kilingsworth’s mother Mrs Selmon. Also Mr and Mrs Lloyd Bell with Misses Barbara and Myrtle Hardage visit Easter Sunday with Rev and Mrs W O Adams family. Mrs M A Coffer has been ill for some time.
The note advertises free loan skodak cameras and a sale of Eastman dine items at Kramer Studio advertising Adg. 30-1 fe.
Estray notice states a bay pony aged 12 to 14 years with brand Cross on the left shoulder and front shoes will be sold Friday May 16 at the city hall door. R H W Bratvon City Marshal reports Mrs John Wade and daughter have left Fy ers Valley for Wichita Falls where the husband and father works in bar shops. HH WW Nixon of Lubbock made a visit and plans to return to Burger County this summer.
A brief notice invites audiences to attend The Heel to More’s performances over two days on May 15 and the following day. Details emphasize a local cultural showcase with scheduled showings and venue access.
Ad item from 31-2te appears in text as a brief drug company advertisement. Mentions Rubber Bath Capa and Fergeson Drug Company in a compact vintage ad snippet.
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