Allingham Well Opens New Field
A paving oil strike on C. J. Allingham’s Vernon farm in Wichita County near Electra flowed briefly then limited to inches above the casing. The 1 700 foot sand well, tested by the Hereford Company with John Brownlee involved, signals new territory with nearby production about three quarters of a mile away. Daily output awaits bail-out and pumping.
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C. AJ Allingham
Vernon
Allingham
Hereford of Company of Hereford
John Brownlee
Oklainian
Hereford
Amarillo
Altingharm
Wilbarger County Board of Equalization Meets in Vernon
Vernon Texas May 2 191S notice states Wilbarger County Commissioners Court will convene at Vernon Court House on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday at 11 12 and 18 to act as a Board of Equalization for the 1918 tax year. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy flowers after the death of D M Shultz and family note Crowell and W A Lane families returning from Louisville.
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Board of Equalization
Theaters Today and Week's Movie Highlights
Billie Burke stars in Lets Get a Divorce based on Sardons Divorcous. Films feature The Verge Paw story with lobbyists and senators, Watty Arbuckle in A Barnyard Romeo, Ethel Clayton in The Witch Woman, You Know Me Al comedy, Blue Jeans romance, My Wife scandal, and Chaplin on The Rink. Live acts include Little Thumb Wedg and a Red Cross chorus. Fergesons Rheumatic Remedy ad closes.
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Billie Burke
Paramount
Victorien Sardon
France
Bobby
Waablieton
Ingress
Senate
Paul West
House Peters
Gail Kane
Watty Arbuckle
Mabel Normand
Ethel Clayton
Miss Clayton
Red Cross Pup Draw Brings In S190 For War Effort
A collie pup named Woodrow Wilson donated by Ada and Catherine Pierce raised S190 for the Red Cross. Mrs Bailey won the pup after a guessing contest that yielded seven correct guesses of S16.58, then gave the dog to Mary Brown Basham. The pup and its mother drew crowds during a days long exhibition with a sign urging mothers to spare their sons for the war effort.
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W. Bailey
Mary Brown Basham
Red Cross
Candidate for Congress to Speak in Vernon and Other Dates
Hon Charles F Spencer of Montague county will speak in Vernon at 8:50 Saturday afternoon with Rev W T Rouse outlining atrocities of the Germans beforehand. Spencer also speaks in Odell Saturday night Okhlanni Monday night Harrold Tuesday night and Elec tra Wednesday night. Mrs Sallie Johnson of EE Centre Calif visiting her sister Mrs J H Pettit in Odell this week.
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Charles F. Spencer
Montague County
Congress
Vernon
W.T. Rouse
Spencer
Odell
Okhlanni
Harrold
Electra
Sallie Johnson
EE Centre
Calif
J. HL. Pettit
Mrs J D Standlee Dies Near Vernon at 65
Mrs J D Standlee died Tuesday at the family home six miles southwest of Vernon. Rev R Nooley conducted the funeral at her residence at noon Wednesday. Interment followed in Mast View Cemetery. She was 65 and survived by her husband and several children. The Record extends sympathy.
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J. 2D. Standlee
Vernon
Four Jersey cows and heifers to sell for cash Saturday
Four high grade tuberculin tested Jersey cows and heifers described as heavy wilkers and good butter stock. Two are 4 1 2 to 5 gallon milkers. Worth $150 to $200 each. Cash sale Saturday at 2 o'clock at Richardson's sale yard. G W Richardson, auctioneer. Dewey Wilson, Owner.
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Richardson
G. W. Richardson
Dewey Wilson
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