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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1918
Page
4
Wilbarger county requests $15000 for the United War Work campaign to aid seven welfare groups recognized by the War Department. The Y M C A will receive more than half the total to provide wholesome recreation and essentials for soldiers at home and abroad.
Citizens are urged to vote in Tuesdays election with a focus on Texass plan to fund free text books for students. The piece argues voting is vital for liberty and economy and warns against forces opposing participation at the ballot box.
Washington notes a sequence of disturbances from Nov 8 to 18 with warm and cool waves hitting the Pacific slope Rockies plains Great Lakes and Newfoundland. A radically severe storm is forecast bringing heavy precipitation and frost southward, impacting cotton states and northern regions. A hard winter for livestock and grain is anticipated with feed shortages. The bulletin also links the influenza epidemic to a solar eclipse and planetary alignments.
The piece argues voting on Tuesday is a civic incentive and condemns mashing of Vernon women workers. It notes complaints are milder than in bigger communities, suggests the offender may be unaware of the offense, and calls for public shunning of any man who engages in such behavior as women fill roles in wartime.
A special correspondence notes heavy rain last Friday night and Saturday benefiting wheat. Farmers have most wheat planted with healthy stands, and a large acreage is expected. Local influenza illnesses affect households, delaying Sunday School for three weeks.
To put our restaurant service to a test come in for luncheon afternoon tea or dinner. You will be courteously welcomed and promptly served with the best food cooked in the best manner. Our special dishes offer an opportunity to test our service at much below regular prices.
The article notes school at Guyer begins November 4 with hopes for high enrollment as cotton is off until frost. Teachers Miss Ruth Gilliland of Vernon and Miss Rosa Trisler. Local visits include Misses Ida and Bessie Pate at the Potts family. Influenza cases recoveries and several obituaries are reported in the community.
Special correspondence from Fargo notes a baby girl born October 26 to Dr. P R Jordan and wife. It covers illness influenza bronchitis affecting Minnie Crisp and Mrs Hoover death from pneumonia. mentions husband killed in France. Reports on Mrs Lovelace death, funeral at Fargo cemetery, and Mrs Wilhelm improving after illness. Includes local visits and nursing updates.
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