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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1918
Page
4
Semi weekly publication notice from Nichols, Brown & Company published in Vernon Texas. Addresses subscribers advising to provide old and new addresses to ensure prompt mail delivery.
Amid armistice signs by Austria Turkey and Bulgaria final defeat of Germany appears likely. The piece highlights the need to support returning troops with recreation education and reconstruction and asks Wilbarger County to donate $15 000 to a weekly war work fund.
The Conference of Mothers and Parent-Teachers in joint association will convene in Wichita Falls over Thursday and Friday to discuss child welfare. North Wilbarger County mothers are urged to attend, viewing the child as a vital state asset and a central home concern.
The article urges American mothers to boost intelligence and cooperation to curb vagrancy and crime. It highlights the value of mothers’ memory and calls for more efficient living and development of responsible men at the upcoming Mothers Conference in Wichita Falls tomorrow.
Wilbarger County is asked to contribute at least 15000 for the United War Work campaign aiding 800 local service members. Seven organizations act as the main religious and welfare partners for soldiers, offering huts and comforts behind the front lines and urging citizens to give generously to honor those serving abroad.
Saturday was set aside as Prevention Day by the commonwealth’s Chief Executive. The piece cites annual fire losses of 250 million dollars, enough to pay interest on the Liberty Loan, and outlines the toll on life and limb.
A call to conserve life by preventing fires and accidents in America. The text compares U S fire loss and casualties unfavorably with England and urges daily prevention during wartime preparation.
The State Experiment Station urges that good feed matches quality stock, noting profits rise with first class animals. The message argues that superior hogs cattle and poultry pay their board, and prices favor quality products, urging Wilbarger County to become famed for its quality products in the Southwest.
A Wilbarger boy recalls French thrift and resilience noting how France, once pauperized after the 1873 indemnity, rose again as a creditor nation when the current war began. The passage contrasts French enterprise with hardship and highlights national economic rebound amid conflict.
The passage argues that Americans should adopt France’s thrift to justify financial sacrifice. It contends that the value lies as much in character as in financial independence, praising moral lessons over economic gain.
Virgil Morris son of Mr and Mrs V Morris is very ill with Spanish influenza and pneumonia. November 10 is the latest date the post department will take pictures for the boys in France. Have that picture made now and send it to him Link's Studio Adv St 4uute Miss Ruth Batchelor and Faye ieever visited Burkburnett and Wichita Falls last week. The boy in France would like a picture of you better than anything you can put in a casket box. Link's Studio 2018 Main Street. State Mrs N W Brown returned Saturday from Fort Worth where she was called to the bedside of her sister Mrs hk AL Howard who died October 24 of pneumonia following an attack of influenza.
Ladds Service Car Station at the City Bakery offers car service around the clock. They meet all trains day or night and specialize in country trips. Phone ISS or 121 S5-2tp.
Mrs R Clyde Smith visits Mrs Otis Cass in Fort Worth. J H Evans travels to Miles to plant wheat formerly connected with Peoples Cash Carry Store. Mrs Dee Norwood returns from Fort Worth after visiting. Remember I keep the best of everything else as well as stoves. J R Renfro. 82 10te.
F W Gregan travels through Denton County by car to handle a business matter. He was seen moving about the area in a private vehicle.
Toilet creams and lotions for chapped hands and face advertised by Pendle ton and Son's Drug Store. Adg. 83-2te.
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