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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1918
Page
4
Semi weekly publication details from Nichols Brown & Company issued on Tuesdays and Fridays. Contains publishing and mailing information for Vernon Texas with pricing notes of $2.00 and $1.00.
The Senate approved a bill to make America dry during demobilization, prohibiting imports of intoxicating beverages and sales after June 30 1919, while export manufacture remains allowed. The piece notes extended demobilization may last over two years and discusses labor wage expectations postwar.
Collier's Weekly argues farm boys leave due to unpaid labor and lost earnings. A North Carolina News-Letter verse notes farm youth abandon patriarchal control for contracts and earned wages. The piece links farm migration to shifts from status to contract and hopes voting may help.
The piece notes the uneasy possibility of a wage clash between labor and capital after peace. It references broad public support for workers seeking fair returns and questions approval of Samuel Gompers' stance.
The piece extols a trench code of morals for soldiers stressing courage generosity liberal ity and modesty. It links immorality to cowardice and selfishness noting the four traits guard life and honor. A birth notice records Mr and Mrs Charles Linton of Vernon area as parents of a boy born November 14.
A terse note references keeping the best of items and stoves, mentioning J. BR and Renfro Su-1Lote as part of the discussion or promise. The exact context remains unclear, but the emphasis is on preserving quality goods alongside stoves.
Washington forecast notes a warm wave followed by cooler conditions from late November into December. The bulletin predicts a sequence of storms, mainly mild in force with limited precipitation, ending the major storm period of 1918 and signaling crop weather shifts for six months. Crow Sisters. Adv. Ite.
Mrs S W Ateharty returned yesterday from a trip to Walls and Rockwall.
Local coal dealer Shamburger's urges customers to order coal now by phone 130 for timely delivery. The brief notice emphasizes immediate action and contact details.
An ad offers a discount on any item for soldiers except tobaccos from Pendleton and Son Drug Co. Also promotes coal orders from Shamburger’s and notes Pendleton & Son as Eastman Kodak agents with no advance on film purchases.
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