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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1918
Page
4
Would Keep McAdoo Named Nation’s Able Treasury Leader
Americans unite in praise of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo for launching the Federal Reserve Act Farm Loan Bank and directing war financing and railroads. Workers urge President Wilson to retain him as Director General of Railroads and resist any move to privatize the railroad system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Farm Loan Bank
Wilson
A Good Time to Improve in Wilbarger County
An editorial argues for public improvements in Wilbarger County to create employment during a period of favorable crops. It stresses using citizen funds to aid those in need while ensuring maximum returns on public spending. The piece notes grading work as a starting project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbarger
Road to Vernon Oklahoma road paving bonds debated
Vernon voters approved 35000 dollars in bonds for street improvements and water extensions. Proponents urge spending the funds amid postwar needs, arguing the Liberty building can foster men of wide stature and public spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Oklainton
Liberty Building
Vernon Women Seek Wartime Help From Housewives Leagues
The article notes local women suffer heavy home duties during wartime and discuss solutions to labor shortages. It comments on Negro workers charging wartime prices and the mixed reliability of such labor, suggesting a Vernon Housewives League to organize regular work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housewives League
Liberty Building Honors Local World War I Veterans
Vernon leads Texas towns by planning a Liberty Building to honor Wilbarger county boys who wore khaki in the war. The State Federation of Women backed a Victory highway project and the county aims to create a community center reinforcing citizenship and sacrifice awareness for local youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Germany
State Federation of Women
Texas
Wilbarger County
Civil Service Exams Listed With Dates in Vernon Texas
The United States Civil Service Commission announces scheduled and pending examinations. Frank Mann, local secretary, Vernon post office, Texas, handles applications. Exams include fire test foreman, law clerk and typewriter, investigator in agricultural insurance, and various draftsman roles with several December 1918 dates and others “until further notice.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Frank Mann
Post Office
Vernon
Texas
Fargo News items note illnesses and local updates
Mr and Mrs J R Green hear their daughter Mrs Freda Norris of Cook county is very ill with pneumonia. Clint Bumpass on stroke of paralysis not improving. Mrs James Stafford ill with influenza. Bertha Crisp nursing. Misses Allen staying with Mrs C S Smith during recovery. H D Lefors family prep to move near Decatur after selling farm. Lucile Key and Ruth Lefors visit school. A A Seldlits home from cotton oil mill due to breakdown. George Stafford improving yard work. Cowboys and local traders listed among notices. Damaged text limits details of others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Green
Freda Norris
Cook County
Clint Bumpass
James Stafford
Bertha Crisp
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