Christmas mailing urged to ease post office congestion
Postmaster General Will Haynes calls for early Christmas mailing with plain ink addresses and secure wrapping. Vernon officials say the local post office will boost efficiency and may hire extra staff to handle the rush while urging patrons to include return addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Postoffice Department
J. W. Townsend
Vernon
Will Haynes
Hayes
Post Office Department
Vernon Post Office
Weather forecast darkens with cold spell and storms
Local forecaster F Fuller predicts cold and cloudy conditions by November 28 with rain risk. He warns of exceptionally cold days on December 1 and 8 to 15, stormy spells December 5 and 6, and a severe Texas storm Dec 24 to 29, urging Wilbarger residents to prepare.
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F. Fuller
Banta
Local Notices and Personal Inquiries from Fort Worth Area
Public notices and personal items include service car trade offers from Fergeson Drug Co and McDonald, family visits by Mrs. B F Holcomb to Thurber with Dr Arl Holcomb, Vernon Ice Cream Factory treats, and Fort Worth visitor Mrs. W B Townsend. Advertisements mention farm and ranch property, loans, and local real estate offices Fentress & Walker with a bank ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergeson Drug Co
W. G. McDonald
Fentress & Walker
Taggoner Bank
Our Presidents Through the Ages and Ancestry
The article notes Roosevelt as the youngest to enter the White House at forty-two after McKinley’s death, and Harding as the first Baptist president. It discusses fathers who saw sons become president, Adams and Quincy Adams, and mentions Washington’s age at death, the Harrison line, and Garfield as the youngest at forty.
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Roosevelt
White House
McKinley
Harding
Harrisons
William Henry
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Tyler
Garfield
Unitarian representation in early presidents noted with Taft Adams
The passage points out disproportionate Unitarian representation among presidents, naming Adams and Taft. It notes six presidents were childless, including the first and last presidents, totaling 105 children among all presidents. It cites eugenics speculation on 60 sons and 45 daughters and highlights William Henry Harrison with ten children, plus nine presidents without a college degree including Washington and Lincoln.
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Adamses
Taft
Dents
William Henry Harrison
Washington
Lincoln
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Faller
B. F. Holcomb
Wisses Christine
Lois
Thurber
Arl Holcomb
Vernon Ice Cream Factory
W. B. Townsend
Fort Worth
B. J. Parker
California
Portiola
San Francisco
Caliornia
Yukon
Asia
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Harry McGovern
Stephen B. Hopkins
Henry J. Rees
Thomas Kilkenny
Kitty McDonald
Louise F. Winterburn
Helen F. Hubbard
William H. Torpey
Adeline M. Nelson
Clarence
Dorothy B. O'Dea
August Fritze
John J. H. Dierks
United States
John Adams
Hard
John Quincy Adams
Ton
B. & W. Drug Co
Worrell & Jones
Inter-State
Fergeson Drug Company
Vernon, Texas
T. J. Worrell
E. B. Jones
Battendorf
Denny Bldg
Long-Bell
Long- Bell
Long-Bell Lumber Co
Texas
Dawson and Fannin Srs
Kodak
Kodaks and Films
Kramer’s Studio
Trinidad
Sewell Grain & Fuel CO
North Main Street
Denver
C. Pat Murphy
Earth
Crowell
Jno. B. Stetson
San Ann
Self Dry Goods CO
Crowell, Texas
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