Victory Loan Spoken As Fourth Liberty Bond Drive
Judge P A Martin of Wichita Falls frames the fourth Liberty Loan as victory, urging support from a crowded Methodist Church audience including soldiers and sailors. He ties buying bonds to keeping loved ones safe, notes Bulgaria’s exit, and recalls Belgium France and England’s sacrifices while pledging to invest his own 1915 Ford and spend sparingly for liberty bonds.
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Wichita Falls
France
Martin
Ford
Bulgaria Accepts Allied Peace Terms for Armistice
Reports state Bulgaria agreed to allied terms to end hostilities including surrender of recent conquests, demobilization, and rail control by allies. British advances near St Quentin and ongoing Belgian drive add pressure as Allied forces push toward final victory with large prisoner and equipment captures.
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Bulgaria
Hindenburg
St. Quentin
Cermnaly
Near East
Chicken House Fire Destroys Building on West Texas Street
Sunday fire crews answered an alarm and found an old chicken house owned by FL W Grogan in flames on West Texas street. Grogan said boys were smoking inside when it ignited. the blaze spread quickly. Several youngsters helped to extinguish remaining embers after firefighters returned to station.
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Ealm
FL W. Grogan
West Texas
Mer. Grogan
Cabe couple plans Wilbarger County home
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cabe arrived from Brady to settle in Wilbarger County. He has lived in Vernon and DeQueen Arkansas before Brady, and says Wilbarger COUNEY is the best place to spend his declining years.
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J. H. Cabe
Brady
Wilbarger County
Mr. Cabe
Vernon
DeQueen
Ark
Wilbarger Couney
Cecil Dalton Home on 21 Day Furlough to Vernon
Cecil Dalton visits his father J. D. Dalton in Vernon France five days after arrival from Fort McPherson. He served three days in France before contracting pneumonia and being sent home on a hospital ship. He spent a week in Muskogee Oklahoma with his mother before reaching Vernon. His furlough lasts twenty one days.
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Cecil Dalton
J. D. Dalton
Vernon
Fort McPherson
France
American
Muskogee
Okla
Would Christ Buy Liberty Bonds Sermon Sunday Night
Rev. H. FE. Stubbs will preach on the fourth Liberty Loan Sunday night with the topic Would Christ Buy Liberty Bonds He argues the Man of Galilee would oppose German aggression if on earth and will present reasons A program of special music accompanies the sermon.
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H. FE. Stubbs
Stubbs
Galilee
Germany
Liberty Bond Bought Then a Soldier Fell
A First Division sergeant headed for the Toul front wrote his wife from the trenches about education for their son and settled plans for his family and for the insurance and Liberty Bond he had purchased. Five days after entering the line he was killed, making his final act to support his family.
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Toul Front
Montsee
St. Mihiel
Pershing
Patriotic Rally At Central Christian Church
The Central Christian Church dedicates its service flag with a patriotic rally Sunday morning. Reserved seats for service relatives and veterans, including Spanish-American War and Confederate soldiers, plus all soldiers on platforms. Program includes prayers, songs, patriotic talks by Mayor Harry Mason and J. S. Cook, solos, and a dedication prayer.
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The
Central Christian Church
Wovelock
Sone
Arthur Ward
Weldon Teagarten
Harry Mason
J. 8. Cook
Catherine Pierce
Flae
W. H. Tingerns
Annali Joe Pendleton
Clois Greene
Fire at LS disrupts Sewell home plans Saturday
A blaze at the home of I. I. Sewell Saturday morning disturbed plans to use the fire whistle at o clock as a signal for business suspension. The fire was extinguished before 9 o clock with a Pyrene extinguisher, causing little damage.
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I. 8
Sewell
Sam Randall Reports From France In Fray of War
Sam Randall of Company K 1421st Infantry sends a letter home from France saying the area reminds him of Mexico. He writes his mother Mrs J A Randall that he is well treated though communication is difficult where he is stationed.
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Sam Randall
K. 1421Er
France
Mexico
J. A. Randall
Sam
Bourland Consolidated School Opens
Bourland Consolidated School opened yesterday with teachers listed as Mrs. Gertrude Jones and Miss Pauline Ramsey guiding students.
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Bourland Consolidated School
Gertrude Jones
Pauline Ramsey
Carnegie Library Reaches 1936 Members In Vernon County
The Carnegie Public Library reports a membership of 1936, with many county residents among them. Teachers outside Vernon are urged to use the library, and book returns are improving. Miss Lillian Newton highlights government bulletins monthly, including Wilson addresses and German war practices. A teacher leaflet outlines wartime instruction and biographies of Arc, Lafayette, Joffre, and others. Roosevelt praises Newell Dwight Hillis’s German Atrocities.
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Carnegie Public Library
Vernon
Lillian
Newton
Wilson
Soar of Arc
Lafayette
Joffre
Wain
Pitt
Lord Kuchner
Lloyd George
Garibaldi
Newell Dwight Hillis
Theodore Roosevelt
Alfalfa Cut Near Vernon Produces High Tonnage
Asa Vaneha near Vernon reports fifth alfalfa cutting shortened by dry weather. Vaughn secured from three to four tons per acre at $40 per ton. Land along the Pease River is described as sub irrigated.
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Asa Vaneha
Vernon
Vaughn
Pease River
Oil Well Produces 1600 Barrels Daily on Father-in-law Property
FE. LL. Smith reports from Burkburnett that a new oil well on his father-in-law B. FP. Robert ROW property is producing about 1,600 barrels per day.
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LL. Smith
Burkburnett
B. FP
Robert. Row
Walter A White Promoted to Sergeant at Camp Travis
Corporal Walter A White of the 45rd Company W5th Depot Brigade at Camp Travis has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant.
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Walter A. White
W5th Depot Brigade
Camp Travis
Linen Shower for French Hospitals Requested by Red Cross
Wilburg er County Red Cross seeks 160 linen items for French hospitals including 25 bath towels 18 by 30 inches 50 hand towels 18 by 30 inches 50 handkerchiefs 15 by 30 inches 50 napkins 14 inches square and 10 sheets 64 by 102 inches. Total values listed 250 000 bath towels 2 500 000 hand towels 150 000 handkerchiefs and 125 napkins. Items must be new or substantially new of sturdy texture and left at Red Cross rooms on North Main Street from October 1 to 5. If closed contact Swartwood and Company.
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Wilburger County Red Cross
Red Cross
North Main Street
Swartwood
Parsley School Closes Temporarily
Miss Clara Barnes returns from Parsley where she taught for two months. The Parsley school will dismiss this week until December first to allow pupils to help with farm work.
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Clara Barnes
Parsley
Burkburnett Sees Expected Oil Wells Progress
Report from Burkburnett Sunday notes EK M Rogers Dr R W Hix Pinkston P M Taylor and Harry Stab cup visiting the area. Locals claim new wells produce with regularity and no dry holes have been punched, indicating ongoing oil field activity.
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EK. M. Rogers
R. W. Hix
Pinkston
P.M. Taylor
Harry Stabcup
Burkburnett
Ren
Glenn Barnes Hurt in Horse Incident
Fifteen year old Glenn Barnes son of Dr BE Barnes sustained two fractures in his right leg between the knee and ankle when a horse fell with him Sunday afternoon in this city. The injury occurred as the horse toppled and Barnes was thrown to the ground.
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Glenn Barnes
Dr Be, Barnes
Two Boys Enroll at Southern Methodist University
Edgar McHugh left Sunday on the neon train bound for Dallas to enter Southern Methodist University. T. J. McGill also departed Sunday night to enroll at the same institution.
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Edgar McHugh
Dallas
Southern Methodist University
T. J. McGill
Mrs E L McCarter Killed In Train Collision Near Vernon
Mrs Vera Halt McCarter wife of Lt McCarter of Carl Pield and daughter of Mrs Cecil Storey of Vernon died yesterday when a Fort Worth and Denver freight struck the car they rode. Lt McCarter was badly injured and later sent to hospital in Wichita Falls. Funeral services for the deceased, the eldest daughter of Mrs Storey, will be held at 3 o clock this afternoon from the Storey residence with burial at Mount View cemetery. The accident occurred about 3 30 near Brushy Mound crossing four miles west of town. The engineer stated the car was ahead of the train and they could not avoid the impact. The Vernon community and relatives mourn a well known young woman educated in Vernon.
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Jowie
Oeloek
West Wilbarger Street
Mast View
Cecil Storey
Vera Halt
McCarter
Jolyth
Gid
Vernon
Westerny Tooming
Thoward McCarter
John Melarhind
Decatur
Jordan Trolt
Dalles
C.D. Shaimburger
Wichita Palle
Wichita Falls
Arive
Girs
Ray Carney Sick at Galveston
Ray Carney is confined to an army hospital in Galveston from Spanish influenza. He joined the coast artillery last summer and has been in Galveston since then. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Carney of Vernon, report he was ordered to report to the officers training camp next week.
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Ray Carney
Gaveston
Mar
J. A. Carney
Vernon
Ray
Galveston
Coast Artillery
Two Meltons in France Receive Letters from War Front
Has Two Boys in France, WM. Melton, who lives in the country, is in receipt of a letter written by his son, Corporal Antonio Metton, in France. The Vernon boy went to Fort Sam Houston, and thence to Wace. He left here July 6, landing in France in fewer than two months. Mr. Melton has another son in France, Le Roy, who went over in April.
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WM. Melton
Antonio Metton
France
Vernon
Fort Sam Houston
Wace
Mr. Melton
le Roy
Major McKinney Wounded in Action in France
Major Charles Frank McKinney of Meo and Mrs S P McKinney was severely wounded in France yesterday, according to War Department notices. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Mel Kinney of Vernon, raised there, and the first Vernon man to attain the rank of captain at the outbreak of the war. Reliable word indicates he was at the front about forty five days before treatment and expected to recover.
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Charles Frank McKinney of
Meo
S. P. McKinney
He Is
Only Son of
Mr. and
Mrs. Mel
Still
Sal
Elcht
Weeter
Fort Worth Memorial Bond Story From Port Worth Telegram
The Telegram reports a Liberty Bond purchase by William Lockett in Port Worth, with a note honoring those who have served there. It mentions his father a medical missionary in Africa and Captain Willison Lightfoot connected to the family, reflecting wartime patriotism amid a Port Worth context.
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Port Worth
William Lockett
T. L. Lockett
William
Southern Baptist Cration
Lockett
Vernon
Willison Lightfoot
Fort Worth
Africa
Lela May Richie Dies in Early April at Home
Little Lela May Richie, daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Richie, died near midnight after a short illness. Funeral services were held at 1:30 PM in the home of Mr and Mrs J Ferguson with Revs J M Long and TY Rouse, and interment followed in East Cemetery. The Record extends condolences to the bereaved family in their loss.
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Howard Richie
Lela
Andy
Welock
J. 2. Perguson
Grandpa
J. M. Long
TY. Rouse
East Cemetery
Lela May
Reverend Tooley Assigned to Army Training Camp
Reverend Tooley has been ordered to report to Camp Travis in October for a course of training preparatory to taking up work in the army. He stood an examination about three weeks ago and came to Vernon from Westover in Baylor County. He has been in charge of Vernon and will devote his time to securing donations and closing four terms of his charge. He preached Sunday for his former congregation.
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RV. Tooley
Camp Travis
Army
Tooley
Vernon
Westover
Baylor
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Sons of America
C. Farrell
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Judge Martin
Belgium
England
Kaiser
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Russia
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Pughiad
Flanders
Ens
Turkey
Gertaly
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Mianpire
George Pattutlo
Leters
Christian Church
LS. Sewell
Bourland School
Carnegie Library
Wilburger Red Cross
Parsley School
Burkburnett Sunday
S. Mou
E. L. Wcarter
Vera Holt
BK. LL. McCarter
Lieu
Tent McCarter
Carl Pield
Airs
Don
Morne
Iny
Denver
Wisbern
A. T P. Toger
Wilbarver County
Vernon Bay
Mkinney
War Department
McKinnes
Wilharcer County
Ind
Tie
Ceer
Tain
Jer
Ays
Ality
Liberty Bonds EN
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Merly
Richie
Vernon Preacher
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