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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1918
Page
5
The Red Cross appeals for peach apricot and prune pits to supply carbon for gas masks. Individuals should turn in at least 200 pits each. A shipment will go out immediately with another soon if supply grows. Pits should be dried and brought to the Red Cross rooms on North Main Street.
The report describes a light morning shower cooling the air and aiding wheat, with farmers hoping for more rain before sewing. It records social visits, illness from Spanish influenza, church services, war news, and social gatherings in Vernon and surrounding areas, including readings of liberty loan efforts and local travel among residents.
Jierring Bennett praises a new hot blast stove as the best on the market. The ornament and fuel savings claim highlight its appeal and efficiency.
Plainview reports a light rain of at least a sixteenth of an inch with more promised. Community notes include local notices for selective draft examinations, visits among neighbors, typhoid recovery of Miss Dillie Brock, and several families spending Sundays with relatives in nearby centers.
Report notes sweet potatoes and other produce sold midweek by J B Parker and W S Bourared in Wilbarger County. They describe uniform smooth potatoes and a variety including okra green peppers peas and roasting ears. The farmers urge more locals to grow gardens.
The auction sale of Will Castleberry will be at 1 o'clock Wednesday not 10 o'clock as printed Tuesday. Mr Castleberry will sell livestock farm machinery and some household goods at his place six miles northeast of Vernon.
Public notice that the farm in Waggoner Colony is posted and hunting or trespassing is forbidden. Violators will be prosecuted. By Toil Ady, Hicks.
Notice to owners of surface closets requesting payment left at the house when the sanitary service cleans promises. If not paid the notice states the amount will not be cenied. Signed by Hall secretary.
Tolbert readers report a strong start to the school term with ample attendance and praise for Superintendent Doss and teachers Ada Stephens Byrd Lautrip and Agnes Gelbannsen. Trustees Archer Freudiger and others offered practical suggestions while local families share travel mishaps, rain, and community hopes for crops and postwar recovery.
Card of thanks to those who were kind during the sickness and death of our baby girl. MR. AND MRS HOWARD RICHER express heartfelt gratitude.
Physicians endorse Calotab as a quick cure for colds influenza and grippe. One tab at bedtime with water purifies liver and body by morning with no loss of appetite or work interference. Calotabs are refined to remove dangerous effects and sold in sealed packages with a refund if not delighted.
Gums and guns available including high power models at Ter ring Bennett. Aaly 77 4 mentions inventory details in a fragmented ad style.
Geo L McGhee, son of Mr and Mrs Pa McGhee, told his mother yesterday by telephone that he would leave for New York City to take a typist job. He has been at Call Wieltd near Wichita Falls.
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