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Newspaper

Vernon Record

Location

Vernon, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1918

Page

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Wilbarger Over Subscribed Liberty Loan Quota

Wilbarger County has over subscribed the fourth Liberty Loan by 65 000 bringing the total to 200 600 and expected to reach 215 000 by week end Subscriptions continue with new 1 000 additions from Robert Howsells and J H Kincheloe while others push 500 000 and 10 500 requests The county Council of Defense conducts nightly sessions to press slackers to buy bonds threatening unpatriotic listing if needed

Wilbarger Liberty Piper Denton Anderson The Texas Company A.C. Boger RB. Judd J. J. Parnell J. FF. Gregory A. M. Hiatt B. E. Roberts Mary E. Roberts FL & M. Gin Company R. T. Harriss Farm Council of Defense Liberty Loan France County Council of Defense

Red Cross raises funds from bushel of pears

Pears donated by Mrs. J B Lutz sold for 10 cents each. The Red Cross raised 25.05 after guesses on weight. 85 S W Bailey won and donated pears back for resale at 10 cents each. The bushel weighed 51½ pounds and organizers say ten bushels could have been sold at a dollar each.

Red Cross Lutz J. B. Lutz Mmes W. K. Long T. V P. Griffith Paul Goetze S. W. Bailey Lillian Murchison W. Bailey

Rainfall Brings Wheat Prospects to Thalia Area

Good rain at Thalia reported by F. Mints and G. Dale from The Record office. They note the best rainfall in a long time and foresee a large acreage of wheat. Mr. Mints has two Spanish Influenza cases at his home while his Fort Worth visitor is in town this week.

F. Mints G. ©. Dale Thalia

Marines Tour For Liberty Loan Bond Drive

Privates Arthur Pelton and Leslie Rape of the US Marine Corps leave Vernon on a speaking tour to aid the fourth Liberty Loan. They visit Crowell Benjamin Knox City and Paducah and speak at a Paducah rally Wednesday. They recount Verdun and Chateau Thierry battles and German atrocities, with W A Atchison and J B Johnson also attending the Paducah rally. Another group heads to Archer City Throckmorton and Haskell, with J D Parnell coordinating Northwest Texas speakers for the Vernon Chamber of Commerce.

Rape United States Marine Corps Vernon Fourth Liberty Baptist Tabernacle Verdun Chateau Thiery Lundendorf Foch Kamerad Archer City Throckmorton Haskell J. D. Parnell Vernon Chamber of Commerce Federal Dallas

Tolbert man reports two tanks lost after heavy rain

M W Boyer of Tolbert told The Record he lost two tanks and nearly lost a third during last week's rain. He traced water runoff to crayfish holes under a dam, dug them out, and filled the holes with dirt sacks to stop the leakage.

M. W. Boyer Tolbert

Starrs son injured as horse falls near Pease River

Minor Starr suffered a severely sprained foot when his horse fell while driving cattle north of the Pease River. The injury is painful but Starr hopes to regain mobility soon. He is the son of H. B. Starr.

Minor Starr Young Starr H. 8. Starr Pease River

ASK PUPILS HELP TO GET PEACH SEEDS

The War Department urges the American Red Cross to collect peach stones and other seeds to produce carbon for gas masks. Citizens, especially schoolchildren, are asked to donate dried seeds and foil items, with local drop points at Red Cross rooms and George J. Mason.

Gas Defense Division War Department American Red Cross Locas Red Cross Wilbarger County France Red Cross North Main Street Geo. J. Mason Swartwood & Company N. R. Fleath Jewery

Services Discontinued at Church of Christ Meeting

The Church of Christ in Vernon closed Saturday night as Elder Horace W. Bushy fell ill with a severe Spanish influenza attack and returned home to Fort Worth. Fidel Austin Taylor from Weatherford led the singing. both men expect to resume services in Vernon on the third Sunday in September. The meeting lasted one week with eighteen additions: eleven by baptism, six by letter, and one by reclamation.

Vernon Wilbarger County A. TE. Murchison Dallas G. B. Zachry White Produce Company North Main Street A. H. Murchison Church of Christ Horace W. Bushy Fort Worth Bushy Fidel Austin Taylor Weatherford Eider Bushy

Urges Broom Corn Growth in County

A letter from I. Crutchfield of Sayre, Oklahoma, formerly of Wilbarger County, argues broom corn is a profitable crop with a longer growing season. He cites two money crops, cotton and broom corn, and notes Wilbarger’s climate is similar though it has a later harvest window. He mentions September frost and planting times that favor broom corn over cotton.

Wilbarcer Wilbarger

GIN REPORTS SHOW 36 PER CENT CROP

Cotton reports indicate about 3 800 bales from Willarger county farms based on 5 percent of reported gins. Vernon gins total 1511 with amounts for Planters 660 Farmers 430 FL and M 412 Oklahoma reports 275 Forge 240 Lockett 628 Tolbert 150 Odell three gins 765 Star 415 and other notes. Royal gins show near 50 percent of last year while county gin output sits around 60 percent. Prices quoted about 30 cents per pound.

Willarger Counnty Chillicothe and Ragland Vernon Farmers FL & M Olktamnion Forge Lockett Tolbert Odell Sutton Chickasha Cotton Oi Company Hillott

Record Subscription Price Change Notice

The Record increases price to $2.00 starting November 1 and nonpaid subscriptions will be discontinued per government regulation. Publishers have no option. Renew by calling the office or mailing a check.

donor drive for soldiers books at the public library

The library seeks donations including Harper’s Encyclopaedia of United States History alongside fiction sets and textbooks. Donors are asked to provide Kipling scrapbooks Story T-rolders and other items to cheer soldiers. Soldiers in hospitals favor short engaging reading and cartoons over war verse.

A W Ferris Dies in Chillicothe

A W Ferris dies Sunday night in Chillicothe. Former manager of Orient Milling Company and later with Ken Kell of Wichita in the tie off business. Mr and Mrs B A Williams traveled to Chillicothe yesterday as friends express sympathy.

B. A. Williams Chillicothe Mar. Williams A. W. Ferris Ferris Orient Milling Company Ken & Kell Wichita Palle

Gordon Son Arrives Safely Overseas in WW II

Mr and Mrs Carl Gordon announce their son Private Roy S Gordon has arrived overseas. He departed July 16 and was trained at Fort Sam Houston and Camp McArthur. He serves with the 28th Company BR. A BR D.

Carl Gordon Roy S. Gordon Fort Sam Houston Camp McArthur

Hampton heading to Camp Dick from Wichita Falls

Sk W Hampton returns Saturday from Wichita Falls and leaves today for Camp Dick in Dallas. He will join the repair depot of the aviation field.

Hampton Camp Dick Sk. W. Hampton Saturntay Wichita Falls Dallas

Unconditional Surrender and Wilson’s Peace Stance

A dramatic account of President Wilson’s reply to the German peace feeler, insisting on unconditional surrender and continued Allied military drive. The piece notes his rejection of evacuation talks, the continuation of U S and Allied troop deployments, and the implied abdication or revolution in Germany as a path to peace. It references Hohenzollern autocracy and potential Austrian separate peace moves.

Wilson Germany Eagetse United States Prince Max Mount Vernon Hohenzollerns Rhine Austria-Hunga Austria

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Robert Hows Sels Waggoner National Bank Long Beach, Calif J. H. Kincheloe Pelton W. H. Huggins W. A. Atchison C. B. John Arthur Pelton Leslie Loan W. H. Houregins Crowell Benjamin Knox Paducah Henrietta and Seymour B. Johnson Paduenh Buckner Tolbert Man Enza Wilgarger Beckham County Okla Crutchfield Sayre Merly Wilburger County Willarger County Farms Arnegie Librarean Kipling Harper's Encyclopaedia of United Wut A.W. Ferris Belgium
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