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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1918
Page
8
The government explained a new shoe regulation targeting manufacturers, not retail prices. Misreports claimed fixed retail ranges. retailers and manufacturers say current margins stay normal, high and low shoes will shift with demand, and press coverage misled the public about price and material quality.
M. W. Boger of Tolbert shipped a car of hogs to the Fort Worth market on Thursday and sold them for 17.50 per hundred. He was told in Fort Worth that hogs will rise in price over the next few months.
Notice states customers who rented suns failed to return them and will be charged 50 cents per day. It urges timely return and references Herring Bennetts.
Sam Honaker progresses on a new residence on Weet Texas street. The contractor completed walkways last week and Mr. Honaker hopes to move in next week, planning to hire one of the finest homes in Northwest Texas.
Wilbarger Red Cross reports receipt of twenty nine hundred compresses forty pneumonia jackets and one hundred large shot bags as monthly demand grows. Workers say they are aiding their own boys in battle while Dallas reports the Thirty Sixth Division in France and expect more calls as American and allied troops surge to Europe.
Red Cross home service aids families of soldiers in France and handles small kindnesses. A Vernon business owner learned his son Captain John Price in France wanted news of his father. The Frederick Oklahoma division traced him, and the father and Red Cross relayed a Christmas message to the captain, who had since heard from his son.
The Senate Finance Committee adopted an amendment to the war revenue bill adding a 2e stamp tax on all bank checks by a 5 to 6 vote. Treasury officials and many Senators oppose it as inconvenient and likely to curb thrift while yielding little revenue. Chairman Simmons said progress was rapid and the bill could be completed by around October 25.
Red Cross headquarters issues an urgent appeal for knit articles to be shipped immediately. AH auxiliaries and individuals may contribute, with knitted items left with Mrs. S. EL. Liev no later than Friday or Saturday.
A vintage ad from J. W. Pendleton & Son Drug Co. proclaims closing the drug store rather than wasteful disposal of rinse water onto city streets, urging protection of citizens and municipal cleanliness.
H J McCarty of Afton in Dickens county is visiting M A Battendorf. He became ill while traveling through Vernon on the way home from Town Park.
The article reports rapid Allied liberation of territory from German control and outlines the new government’s power shift. It notes the Reichstag’s need for majority confidence, a bill to require people's representation for war decisions, and broad public support for reforms and peace efforts.
Dean Townes clarifies law department enrollment. He notes several hundred students in law with around 18 juniors, about 40 in international and military law, and 28 in the business administration section, countering earlier reports of only one member.
J H Pendlevon and Son Drug advertises door to door delivery free of charge while asking customers not to impose multiple deliveries.
J EB Peel a former Vernon citizen has shipped a case of honey to J Li Pendleton to be sold for Red Cross relief. Mr Peel resides in Vernon. Conger is confined by influenza. Mars Conger, ill for days, is reported much better but still unable to be out.
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