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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
3
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas appeals to banks and the public to curb non essential borrowing to aid the war effort. It emphasizes conserving credit to ensure government access to labor and materials, urging individuals to study expenses and save rather than take new loans and to support Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps.
Miss Bertha Crisp visits relatives in Doors as influenza and pneumonia surge in Fargo. Dr. Jordan reports 120 Spanish influenza cases. Numerous local residents, including McLaughlin, Lovelace, and Wilhelm families, recover or suffer from influenza or pneumonia amid townwide illnesses and missed Sunday School.
Mrs. M A Coffer and son Lee of White City stayed overnight with Mr. and Mrs. R A Batman. Mr. and Mrs. J D Allison of Hinds visited Mr. and Mrs. J B Rowland. The Owens family improve after influenza. Bertha Thompson of Pleasant Valley visited Ola Eatman. Sallie Warner returns from Wichita Falls. Grace Johnson hosted a singing. N A Lipscomb visited W L Copeland. Roy Watts and A S Ross of Vernon were in town on business. The Emon family visited Cowan family on Sunday.
A short note promotes Ite Fine candies from the chocolate shop in red cedar boxes. Mentions B. and W. Drug Company and Adv. 81-2te as part of the advertisement.
Oats rise to 87 cents this week with market updates noted for Friday and Saturday. Trevathan reports in the JIC Advance.
West Vernon notes show residents visiting kin across Tolbert Chillicothe and Electra. Earle Martin heads to College Station for school. Mrs Ethel Gixsendaner and her son visit Fletcher Oklahoma amid Spanish influenza concerns. Health in the area improves as A L Hall travels to Fort Worth with cattle.
Wittie Miss Alice Randel visits grandparents Mr and Mrs FE J Randel of Chillicothe while grandmother is ill. Families share visits. Beauford Hughes and Alvis ill with influenza. A shower boosts wheat sowing and fall crops. Bun Noblett of Oklahoma returned for burial in Chillicothe after Spanish influenza illness. survived by wife and three children. funeral attended by father J M Noblett and brother Jim of Pittsburg and Arvel Noblett of Fort Worth.
Farmers report welcome rain boosts planting. several residents visit relatives in Electra Vernon and Chillicothe while others stay local. The piece notes Miss Michel Trodges returning home, multiple visits among the Bishop Rea Blanchard families, and Wheat planting underway as influenza affects Mrs Barnes.
Thalia notes include Harley Capps and Ted Solomon nearly recovered from influenza, Fannie Shultz convalescing, and Fannie Tarver’s infant illness. Visits arrive from Vernon and McLean as residents attend to family health, with Rev. Hightower from Rayland stopping by. A rain fell Monday and local business promotes toilet articles and oats with upcoming deliveries.
Mmes. Howard Reger Dee Norwood and Joe Parker travel by automobile to Fort Worth Dallas and other points. Mrs Reger’s husband Captain Howard Reger is stationed at Camp Dick Dallas.
Friends in Vernon learn Gus Morris, formerly of Vernon and later Dallas, has been promoted to sergeant major while serving in the army in France.
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