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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1918
Page
4
Public notice announces a Vernon Texas semi weekly issue published by Nichols Brown company entered in the post office as second class matter under act of Congress March 5. The item appears to be a publication imprint or header noting circulation and publisher details.
The Record reviews the Texas Democratic convention platform, praising its harmony and noting generalities on prohibition suffrage and education. It says the platform mirrors existing gains on suffrage and prohibition while avoiding concrete methods for funding and homestead issues. It highlights highway bond permission in Wilbarger County as a key local gain.
Wilbarger county and Vernon lead in wartime efficiency undertakings, outpacing most communities that have stood still. Their actions position them to excel when normal times return.
The article argues for widespread tree planting in Wilbarger county farms to provide wood, shade, and beauty, reduce dust storms and hot winds, and boost farm prices. It frames tree planting as patriotic, linking it to community defense efforts and youth clubs during wartime.
A prominent American scientist argues that milk should be heavily valued in diets and not treated as a luxury. He praises milk for growing children and suggests cutting bread and other foods instead to improve nutrition, a stance presented as contrary to common belief.
Colloquial tip lines praise milk as a food source and urge readers to study milk usage. An aside notes a local product “coon cola” available at Pendleton’s by Gilie Ady.
Ladd and Jouett assess service car station costs. Trussell of Altus spends Sunday with his brother Rey C. Russell, Miss Lene Gilbert heads to Texas Christian University in Fort Worth to graduate this year. Uncle Sam urges stocking white coats now. Green plans to attend Oklahoma A&M College in Stillwater this week.
If you do not receive the Record promptly or fail to vet it regularly, call the Record office and provide your address. The notice includes a typo for Record and a phone hint.
A local ad urges residents to stock up on coal for winter, citing Uncle Sau’s advice to buy coal now. The notice lists contact name D. Shanborser and phone 0 for orders.
Please contact the record office to confirm delivery regularity and provide your address. The notice urges prompt action to ensure you receive records on time.
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It explains inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes hearing loss, claims Hall Catarrh Medicine cures by acting through the blood, and offers a reward for any case it cannot cure.
The report covers dry cotton yields, Sunday school and singing at the church, Red Cross sewing instruction with Mrs Perry White, and neighbors visiting Vernon for Camp Travis. It lists local families attending fairs, visiting relatives, and updates on movements and letters between camps.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hughes attended church at Odell and visited friends. Perry White attended the Fair. W. Bo Germany visited his parents, the Starrs, Sunday evening. M. A. Coffer and children visited the Floyds Sunday. Homerlite returned from Newport News to work in shipyards. Thermeon Hobson and Eula Brannon visited Arthur and Luther with Bertha and Fannie Gallutt. Eula Billings visits Mrs Whatley near Red River. Mrs. J. W. Gauntt received a card from her son Albert in Louisiana, the first news in two weeks.
A vintage medical ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle bowel cleanse for sick and constipated children. It claims quick relief, promotes a fruity laxative effect, and warns to buy only the genuine product made by the California Fig Syrup Company with proper labeling.
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