Texas University Leads War Service to Nation
Austin special reports that the University of Texas has the most extensive war work among U S educational institutions. President Vinson and the Board of Regents drove military education plans, with nearly 1.6 million dollars spent on buildings and equipment to be reimbursed by the federal government. The campus now hosts aviation hangars, admin and barracks, a radio school, automobile mechanics, and a military aeronautics program, while converting the Theological Seminary into a military hospital. More than 2,700 students and alumni, plus about 50 faculty, are in the army with many in France.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
United States
R. J. Vinson
War Department
Vinson
Dr. Vinson
Board of Regents
Uni
Indio
Aml
Camp Mabry
School of Automoile Mechanics
Conduelangss
Washington
Theological Seminary At
Army Training Corps
France
Sealed Bids Requested on Wilbarger Road Bonds
Wilbarger county Commissioners Court Vernon Texas invites sealed bids for 105000 road district No 4 bonds dated December 1917 bearing 6 percent interest semi annually. Bonds serial 1 to 80 years denomination 500. Bids due by 10 am September 26 and must include 10000 certified check to County Judge Melough. Right to reject bids. Auxiliary notes advertise drug store and visiting relatives in local notices.
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Commissioners Court
Wilbarger County
Vernon
Texas
Aetil 10
Orlock A. Om
Loh
Capital Issues Committee
EL. Melough
Electric button on toes cures corns with freesous drop
A newspaper ad describes using a freezone drop to remove corns and calluses by applying to a tender corn. It claims a sharp electric sensation when stepping on live wire is avoided, promising painless root and tissue removal.
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Ady
Vernon Boys Are At Battle Front In France
Parents hear from Lt Owen Withers and brothers in the Seventh United States infantry about six weeks at the front. Descriptions of flares fires and storms mimic home weather. Messages reach families as mail from overseas arrives. Several named soldiers including Linton Sullivan Leonard Smith Martin Bellar and Corporal Oliver Hise are reported safe in France.
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Qwen
France
Linton Sullivan
C.T. Sullivan
Leonard Smith
Anderson Smith
Soas
New York
Martin Bellar
Oliver Hise
W. A. Hise
Ragland Community Notes Show Visitors and Local News
Rayland activity includes visits from John Wagoner of Garrison New Mexico and Gradel Teague of Crowell. Teachers arrive as Miss Sue Miller comes to teach. Curt Rennels travels to Bowie. Grandpa Greenhouse returns from Wheeler county with rain reports. numerous farm shifts and farm visitors noted. meetings at Christian Church and Baptist Methodist union draw crowds. births and relocations discussed. wheat work and cotton rains mentioned.
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Rayland
John Wagoner
Garrison
New Mexico
W. A. Walker
Gradel Teague
Crowell
Harry Cobb
Boss Kineheloe
Will Parrish
J. B. Bradford
W. H. Foster
Parsley Hill
Sue Miller
Denton
Jim Carter
Andy Davis
Camp Travis
T. Golightly
T. Key
Ragland
Parstey Hill
I. S. Edwards
Grandpa Greenhouse
Wheeler County
Will
Harry Greenhouse
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Coca Cola
Pendleton
Horace Anderson
Burkburnett
Pergeson Drug Co
A. €. McConnell
Wichita Falls
Swartwood & Company
Battle Front
Vernon Boys
Charles
Withers
Brother
Owen
Giiewers
Campbell Hagan
Rayland News
Curt Rennels
Bowie
Mr. Rennels
Post City
John Rennels
Grandpa
Pred Rennels
J. J. Gobin
Burkburnett Oil Fields
Farmers Union Gin Company
Juke Roberts
Anderson County
Will Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Wilbarger
Lilla Webb
Mattie
Alty Neel
Talmage
Ladd and Jouett
W. G. Swartz of
Lawton
A. J. Liles
Troward Whiteside
Ee Rob Alston
B. Lo
J. E. Garber
Allen Prenet
Key
Crispspoco
Pharis Hughs
Siebert
Christian Church
Baptist and Methodist Union Meeting
Gattys
Margaret
W. T. Rouse
T. T. Golightly
Tom Beazley
Minnie Foster
L. Lehmann
E. Graf
Lehmann Place
Perkins Timberlake CO
Vernon, Texas
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