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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1919
Page
5
Governor Hobby proclaims October 9 as Fire Prevention Day urging schools clubs and citizens to prevent fires. Officials call for chimney and heating appliance checks and safety drills in schools and public buildings to reduce fire waste and protect life and property statewide.
A barefoot boy about 12 confessed to officers that he stole jewelry from a traveling woman at the Denver depot and claimed to have taken many other items. He said his parents are deceased, once lived at Gatesville, and he had been with the Loose & DeKreke carnival before running away at Quanah and arriving in Vernon.
Mrs. Fannie Ferrell of Wolfe City purchased a block of city lots in West Vernon between Maiden and Olive streets from the Moore estate in a deal negotiated by Blackwood, Larimore & Oates. Other transactions listed include Ernest Vernon selling a Southwest Vernon residence to J. M. Clark of Wichita Falls, B. W. Murphy buying a Wanderer Street home from Mrs. C. S. Rogers, and EB. A. Vernon acquiring a South Main Street house once owned by T. Uy Lisman.
Mrs. Clarence Jenkins of Dallas arrived Thursday afternoon to spend two weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. G. McDonald.
A note from L. D. Terrell at the Bailey Hotel Building asks the party who borrowed an umbrella from the office to return it. The umbrella belongs to his wife.
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