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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1921
Page
4
The city plans a Tuesday election on April 5 to fill Commissioner Place No 3 on the West Side and Place No 4 on the East Side. Voters will choose candidates for these city posts in a race with local impact on council priorities and policy direction.
The article cites J B McCaleb and Otto Obenhaus as examples of persistent farming in Wilbarger County Texas. After a disastrous June drought, McCaleb planted June corn kaffir and sorghum with heavy rains in July and harvested bumper crops. Obenhaus kept plowing and reaped wheat feed cotton yields. The piece argues that steady effort turns hardship into success, with locals worth 50000 to 250000 dollars today and dozens of pioneers who started with little but willing hands.
The passage questions profit timing for farmers and notes price points like 40 cents per pound and 2.50 per bushel. It discusses potential profits from crops per acre and current price conditions, but ends abruptly without a clear outcome or date.
The article argues that soil preparation cultivation and superior seed are key to higher yields and profits. It notes added harvest costs are minor and suggests that a Wilbarger reputation for top products could boost returns, urging every farmer to use the best seed this year.
A collage of eccentric notes teases government rules on selling hooted disposal into drugstores and hints at Paris fashion smoke screens. Witty quips touch on inventions, rail freight woes, impeachment talk in Oklahoma, and a mixed dash of sensational curios.
W P Banta, long time Wilbarger County resident and noted weather prophet, calls Easter in Dawson County affected by ice and frost with some fruit, corn, and garden damage. He notes recent rains lift grass prospects and offers to share rain forecasts if asked.
The East View Cemetery Association will meet at 8 30 oclock Tuesday afternoon in the auditorium of the library building. Mr and Mrs Hugh Thompson have gone to Wichita Falls where Mrs Thompson underwent an operation. M G Neathery of Houston was in Vernon Wednesday. Neathery formerly lived here and served as city commissioner. W H Holt of the Herring Showers Lumber Co underwent appendicitis surgery the first of the week and is recovering. Beall of Roanoke Texas visited his sister Mrs M C Culbertson in Vernon Sunday. Mrs Katherine Waggoner and Miss Adelle Sumner have been in Dallas this week. Mrs Fred Hanna of Altus Okla is visiting her mother Mrs J C Sumner. Clint Rogers has been in Vernon this week on business. John Gold of Farmers Valley was in Vernon Thursday. Miss Catherine Pierce expects to return Sunday night to Dallas where she is a student at Southern Methodist University. Pierces grades were high enough to exempt examinations and she is spending vacation in Vernon.
Los Angeles resident Mrs J M Craig says she gained twelve pounds and regained strength after using Tantae. She describes severe nervous prostration and weakness prior to treatment, noting she could not sweep the floor and often had to lie down, with spells of weakness and faintness.
A patient recounts rapid health improvement after using five bottles of Taniac, noting weight gain and sound sleep. The testimonial states gains were maintained for months and credits local druggists in Vernon Harrold and Odell for selling the medicine.
A new book titled Cancer Truths by Dr O A Johnson, a Kansas City cancer specialist, offers non surgical treatment methods and external cancer destroying applications. The work claims extensive results from a twenty year practice and laboratory work, with free copies for sufferers or friends.
Dr IRi Fe Holcomb is added to the All Saints Hospital staff in Fort Worth by the directors this week. A Vernon native and Baylor Medical College graduate, he previously interned at All Saints and served as house surgeon at City-County Hospital, with a stint at Baptist Sanitarium in Dallas. He maintains an office on Main Street in Fort Worth and has a flourishing practice.
Vernon Lodge 655 A F and A M calls a Master’s degree meeting for Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Members are urged to attend as a representative from surrounding sister lodges will be present. R H Bratton W M O O Mecclady Secretary. Swartwood and Company ready to furnish baseball suits. Ste J W Adrian of Chillicothe visited.
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