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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1921
Page
2
A descriptive exploration of how Main Street reflects town life from dawn to night. The piece traces morning activity of workers and shoppers, noon parking struggles, tourist traffic, and evening routines as streets evolve with light and commerce.
Billing lists Charles Ray in The Old Fashioned Boy and Ire Bugs as Century Comedy, with Douglas Fairbanks and Eddie Polo features on Saturday. Monday shows include Viola Dana in The Off Shore Pirate, plus Pathe News and Topics of the Day. A serialized tale follows heiress Ardita Farmana and a cunning suitor, with yacht caper and turnabout romance.
Today and Saturday Mildred Harris presents Habit with Hall Room Boys in Stung Again plus The Purple Riders. Monday and Tuesday Clara Win dall Young in Mid-Channel with Henry Lehrman comedy The Game Lady. Zoe and Theo Blundell face marital strain on the Mid Channel journey toward renewal.
Four Vernon residents narrowly escaped serious injury at Kell Mill when a shaft pulley failed and metal shrapnel flew. H. H. Shive Luther Webb W. G. Anderson and J. A. Birdsong were in a room when bits struck near Birdsong and scratched others. One missile pierced Birdsong's coat and vest.
John W. Stofty and Miss Iva Dobson were married Thursday afternoon at position 45 by Justice of the Peace T. J. Griffiths in his office at the courthouse. They left for Burkburnett to establish their home.
Rev L B Moore from Honey Grove is expected to arrive next week to fill the pulpit permanently at the local Presbyterian Church. A.S. Davis and Tom Summerour left Tuesday for a business trip to the plains. J G Hammond of Wichita Falls was in Vernon Wednesday. Miss Gladys Chesney of Dallas is visiting Mixx Floy Tamman in Vernon. Oyster shell for chickens at D C Mathews.
A USDA report from Pennsylvania details a destroyed eggplant field due to hazel dodder. It recommends using crops immune to dodder on newly cleared land and lists corn soy beans velvet beans cowpeas and small grains as not affected.
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