Vernon’s Chinese Laundry Expands Amid Oil Boom
Mam Lee owners Vernon’s Chinese Laundry on Cumberland Street increases staff and machinery to meet rising demand. Sam Gay, returning from a two year Orient trip, joins the business after years in Vernon and shares stories of China, war service by cousins in France, and Civil War era talk with American soldiers.
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Mam Lee
Cumberland Street
Lee
Hhan Lee
China
Lee's
Sam Gay
Vernon
Son of Sheriff Improves Amid Pneumonia Illness
Clark Ish, son of Sheriff Ish of West Texas Street, has been seriously ill with pneumonia for ten days but is now reported improving.
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Clark Ish
Sheriff Ish
West Texas Street
Detective Bureau Plans Vernon Branch Operation
Detective Bureau chief G. W. Wisegarver has arrived in Vernon to open a local branch of the Fidk Detective Bureau of Wichita Falls. The organization now serves all Vernon banks and other business houses as clients. Wisegarver is headquartered temporarily at the Surrey Hotel.
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G. W. Wisegarver
Vernon
Fidk Detective Bureau
Wichita Falls
Wisegarer
Surley Hotel
Dr Howard Wy Returns From Government Ve
Dr Howard Wy announces his return from government service and will join W Drug Co. Residence DS. Ady. 25-2tp.
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Howard Wy
Ve &, & W. Drug Co
Ady
Big Lumber Yard to Be Built Right Away
Notice from A G McAdams Lumber Company of Dallas Texas announcing immediate construction of extensive lumber sheds on a half block west of Puckett grocery and the start of in transit holdings for the yard with expected full operation within a few days Vernon Texas 25-tte a a f
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A. G. McAdams Lumber Company
Dallas
Texas
Te Puckett
T Lumber Yard
George Will Work for County in Texas Legislature
Hagerman New Mexico April 12 1920 letter to Vernon Record advocates Pecos valley irrigation alfalfa yields four tons per acre from six cuttings a year at thirty dollars per ton. He cites rural school system success rural bus service teacher salaries and tax levels urging Texas to adopt improved schooling and a big commercial course with no new taxes. He compares Pecos and Texas per capita expenditures and argues to import reforms.
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Hagerman
N. M
Vernon Record
Pecos River
el Capitan Mountains
Wichita
Wilbarger County
Uncle Sam
Pecos
Texas
Grorge
For truck hauling Jeff Howard Heath 5026 4 I
A short, unclear entry notes truck hauling involving an individual named Jeff Howard Heath at address 5026 4 I. No further context or outcome is provided in the readable text.
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Jef
Howard Heath
Paper shortage drives up weekly paper price and subs
The Reporter warns subscription rates will rise due to paper costs. Various papers report cuts in pages and advertising as shortages persist. Governors and publishers urge waste paper conservation to ease the crisis affecting publications nationwide.
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Rockdale
United States
New York Sun
Eixteen
Kansas City Star
Kansas City
Star
Los Angzles
Cal
Los Angeles
Los Angles
News
Dallas News
Shortage of newsprint cuts Sundyy's News to minimal pages
The paper notes last Sunday's edition ran about twenty five pages short due to a critical newsprint shortage. Yesterday's issue was ten pages, and editors say a normal week would be around eighteen more pages. Strikes disrupt transportation and limit supplies.
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Last Sundyy
Reed Effigy Incident Reported In Local Outburst
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an agitated scene at a local event with praise and protest aims and a thrown effigy object near the Reed site. Names, dates, and exact actions are unclear due to damaged text but indicate public dispute and disorder surrounding a commemorative figure.
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W. B. Jameson
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R. EF. George
B. F. George
Oley Enterprise
Joshua Alexander
Department of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
Wichita Pils Record News
Proe
Javis
Sale
Paul Lauve Electra
P. D. BO
Liberty Cafe
Hell
Lark Aaulman
Hunt
Fergeson Drug Co
Ternallyr
Beaver Poard
William Cameron & Co., Inc
Fred W. Gardney
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