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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1919
Page
2
J A Callaway, deputy collector of the Internal Revenue Service, flags special taxes on occupations linked to auto for hire. Beginning January 1, 1919 the tax is ten dollars per vehicle seating two to seven and twenty dollars for larger cars. Penalties include up to $1,000 fine or one year imprisonment or both for noncompliance.
J R Jones purchased two adjoining tracts from M G Gilbert near West Vernon school totaling 47 acres. The two parcels were reported as fourteen and thirty three acres respectively in yesterday's transaction.
Mrs P Scott aged 66 died Friday at her daughter Mrs M A Small’s home on West Wilbarger street after a two week illness from senility and a nervous breakdown. The body was shipped to Fort Worth for burial. She leaves three daughters Mrs M A Small Vernon Mrs L N Lockridge Town Park and Mrs M B Gantt Fort Worth. She was grandmother to twenty six and great grandmother to twenty two.
No grinding and scratching when the Victrola plays, offering sweet and well reproduced music. This machine is sold in Vernon by Pendleton & Son. Adv. 27-2te.
No clear event details found. The fragment references Kodak and a Wendieton And Son location with a date style fee.
The war picture The Price of Peace will be shown at More's Theatre Vernon on Thursday April 29. Admission is free as Mr More provides the house. the 5000 foot film runs about 1.5 hours and screens from about 9 am to midnight to let all see it. It is government supervised and depicts American soldiers from enlistment through combat including Chateau Thierry and the Rhine.
A previously unseen Army of Occupation scene with returning soldiers is released for public viewing. The Treasury Department holds exclusive rights to display the image in support of the Victory Loan drive.
Judge Williams speaks on World Problems at the First Methodist Church tomorrow night at 8 30. Everyone invited. Ad. 1tp
Culture Club meeting has been postponed to Tuesday April 20. The group will meet as guests of Mrs J A Robinson at her home location.
Miss Gladys Bensen of Crowell visits her mother Mrs. H A Hunter. Pendleton's Drug Store advertises Eastman kodaks and films for sale.
W H Shearer son of Mr and Mrs S A Shearer of Odell has arrived from overseas and received his discharge from the army He served in the Rainbow Division and is welcomed home by his family.
The post office urges shippers to mark packages with sender and recipient, place a name card inside, and write names plainly on wrappers. Assistant postmaster Frank Mann cites many unmarked parcels and torn-off tags causing loss, and notes shipments to St Louis and New York arrive poorly wrapped and unsafe for transit.
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