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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1921
Page
4
A reflected editorial notes a drop to about twenty one million in Sunday School attendance from five years prior. It laments reduced religious participation since WWII, cites Vernon church life, and questions the town’s spiritual commitment as less than a third attend church. It ends with a quip about paying Big Bill Haywood’s bond.
The Texas Farm Bureau Federation women’s committee reports on what farm women want to improve home life. Top desires include regular markets for butter eggs and other products plus running water a light plant an electric washer a bath tub a library and a screened porch. Reactions note improvements in stability and standardization of farm goods and cooperation with commercial interests.
Chauncey M. Depew, aged 87, presides as New York Central Railroad board chairman with long daily office hours. He urges looking on the funny side of life and follows a philosophy of yearly averages yielding happier times than before, noting people focus on unhappy memories.
A column urges Vernon residents to adopt a Gloom Chaser mindset, favoring the funny side and good deeds. It cites Chauncey M. Depew and Governor Neff, and notes a local I. W. W. reporting to a federal prison, urging self reliance and healthier relations.
P Lockwood of Camden Delaware visits Vernon renewing old ties. He left the county in 1915 after living here since 1904. Employed in packing, he spent months in Florida noting fruit growers suffer from waste due to lack of market. He traveled via Austin Waco and Dallas, finding Austin’s outlook favorable while rents were cheap in Waco and high in Dallas.
Report of Cases Operated on at the Standifer Sanitarium lists surgeries with dates in April. Patients include Mrs. R. V. Manis Vernon April 10 and Mrs. G. T. Jett Davidson Oklahoma April 23. Sam Benson Vernon also April 23. Mrs. A. H. Kennedy Chillicothe Texas April 25. Mrs. J. F. Roberts Vernon April 25. Removal of finger only.
Kansas to hire forty thousand men for harvest in the fields. Topeka reports aim to cover late next month with no harvest wage fixed yet. Some areas discuss paying daily wages tied to three bushels of wheat. Albert Stone of Shamrock visited EB McHugh family. Mrs Stone has stayed recently. C M Caraway spent weekend in Vernon.
We thank our friends for the sacrifices and devotion shown during the illness and after the death of our dear one. Their deeds shall be remembered. Dr J B Dodson and family Miss Donna Buford Miss Chassid Buford adv 1tp Davis and Summerour 87-tfc Catfish Red fish and trout at Vet nen Fish and Oyster Market 615 Fannin St.
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