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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1921
Page
5
Mr and Mrs J W Kirkpatrick of Eldorado Kansas and companions survived a perilous sea voyage from India to Amoy aboard a liner. A sampan crew fought rough seas and a crosswind before a British patrol boat rescued them as night fell after a four hour struggle.
A large stock of shoes formerly owned by the Vogue Shoe Company was sold at auction last Thursday to Perkins Timberlake Co. Local bidders competed, and the firm plans a special sale rather than integrate the shoes into regular stock.
Notice to banks corporations or any banking institution to submit seated bids for City Funds as City Depository to the City Secretary Vernon Texas by September 13 1921. City reserves right to reject any or all bids. GLS to Fris H Hall Secretary.
Davis and Smumerour relocate the office from the basement below McKibbin's store to the former site in the Herring tank build by the City News Stand. Mrs Fr W Grogar and Miss Dorothy Moore visit Mrgk Hh Be Moore. details unclear.
The longtime inmate William Mead, famed chief engineer at Sing Sing in New York, left the prison after forty one years of residence. He joked he never worked a day, claiming night shifts kept him employed. His departure follows similar timelines to other staff eras. Meanwhile Bob and John Ingle of Grandview Texas visited Fisher Ingle recovering from a cistern accident at D. D. McCroskey's home.
Vernon notes report B F B Sisk, ex Vernon schools superintendent, taking a few days in Vernon after directing Northwest Texas Normal School in Canyon. Mrs W Aiken of Fort Worth and Miss Maggie Jacobs of Rome Ga began a month visit with their sister Mrs W M McCaleb and left Monday.
An advertisement notes plentiful farm loan funds from LISMAN & SON and Davis & Summerour with long terms and low rates across Wilbarger Foard Hardeman and nearby counties. It also mentions visits between Breckenridge residents and local officials and a trip by the Edmonsons and Colleys to Medicine Park Oklahoma.
The State Highway Commission reports about 2,500 miles of highways are under active construction in Texas with total costs over 80 million dollars. In the first seven months of the year aid payments amount to 4.39 million dollars, averaging 627 thousand monthly with 170 thousand state and 457 thousand federal aid. June set records with 930 thousand paid. supervision covers both state and federal aid projects.
Miss Ada Pierce spends the month on vacation inland near Denver Colorado. Freeman's Barber Shop offers haircuts for 35 cents. S. H. Hall and Frank Love depart this noon for a ten day visit to New Orleans Louisiana.
The readable fragments reference a pen product named Snapfil and a drug company named Fergeson Drug Co. No clear event date or full details are present.
Miss Maud 8 S Lakkey of Corsicana left town today after a several days visit with Mrs. Y H Babasin.
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