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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1922
Page
3
A collage of items from Wilbarger County notes including highway plans, camp grounds, farm crops, and trees along major routes. Local updates mention Vernon climate hopes, strikes’ impact on trains, school cornerstone in Harrold, Wichita Falls car thefts, and a fatal holdup near Fort Worth. Political race tightening as weekend approaches.
Star Telegram writer Phoebe I. Warner argues county commercial clubs and women’s county federations can spur local production, schools, homes, and communities. She cites Oklahoma’s McCurtain and Kingsworth examples and notes Texas center of population differs from the geographical center near Brady.
The McClure Newspaper syndicate pays a record price for an 287 page manuscript of Kaiser William's memoirs. The British writer Miss May Christie has sent the prize packet to the New York office. The pages promise the Kaiser’s own view of the world war, its causes, and Germany’s future. Americans still long for the Kaiser’s appearance.
A county extension report describes Cutron County NML travel by automobile to reach distant areas, noting the challenging terrain. It urges a national ad campaign to promote southern grown sweet potatoes, imagining demonstrations in Chicago to shift northern consumption away from New Jersey potatoes and raise prices.
Farmers report COME-DACK Cotton recovering after hot winds. After leaves shed and fruiting slowed, plants revived when winds stopped and dews and cool nights help hold growth. A good shower would aid, and Wilburger County notes the region is recovering amid widespread hardship comments.
A state press column in Dallas News reflects on economic folly and the belief that cotton prices will recover. It notes not everyone becomes rich and warns many once mistaken about riches, framing the outlook with cautious optimism about future cotton gains.
The couple married Tuesday night at the home of Rev. Bo b Moore of the Presbyterian church with brides sisters Miss Crisp and Mrs George Goths and his band in attendance. The bride, daughter of Mrs Jim Crisp and Mr Jim Crisp, has spent most of her life in the county and the Crisp family moved here from North Carolina when she was young. They will live in Fargo for now.
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