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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1925
Page
5
The Record lists classified rates for advertising with rates by word for first insertions and multiples. Obituary notices and poetry have separate per word charges and readers are asked to include cash when mailing notices.
Vernon residents urgeLoop connections to link West Vernon streets Wilbarger Paradise and Texas with Main and Fannin. East Vernon needs pavement and a Texas Street extension to Fair Park, tying into Hillcrest Road. Officials say 15 20 blocks more paving would relieve congestion and prepare Vernon for future traffic.
The article reports a looming coal strike in the country with President Coolidge signaling no government effort to intervene. It notes a recent British strike averted by a government pledge to fund the wage difference between operators and miners from public treasury.
The text criticizes financing mining costs through general taxes, arguing it shifts Government responsibility without control. It contrasts British socialist ideas of public ownership with a settlement seen as edging toward Bolshevism and warns of tax-funded poverty alleviation. It notes pensions experiments and calls for industries to bear their own costs.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Smite II baby of Farwell visited Mr and Mrs J Moore last weekend. Mr and Mrs Albert Wilson and children returned from Bunton on Tuesday after a visit. Mr and Mrs Lee Armstrong went to Oklahoma on Sunday to look over the country. Gerd Stroud visited in the Moore home Saturday night. Bernard Harrell was very sick.
Thursday night events blend with weekend visits as Mr and Mrs Eimer Owen and son Stanley of Wichita Falls visit Bob and Roy Owens. Church of Christ meetings draw attendees from Kurge and nearby towns while Miss Jin Mac Smith visits Farwell and Miss Edna Moore. Several listed guests, travels to Vernon and Cardington, and weekend plans fill social notices.
Grateful thanks extend to friends and neighbors who supported us during the death and burial of our father F. C. Snaith. Special thanks to the Odd Fellows for kindness and floral offerings. May God bless you all for lightening our burden of sorrow. Signed A. B. Smith and others.
Mr and Mrs T O Wheeler and daughter Miss Theda Wheeler joined A B Hughes Lee Hendricks and A Bankston for a trip to Floydada on Thursday to attend the Primitive Baptist Association. They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs T J McDaniel of Bellvue and S M Poe of Henrietta.
Mr. C. V. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson return to Vernon after months in Roswell New Mexico where he accepted a position again with the B. and W. Drug Store. Mrs Cal Evans visits her brother A. Vernon and family with her three sons Herman Eugene and Floyd from Southland.
Miss Vera Smith returns to her Frederick home after visiting DL C Smith and family. Mr Smith and his daughter Bessie and son Kenneth accompanied her back to Frederick. Record Classified Ads Bring results.
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