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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1919
Page
6
Central and West Texas farmers ask where to obtain maize kaffir or feterita seed. County Agent N R Tisdal is asked to list farmers with seed to dispose of. Market expected to be good. Poor maturation due to heavy rains noted. Interest also from other states, urges prompt contact.
Thompson on November 24 reports farmers busy picking cotton during favorable conditions. Local school opened with Proffessor Tooly and Miss Iris Conch as teachers, attendance light but hopeful for a successful term. Numerous local visits and family gatherings noted, including visits by the Smith, Sherman, Jackson, McNeely, Harvey, Attaway, and Bourland households. Emmitt Cox buys a Maxwell car and several residents travel to nearby towns.
Mrs O E B Sherman and Mrs M T Neely visited their daughter Mrs Doris Attayay as she has been quite ill. Emmitt and Ellis Cox were Vernon visitors Saturday.
A sales notice lists smooth catelaw and sandy land farms with about four feet of water nearby. The properties are billed as the best investment of earth and are near a railroad town, offered by Lisman & San as exclusive agents.
Dr. J A Moody of Nashville Tennessee traveled to Frederick Oklahoma yesterday and has been visiting actives in Vernon.
Local offer promotes a genuine New Edison phonograph from B and W Deng Co, inviting buyers to purchase a high fidelity instrument for home entertainment.
B Kirkpatrick of Denton Texas takes a telegraph operator post at Western Union Telegraph Company. He previously worked five years in radio and was with Texas Public Service Company before resigning to join Western Union. He served as chief electrician aboard a US destroyer in WWII. Increased telegram traffic prompts another hire.
A newborn was born to Mr. and Mrs Frank Farley on November 26. G I Souris moved Monday into a new home at 828 South Main Street. Mr and Mrs John Truelove of Verdon are the parents of a girl born Sunday morning.
A complete stock of all kinds of building material on Kane is reported by C D Shamburger. The notice provides no further details on quantities prices or destination.
M Collins of Route 1 Chillicothe says activity continues despite a recent wizard incident in Vernon, noting no major disruption to a great deal of work in his community.
Mr and Mrs WL Oo Anderson left Monday morning for California after being called by a serious mess involving Mrs George Anderson.
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