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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
5
A shipment of 150 goldfish from Toledo arrived in Vernon in a five gallon pail. An inch of water froze, leaving the fish in a solid ice cake. After half an hour in fresh water 114 survived, 46 died from transport stress. The fish recovered and sold for market price despite the expressman’s loss claim.
See J. R. Rentro for the best selection of cut glass hardware queen ware enamelware and aluminum items. The advertisement touts a nearer sete location and references a drug company nearby as a point of context.
Attendance in Vernon city schools climbs 25 percent over last year per Superintendent B F P Sisk. High school enrollment reaches 241 with total city attendance at 1 071. No football or interscholastic basketball due to lack of coach and wet weather. Sisk defends limited sports focus and voices pride in a strong student orchestra led by no current leader.
The Vernon Abstract Company records list real estate filings for December 9 and 10 in Wilbar ger county. Transactions include releases, leases, mortgages, assignments, and warranty deeds involving W. C. Johnson Les K. Johnson Cy Long vil. C. C. Smith A. H. Crawford. Robert Houssell J. S. Harrison. FOR Harrington Producers and Refiners Corp. Conservative Loan Co Texas Illinois Bankers Life. Texhoma Oil & Refining Co. Home Oil and Refining M. Isaacs Trustee. M. E. B. P.. M. B. E. P.. J. T. Calahan Elliott Sitterly addition R F Jones addition. Oscar Newell. Herring Showers Lumber Co to C. T. Smith. Luther Webb Robert R. Meyer. Federal Land Bank T. B. Bourland. Ki M. Thompson T P B Lisman. L. J. Simmons J. P. Parker. J. W. Armentrout J. Ammons M. J. Canafax Clarence Smith. and other listed conveyances.
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