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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1923
Page
5
Dick Bowers leaves Vernon this week by train for Antlers Oklahoma where he is booked for a ten round bout with Bert Del Porto on February 5. Del Porto predicts a swift victory while Bowers trains hard despite few partners and last fought Del Sorto in a ten round draw.
Trade notice from H Hildebrandt Route A Vernon seeks trade for a 42 room house and lot with 140 foot depth cow shed chicken house and good well water. Includes contact in Vernon.
An editorial excerpt urges Vernon and Wilbarger County to attract manufacturing, citing Sherman’s dyeing factory, cotton mills, and strong markets. It argues a Vernon mill would be the town’s biggest asset and predicts Western Texas could host such a plant soon. The piece also mentions forestry outreach by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a one reel film about forest conservation.
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