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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1921
Page
12
A historical entry notes Vernon Texas post office designation as second class mail matter under an act of Congress dated March 3 1879. The fragment records administrative mailing status for archival reference.
The piece debates moving the University of Texas from Austin to a larger Texas center. It weighs civic sentiment, tradition, and the notional benefits of closer official oversight against the university’s need for urban labs, research, and access to professional schools.
A discussion urges improving dirt roads into Vernon to boost trade and make the area a regional hub. Delays from deep sand and mud deters merchants and travelers, while calls rise for permanent road upgrades and safer night driving through dimmers and reflector headlights.
The piece contends that removing the university serves Texas best by benefiting a broader population, noting a $10,000,000 gift and $16,000,000 site offer as factors. It urges decisive action on site, suggesting the university be moved or remain only if conditions suit the state.
A whimsical tale describes rats fleeing bells at a mill after wheat shortages. One bold rat faces a bell sentence as others mock his curiosity and hunger. The scene references Ma Kell’s open house by the railroad and a banqueting banquet chamber census.
Williams of Galveston, president of the Texas Retail Clothiers Association, told the fifth annual Dallas convention that no member suffered a bankruptcy in the past year. He attributed price declines to a general slump but urged conservation and truthful advertising as the path to brighter times.
Miss Dixie King, a former Vernon resident, was elected president Tuesday of the Graduate Nurses Association of Wichita County at a meeting in Wichita Falls. She will serve for the coming year.
A bargain listing for a new two hall house with a sleeping porch and eped porch including toilet and bath, on a 60 by 120 lot with shade trees in southwest area. Asking price 86 000, cash 3 400. Contact phone 454. Listing date 6 8tp.
W. M. Hampton Jr leases a building just north of Hampton Plumbing Company to a group from Qeaman who plan a savage opening there soon.
A brief note references Southwestern IME and the Southeast Corner Square SBOE with a Wednesday context. The fragment implies scheduling or a proposal involving the Lister and regional entities without detailed specifics.
Washington forecasts warm wave spreading from Rockies to the Mississippi Valley then east to the St. Lawrence. Cold waves and heavy precipitation are expected with several storm periods in March. Inauguration Day weather looks best. agriculture advised to hold grain and cotton amid price slumps and keep near home in tough times.
A.B. Elliott of Elliott Johues Sharp Steffens Investment Co of St Louis visited the Sigler oil property last week and showed strong interest in the 1 OL Co. J M Dubenstein reports impressed Vernon oil prospects. K G McDonald of the Empire Laundry returns from Chillicothe to open a Vernon branch next week employing five or six.
The First National Bank of Port Arthur shows deposits totaling 88 720 798 87 with capital and surplus listed as MOS d0182 and loans and discounts of 2 525 d65 000 WL. Weatherall son of 7 Weatherall of Vernon serves as assistant cashier. Miss Mary Thomason Mrs J Henry Walker Mrs Arthur Aulds and the latter's son Funior visited friends in Vernon Saturday. FOR SALE Alfalfa hay 65 cents per bale peaberry green at barn and ear corn 60 cents per bushel weighed at farm J H Kincheloe.
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