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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1921
Page
8
A memorial program for Frances Willard was held on Wednesday by the WCTU. Mrs. L. B. Meard led prayers on South Main Street, with readings on Willard’s life and Prohibition. The event featured songs, talks on temperance history, and a freewill offering.
A historical reflection credits the White Ribbon movement and temperance education in Sabbath schools for two generations of voters. It lauds science and religious teaching against drink, noting opposition to brewers and saloon keepers and proclaiming prohibition across the United States as victory through popular will.
A Masonic lodge notes the death on Pebruare 11 of H. S. Arnold a True and faithful member of Vernon Lodge No 655 A F and A M. The died after years of illness and the group states Masonry aims to make good men better.
A Tennessee woman takes over the state senate seat after her husband’s death. The succession preserves party control and marks a rare continuation of a family political presence in the region.
The obituary notes Mrs. Annie Lee Worley of Nashville as Tennessee s first woman state senator and the first female legislator south of the Mason Dixon Line. It extends condolences on the death of her husband and Arnold and expresses Masonic fraternal support and prayers for the bereaved family. Signed by T J Youngblood and U S Davis.
Irregular notice states there will be no need for an assessment to reorganize and incorporate the company. Trustees failed to attend a telegraphed appointment from Denver, prompting stockholders to attend a meeting at 200 Fast Pace Street Saturday at 2. Proxies may be sent and a meeting is urged for stockholders to save their investment. Also mentions candy and peanuts at a local exchange and a for sale lot at West Texas Street, with contact N. Creager.
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