Post Office Notice From Vernon Texas Parcel
Entered in the post office at Vernon Texas as second class mail matter under act of Congress March 3 1916 $5 ste col ded
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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1921
Page
3
Entered in the post office at Vernon Texas as second class mail matter under act of Congress March 3 1916 $5 ste col ded
The New York Globe editorial mocks President Harding and his mock ceremony view, imagining a simple oath in the capital. It praises his straightforward letters to Cox and McLean and contrasts duty with ceremonial pomp, urging a plain democratic inauguration as a model.
A Childress woman, Mrs J Adams aged 63, shows farming diversification pays. She last year managed a few acres, produced enough to sustain herself, with cows, a separator, and multiple crops. Her account argues farming remains profitable beyond cities, and diversification reduces risk while supplying butter, pears, hogs, poultry, and vegetables.
The text argues that modest farm products can cumulatively add over two thousand dollars yearly to a family income, with Mrs Adams' itemized receipts serving as evidence that small farm outputs can become substantial in aggregate.
Reports from the East and Texas indicate improving money flow and rising prices for cotton and wheat. Automobiles may resume full production by February 10 or 28 at latest, and banks note debtors strive to liquidate. Farmers sell cotton wheat butter and eggs, while counties see deposits near 640,000. Workers urged to keep optimism and work hard.
A 1011 Capitol fire and later blazes in Ottawa, Albany, Charleston, and Washington exposed priceless public records. The New York World argues custodians should demand legislative action to safeguard archives, noting no duplicates exist and recovery would be impossible even with vast wealth.
Notice states Mrs. Jessie Schuette has sold her interest and is no longer connected with the business or a partner. Win Blackwood has acquired the interest and the firm will continue at the same location Lotp.
A terse ad lists Hicme Made Syrup arriving from East Texas at 140 per gallon. Buyers are urged to purchase by the case from Brant Browns Cash Gro and The Produce Company. Davis & Summerour are named in connection with the deal for farms. The note mentions turkeys closed season but seeks to gour chickens with the stated price and location N. 2256 LO3-4ip.
Major-General Peter Harris, adjutant general of the U S Army, was sentenced to ten days in jail by Justice Siddons in the District of Columbia Supreme Court after being found in contempt for refusing to exhibit an affidavit filed with the War Department under the selective service act. Harris appealed the ruling and was spared jail due to a law allowing government officials to prosecute appeals without a bond.
Odell notes show Gladys Simmons weekend with parents in Telbert, Sherrill and Riddle marriage, British visitors, and a singing event. Odell girls beat Polbert 15 to 6. local residents Sidney West and families visit Vernon, Altus, Quanub, and Farmers Branch. Local marriages, illnesses, births, and weekend travels fill the column.
May spillizr feed report from Dallas dated January notes huge grain sorghum crops in West and Northwest Texas could fatten nonfat hogs and 4000 cattle. It proposes moving East and Southeast Texas feeders to West Texas and Panhandle, with chambers of commerce coordinating credit and shipments. If cattle come from tick infested areas they must be dipped and hogs immunized.
The bulletin tracks a February 6 warm wave sweeping from the northwest across North America to the Atlantic coast by February 8, followed by a storm center toward New Orleans and the cotton states, then northeast to near New York. A subsequent cold blizzard-style wave brings much below normal temperatures. The forecast discusses storm entry from west of the Rockies, rain and cold patterns, advises farmers not to sell cotton or grain, notes profiteering impacts, and predicts better crop weather by late February with cautious notes on Washington’s inauguration weather.
A conference between the Texas Chamber of Commerce and Fort Worth Stock Yards officials outlines immunizing hogs with local facilities. If facilities are inadequate, costs move to the destination with feed privileges, while government inoculation and feeding fees remain. The Stock Yards are designated as a clearance point for buyers and sellers to contact Co French. Davis and Summerour offer loans on improved farms.
Mrs Flora Wilcox of 700 West McCormick Street, Wichita, Kane, says Tanlac made her crutches unnecessary after twenty years of rheumatism. She describes severe stomach pains, breathing trouble, and sleepless nights before, and reports improved appetite, energy, and ability to do housework without pain after eight bottles. Tanlac sold in Vernon, Harrold, and Odell by local drug firms.
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