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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1920
Page
6
The article explains the 1919 tax computation process with examples from Austin Texas. It details how income tax is calculated using net income exemptions and deduction rules, cites a farmer example with gross income and deductible expenses, and notes monthly collection totals for the district.
Delivery issues noted for the Record phone 171 and Friday night Lyceum event at More's with seats at Vernon Drug Store. Adv. reports B H Lewis installed a Delco Light plant near Bourland School east of Vernon. Hear new records at Perdleton's Music Store with titles such as Patches and Wait You Get Them Up in the Air Boys, Myaby's Arms, and All Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers.
A testimonial ad for Doan’s Kidney Pills targets women with urinary and backache troubles. Mrs J T Saunders of Vernon Texas praises the remedy for kidney issues and household strains, noting family usage and urging readers to buy the product for 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributes.
In Desdemona Texas a major blaze struck the business district on Monday, destroying two blocks of frame buildings and causing losses estimated at $100,000. Fire crews fought the flames into the night, with authorities pledging aid as investigations begin.
Senator Lodge, Republican leader in Hesemite, informs Senate Democratic leader Thitch cock that he will accept no change to the reservation as crafted by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Documentary evidence placed before the Senate investigating committee in San Antonio alleges Carranza instigated a series of raids on the Texas border in Wisconsin.
Federal court decrees upheld the Texas anti-pool hall law and appeals have been filed in Washington to enjoin enforcement pending final validity ruling. Influenza returns in epidemic form with Chicago reporting 1805 new cases in a day while Dallas rises within twenty four hours. Surgeon General Blue says no panic. General Bernhardt predicts Germany’s monarchy and a German American alliance. Two Bryan women buy a dressed hog and process twenty four cans of sausage and other hog byproducts.
Damaged text records a farm transaction noting current product value at 71 dollars and 40 cents while noting the cost of a hoe at 46 cents, suggesting a small-scale inventory adjustment or equipment purchase tied to a rural operation.
Washington dispatches report Republican senators remain irreconcilable over ratification with or without reservations causing alarm in party circles. Uncertainty grows as Hiram Johnson, a confirmed opponent of the treaty, is seen as a top contender for the nomination, risking disruption of party solidarity.
Missouri senator Reed denounces former food controller Herbert Hoover in the senate calling him a go between with Colonel House and the British government. He says Hoover would be the logical candidate to place the United States under Great Britain if the treaty is adopted.
William Jennings Bryan attacks Homer S. Cummings, national Democratic chair, demanding his resignation for attending Governor Edwards inauguration banquet in New Jersey. Bryan argues Edwards won on a pledge to make the state dry, and he aims to block enforcement of the national prohibition amendment where possible.
National City Bank of New York officials state a debt total of £200,000,000,000. They note paper currency rose 600 percent since 1914 while gold reserves grew only 40 percent. In eight allied nations, paper notes rose from $1,166,000,000 in 1914 to $2,420,000,000, and gold reserves from $516,000,000 to $1,450,000,000, signaling wide monetary expansion and shrinking reserve strength.
A Wild West style brush with a Bull and a Ford unfolds as a bull on a hillside flips a Ford touring car belonging to the Harris family of San Pedro. The animal’s display ends with the Ford righted and the family continuing their journey.
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