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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1918
Page
8
Godfrey Streit of Vernon says his corn should yield well unless hot winds persist. He notes the crop suffered from recent heat more than prior dry spells. Streit practices dry farming with paired rows and skip rows, thorough cultivation, and a dust mulch. He reports soil moisture accessible a few inches down before Friday night rain.
The County Clerk reports seventeen marriage licenses issued in June, four more than last year. For the first six months, licenses total seventy this year, down from eighty seven previously. The recent week saw filings by Rh. B. L. Byrne and Miss Lula Carter of Electra, and Otto Bachman with Miss Lydia Graf, amid notes of a postwar pickup.
Evangelist Ham delivered a sermon on signs of the times in prophecy from Matthew 24, tracing historic ages from Adam to grace and citing travel, knowledge, riches, and perilous times as signals of the approaching end. He linked the church’s seven ages to Revelation and urged heed to sound doctrine amid rising modern temptations.
Lucian W. Parrish of Clay County, a candidate for representative in the new Thirteenth District, spoke in Odell and Harrold about postwar policy. He urged limited immigration, supported higher taxes to fund war costs, and endorsed inheritance and income taxes along with excess profits taxes for wartime only. He favored vocational training, national prohibition, and woman suffrage, and aimed to curb profiteering while developing local resources.
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