Gotch Beats Ackerman After Narrow First Fall
Vernon crowd watched Young Gotch, Pacific coast middleweight, topple Ohio champion Al Ackerman in a best of three after Ackerman won the first fall with a half Nelson and hammerlock. The match featured quick comebacks, contorted holds, and strong crowd support as Gotch won in eighteen and a half minutes for the second fall and ten minutes for the deciding third.
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Nelson
Hammerlock
Gotch
Ackerman
Young Gotch
Wilbarger County Fair Set For August With Better Exhibits
Wilbarger will stage a county fair August 20 with premium lists prepared and catalogs due this week. The event marks the fair’s return after lapsing in 1920 and promises strong agricultural and fruit exhibits, livestock, and boys and girls club activities. Prizes and free trips to the State Fair are offered by local banks and businesses. The program includes home improvement prizes, poultry, canning, corn, grain sorghum, and wrestling matches featuring Young Gotch versus Caleo and Ackerman.
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A. M. Bourland
Fair Association
R. H. Coffee
Carl Smith
Dallas
Herring National
Farmers State
Swattwood & Coumpansee Hardware
Russell Pry Goo Company
Waggoner National Bank
Wiegoner National and
Herring Nations
Perkins-Timerlake and
Disen Dry Goods
Sn Dixon Dry Goods Company
Inh
Young Gotch
Caleo
Ackerman
Pirate Theory Arises Over Disappearance of Carroll A Deering
Lulu Wormell of Wisconsin claims piracy involved in the Carroll A Deering case. Daughter of Captain W B Wormell, she asks the U S Government to investigate her theory related to her father’s disappearance. The Deering is among twenty vessels missing since January and was later found beached on the North Carolina coast.
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Wis
Laura N. Wormell
W. B Wormell
Carroll A. Deering
United States
North Carolina
Fulcher Marries Gatesville Girl in Gatesville Ceremony
The wedding of M Fulcher, Wilbarger county superintendent of schools, and Miss Mixaterh Moore of Cortesville was solemnized at the Pantist church in Gatesville at 2 this afternoon. They will visit Fort Worth and Vernon before settling in Vernon about July 15. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carter Moore and her father is a merchant of Gatesville. The couple will reside at the corner of Peart and Yarowika streets. Also discussed is an alfalfa threshing effort in Wilbarger county led by D Thompson to boost crops and farm profits.
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Mlixaterh Moore
Cortesvilles
Gatesville
Mort Worth
Wilberger
Tolbert
Mio Patcher
Denton Normal Seto
Mes
Carter Moore
Mars.ulcher
Vernon
Sand
But Ehee
Peart and
Yarowirika
Phoripse
Phormpson
Wilbur
Thomason
Vizares
Hoout Chamber of Commerce
Barger
Wilbarger
Cue Wortherniers
Pri
Wilbarger County
Thompson
Miss Jess Jenkins Weds in Vernon Quiet Ceremony
Miss Jess Jenkins daughter of Mrs W M McDonald Vernon and Edward Po Alexgüider of Quanah married today at the bride’s mother home Vernon. They will honeymoon in Colorado two weeks, then return to Quanah where he is assistant cashier at First Guaranty State Bank and she a former Quanah teacher. Only few relatives attended. Mendelssohn Wedding March played by Miss Josephine Wardlow.
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Mendelssohe
Josephine Wardlow
Qudaneh
Moore
Presbyterian Church
Alexander
Vernon
Beth Elie Ak Sechid Eleeles
Vernoun High School
Mer
J. G. Alexander
Nashvile
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
First
Guaranty StateBank
Quanah
Clarence Jenkins
Dallas
Josephine Wardrow
Denton Normal
Qnanah
Former Vernon Man Dead Dies in Worthing Texas
Noah Elgin, longtime Vernon resident and former Royal Rooming House operator, died June 26 in Worthington Tidiana where he had lived for two years. He moved from Vernon about two years ago and left a wife and daughter. Friends here express sympathy.
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Noah Elgin
Worthington
Dnd
Elgin
Tidiana
Lgin
Wilharger County
Royal
Vernon
Tie
Sells Interest in Grocery and Moves to Rayland
A third interest in the Vargdoll and Stanley Grocery on Main and Texas streets, owned by Kate Stanley, was purchased by Mrs. R. M. Bargdol. Mr. Stanley moved with his family to Rayland to continue in the grocery business. An establishment in that community is being purchased by Mr. Stanley and Swim. it will be managed by the retiring Vernon grocer who moved his family Friday and joined them Saturday. The local grocer, known countywide, has lived in Vernon fourteen years and worked with Bargdoll and Stanley for two years.
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Vargdoll and Stanley
Main
Texas
Kete Stanley
R. M. Bargdol
Mr. Stanley
Rayland
Vernon
Stanley
Kagland
Tem
Bargdoll and Stanley
Oklaunien Man Sick In Dallas
Rev. 8. P. Clement of Oklaunien is very ill in Dallas where he went ten days ago for medical treatment.
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Oklaunien
Dallas
P. Clement of
Vernon Rotary Invites Tis Tet Picnic With Sports
The Vernon Rotary Club invites participation in a tis tet picnic organized by Waxahachie. The event on August 4 will feature golf tennis baseball and speeches. The Vernon attendee list is not yet decided.
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Tistet
Vernon
Home for Summer Vacation in Vernon Court District
Fudge J. A. Nabers is at home for his summer vacation. With few exceptions there will be no court session in his District until September, when the mill of justice begins to grind in Vernon.
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Fudge J. A. Nabers
Mill of Justice
Vernon
Kiersey Admitted To State Bar In Childress Visit
CW Kiersey district court stenographer from Childress testified Friday in Vernon in the injunction suit by Stater Keene Co against Harvey Crade OM Co and J N Simpson. Kiersey recently passed the state bar exams. In Vernon he played golf at Hill Crest Club and spoke of many avid golfers in Childress. He noted a clinic is being planned at that city and a plan to buy about ninety acres of land.
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CW. Kiersey
Childress
Vernon
Stater-Keene Company
Harvey Crade OM Company
J. N. Simpson
Kiersey
Hill Crest Club
Riersey
Gyrd With Auto States Company Wrank Byrd
Byrd, previously with Long-Bell Lumber, has moved to Creath Kerr Automobile Company which handles Packard and Hupmobile cars.
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Wrank Byrd
Long-Bell Lumber Company
Creath Kerr Automobile Company
Packard and Hupmobile
County Women Enter Statewide Peach Short Cake Contest
County women plan to travel to College Station the last week in July to compete in a statewide peach short cake contest under Miss Wittie Washington. Contest rules require wash dresses, aprons, and towels, with equipment and ingredients supplied. three judges determine prize winners of 25, 15, and 10 dollars.
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College Station
Wittie
Washington
Home Economics
Vernon
Fourth of July Parade in Vernon Celebrates with Decorated Cars
A morning street parade in Vernon featured a Texas street route and a glow of decorated autos. Miss Rose Billmann won first prize for a car draped in white cheesecloth and red crosses. Dan Latsey earned second for a car in traditional colors. About 200 attendees heard speeches from Mayor Harry Mason and speaker I. L. Moore, with songs by Revis Ramage and a local orchestra.
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SLO
Rose Billmann
Cotarty
Tor
Elna Stovall
Che Che
Nettle’ Mae Morrison
Ernestine Turpin
Dorothy Webb
Dolly Lisman
Rath Kell Lata
Dies, Lutz
Charvies Luty
Finks Ramsey
Dan Latsey
Fairgrounds
Uteder
Robert Late
Aerion
Revis Ramage
Harry Mason
Focas
BSS
New Antarctic Continent Reported Rich in Minerals and Life
Dr Cope leading the British Antarctic Expedition reports a discovered continent at the bottom of the earth beyond Terra del Fuego. The land is said to be rich in minerals fur and birds of immense size and hosts beasts like leopards and emperor penguins. The area remains unmeasured.
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Cope
Vancouver
B.C
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Morgan Ramsey
McLarty
Ramsey
Curtis Hogsett
A. J. Schell
Robert Williams
Ambrose Robinson
Farmer
Tongs
Robinson
Young Crawford
Dick Bowers
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Young Smith
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Bill Abbott
Fue Ture
Theoks
Lulu Wormell
Pmmrals
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Virginia
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Nete
Okla
Willian W. Daafkie
Mass
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Route 4
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Robinson Motor Company
Jess Jenkins
Edward
Alenander
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Colorado
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State Bar
Auto Sates Company
E. A. Blevins
Oklaunion
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Z. W. Creager
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Buta Goodfellow
Aimaver
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O'Neal
Frank
Pehnensen Openis
Yestering
Scouts
Mason
Trad
America
I. Ll. Moore
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