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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1920
Page
3
Fisherwomen in native dress greeted Allied leaders as they arrived in Bologna. The scene highlighted cultural exchange and wartime solidarity with local hospitality extending to high-ranking officials.
Classified notices seek housing and job help. Wording shows a boarding room with bath and sheds, a girl for general house work, a modern house with shed, and various farm animal pasture offers. Names include Mrs M Welsh and Tay Arnold with contact phones and locations around Vernon area.
Amateur skipper Charles Francis Adams TL steered the defender Resolute as it faced the challenger Shamrock LV in the Sandy Hook race.
Correspondence shows outside interests eyeing a first class hotel and lodging house. A potential lessee offers to manage the property for half profits or a salary. Details are on file at the chamber of commerce for interested parties to review.
A political advertisement solicits votes in Wichita and Wilbarger counties. The message emphasizes representation of all people, calls for better schools and economic growth, and mentions support for oil belt development, taxation reform, and state aid. The text contains numerous OCR errors and disjointed phrases.
Vernon firms hoard freight cars for days in Frisco yard, delaying shipments. A railroad agent says many cars sit idle while consignors refuse to accept goods, though willing to pay demurrage. Each car worth about 40 dollars daily, worsening grain and oil shipments. Denver officials fear oil boom could ease the bottleneck.
Ottawa reports Arthur Melghen, son of Borden, accepted governor general’s invitation to form a new ministry after Sir Robert Borden’s resignation. At 16 he becomes the youngest Canadian premier designate, formerly solicitor and attorney general and minister of the interior.
J F Lute Jett traveled to Marion Ohio to witness Warren G Harding’s presidential nomination notification. A formal invitation listed events including a parade at 10 luncheon at 1 and remarks by Senator Lodge with Henry Cabot Lodge and Colownn Du Pont as committee chairs.
A scanned roster lists numerous political, medical, and civic names including Warlick Cook Storey Harey Dodson Flaniken King Warlick Hick Bourland Gibson Bailey Neathery Carpenter Dodson Castleberry Coleman McCaleb Collins Rowland Bailey Hicks Raysor Durbin McCulloch Summer Hamilton Norwood Creager Hodge Hiatt Harper Reed Taylor Dean King Huntley Leak Frost Price Boyd Walker Bourland Easterling Coffee. The compilation appears as a community roll of residents and officials.
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