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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1925
Page
4
Rates listed for ads include 112 cents per word for first insertion and 8 cents for each additional insertion with a 26 cent minimum. Local reading notices 2 cents per word for first insertion and 3 cents for two insertions. Obituary notices 1 cent per word. Poetry 2 cents per word. Cash required with mailed notices. Display ads 45 cents per column inch for promotion and meal column. all other display 45 cents.
A generic public notice stating that erroneous reflections about any person firm or corporation in The Record will be corrected on request to the editor.
An editorial notes the American Medical Association's push to remove limits on liquor prescriptions, arguing many doctors issue beverages as medicine and that removing rules could turn prescribing into a profit motive. It warns this stance risks public trust and professional esteem.
The state tax rate is fixed at 77 cents per 100 valuation for this year, up 2 cents from last year due to Confederate pen signs tax rising from 5 to 7 cents. The determination stems from a constitutional limit and a three million dollar deficit carried from the prior biennium. The rate reflects a people vote to fund Confederate pensions, despite broader finance concerns.
The piece argues for more state money for schools noting half the state rate goes to the school fund after pensions and that much general fund money is allocated to education. It claims taxes would be negligible if only official salaries remained and urges awareness of tax origins rather than complaint.
A long discussion on US public schools notes that about 10 to 25 percent of 12 million students fail to promote to the next grade. It cites causes from physical defects and health to poor home study conditions and irregular attendance, urging parental action to reduce repeat failures.
The institute offers four fold training in Basic Engineering Subjects Industrial Management and practical industry experience. Courses cover mathematics chemistry physics engineering drawing and related subjects with industrial history economics psychology and management. Cooperating firms Buick Chevrolet A C Spark Plugs DuPont Marvel and Stewart Body Works shape advisory committees to ensure practical executive preparation.
The article notes the rise of the automobile industry and the growing focus on training executives. It highlights a Cooperative Engineering Course at the Flint Institute of Technology run with automobile and allied industries. The program combines four weeks in factory work with four weeks at the institute to develop junior executives with practical industrial experience.
A large crowd attends singing at Luther Cribbs in West Rayland. Local residents and visitors, including Lucille Belew, Mary Belew, and Ruth Slaney, are listed with visits to relatives in Decatur, Thalia, and Oklahoma. Several extended family members travel, and social events such as an ice cream supper are noted.
A special singing is planned at the Methodist church of Varge next Sunday at 2 30 in the afternoon. Special singers of note will be present according to announcements sent out.
E. B. Owen and family left Verona Thursday for Colorado to spend the rest of the summer. Mr. Owen recently returned from a trip through the northwest.
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