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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1923
Page
5
Thompson of Brooklyn New York is sentenced to none to three years in Auburn State Vision for the manslaughter of 11 year old Dowittick Leon, struck when her car crossed a sidewalk and crashed into a hedge. Witnesses say she appeared intoxicated though she denies it.
Early May bulletins warned sustained Pacific moisture bringing above average rain east of the Rockies for the crop season. A radical shift to drought across the Pacific slope is forecast from October for five months, with very little moisture west of the Rockies. From Sitka to Venezuela a five month drought will reduce water supplies in western North America and parts of Central and South America, while moisture continues through mountain gaps until mid October. Storms will be numerous and severe then gradually ease with the drought intensifying after the dry period. North of 47, between 90 and the Rockies Crest, June temperatures and normals are listed with storms and rain expected 25 to 30.
A hint in a letter led police to discover the body of Miss Helen Bra...amn of Youngstown Ohio near a railroad culvert. She was stabbed five times and her head bound in a linen duster. Miss Bra...amn had been missing a week from the Young Women’s Christian Association where she lived. Jealousy is cited as the motive and an arrest is expected.
The document lists temperature highs and lows for regions north of 47 east of 905 and other zones, with normal rain and storms estimates through late June and early July. It ends with a market note advising grain producers to hold off selling as harvest begins while exporters push prices down, urging consumers and manufacturers to observe conditions before selling.
Fragmented OCR describes farmers told to avoid letting large exporters know when they plan to sell. It notes past success in 1922 when grain fetched good prices at strong markets and grievances were limited, while predicting fair yet not outstanding crops in the current year.
Local advert offering about twenty Jersey milk cows for sale at Mussie Cuffee Store 47. Describes cows as fresh and well fed with abundant forage. Contact Dewey Wilson for details and offers.
Six Vernon youngsters will receive free season tickets as the Chautauqua program opens Thursday at 1 o clock. Wednesday afternoon all children may meet at the tent behind the Library for a briefing by the junior supervisor who will organize a parade for Thursday morning at 1 o clock. The six best costumes or makeups will earn free season tickets.
Local disease Catarrh is explained as influenced by constitutional conditions. An ointment provides quick relief when applied locally and a tonic internal medicine acts through the blood to help the mucous surfaces and restore the system. Sold by druggists for over 40 years by F J Cheney & Co Toledo.
A fragmented 1920s style note references Bessie Smith songs including Baby Won't You Please Come Home and Oh Daddy, mentioning Warfield Wal and Clarence Williams and a chorus of names. The text reads as a promotional or catalog blurb with scattered misspellings and uncertain attributions.
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