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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1921
Page
14
A government circular warns of a large cotton surplus for the coming year. It cites world carryover near 15 to 29 million bales and urges acreage reduction to support prices. The analysis notes high consumption limits and warns against overproduction harming food supplies.
A government study highlights alarming cigarette use in the United States, with 120 million cigarettes daily and 46 billion yearly consumption. It notes rising female uptake, college student involvement, and dangers to health, scholarship, and public safety, urging restraint in public spaces.
Fragmentary text shows concern over youth smoking and a public health admonition. The passage mentions toxins traveling through blood and a societal curse, attributed to American neglect, with a closing name Mrs. El. Maugen.
Plans by W. OR Viner of Dallas call for a brick fireproof garage and drive in station on the former White Garage site at Cumberland and Wilbarger Streets. The structure will feature a dark brick exterior and a metal ceiling with a finished interior. Cost is not yet known.
Marriage licenses were issued February 26 to J. H. Barkley and Mrs. M. E. Isbell, February 26 to Ray Weiss and Miss Leona Tripp of Nocoma, February 28 to Tid More and Miss Willie Annie Morrow of near Chillicathe, and March 1 to Sidney Seallon and Mrs. Hichy Reed.
A Colonial Tea in Lincoln near 7th Methodist Missionary Society gathering featured Mrs. PLM Ferguson at a friend’s home on Wilhauser Street. Guests wore colonial costumes while a program included vocal and violin solos, readings, and biographies, with several local ladies assisting and many attendees from nearby towns.
Newman Hughes of Tolbert, a Crescent Cove school pupil, earns a three year subscription to the Progressive Farmer for an essay on the Texas Farm Boy Special trip. His average was 95 percent.
Mrs T L Rouse came back Sunday after visiting relatives in Memphis.
Emery Rheads arrived back Friday after attending the bankers convention in his former city February 22. He visited the Feedprat Tree at Fort Worth office located at the corner of Texas and Fannin streets.
M Bodson of Dallas, with Dr and Mrs J B Dodson Sr and Mr and Mrs RR Tyrell, were in Vernon over the weekend visiting relatives and looking at property interests before returning to Port Worth Monday night.
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