Post Office Entry At Vernon Texas
Manager entered in the post office at Vernon Texas as second class mail matter under act of Congress March 3 1879.
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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1923
Page
4
Manager entered in the post office at Vernon Texas as second class mail matter under act of Congress March 3 1879.
The Record lauds R. H. Coffee and Wilburger County officials for securing the Lee highway through Wilburger and Vernon after a lengthy campaign. Citizens urged constructive discussion on bridge locations over Red River, noting collaboration among Oklahoma Texas and the federal government.
The article argues that bridge site selection is an engineering matter to be solved by federal and state engineers. It calls for fair public review, equal citizen access to claims, and neutral locating boards, urging unity and support for the highway project while avoiding partisan tactics. The Record supports a transparent process to speed up justice and government work.
A county review lauds Miss Eula Goodfellow the home demonstration agent for fostering growth in Wilbarger County through women and girls programs boys involvement farm agents poultry clubs and canning efforts. The piece credits her with improving hundreds of homes making them more efficient happier and wealthier through county wide development initiatives.
The district court will serve three counties, speeding justice by reducing crowded dockets. Lawyers note prior delays from crowded dockets and continuances, but with a streamlined court system the risk of cases being postponed may lessen in this district.
A Fredrick Leader headline proclaims Fort Worth shocked by a murder as the city, long seen as progressive and prosperous, remains unfazed by crime, while the jury recites and readers react to the grim event.
City commissioner EH. M. Rogers claims science misreads tornado causes. He argues March winds lift sand that prairie dogs disturb by digging holes, creating air currents that form twisters. Rogers challenges scientists with his country block theory.
A social poker game in Vernon tests the theory of Cone as a truth teller. The victim recounts the moment Cone claimed certainty, then watched Cone fold quickly as a big pot shifted hands. The report ends with the remark that Cone does not know what he is talking about.
The article recalls a banquet honoring Nichols of the Tribune and guest presenter Mr. Nichols. Speakers include Mrs. B. K. Harris W R Patterson R C Hazel telegraph operator C T H Boyd L L Johnson H C Anderson J W Cheney Ernest O Thompson Miss May Patterson and others. Nichols praised Tribune employees and said he would rather be the loner guest at a banquet given by his own staff. He noted a newspaper’s public service and the need to print carefully to elevate the profession.
President Harding backs a federal forestry bill signaling a trend visible in Oklahoma Arkansas and South Carolina where proposed state boards would be nonpartisan and representative of forestry interests. The bills aim for farmer and private timber owner cooperation fire protection groups and educational outreach to promote forestry. Record classifieds list results.
Amarillo Tribune staff and guests hosted a farewell banquet for R K H Nichols manager and editor who is moving to Vernon Texas to lead the Vernon Record. Twenty eight attendees attended a five course dinner with an impromptu program.
An advertisement urges readers at the breaking point to use Force Tonic for systemic reconstruction and renewed vitality. It claims the tonic restores strength by aiding the body and nerves, promising rapid, noticeable results and urging readers to buy from drugstores.
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