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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1922
Page
2
Vernon report lists residents visiting from Dallas Louisville Memphis Wichita Falls and Frederick along with several local shoppers and shoppers. Several illnesses are noted including diphtheria influenza and influenza recovery. Local businesses advertise fishing tackle and insurance services as well as a hospital operation update.
Mrs. R V Tooley returns home from an operation in Vernon and Mrs Ernest Worley departs after surgery in Vernon. Mr and Mrs George F E Burdell visit from New York. Several locals attend business and family events, with updates on health, travel, and Red Cross welfare efforts.
John McHenry, a boy convicted of a double murder, was granted a reprieve by Justice McCoy of the Supreme Court to allow some religious instruction. He was photographed in his Washington prison cell. The notice also mentions various local items including travel to Sulphur, Okla, a Dallas family visit, farm land ads, and local social notes.
Discussion follows after Water and Light Department rate hikes. Austin Desai Mare claim state should provide its own electric light and power plant for capital institutions as city rates are deemed prohibitive and likely to deter government operations.
Nineteen thirties classified ad offers six room lease land one mile from Friona Texas. 150 acres in cultivation priced at 22.50 per acre with 2000 cash and balance over ten years at interest. Also promotes Blue Star Remedy for skin diseases sold by B & W Drug Co.
The notice references a 15 day period to sell items by TERHUNE-ORKR EME. CO. and mentions py and G. Teinch Tister points for S2.2h.
Vernon Theater presents Tom Mix in Sky High with canyon stunts including an 11 foot jump over a 2000 foot chasm a rope descent and a plane flight into the Colorado River. Bert Levy’s vaudeville returns with four acts including the Follies of 61 and a roller skating novelty.
An advertisement promises savings on brand new 1922 model Dodges and Fords. It directs readers to respond via Box 262, 17-3te Ady, seeking quick contact for purchase details.
Foster's Bulletin from Washington predicts below normal weekly temperatures around March 25 with a series of disturbances tracking from the Gulf to eastern regions. It foresees a very big crop season in 1922 across Canada and the United States, noting vast potential production and speculative export prospects if Europe stabilizes.
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