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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
2
City Engineer A. J. Robinson and R. H. Standifer visited Granite Oklahoma to inspect crushed granite from the state reformatory quarries. They found rock acceptable for contracts but shipments unlikely to be prompt. The quarry, a branch penitentiary, houses about 200 prisoners with modern facilities and adjoining farm and dairy operations.
Mrs Sam Allen and son aris left for Eldorado Kansas to visit daugh ter and sister Mrs Verde Robinson. GOW Jordan and family will move to Vernon next week. Farmers plowing and preparing land for a new crop. Methodist Church singing well attended. Rev W W Adams preached at Baptist Church. One Jim Jordans child ill with chicken pox but improving. School progressing. children nearly back in session. Mrs Kerry Clark visited Granda Jordan. Will Green and family with George Jordan and Sam. Rayland is rising, several people have left recently.
East Vernon high school beat Farmers Valley 42 to 2 in a Saturday game. Bay Smith of Vernon is busy this week building a new barn on his place.
About two miles east of East Vernon school hose, J. N. White, T.R. Baker and W. FE. Sullivan were in Vernon last Saturday on business. T. E. Burchfield, Charlie Burchfield and Chester Lee were in Vernon last Monday. Hale Hoffman is visiting his sister, Mrs. Charlie Meyers, this week. Jim A. White and family were in Vernon last Saturday. Mrs. A. M. Bourland visited Mrs. Jim A. White Monday evening. Jim A. White and family were visitors at the home of T. E. Burchfield last Sunday evening.
Fargo News reports Hal Coats and family visiting Mrs. J. Kbtehersid and kin at Medicine Mounds while Miss Y Vassey visits relatives in Oklahoma City. Vernon residents J C Mee and others visited, and local families attended Tolbert play. Bro. Pearson and Bro. R V Tooley held church appointments amid ongoing community visits and arrivals.
Jack O Day known as the handcuff king plans an Saturday afternoon exhibition on the courthouse square. He will don a straight jacket tied by local citizens, then be suspended by his feet to escape. A $100 reward awaits any waiter who can duplicate the stunt.
An OCR fragment notes a property office at 00 North Main Street with garbled names and unclear ownership. Lacks clear date or transaction details, but identifies an estate office tied to J R Jones and a partial street address.
John T. Bradbury of Central Christian Church invites the public to a week of protracted services from Sunday March 28 to Easter. Captain Uf A MacLean will lead songs and the pastor will preach nightly at 7 45 with topics praising Christ. The church seeks to serve the community and world in Christ. Sunday morning subject The World's Return to Gods Sunday evening Safety in Christ. Bible School at 9 45 a.m. The school is growing with new pupils weekly. Local residents visit and plan for expansion while staff discuss community involvement.
R M Bruner came from Kansas City last night and left Vernon for Pittsburg Penn where he sold a quantity of leases. He has had unbounded confidence in Wilbarger county.
An extra edition on the Sigler well created a sensation in Vernon. Demand stayed high all afternoon and into Thursday morning as visitors sought copies. Requests poured in from Wichita Falls and Dallas, and large orders had to be refused due to exhausted supply.
Reports from Burkburnett state a Southwestern Petroleum Company derrick burned Saturday with both rig and derrick entirely consumed. The blaze leaped high in the air and drew attention for miles around.
An old advertising blurb touts Calotaba as a safe influenza preventer and cold remedy. It claims a clogged system and lazy liver worsen illness, promising full recovery after one dose with no nausea or side effects. Sold in sealed packs for thirty five cents, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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