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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1925
Page
4
The Vernon Record lists subscription rates at 2.00 per year and details advertising charges including classified notices at 1 2 cents per word for first insertion, 3 cents for two insertions, and 2 cents per word for obituaries reader notices. It notes the editor and manager WB Nichols and postal handling requirements.
The Record invites readers to report any erroneous reflection on individuals firms or corporations for correction by the editor.
Rail expansion accelerates in Texas with Santa Fe proposals to acquire the Katy System and San Antonio Uvalde Gulf, creating a new third large system in the lower Grande Valley. Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific emerge as competitors through Gulf Coast and Texas-Mexican acquisitions, while Santa Fe plans lines from Plainview to Silvertop and Friona, signaling a broader era of railroad growth and state‑level regulatory revival under the Basch Cummins law.
The Supreme Court this week denied a motion for rehearing in a Limestone County case challenging the State Highway Act. It upholds the section allowing the Highway Department to spend state funds outside the originating county and empowers the Commission to assume road improvements as part of the state system. The decision removes doubt about state authority and the highway system.
The article argues that continuing federal road funds hinges on a guaranteed connected statewide system. It condemns county–only road projects and envisions motor trips from Texarkana to El Paso and along the Texas line to Brownsville, stressing a unified network over fragmented efforts.
RED VALLEY itemizes Sunday activities from Pleasant Valley chapel with Rev Jenkins preaching morning and evening. Social visits include Miss Bratcher with Opal McDougal, Morris family with Vernon’s Redwine, and Floyds with White City kin. A meat theft near Miss McDougal’s area ended with pursuit and recovery of about five hundred pounds. Declamation tryouts list junior winners Aubrey Bell, Clifton Cook, Wayne Bell and Jessie Morris, Beatrice Rodgers, Opal Mae Turner.
Persistent night coughs ruin sleep and weaken health. Dr Kings New Discovery for Coughs promises quick relief by a simple nightly teaspoonful held in the throat before swallowing. It soothes irritation, loosens phlegm, and aims to restore sound sleep in many cases, with no harmful drugs.
Vernon area residents hosted and visited many kinfolk during a period of flu illness. A long list of visitors and extended family stayed, attended singing in Tolbert, and joined Grandma Holland's funeral. Numerous trips to Lubbock and Elliott accompanied prayer meetings and quarter by conference events in Wildcat and surrounding communities.
Mr and Mrs Will Key and Frank Key visited in Vernon last Sunday. Mr Scotts family returned from East Texas and Oklahoma after a two week trip. Mrs Buford Luttrell visited Mrs Martin at Oklainion last Tuesday. Mr Vaughn has two boys who are
An ad from Vernon Drug Store offers BLUE STAR REMEDY with a guarantee for skin conditions including eczema ring worm and other sores. It promises no clothing staining and a pleasant odor.
The Federation of Women's clubs will meet Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the county library auditorium.
Several high grade and registered Jersey cows and two excellent red Mileh cows. All fresh and worth the money. See Dewey Wilson. Phones 616 and 692, 23d-Bte.
Walter McElroy a student at A and M College and former Vernon resident spends Easter holidays with friends here as the store promotes the latest New Perfection styles.
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