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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1919
Page
7
A legal defect in the road bonds election order for 1 500 000 prompts rescission. The order set for April 19 by the Commissioners Court must be revised to thirty year bonds. no election before May due to required public notice. Judge McHugh notes bonds cannot exceed thirty years.
Farmers report test wells near Stamford and Hall County while oil operators flock to Haskell County. Wichita County records show a $100 deed with 400 signatures. Crowell ships 15 cattle to Kansas City. J C Jones elected secretary of the Chil dress Chamber of Commerce and a Northwest Texas hospital appropriation grows to 500000.
Vernon Lodge No. 655 A F and A M meets on the second and fourth Thursday nights at 7 o clock. Frank Mann is secretary and JG Sherman serves as acting worshipful master.
A historical advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Medicine as curative for catarrh through internal action on the blood and mucous surfaces. The patrons offer a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure, claiming constitutional treatment and listing testimonials.
Mrs. Ben P. Allen, former Vernon resident and Fort Worth club leader, elected president of the Fort Worth Anti-Suffragist Association which aims to oppose the Texas May 24 amendment. The group plans quiet, informed outreach to voters, contending ballot access harms home life. over 100 women reportedly registered locally.
The First Baptist Church aims to count residents via a Sunday afternoon census led by ward committees. Workers will ask church membership, denomination, membership location, preferred church, and Sunday school attendance. J C Smith traveled to Quanah on business.
A lost signet ring with a letter H for a baby and a pair of grey suede gloves are reported. Residents are asked to return items to the Record office for reunification with owners.
A classified style notice invites securing detective services by contacting ALG. bility Any case worth considering. Lox uos 1p.
The High School Orchestra makes its first public appearance this evening in the school auditorium under Miss Catherine Pierce. Admission is 25 cents to help cover music and related expenses, with a varied program including Marseillaise, Poor Butterfly, Stars and Stripes Forever, and solos by Weldon Teagarden and Catherine Pierce.
Classified listing from Record office sells eight sheats and a b c pen nett. Also offers one four year old span of mules for sale or trade for a Ford car. Address BL Stitt 1915 10th St Wichita Falls Texas Ady.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a painless liver purifier with no taste or nausea. It claims a morning sense of well being, no salivation risk, and a druggist refund guarantee if not delighted. Sold in original sealed packages priced thirty five cents at drug stores.
David sold land this month for 190 to 195 dollars per acre. One fourth section of rich soil five miles from Vernon with a house, barns, and orchard. Will sell within days for STLO per ner. Additional good land and residences offered for consideration. Howard Ro White, real estate and rent ad.
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