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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1922
Page
4
Officials say eighty percent of Volstead Act violators are aliens and deportation is seen as effective. Courts show alien involvements in illicit stills, especially in the South and industrial centers. Some argue aliens forfeited protection and should return home if noncompliant.
Attendees at the Downs pie event enjoyed a festive Saturday with speeches on government, athletic bowling, and an array of confections. The mood blended cynicism and glee amid plentiful food, soda, and fellowship, bridging barriers of daily life. The piece notes the wider national sympathy for common folk facing swindles elsewhere.
Mrs. Powell will host the Home Science Club Friday at her W Willarger street home. The meeting marks the close of the Crab year with business to follow. Leconin president Mrs. J N Johnson will nominate committees for the new club year starting in October. Retiring president Mrs Winery Rhoads will relinquish the gavel. Vernon Rebekah Lodge will meet at Odd Fellow hall Friday night with candidates to be initiated.
Alice McLarty announces a kindergarten teaching position beginning June 2 after five years in primary education including three years in Vernon City schools. She intends to pursue missionary prep at Searrie School of Missions and will reveal the teaching location later.
The readable fragments show scattered words and names about drugs weather and place hints. No coherent events or clear subjects emerge from the OCR tossed text.
Mrs. Marie Waite told the State Spiritualist Association that souls have occupations in the afterlife and many marry as spiritual mates. She described the silver cord linking body and spirit, spirits visiting from afar, and even joked interactions with earthly friends as they roam the new land.
Pretty Gertrude Schilnechk of Milwaukee sponsors an innovative fancy dress hat that rises into the air when removed from the head, eliminating the need to hang it on a rack.
A witness recounts a drowning incident at North Beach with the victim claiming cramps seized him while swimming. He says the man has remained with him since, noting how the admission framed the death as an accident rather than foul play.
Ellmo Scott Watson recounts the demise of King Philip Metacomet, detailing colonial vengeance after his rise to unite New England tribes. The narrative covers uprisings, massacres at Swansea and Bloody Brook, the beheading and display of Philip’s head, the death of Wetamoo, and Alderman’s double‑charged shot ending the war in August 1676.
Fourteen year old Mthelda McGary wins a New York race against top contenders including Olympic champion Bib eon Riggio. She completes the 300 yard dash in ten minutes eleven seconds, breaking the prior record of four minutes sixteen seconds held by Mrs. Charlotte Boyle Cline.
The Record presents thoroughly tested dessert recipes by an accomplished cook. Readily available, these selections aim to solve the perplexing question of what to prepare for dessert with merit and practicality.
A fragmented recipe describes combining one cup sugar and butter with an egg, adding one half cup flour and raisins, plus two tablespoons vinegar. Whites are beaten to stiff peaks and folded into the batter with the other ingredients.
Vernon plans to bid for the next annual West Texas Chamber of Commerce meeting after a directors decision. A 25 to 30 member delegation will visit Plainview on May 2 and 28 to extend Vernon’s invitation to about 5,000 delegates. Local support hinges on expected visits by 1,000 to 5,000 guests and projected spending of 50 000 to 100 000 dollars in Vernon.
An old advertisement promotes Blue Star Remedy as a cure for skin diseases including itch eczema ringworm cracked heads and old sores with a guaranteed sale through B. W. Drug Co. at 12-26t¢.
About twenty to thirty automobile owners were summoned to city court after blocking streets near Allingham Park during Thursday night’s May fete. Officials cited negligence and fire hazard concerns.
Portable ad fragment urges readers to save on repairs by bringing their work to a local shop. It emphasizes cost cutting and convenient service for routine fixes.
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