Post Office Milestone Heralded in Vernol March 1519
Unclear OCR fragment notes a post office event in Vernol during March 1519. Mentions Congress and a milestone, but details are missing and entities are uncertain.
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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1919
Page
4
Be Sure and Vote on Saturday Amendments and Proposals
A partisan call urging voting on Saturday for constitutional amendments and state measures. Supports female fitness in public life, state wide prohibition, salary increases for high office, and Hobby land settlement plan to boost home ownership and state revenue. Warns that citizen interest in government sustains democracy against Bolshevism or despotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobby
Why Raise Tax Values to Support Public Schools
A citizen questions increased property valuations as a means to fund better schools. The piece argues that public schools cannot run on current funds and urges residents to pay more, noting teachers deserve fair pay and improved facilities. It contends higher valuations will finance the needed education money and reflects on local civic duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Parison
Azores mark new era in air navigation speed records
The article notes an average air speed of 90 miles per hour for over thirteen hours, setting a new record and hinting at future flights. It suggests future trips from Vernon to Fort Worth could take about an hour and a half in a luxurious airplane, illustrating vast possibilities in air travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azores
Vernon
Fort Worth
Big 10 Oil Company seeks investors in Burkburnett Texas stake
A dealer promotes two oil ventures led by Big 10 Oil Company No 1 and O Tesx Production Company. They claim seven leases across five fields, including Burkburnett and Ranger, with plans to drill a deep well and pay dividends from 30 percent of production, 50 percent for development. Stock offered at par $10 with quarterly dividends and a quick payback, urging immediate purchases in Vernon Texas and Wichita Falls headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkbarnett
Texas
Big 10 Oil Company No. 1
Wichita Falls
O'Tesx
Fon Wells
Stephens County Ranger Field
Weiser
Duke Field
Good Well
Ross Farm
Derrick How
Iowa Park
Lowa Park
Burkburners
Burkburnett
Montgomery County
Kansas
Potter County Ship Christening Sponsor Named
Miss Marcialete Hall of Amarillo named sponsor to christen the schooner Potter County in a United States fleet ship naming privilege earned by Potter county through Liberty Loan campaign records. Miss Hall, daughter of Judge and Mrs W. Hall, formerly lived here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcialete Hall
2. W. Hall
Amarillo
Potter County
United States
Hall
Mabie Towser Wanted by Red Cross Leader
Miss Esther Swartwood of the Home Service Department seeks Mabie Towser for an unclaimed allotment addressed to Vernon Route 2. Anyone knowing Mabie Towser should call Miss Swartwood at 6 or 450 for a favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabie
Towser
Esther Swartwood
Home Service Department
Red Cross
Vernon
Miss Swartwood
Manufacturer guarantees dairy gains with new pasture feed
A nameless advertisement claims a pasture feed will boost milk yield and batter production for cows. The manufacturer guarantees the product will pay for itself, with slogans urging readers to buy at Brown's, Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown's
Ady
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad Claims Quick Kidney Cure
An emergency health ad warns that kidney trouble causes fatigue insomnia and pain and promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a immediate remedy. It promises restoration within 24 hours and advises continued use to prevent future attacks, with a money back guarantee if it fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Haarlem
Ice Cream Supper Funds Tolbert Cannery Effort
A large crowd at Tolbert Saturday night realized around $20 26 toward a community cannery. High school students staged Daisy Garland's Fortune in the school auditorium with several community members attending and a small admission fee directed to the school's athletic fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolbert
Daisy Garland
Canning Club
Daisy Guarland
Tom Thumb Wedding staged by Willie Carrolls class
A large crowd witnessed the Tom Thumb Wedding at More's theatre with Miss Willie Carroll presenting her kindergarten class. The high school orchestra under Miss Catherine Pierce provided music, Pierce performed a violin piece, and Owen Henry played a cornet solo. A colonial drill opened the program before the wedding, followed by songs by the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
More’s Theatre
Willie Carroll
Catherine Pierce
Mmnes Guests Visit Mrs Roy Stovall in Wichita
DD Jones and Vete Baker arrived yesterday from Wichita Parls where they had been visiting Mrs Roy Stovall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones and
Vete Baker
Wichita Parls
Roy Stovall
Kerosene Price Quotation From Browns Ady
A brief 60 2tc item notes kerosene as the best crude available with a price of 10 cents per barrel from Browns Ady.
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Taik Oil
Gil
Jonea
Fergeson Building
North Main Street
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Ite
Mabie Towser
You
Belle of
Belle
Kell Milling Company
Cannery
Quink
THE
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta, GA
Mother
King
Owder
U.S
Ford
Napier Bros. Motor CO
Wilbarger County Abstract Co
U. K
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Hampton Metal & Plumbing Company
John C. Roberts
Wilbarger County
Wylie Bennet
Davis
L. G. Hawkins
Sherrill
O.T. Warlick
West Texas
Conger Sheet: Metal Company
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