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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
12
A May 28 1920 Vernon Record editorial urges readers to support local businesses, criticizing belief in superior goods from distant cities. It promotes concerted local advertising, cooperation among merchants and residents, and the motto Trade with the merchants who make the city to sustain Vernon’s growing trade.
A Chicago business gathering cites strong U S wealth and production as proof against panic. It argues the core issue is idleness, not unemployment, noting vast natural resources, high gold reserves, and plenty of jobs while warning against pessimistic forecasts.
Delegations from twenty counties were to appear at the State Highway Commission meeting to request a share of federal and state funds for road construction. Advices from Austin indicate the group aimed to secure allocations for improving highways, though the outlook was uncertain.
Wilbarger County explains it cannot ask for more money beyond funds approved for District 1 roads, already supplemented by federal money and state road funds. It notes prior promises of about 300,000 dollars in federal and state support conditioned on county taxpayers voting 1.5 million dollars, and urges building own roads with wider county cooperation.
Dallas will stage a three day sport carnival at the state fair of Texas starting Friday June 4 featuring a 100 mile auto race and 15 short distance events. Auto polo aviation and aerobatics highlight the program with Oakley Escadrille aerial feats and a mid air plane change by Arthur Oakley of Abilene.
White Produce Co offers highest market price for chickens and eggs. Visit the North Main Street location between Frisco and Denver railroads or call 281 86_tf for details about selling.
In the Democratic Primaries on July 24 1920 the slate lists James Y Leak for District Attorney RB F George for Representative 101st District bd Lb McHugh Orban McCurdy for County Judge John Storey for County Attorney W A Ish Jim Bomar Kr I Reub Key for Sheriff Miss Verna Lucky re election for County Clerk 7 7 Cabe Sok Porterfield for Tax Assessor Com Blair for Tax Collector re election W C Alderman or J N Fulcher re election for County Treasurer or Superintendent J B Nabers for County Surveyor J Griffiths re election for Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 R B Judd A M Bourland for Commissioner Precinct 1 Odell M L Burch I R Chapon Albert Boone for Public Weigher Precinct 10 Ron J L Sneed for Public Weigher
The nation faces a clash over Armenia, with William Jennings Bryan opposing an American mandate. The piece argues the costs, Europe’s politics entanglement, and dangers of big-nation rivalry, while contending self government for Armenians is flawed and the core issue remains whether a mandate is proper to prevent Turkish atrocities or if aid should be limited to humanitarian collections.
A brief reflection notes how historically poor appetite was seen as fault but now is valued as a sign of health, signaling shifting attitudes toward appetite and wellness. The remark uses a concise, aphoristic tone typical of column or editorial musings from earlier eras.
Clifton Slusser of Akron Ohio rose from stenographer to general superintendent of Goodyear Tire and Rubber’s California subsidiary. At 30 he leads the new 815,000,000 plant with 5000 workers, producing about 3,900 tires daily as he advances from night school to executive council.
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