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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1919
Page
4
Notice informs readers that second class mailers for Gall mailer act of Congress require correct vid and new address details to ensure prompt attention. It mentions BRUWND CUMLANS and Macek Lei and includes a price of $2.00 and references Vernon Deans.
Farmers blame buyers and government for cotton prices but Briscoe of Deans argues the fault lies with farmers growing short staple cotton. He cites Lipscomb selling Mebane at 45 1 4 cents while Briscoe sold at 42 1 2 cents in Vernon. Short staple, used for ammunition, is hard to adapt for looms, prompting lower prices and avoidance by factors. Wilbarger county's staple mix pressures farmers to switch types. Those growing longer staples like Mebane or Lone Star serve the community. those growing short staple harm themselves and neighbors.
An older article urges households to use surplus money to ease homekeeping. It argues paying debts and investing in domestic conveniences for the farm wife, noting farmers and transporters lack running water in kitchens. The piece links home comforts to peace of mind and may explain why youth leave farming.
The Northwest Texas Methodist Conference ending in Lubbock reports a wide reorganization. Several pastors move districts including Vernon to Pirot, Odell to Turkey Circuit, and Cherendon area changes, with new presiding elders and appointed pastors across Vernon, Clarendon, Crowell, and surrounding circuits.
Ginning figures for Wilbarger county show progress in gathering this year’s cotton. Vernon totals include 1,650 bales for Farmers Gin Company and 420 for Farmers & Merchants. Other gins listed are Vernon Gin Company Planters Gin Company Odell S. B. Starr 150 and additional outside counts. Total gins estimated around 9,377 bales.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Greene hosted a forty two party Friday evening in honor of Mrs. Francis Ransom from the Isthmus of Panama who is visiting Miss Regina Greene. A salad course was served and guests included Floy Packer Flossie Greene Beulah Nowlin Annah dee Pendieton Johnie Mallow Ruth Batchelor Thelia Smith Nell Pettit Jermmie Murray Minnie King Hannah Rhoads Lee Pope Guy Pettit Eddie Collins Avan White Orba McCurdy Aubrey Foster Dr Sumrow Greene and others including Roy Abbott CG M Blair W M Schindler Emory Rhoads R H Nichols W Hy Rogers J S Buchanan and Will Brumbalow.
A. J. Britton in Tyler attends to legal matters while A. Allison travels to Oklahoma to oversee farms. Mrs. BE Rhoads spends the weekend in Frederick visiting friends. Marie Rap, an opera singer, is noted in relation to events at the Metropolitan referenced in the text.
A fragment notes a Christmas gift involving a photograph and the photographer's individuality, suggesting a discussion of ownership or credit. The terse line hints at legal or ethical questions about authorship and rights in a personal gift context.
J. D. Perkins and F. J. Timberlake of the Perkins Timberlake Company have returned to Wichita Falls. They are making arrangements for reopening their business following a fire Wednesday.
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