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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1921
Page
4
Philadelphia merchant prince John Wannamaker voices strong optimism about the economy. He notes his stores are expanding and crediting lower prices with boosting living costs, urging faith in America and continued investment to create work and prosperity.
Farmers stay busy for another week while the Fargo gin burns the seed house. H M Scherer travels to Denton county on business. Hal Olive buys a new old car. Edith Bryan ill. Rev Tooley robbed of 14 dollars. Elmer Owens moves to his mother's farm near Douls. Community attends Vernon church singing. Mrs P M Sweation builds a rental house for her son Wylie. Local visitors Charlivargo and others in Vernon weekend.
Frank Mason and others haul water for the Starr firm at a local place. S. B. Starr from Odell visited Fargo on Saturday. Residents attend a singing school at the Christian Church and plan a Methodist Church prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
A survey of thirty leading Baptist churches shows in 1904 twelve pastors under forty, now only one church has a minister under forty, and two-thirds are over fifty. The investigator concludes the man over fifty is the man of the hour and younger pastors must prove their worth.
A Vernon advertisement touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as effective against digestive and intestinal ailments. It claims dramatic improvements for catarrh in the intestinal tract, stomach and appendix, with money back guarantee. The pill is sold by Fergeson Drug Company and other local druggists.
The article traces New York’s origins from Verrazano’s 1524 voyage to Hudson’s 1609 voyage and Dutch settlement. It notes 1623 New Netherlands, Manhattan purchase for beads, multilingual early colony, 1664 royal transfer to the Duke of York, and New York’s role in the Constitution and as first U S capital. It cites New York’s 45 electoral votes as the state’s lasting political influence.
Miss Daisy Jones of Vernon is appointed as an assistant in the University of Texas School of Business Administration after heavy department enrollment. The article notes 500 students enrolled overall, with 400 in beginning classes, 70 in advanced stenography, and 30 in noncredit typing, under Miss Florence Stullken.
Mrs A J Butcher of Vernon praises Doans Kidney Pills for curing severe back and kidney pain from gardening. She describes persistent aching, sharp pain when bending, digestion issues, and irregular kidney action, claiming four boxes restored her condition. Price sixty cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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