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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1921
Page
4
Residents of Wil County weigh a proposed 1800 bond for road building and a KiBeothe to Hlewtrd highway. Critics argue funds are exhausted and other communities would be shortchanged, urging fair distribution across Vernon and Harrold areas. Judge McHugh notes road maintenance needs remain unmet.
County commissioners plan lasting upgrades on main roads in four directions with a focus on thoroughfares carrying most taxpaying travel. Permanent bridges and culverts will be prioritized, but less urgently than main-road work. each precinct will receive $1000 for projects.
The Record News cites statisticians with state cotton spindle figures led by Massachusetts. North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas are highlighted as major spinners and buyers, while Texas mills and factories are said to drive future wealth for the state. George Robinson voices a colorful take on the industry.
City engineers report sweeping gains in asphalt paving across major cities. Sixty million square yards or 3488 miles of 30 foot wide asphalt pave ment will be laid this year, up 25 percent from last year. New York City five boroughs total over a million square yards with Bronx and Brooklyn contributing large shares.
The report shows recent yardage and growth by boroughs of New York and lists asphalt paving by major U S cities with square yard totals. It notes Brooklyn Queens Manhattan and other boroughs with percentage increases and cites cities like Chicago Detroit San Francisco and Cincinnati with their paving figures and a forecast for Colorado Springs in 1022.
The study divides Africa into Christian, Pagan, and Mohammedan regions. It notes Christian Africa centers in the south with about five and a half million people, Pagan Africa as the largest pagan bloc, and Mohammedan Africa with about forty million, spanning from the Equator to the Mediterranean. It also cites one hundred million people there without a written language.
Notice lists Vernon Standifer Hospital visit by O W Wilson M D practicing eye ear nose and throat this Sunday October 25 with contact details. Also mentions used Dodge Brothers Ford cars bargains and several local visits by Miss Addie Thomason Mr and Mrs Ir Thompson in Amarillo Mr and Mrs W Berry trip to Dallas Fair and Mrs B Parker to Cleburne.
County demonstration agent compiles a price list of staple groceries to help club women estimate canning value by comparing product costs with market groceries. The list includes preserves, jelly, pickles, chutney, vegetables and fruits, tomatoes, beans, kraut, catsup, dried goods, meat, and vinegar in various container sizes and prices.
The Lisenbee Furniture Co. will relocate November 1 from East Wilbarger street to the Hahn building at Main and Wilbarger streets. Alterations are under way at the new location. Friends honored Peyton Phillips with a dance at the Ladd residence on East Wilbarger before Phillips leaves tonight for Tampa Florida to make his home.
Mrs J B Ramage of Nashville arrived in Vernon Thursday morning to visit her son Gus Ramage pastor of the Central Christian Church.
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