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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1919
Page
4
The Vernon Record is listed as being entered in the Vernon Texas post office as second class matter under the act of Congress March 3, 1881. This notice ensures the newspaper's distribution status and official handling by the postal service.
Judge Gary refused to yield to steel strikers, declaring no middle ground in the closed shop. Government data show wage gains for steel workers outpacing others, with the only question being who would control the plants. The piece warns that a strike success would threaten American industry and critics the Federation for Bolshevism and anarchist taint.
The National Farm Loan Bank urges 1500 tenant farmers in Texas to buy homes before Christmas. Land in Wilbarger has not risen with production. many tenants can make substantial payments this year. The bank furnishes about half the purchase price at 5 1/4 percent interest for 35 years, or earlier if desired. Home ownership strengthens families and the community, and Wilbarger would gain prestige as a county of home owning farmers.
A fragmentary line notes that organized labor once enjoyed sympathetic public support, reflecting on past public attitudes toward labor movements and their historic backing.
The piece argues labor has lost public support when unions demand beyond legitimate aims, violate contracts, and threaten the government. It warns miners’ strike against a solemn contract mirrors Germany’s autocratic dangers, urging labor leaders to heed the public’s opposition to such “scraps of paper” philosophy.
A local agricultural note urges patience for cotton to dry on the stalk to avoid lint damage and worthless seed. It cautions that premature picking harms profits and neighbors, while delaying slightly can increase returns. Also brief ads mention White Rose No. 2 wash room and fresh chocolate candies at City Bakery. Archer arrives from Long Beach to visit the Hawkis home.
Advert describes Freezone as a painless, instant remedy for hard and soft corns and calluses. A tiny bottle costs only a few cents at drug stores and supposedly removes every corn between the toes without soreness. The ad touts it as a sensational Cinclumiti invention.
Foster forecasts warm waves reaching Vancouver by early November with rising temperatures across the Pacific slope. Disturbances from November 3 to 21 will yield storms followed by cool spells, most severe around November 10. Temperatures vary by region with moisture feeding storms from the Gulf of Mexico. advice given for planting depths and crop moisture through the 1920 season. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Summerout return from Medina Lake with notes on seasonal conditions.
Pendleton's Music Store offers the latest music sleet music and records with a full stock of instruments and ads.
Miss Nadyne Riggs came home Wednesday from Cooper Texas where she had been visiting her parents. Mrs Katherine Waggoner left yesterday for Wichita Falls to visit Mrs G AJ Works.
A minor fire occurred Wednesday morning at the home of Chas Ratliff on East Olive Street caused by an oil stove. The blaze was extinguished before firefighters arrived with virtually no damage. An alarm had been turned in around 2 o clock Tuesday night but proved false. Also noted is a city bakery ad announcing fresh shipments of French chocolate candies and Nut Tops, soft centers.
Miss Trene Wilson has been named supervisor at the Baptist Sanitarium in Dallas after graduating first in her class. She is the daughter of O. E. Wilson, formerly of Vernon. The note also mentions musical instrument orders and local news of the Castlebury family including Robbie’s recovery from surgery in California and Brown Castlebury’s return.
A terse note instructs sending the item to the store for delivery, mentioning B. & W. etc. Drug Co. and indicating a businesslike transfer request from a supplier or broker handling the order. The fragment suggests a retail or pharmaceutical distribution action pending fulfillment.
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