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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1922
Page
4
A garbled 82,000,000 annual poultry crop highlighted in a county program urging systematic development across the county. The item notes a west Texas setting and references a public drive along a major highway for coordinated farm improvements.
The article notes a shift in Texas rural life driven by livestock improvement and rural education. It praises progressive citizenship, cattle shipments, and state fair participation, highlighting the extension work of Cha so & M. College and county agents.
The St Louis Thueg lauds the DeMolay organization as enduring in seven centuries with a creed of moral chivalry to defend the weak and oppressed. The piece views DeMolay as a beacon of religion and good citizenship, foretelling continued growth and impact for future generations.
August 26 bulletin reports widespread drought impact in Europe and peering effects in the Americas, with forecasts of continued dryness through October. It describes European harvest shortfalls, shifting drought patterns in Australia and South America, and presents a sectional forecast map offering weekly temperature and storm expectations for September across seven regions.
County Superintendent L A Hollar releases a partial list of rural teachers for the coming term. Some schools may open in September while others wait until November. All county teachers will attend the institute at Vernon the week before Christmas. The list names numerous teachers and locations across Red River and surrounding areas.
The article notes the deaths of Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith, last photographed together before dying. It recalls their roles in Ireland's push for a Free State, with Eamonn de Valera opposing in arms. Griffith allegedly died of pneumonia from extended work. Collins was assassinated in an ambush.
Union Hill teacher Miss H Lea Nelson wed Edward de Jiminez who claimed to be a Spanish count but later renounced titles to become a plain American. The couple, employed as a department store floor walker and wife, faced questions about his titles while noting love mattered more than status as they earned about $45 weekly.
A portrait of Sitting Bull (Tatanka Yotanka) as a complex figure. The piece notes he was not a hereditary chief or main war leader, yet possessed keen judgment, prophetic bursts, and enduring resistance to white authority. It recalls his escape to Canada, return after famine, a red shirt incident, polygamy remark, and his death during a crackdown on the ghost dance.
Mrs. Tom King entertained for her son Tom King Jr on Wednesday afternoon at their Paradise Street home for his third birthday. Twenty children attended as games were played on the lawn followed by ice cream and cake.
The article notes Sunday school and preaching services start at 10 a m with a 10 40 arrival to gain the best benefit. Evening service begins at 5 o'clock followed by prayer meeting next Wednesday at 8. The church resumes all evening services and urges members and the community to attend Sunday worship.
We could not start our false race contest last Sunday and hope all school and church members attend Sunday school at 11 a.m. next Sunday for the contest. The evening theme is The Complete View of Redemption illustrated by a large chart. Led by Minister Lewis P. Kopp.
About 250 people including church members and their families gathered at Allingham Park for a Wednesday evening picnic from 6 to 9. Ladies of the church prepared a large spread with twenty gallons of ice cream. A park program followed with a playlet featuring audience participation as trees and clouds. Betsy Ross and George Washington appeared in a schoolboy’s skit about the flag, ending with the crowd singing America. The event was praised and plans for a regular semi formal gathering were made for early spring.
Fred Holley sold his Little Tamed Room on North Main Street to J. Re. Harrison of Fargo. New manager J. C. Dozier assumed charge Monday afternoon. Harrison, living on the Tiper farm near Deans, will move here around year start. Holley unclear on future plans. Record Classified Ads bring results.
Colonel Artur P. S. Hyde U S Army veteran of three wars tops a twenty six year career as he arrives in San Francisco from Fort Amador Panama Canal Zone to take a new post at an Episcopal pulpit in California.
Miss Bull Goodfellow announces that many gardens are run down and girls planning to enter the county fair canning contest may need to can vegetables at Harrold and Lucdy in Oklaunton next Monday. Each girl must bring four pounds of vegetables and ten cents to buy cans. Two cans of certain tomatoes must be included in the exhibit.
J. K. Ellis, claim agent for the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway, has been appointed superintendent of special service for the entire Katy system including the Kansas and Texas lines. Ellis was raised in Wiladel county and attended school about fifteen years ago. His headquarters will be in Dallas.
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