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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1923
Page
7
Miss Eltine Ronse left Saturday for Fort Worth to attend the Baptist Seminary. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Lester of Pampa, Miss Allie Randall of Electra, and relatives of D. L. McCroskey. Several locals attend the County Fair and community gatherings while others shop Vernon. Heavy rains affected attendance. used car market remains active at Mack's Place in Fannin Street.
Vernon high school resumes football with a 4 o clock Friday game against Chillicothe at the County Fair Park. Coach Galbraith leads a 40 man squad including 11 returning lettermen through conditioning and new practice as he plans to test the lineup and gauge the team against a strong Chillicothe roster. The game opens the county fair entertainment with Vernon seeking a winning start despite a schedule some feel favors other teams.
A.N. Vernon returns from Mineral Wells while Mrs. Randall spends Sunday in Wichita Falls. F.P. Coffey attends Plectra business Thursdays. Steve Mayrol returns to Mineral Wells. Mrs. Coffee and late daughter visit in Reyomour. Cotton sacks wagon canvas and tents sold at Everything Store. L.A. Foster back from Moran oil fields. Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Strong and children visit Haulk Hill. Mrs. J.M. Anderson reports the birth of a son Thursday.
Attorneys for the Vernon Electric and Tee Company state the City Commission order cancelling the franchise creates a cloud on rights and will seek a judicial ruling on whether the company holds a valid franchise. The case is scheduled for Federal Court in Wichita Falls in November.
A Kansas store tin roof is said to have been torn off and rolled into a bundle by a lone roof. The owner joked by wrapping hail wire around the bundle and sending it to Henry Ford. A reply demanded $48.50 to fix the car.
Joseph Pennell, renowned Philadelphia artist and etcher, pictured beneath the Cathedral on Massachusetts avenue in Washington, D. C., as he produces several etchings of the great church then under construction.
Governor J C Walton of Oklahoma has placed the state under martial law in a war on the Ku Klux Klan over alleged flogging outrages. The move asserts government by law and order in response to Klan activity within the state.
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