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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1919
Page
4
Notices to subscribers in Vernon Texas about changes of address and new ads for prompt attention. Includes dates and instructions for UMS BROWA CUM publishers and Sule aiciacdrenenh Ny. Subscription changes accepted for shore period and Tuesday September 30 1919.
An appeal to Texas voters urges approving a five million dollar bond authorization for Galveston City or County to fund additional sea wall and storm protection work. The piece argues the amendment costs Texans outside Galveston little or nothing and supports self protection against past disasters.
A dispatch notes two murder convictions in Tarrant and Wood counties with suspended sentences. It questions the policy's effect on law respect, citing police strikes and student rioting as signs of diminishing authority and calls for reform.
The passage argues that abolishing suspended sentences would be more wholesome than granting them, framing the issue as a moral or practical reform discussion within the newspaper’s editorial stance.
Business leaders in Vernon urge turning the city into a community of homeowners. They argue a home ownership push attracts desirable residents and supports clerks, sales staff, and workers with modest salaries. Proposals include a home loan company plan, a building and loan, and a modern apartment complex with balanced rents.
The budget plan shows slow growth as some merchants remain hesitant to commit. Officials say the initiative aims to boost local commerce, though participation is uneven and timelines are under review.
The speaker argues that progress needs cooperative effort and team work from directors to quickly secure the Chamber of Commerce budget. Vernon needs many enterprises and directors should work together rather than rely on lone pledges by Secretary Murray.
Advertisement states a mobile auto repair service moving to the corner of West Pease and Doxf Simuth streets. Contact details provided for expert repairs and inquiries.
Slomer Wilson of Town Park spent Sunday in Vernon with his mother Alyse R P Wilson Cay property lands and oil leases mentioned. J B Love office room 7 Lutz building. 62 tfe
Elder Tom Walker led a two week revival at the Church of Christ ending Sunday night with a call to seek Christ for salvation. The service drew a crowded house and twenty converts were added to the church roll. J H Antwine, who led song services, departed for Bonham after the finale.
The notice promotes J. R. Renfro for affordable cutlery hardware and household ware including queensware enamelware and aluminum. Bargdoll & Stanley advertise daily fresh vegetables and provide contact numbers 2 and 8s for ordering.
Visiting day for the Methodist Women's Missionary Society saw each member assigned as a single person committee to call on ill parishioners and women who recently became Vernon citizens.
G B Moody traveled to Wichita Falls yesterday to fetch a man model Overland for exhibit at the County Fair. He will also bring back a White Truck. A sale of a White Truck to Staley Creene McCarter Company is reported.
Official notice regarding city property, lands and oil leases located in the G2-tfe area references office room 7 in the Lutz building. Details unspecified.
Mrs Fracy Palmer and her granddaughter Miss Fern have returned to their home in Phoenix Arizona after spending several days in Verona visiting at the home of her aunt Mrs G KB Blackuian.
The message stresses that only Aspirin tablets with the Bayer Cross are authentic and safe, cautioning that fraudulent tablets sold by a Brooklyn dealer were mainly talcum powder. It urges buyers to demand the Bayer Cross on the package and each tablet and to follow proper directions and dosage.
White Rose Cafe No 2 opened Saturday in an Evans building on the south side of the square. Owner L. M. Anderson also owns White Rose No 1 on the west side, and W. W. Duke will manage the new location.
Pure South Texas comb honey offered by Bargdoll and Stanley. Contact phone numbers 82 and 58 for Tidic inquiries.
E T Windie of Lewisville Texas has joined Freeman's barber shop. He is a brother in law of R V Parr.
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