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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
2
The Wellington Leader urges town cleanup and growth, urging residents to improve the city before spring and consider trees parks and flowers. Mention of an old Mexico map allegedly showing El Paso within Old Mexico spurs local humor about Texans and the town’s fate.
The passage advises that placing the first advertisement is like laying a foundation stone for a potential enterprise. It notes the cow, hog, and chicken as core elements and suggests the farmer who plays these three strings best endures crop shortages, implying resilience and steady effort.
The Leader invites church leaders and townsfolk to submit items of interest for the open communication columns. President Neill is quoted praising West Texas as the best hog raising country and vows to declare Collingsworth County as part of the top hog raising region during a visit. A St. Louis man cites divorce allegations as part of a broader county case.
D L Kutch of the Kelley community reports on his farm along the river wheat yielding 8 to 12 bushels per acre and oats about 16. He notes grain quality is good and prices are high. He suggests cutting and baling corn growth then sowing winter wheat for pasture and potential future wheat yield.
C F Thoms visited the city on Saturday with several large maize heads and said he would have plenty to feed his stock. He noted he has corn that would fare better with rain soon.
The writer will be away from Wellington for some time and leaves books in the office under Drs Street and Pitman. Any person indebted to AG T U Lewis may settle with those gentlemen. Dentist.
A. H. Wilkins, who sold his 820 acre Collingsworth county farm to Mr. Carter of Bell County, visited the city Monday with corn stalks and roasting ears on display. He claimed the corn was well worked and not fired, and touted the farm as among the county’s best.
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