14 Aug 1930
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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1930
Page
1
The Rev Basil Matthews vicar of Holy Trinity Church London laments the dilemma of pleasing all parishioners and enduring criticism. He jokes that any stance from grave to gay, abstinence to tavern visits, invites fault, urging the servant to walk in the Master’s steps and care naught for men’s opinions.
The most popular town name is Clinton with several states showing many instances. Other common names include Chester Florence Washington Madison Clayton and Troy. There are 28 Washingtons and 28 Woodlands about 26 Glenwood Kingsport and Salem. 24 Clevelands and 24 Springfields. The article notes two early notable Georges Clinton and DeWitt Clinton tied to New York's early governance.
The passage notes an unsuccessful presidential candidate losing to Madison and observes Clinton as a popular town name due to fame or euphony. It highlights Clinton as a favored nomenclature in numerous U.S. locales, reflecting naming trends linked to prominent figures and pleasing sound.
Major Charles Manly Stedman of North Carolina, age 89 and the oldest member of Congress, attributed his longevity to the providence of God. He noted smoking cigars, eating freely, walking at home, and doing little formal exercise in Washington. He first joined Congress at 70 and is now in his 20th year of service, yet says there is no true old age secret, just happenstance.
Eleven million homes in the United States are about twenty years old, many of which suffer obsolescence and must be replaced. Experts and the heating research bureau of the C A Dunham Company report widespread remodeling of homes and business buildings, driven by fuel savings of 25 to 40 percent, with funds for conservative building projects becoming available nationwide.
A fragment notes Wall Street turning gains into risk and suggests investors view assets as oats after lambs. The remark hints at a volatile mood without detailing specific trades or entities.
The Pathfinder argues that after Congress adjourns, Washington can be shaped into a model dry city. It frames legislative pause as a chance to advance prohibition aligned reforms and local enforcement.
A collection of editorials and letters rails against nuisances in city life including loud motorcycles and racing trucks. Writers praise newspapers as local power and critique public indifference to intelligence. Anecdotes cover American calendar humor and Icelandic kiss custom as humorous notes.
A reader writer lauds the Old Settlers reunion as one of the finest in years and suggests holding a separate gathering for old timers. He notes the event unites long-parted ties and provides a holiday for county residents who helped build the area. He also describes a county theatre outing for boys aged 10 to 16 on August 19 and warns of discipline if decorum fails.
George Bernard Shaw quips about a higher title if offered a seat in the House of Lords. Alfredo Salmaggi, famed opera producer, staged Verdi’s Aida at a New York park with animals, but he bans music from his home and forbids his nine children to pursue musicianship.
Chicago's theatre season falters with many actors taking roles in shops and bakeries to make ends meet. Russia plans enforced compulsory education for children this fall to produce well fed young Soviets. A prize seeks new uses for mercury, paid in quick silver. The world language congress at Oxford hopes to yield progress toward comprehensible New York dialect.
A Chicago man had $1600 stolen from his pocket during a barber visit. Glasgow cleaners demand long hair or lose their jobs. The Kosinski sons in Toledo share a February 2 birthday across different years. Bradford's Rev White expels a choir member and triggers a choir strike. Everett Gray of a New Hampshire inn seeks deaf and dumb female servants.
A Texas writer extols moving idle habits and promotes rural retreats. He notes Wimberley as a promising village resort between Cypress Creek and the Blanco River, where Houston Galveston and San Marcos families have built stone cottages with privacy, water, and swimming amid shaded river banks. He urges August planning for fall activities to counter public apathy and slow development.
Will H. Maves argues the press favors pews over candidates, noting lack of strong principles or values in coverage. The piece critiques how media emphasis skews public focus away from substantive issues toward personalities and appeals.
Bastrop presses forward after years of youth leaving for Austin and other progress places. The town shows signs of awakening with a modern public building replacing the old city hall.
Defeated candidates claim the press ignored them while favoring stronger opponents. Experts say candidates overstate issues and press and voters judge them differently, leading to less front page attention than expected.
A home demonstration club at Edinburg pursues leather work making purses hook covers and shade coverings with measurable profit. In Mercedes a woman stripped leather from an old hand carved Spanish style walnut chair valued at 85 after upholstering. About twenty women in the county have received training in leather work.
Eight years ago JT W Walton bought pansy seeds and now ships 500000 pansy plants a year to florists across the South, Midwest, and West. He outsources top seed and varieties from abroad and prides himself on blooms as fine as any in the world.
Fisher County farmeretts demonstrator Miss Lella Webb found a hog fattening method costing under six cents per pound. Using yellow corn meal ground oats cottonseed meal and alfalfa leaf meal mixed with buttermilk and skim milk, the 128 day feeding trial produced a cost per pound under six cents at local market values, with skim milk priced at 22 cents a gallon.
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