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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
6
An old notice advertises Wellington Texas as the best town in the Panhandle and invites readers to come live there, stating it is entered as second class matter at the Wellington post office in 1909.
Mayor Carter H. Harrison names ten women to serve on Chicago police. They will be stationed at public bathing beaches and dance halls. The Supreme Court holds pedestrians have equal rights at crossings, though getting seven passenger cars to stop remains challenging.
Beginning today fourth class mail within the first and second zones may weigh up to 20 pounds instead of 11 pounds under an order issued by Postmaster General Burleson.
Hill County becomes the first in the state to vote countywide to prohibit pool halls. The measure carried decisively amid earlier local elections where about a dozen towns also voted out pool halls since the law took effect.
A postal ruling punishes careless or wrongful taking of mail with a $500 fine or a year in prison. It covers newspapers and letters alike. The warning notes the postmaster bears no fault and urges recipients to check mail before leaving the office.
President Wilson withdrew Adam EK Patterson from consideration for the registrar of the treasury amid protests over his race. He nominated Gabe BH Parker of Oklahoma a Choctaw Indian with backing from state senators and the congressional delegation. Objections mounted to the Negro candidate who also hailed from Oklahoma and Patterson urged withdrawal.
An editorial urges intelligent progressive society to keep standards high and nurture child development from the germ stage. It argues for mental and physical perfection as a duty to posterity and compares child growth to cultivating plants and flowers.
The outer skin of the bumble potato is removed and the white flesh treated with sulfuric acid and other chemicals. It is then pressed into blocks and carved into shapes sold as ivory. Cheap pianos and organs use this material, yet music is produced via this substitute.
In Mexico City on August 3, Provisional President Huerta says he will not resign and will defend national honor. Interior Minister Dr. Aureliano Urrutia states Huerta will not allow nationals or foreigners to meddle in the peace efforts and pledges to establish peace in the Mexican Republic. The stance replies to deputies seeking understanding with rebels amid ongoing political maneuvering. The note ends with a garbled ad about cash or trade for farm goods.
General Felix Diaz traveling to Japan as Mexico's special envoy with staff and families. He plans no itinerary changes and will sail August 5 on the Persia. The party includes Senora Diaz and four secretaries. Diaz predicts return to Mexico by October and discusses upcoming national elections in a dramatic public appearance in San Diego.
William Cook announces a clearance sale offering all goods at bargain prices and even at cost to reduce his stock, highlighting a large aluminum ware collection sold at cost to clear out.
The King Shee Shop offered boot and shoe repairs done in best workmanship. It is located across the street from the Leader Printing Office.
J C Worley reports hot sunny weather with crops growing well including corn maize and beans after rain on the 6th. Visitors from Collingsworth County H T Pier Clovis Pier N S Biffle Grady King praised local hospitality and Ironically notes the Gulf to Cole auto highway near their sight line. He also congratulates The Leader for securing a good Salt Fork correspondent.
Postmaster General Burleson announced a broad postal reform set to take effect after August 15. Parcel post weight will rise to twenty pounds from eleven and new lower charges will apply in the first and second zones. The postal savings system will also launch a banking by mail feature expanding access to remote districts.
Denton Texas evangelist D S Ligon concluded a highly successful Dodsonville meeting noted for 19 confessions and baptisms. A. W. Holbert reports large crowds from the first sermon, with many reclaimed and the town left in good feeling.
In the O. B. Jones pasture northwest of town a red dehorned cow branded J.O. on the left shoulder is recovered. Owner please come and claim the animal.
A mare and a month old colt are offered for sale at the Shoe Shop on the south side of the square. The notice invites interested buyers to inquire at that location.
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