21 Aug 1930
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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
1
A reprinted passage argues youth is a state of mind, not years, citing Rockefeller at 91 enjoying golf, Edison at 83 inventing, and Voorhis at 101 leading New York City elections. It stresses ideals and spirited activity keep one young despite age.
The era is hailed as the most wonderful in history with vast opportunities ahead. Leaders like Dr. G. W. Truet and Dr. Edward Mims stress the value of strength intellect and teaching for the next twenty five years. Youth must prepare responsibly to meet expanding prospects and duties.
A humorous remark suggests that night baseball games could reduce the need for the office boy to attend many of his grandmother's funerals. The line highlights the clash between work duties and family rites in a witty civic note.
Opinion piece defines the chronic live wire as the overzealous booster who sacrifices personal business and family on endless community projects. It notes such figures promise prosperity but risk personal bankruptcy, urging balance between civic duty and self care to avoid ruin.
At the Milwaukee national convention the National Editorial Association condemned government printed envelopes sold in competition with private printers. The resolution vows persistent effort to end this government encroachment, noting decades of unfair Post Office Department competition and little support for government operation of business among small town publishers.
A compact recap of Abraham Lincoln’s string of setbacks and resilience. From a frail start and awkward looks to failed bids for the Illinois legislature Congress and Senate, plus a lost vice presidential nomination. After years of debt and a broken engagement, he confronted death thoughts, then found success and earned a revered place in American memory.
A member of the Japanese delegation says his people faced a disadvantage at the London parley with all rations receiving the worst treatment.
A set of editorials discusses overstatement in Olney farm meeting reports, the Hill County cooperative advertising triumph, the spread of train telephony and global reach, and a call for broader merchant involvement to expand local trade across wider regions.
Mrs Clyde Wolf identifies her stolen vehicle in public, flirts with the driver until a police officer arrives and the suspect is arrested.
A Texas reader voices disgust with both Ferguson and Sterling, urging voters to seek the lesser evil while noting Sterling’s alleged flaws and Ferguson’s campaigning presence. The letter defends Sterling’s character amid local criticism, cites farmer skepticism of moneyed interests, and urges Texans to vote next Saturday, highlighting speakers and county reactions.
Mrs Walsh of Cincinnati asks a judge to enforce work for her son calling him too lazy to wash. Policeman of Chicago charges Miss Keley with breaking his nose in a fist fight. A stray dog from Albany helps save a boy from drowning by clinging to his clothing until help arrives. A 7b-year-old cow from Kentucky has a calf born after drinking moonshine and going on a spree. Boston woman Laumont seizes $2,000 from a basement wall. Six tall men face trial for drunkenness in a Chicago court session.
National League officials back a lively ball and a bold future in sports. A vacationing cynic faces two weeks in bed by the doctor’s orders. A stock phrase becomes a quip for a girl in last year’s dresses. Chemistry ahead, Roy Moulton notes the glow of scientific progress.
A Duluth woman spanks her husband on the street after seeing him with another woman. A Vermont warden reports five deer leapt to their deaths from a Connecticut River bridge. H B Cheney of Penacook New Hampshire shows a watch over a hundred years old that still keeps time. A returning traveler says fish in the Parana river of Brazil bark like dogs and are vicious.
Oskenonton, a Canadian Mohawk, won fame in London as a singer. His programs mainly feature Indian songs arranged by modern musicians. It is noted with approval that the drum is used as an accompanying instrument instead of the saxophone.
The drought stretches across the country with severe conditions in the East and North Central States, reducing stock water and drinking supplies and causing sickness and deaths. Texas fares better, with decent crops, adequate rainfall in parts, cotton growth in South Texas, and ample farm labor. Nationally, high heat, food overproduction, and weak demand curb labor and trade, yet Texas farmers face favorable ratios for living costs despite limited cash returns.
Will H. Maves reports that the United States Government is constructing its largest air field training school at San Antonio Randolph Field. The project aims to be the world’s largest upon completion, underscoring a major expansion of military aviation training facilities.
The southern Texas cotton region needs more pickers as the crop opens across fields near San Antonio. Wages run 65 cents or more per day with rapid picking expected. Workers are urged to secure assured employment before traveling and to verify local job information in nearby cities.
General unemployment remains largely unchanged over the past month. Many jobless people linger, especially skilled workers who had earned high wages, while some experienced pickers find steady work at fair pay.
The article discusses a new printing invention enabling a single operator at one keyboard to run linotypes across six towns. It questions how far solo operation can extend and hints at possible broader use by a few compositors for large scale newspaper composition. It asserts local news will still demand local country weekly work, preserving the compositor in that niche.
Third in air pilots Texas trails California and New York in numbers. It holds the third position among states. Texas leads in air visibility and climate for air travel, shaping a favorable environment for aviation activity.
Architects prepare plans for a 150 room hotel in Beeville with early construction contracts. Texas towns recognize that good hotels and ample rooms boost growth and yield fair returns. The Bee-Picayune notes additional building activity in Bee County's county seat.
Four years after abandonment a plan on J. T. Brundige farm near E gin drilled into an old 8193 foot well and found oil. The fresh spouting well spurred leasing in the area, hinting at a new Texas field.
Kerrville has let contracts for a 60000 dollar waterworks plant including laying 35000 feet of new main installation of the newest type of fire hydrants and other construction to make a modern waterworks plant Kerrville is one of the best built fastest growing towns of Texas and intends to remain the leading town of its section of the state.
A brief note reports that native wives in Liberia are valued around $60, about double what they cost a few years ago, signaling a shift in market dynamics and social practices reflected in local trade.
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