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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
3
Professor Solomon Strouse argues the normal diet provides all vitamins and that current interest in vitamins dates from 1911. He claims a quart of milk daily, salads, leafy greens, meat, butter, cereals, fruit, bread, and water meet nutritional needs, with poverty or supply disruptions causing health issues only from overall diet gaps.
A compact survey traces toponym origins and notable figures across U S states. It notes Cherokee and Alabama naming, Arkansas pronunciation fix in 1881, California Vigilance Committees, Coronado’s quest, Connecticut’s Nathan Hale, Delaware’s 1638 settlement, Georgia figures Ty Cobb and Bobby Jones, Lincoln’s Springfield years, Indiana’s Hoosier heritage and Marshall, Iowa’s furrow guidance to Dubuque, Kansas Cow-Towns cattle shipping, Mary Todd Lincoln in Kentucky, Livingston’s Louisa Purchase, Maine seamen in the Revolution, Lord Baltimore Maryland toleration, Roger Williams Rhode Island, Detroit Gazette 1817, Minnesota’s lake-filled Sioux roots.
Family members express gratitude to friends for kindness during illness and death of Mrs. Sarah Halt. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. W L Pitts and family, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Fortenberry and sons, Mr. and Mrs. T C Lemons and sons, Mr. and Mrs. W C Spears and family, and other Hall families.
W. H. Gray of 27 miles from Wellington on Quail Route subscribed to The Leader on Friday. He says recent showers helped the feed but a general rain would improve cotton crops, which are spotted.
James Curtis sent five dollars from America to pay a forty year old butcher bill in England. John Dikang of Sheffield admitted hardship saying he could not find work and needed support of some form.
Amarillo Daily News argues the proposed state constitutional amendment to allow up to 20 million dollars in bonds for relief is overshadowed by NRA debates. It notes relief needs next winter, fears federal aid cutoffs, and urges voters to consider the emergency nature and potential lifetime debt if approved.
The United States preserves a carved oak desk from Queen Victoria tied to the Franklin expedition. The Resolute table, made from ship timbers, carries an inscription detailing the 1852 search voyage and the ship’s abandonment, recovery in 1865, and gifting to the U.S. It notes Sir John Franklin’s crew perished and mentions Robert Hill’s arrest in Dartford on a warrant from his wife ten years earlier.
Marella residents host visitors from Muleshoe Habenwatl and Quail while relatives join in church events and baptisms. A Marella schoolboys versus outsiders baseball game ends with outsiders 12 to 3.
Joseph Carter of St Paul was fined for throwing a clock at a neighbor, injuring him with a head cut. Miss Ivy Dean of Ford, England, climbed a 100 foot church steeple on a dare and returned safely to the ground.
Mr and Mrs Otis Roberson of Shamrock formerly of Wellington announce the birth of an eight pound baby girl Patsy Ruth born August 15 The family names Patsy Ruth as the newborns full name and location in this notice.
Real estate transfers listed include 8S Norwood and O M Payne for lots 8 9 10 block 2 Sumnerwood TX J L Reynolds and R H Templeton for the south half of the north half of the southeast quarter section 66 block 10 Velma King and Goodson Funeral Home for Lot 20 block 172 Wellington.
The notes recount visits across families in Swearingen including D M Jarrell and daughters in Hobart Oklahoma Wynona Johnson at Pauline Yarbrough Claude Cason and Grandma Burden in Wellington R Q Thomas family Sunny West family Jim Horton and Millard Hetheox Lois Shields Claude Morton and Rich Morton traveling to Colorado Miran Messer visiting Herman Carroughs Mandie Caffee visiting Jim Horton and others.
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