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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1936
Page
4
The town rivalry sparks entertainment waves as Fort Worth persuades Billie Rose to perform, drawing crowds and lifting Dallas attendance. Both cities promise spectacular productions that could define the season and attract broad audience interest.
Fatty Hite declares he has talked most about this column in two weeks and wills the I Saw features to Fatty. Jessie Fason bids farewell, noting personal sightings around a local dry goods store and porch scenes with neighbors and townsfolk.
The Ochiltree County Herald marks Perryton's seventeenth anniversary with a 52 page edition tracing rapid city and county growth, soil conservation highlights, park development, and strong local advertising. The piece lauds editor Van W. Stewart and West Texas journalism.
San Francisco unveils a tall granite shaft in Golden Gate Park honoring Ronald Amundsen the Norwegian explorer who reached the South Pole in 1911. Born 1872 he sailed at 21 and added two North Pole trips by air and dirigible. he vanished during a 1928 rescue attempt for Nobile. The monument frames Amundsen as a world renowned polar pioneer and scientist. Pretty girls are more plentiful than intellectual ones, and a grouch remarks that this is in keeping with the demand.
I C Bradley president of the National Soybean Processors association notes soybeans moved ahead of corn on Chicago market on many days last fall. He cites a potential industrial need of five to ten million bushels for plastics and other goods, plus growing demand for soybean meal in hog, dairy, and poultry rations. Illinois is seen as leading the industry’s bright future.
The death of Lydia Ann Graham at ninety does not end 1812 pension costs. A veteran widow and a daughter still receive benefits, prompting reflections on long tail pensions and age of recipients across eras. The item contrasts aging beneficiaries with a mock world war scenario and adds assorted opinions on beauty contests and religious roots.
The text explains how persecution scattered early Christians across the ancient world, spreading the Gospel to Greeks and Gentiles. It notes Antioch in Syria as a center of Christian activity beyond Jerusalem, despite its moral decay, and urges believers to imitate that mission spirit today.
A roundup of odd items includes Johanna Smith living in a mountain shack near Tucson with a dog, once Broadway’s Lita Love. Hollywood knife thrower Steve Clemente charges 15 to 100 dollars per target type. Ripley’s William Lightfoot walked 2600 miles campaigning for court clerk but lost to a one legged rival. New York City’s George Winslow pleaded he turned in a false fire alarm to avoid paying fare. NIH doctors report alum spray helping 74 percent of treated animals survive infantile paralysis.
Brief notes mix humorous quips with historical snapshots and local items. It recalls two Saginaw men jailed in Alma on an alleged murder plot, mentions parachute jumps, cheetah speed, and a string of dated historical entries from 1826 to 1856, plus local oddities such as a dog bite asset in bankruptcy and a divorce over a spanking incident.
Dr M W Addes of Lima Ohio films comedic shorts for youngsters in his dental office to distract during procedures. In Homerville Ga a man named Willie 6 8 Smith claims a unique middle name was wished by his father. William Everitt of Omaha Nebraska claims to be 112 years old and seeks a wife, insisting he lied at 106.
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