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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
3
The article notes that English offers about 400 000 words today while most educated individuals know around 50 000 but use far fewer. It cites President Wilson as an example and urges readers to probe their own familiarity by sampling dictionary pages.
Civic bodies, fair committees, bankers and businessmen promote clubs with prizes, scholarships and trips to develop efficiency in farm boys and girls. Club activities prepare youth for life work, build leadership, and instill confidence, benefiting rural communities and future farm life.
In Calorado Dee and Nelson Basham earn close to 5000 dollars from a 160 per snake bounty for rattlers caught along the Spade ranch. They claim a possible record in snake killings after fourteen months of harvesting, mostly heads cut off with a hoe from cliff-extracted snakes.
A reduced portrait of the Doukhobors, a sect known for nudist protests against expulsion from communities in Canada. They are described as quiet and industrious, with primitive communistic beliefs, no preachers, equal-prayer assembly, and marriages by conscience. They migrated from Russia in 1898, originating about 200 years ago amid persecutions.
A fake letter caused Isakhanov, director of a Tiflis Soviet shoe factory, to admit he signs without reading. The Crocodile mocked him, suggesting removal from his post and party. Moral warns readers to read documents first and avoid rash signatures.
A 19th century column outlines strict colonial laws on runaways slaves theft and punishment. It details fines hard labor and lashes for owners rescuers and others, plus penalties for trading slaves without consent and for aiding escapes, with provisions for compensation to owners.
The lesson centers on victory through Jesus Christ as King and Conqueror. It warns against selfishness as the root of sin and calls for living in harmony with love and brotherhood, guided by faith and communion with exemplary Christians to overcome the world through goodness.
A collage of eccentric items and minor tragedies. Prisoners protest sleeping attire in Joliet Michigan. Telephone war talk hints at global conflict. Reading failures linked to poor sight among students. Ancient kissing custom debated. An Englishman's long nose and talkies tease. A drowning singer in San Diego. A cat bites its tail in Montclair. Milwaukee man dies from false teeth slipping. A grave digger struck by lightning in Seymour Missouri. A Duluth woman burns hair near a gas jet.
Ben Harper of the Ilang reports over 40000 distributed for feed payments, with about 1000 pounds in government cued loans. Additional demands rise while loan approvals slow and funds arrive late, according to Harper in Quanah.
The Matador post office relocated Saturday to the new Mall building on the square's south side. Oscar Hall, Paducah merchant and financier, oversaw construction as the facility promises more room and modern features than the former site.
A 160 year old Colonial flag with 13 stars and 13 bars was found in a loft of an abandoned log cabin near Manchester. Mrs. Martin A. Jenks of Chicago testified and was granted a divorce after citing her husband’s escapades. An arrest for desertion ordered him to return to his wife. Char Cerrin of New York sought a fine.
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