Wellington Leader Highlights Helen Wills Moody Wimbledon Victory
The Wellington Leader notes Mrs Helen Wills Moody won her sixth Wimbledon singles title defeating Dorothy Round in a hard battle. It recalls her dominance since 1923, birth in Centerville California, 1906, UC Berkeley graduate 1927, marriage 1929, and her status as a famed tennis star and artist with works exhibited in New York in 1930.
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Helen Wills Moody
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California
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Europe
Confederate Cabinet Roles Under Davis Highlight Turner of 1861 65
An archival overview lists the Confederate cabinet from 1861 to 1865 noting Stephen Mallory as only steady secretary of the navy, with Toombs Hunter Benjamin memminger trenholm Reagan Walker Randolph Smith Seddon Breckenridge in various posts. Judah Benjamin held multiple positions including attorney general war secretary and secretary of state, and John H Reagan served as postmaster general before becoming treasury secretary. The piece also cites Davis’s troubled relations with six war secretaries.
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Jefferson Davis
Stephen R. Mallory
Navy
Toombs
Hunter
Benjamin
Treasury
Memminger
Trenholm
Reagan
Walker
Randolph
Smith
Seddon
Breckenridge
Ellet
Benjamin Bragg
Watts
Davis
Judah P. Benjamin
Louisiana
John H. Reagan
Texas
Confederacy
United States
Relief Mobilization Plans For 1933 Campaign
Relief mobilization will intensify between October 29 and November 19 with a drive to fund local community chests. Newton D. Baker returns as chairman to coordinate social service groups and urge public support without establishing a national fund. Women will play a key role through local committees.
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Newton D. Baker
Relief Mobilization
Two Birthdays Mussolini and Ford Reach Milestones
Benito Mussolini turns 50 on July 29 and Henry Ford reaches 70 on July 30. The two figures rose from humble beginnings to command prominence in world events, with Mussolini establishing the Fascisti and Ford shaping the automobile industry. The piece notes their early education, rise to power or leadership, and broader impact, contrasting their paths and legacies.
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Ford
Oklahoma
Community kitchen aids relief funding and local humor
The piece notes Childress creating a community kitchen and canning vegetables to aid needy families as federal aid wanes. It also recounts humorous anecdotes about thumb cuffs, weather gripes in Wellington, and a 4 000-person singing convention celebrating history and song.
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Fam Uies
Wellington
Collingsworth County
Benjamin Russell Hanby
Nellie Gray
United States
Hanley
Lamar and the Texas Republic’s early empire dream
The article recounts Mirabeau B. Lamar’s rise as Texas leader after 1838, his opposition to Santa Anna’s release, and his push to expand Texas toward New Mexico and California. It notes his election as second president, cabinet, frontier protection regiment, capitol location, and a 1839 law granting land for education.
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Navy
Richard G. Dunlap
Treasury
Charles Waltrous
New Mexico
California
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Local Meeting Attended. Several Visits Noted
Rev, D Armstrong led a well attended meeting last week with three conventions and one new member. Visitors include Berta Mae Vandiver returning from Shamrock and Lenora Williams visiting Vera Scott. Several others attended singing at Wellington and visited relatives over the weekend.
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Berta Mae Vandiver
Shamrock
R. B. Vandiver
Lenora Williams
Vera Scott
Williams
Elbert
Lewis Baker
Mary Lou Smith
Wellington
Jess Matsenbecker
B. F. Evans
Lloyd Hall
South Texas
Jessie Clark
Maurine Edgar
Levonia, Jane and
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Dick Coon
Cook
Roy L. Strange
Hack Sewell
George Laycock
Theldag Coon
Harry Jones
Harry Morgan
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PRAIRIE VIEW NEWS AND SOCIAL NOTES
Harry Morgan visited Wellington this week and many locals attended gatherings across Plymouth Dozier Lone Mound and Hackberry. Richard Phillips of Chicago was arrested for intoxication and admitted stealing church communion wine. Anton Berlagen of Chicago died of starvation after his fiancée jilting him.
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Harry Morgan
Wellington
Arlis Ellery
Morrison Sanders
Celia
Effie Guyten
Inez Hill
Plymouth
Verda Goon
Alton Coon
Vernon Rudy
Bill Oldham
Shields
Jim Barton
Theldus Coon
Richard Phillips
Chicago
Anton Berlagen
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Claims Energy Boost
Advertises Grave's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a tonic for run down conditions caused by overwork worry or sickness. Claims iron and tasteless quinine purify the blood and build strength improving appetite and energy in both old and young. Promotes three day trial and urges purchase at any store.
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