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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
4
An oculist urges simple eye care for infants and children. He warns against neglecting eye inflammation and recommends using only properly prescribed glasses for cross eyes. Protect young eyes from sharp tools and bright glare and seek prompt treatment for any eye issue.
A panel of twelve distinguished theologians begins a five year project to produce a new Bible revision. Sponsored by the International Council of Religious Education, it will be the first major update since the American Standard Version of 1901.
Dr William A Irwin of the University of Chicago notes ongoing revisions aim to render the King James Bible and the 1901 American version more intelligible. He cites centuries of translations and a 3rd century manuscript fragment found in Egypt in 1892 now held by the British Museum.
Rural electrification backed by the federal government could reach Col lingsworth County within a year with local farmers driving the effort. The project offers low cost power for farm chores from barn work to milking, grain grinding, incubators, water pumping, and irrigation, improving household and farm operations.
The National Tribune shows two War of 1812 widows and 199 War with Mexico widows on pension rolls. Civil War veterans on pensions number 5 458 with 69 189 widows. Spanish American War totals include 170 956 veterans and 53 870 widows. March deaths reach 203 Civil War veterans and 605 Spanish American War veterans. The piece notes ongoing pensions across Indian wars World War and peace time service.
The column outlines potential moves toward compulsory marketing quotas if production exceeds acreage allotments under the new farm program. It notes wheat carryovers, anticipated loans, and quota votes by cotton and tobacco growers, with no quotas set for rice or 1938 wheat.
A collage of quirky small town items includes a secret wedding of Professor Michael Press and student Marjorie Hoyt in East Lansing Michigan. A farmer earns a chicken repayment via a stranger's dime amid a theft century old. Cider helps extinguish a reef fire at Albert Ruff's Wilkes Barre home.
The article praises Daniel for rigid self discipline resisting courtly pleasures, arguing temperance builds strength. It cites Daniel and Paul linking training to reward, urges modern youth to dare to be a Daniel with firm purpose and independence.
The 1938 farm law divides land into soil depleting neutral and soil conserving acres with varying allotments by county. Soil depleting crops qualify for payments. soil conserving crops earn payments when used for soil improvement. Neutral acreage has no use restrictions except for specified crops like cotton and wheat. Emphasizes growing feed crops to support livestock and warns of market glut in cotton belts.
NSAW by V. A. R. reports the community buzzing about softball near Dodson and summer leisure as school ends. Citizens including TSAW Br. E. Childers age eighty four, Ruth Jackson Ernest Elliott Jack Harper and others are noted in casual daily scenes around town. Mrs Ota Wall sells Legion poppies while Mrs Clifford Quaid and Mrs Wilbur LeVeque observe crowds from their car.
A scattered roundup reports a Toronto woman finding nearly $5000 hidden in a used item purchased for $1, a Nebraska man shooting his finger to release venom after a rattlesnake bite, and officers seizing 40 half pints of whisky from a Portland Indiana farm. Other items note a Czech cattle galosh innovation, youths brandishing a toy pistol for ice cream, a Topeka divorce suit, a Quebec bounty recipient, a Kansas ring found by a child, a Warsaw milk tanker saving a home, and an Ontario stock certificates cache valued around 180000 dollars.
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