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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
3
An old clipping tells of a Omaha jobber’s suit for rejected goods. The agent, bank president, mayor, and local merchant reply in a single letter asserting finance and legal limits. The mayor ends with the line that he would, if not a pastor, tell the caller to go to hell.
New York touts Ellen Elizabeth Benson as the brightest high school graduate. she finished prep for college at 12 and tests show a 19-year-old mental capacity. Yet she says she dislikes studying and is lazy about housework, suggesting early promise may fade if not nurtured.
The article argues turning points in life arise from ordinary events such as chance meetings, remarks, letters, or accidents. It cites Disraeli rising from a school fight and Napoleon losing at Waterloo due to rain, noting fate often hinges on lucky breaks alongside deliberate effort.
The origin of ice cream is debated with early roots in sixteenth century Italy and France. By 1630 Cafe Procope in Paris popularized the dessert, with later spread to England Germany and America around the Revolutionary era. Jacob Fussell built the first wholesale ice cream business in 1861 and production now nears 350 million gallons annually. The piece also notes broader claims about nutrition and industry, including a humorous aside about a college president and farm crossbreeding claims.
A narrative guide describes a motor trip from Navasota to Washington on the Brazos highlighting the Texas Republic birth site. It notes the monument erected in 1899 by Washington County schoolchildren, a replica convention building, and the park’s pavilion. It mentions Independence burial sites of Margaret Lea Houston and family, nearby Houston home ruins, and the Independence Baptist Church established 1839.
A devotional talk compares the Holy Spirit to sunlight, distinguishing experience from doctrine. It cites Jesus and Nicodemus, describes wind and sound at Pentecost, and urges focusing on spiritual power and the inner change of sin, righteousness, and judgment in believers.
A jumble of brief notes from a newspaper page details a home robbery in Glencoe Michigan where jewelry valued at 10000 dollars was taken after a funeral. Other items include arraigned Chicago women told to read Psalm 133, a marriage gift trunk found after 19 years, fines for loud dancing and dog dislike, a dog shooting in Buffalo, a lightning incident in Nice exposing trousers, a Denver robbery while praying, a one-armed polo expert, a Marengo Iowa contempt fine paid in apples, a near-fatal encounter in St Louis, and London church choir members striking over looks.
Reports describe Carroll Eugeny Shamann biting off his tongue after a bench fall at a Lutheran meeting, quickly stitched at a Plainview sanitarium and recovering as well as expected. Other items recount a dead man found on Highway 16 near Quanah, later moved, and a pattern of similar sightings noted by Quanah Tribune Chief Juanah.
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