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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1927
Page
4
Sunday gatherings at the Winegeart home drew a large crowd. Visitors include Owen and Jack Johnson from Nicholsow, C J Johnson's relatives, and families from Gageby and Swearingen. Measles illnesses mentioned among residents, with various neighbors socializing at the Wise and Hartman households.
Salt Fork residents reported singing and a dinner on the ground at Marella, with many attending Leepue on Sunday night. Several visitors and family gatherings occurred, plants and measles illness noted, and local farming progress mentioned along with Lelia Savage departing Monday for Canyon to attend West Texas State Teachers College, accompanied to Amarillo by Bula Moulton.
Sunday visitors and multiple social calls mark the Wellington community update. Events include a Friday program at the Methodist Church and a revival slated for the third Sunday in August, with Rev B J Osborn and H W Kuhn among the speakers.
A fragmented verse urges buyers to greet traveling salesmen with a smile and tip, praising their long trips and hotel hardships. It argues a welcome improves the seller’s mood and sales, noting the salesman relies on tips and that kindness benefits both sides.
Bill Andrews and Ralph Royal reported a very successful meeting at the Shriners convention in Amarillo last week. A large number of novices were present to take part in the ceremony. Jack B. Deahly returned Saturday from Wichita Falls and Dallas, where he had been for the past four days attending to business matters.
Federal and state engineers plan a revised Colorado-to-Gulf Highway from Quanah to Lakeview passing under the Denver railway then to Aome and Goodlett with a concrete Groesbeck bridge and a main street link. The route will leave the old road west of Goodlett and end at the Childress County line. Local notices mention visits from Howell, Lewis, White, and Couch after weekend travels.
The passage traces a mythic belief linking planting an old parsley root in the winter garden to fatal consequences for the family head. It recounts Greek origins of parsley, ties to Nemean Zeus, and a superstition that roots sown from old stock bring misfortune, with cautionary notes from dream lore and folklore.
Fortinens Pearl remarks that a man who bans a price ends up granting himself one. The quote draws attention to the unintended effects of price controls and the speaker’s critique of regulation.
Fragmentary text shows a garbled note about a young woman across the way with scattered phrases and misspelled words offering little clear context or facts.
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