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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
7
Local residents report pleasant trips to Houston and Arizona while advising insurance choices. Business notices include new prices at Nicholl and Davis and a housing project near the Methodist church. Several readers travel for normal school sessions in Canyon and Amarillo. weed control urged in Wellington. travel reports from Flint Michigan by Buick caravan. Odd Fellows gathering announced at the courthouse.
A brief item notes Whistling Rufus Bogery has returned from Chicago where he trained in vaudeville work. The notice also advertises crop hail insurance offered by Hartford and Franklin through Mrs. J. M. Strong Agency.
Thignas Edison cites nitrogen from air as a major invention after electric lights. The process reduces reliance on Germany for fertilizer supplies and enables cheap production via plants in the south that extract nitrogen from pressurized, frozen forms using waterfall power. Burglary report notes Canary store thefts. five men arrested after a bird store loss.
The fragment mentions ancient China and an emperor named Chin-Nong ruling before Christ and establishing a ceremonial ordinance. It describes a ritual in which the emperor was to sacrifice himself.
Woodmen drifting into Virginia Minnesota report a new pocketless way to transport cash. They thread bills into neckties, pin the tie, and tuck it in the shirt front. Bank access is thus directly in view, with more workers adopting neckties than in prior years.
Fragmentary OCR text shows unclear phrases and names with missing context. No coherent events or facts emerge to summarize into a clear news item.
A humorous critique of rural roads describes mud holes as persistent nuisances that worsen in spring, drawing attention to local officials and farmers with dredging gear. The piece notes how roads recover only after elections and mocks repair methods from sod to modern paving, linking mud holes to rural politics and economy.
Resolutions from the Women's Missionary Society of First Baptist Wellington express heartfelt sympathy to widowed Bro Cochran and seven children. They praise Mrs Cochran's Christian life, cite fruits of faith, and request copies of the resolution be sent to the Baptist Standard, Wellington Leader, and minutes.
The Leader notes some citizens show civic pride by cutting weeds along sidewalks and into streets, but weeds on adjoining lots remain unaddressed. The piece praises those who acted as a duty, while censuring others for not doing their part.
Local reports show swarms of grasshoppers ravaging crops in certain areas while others escape harm. The Leader notes uneven destruction and cautions growers to monitor the situation and consider preventive measures.
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