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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 2000
Page
7
A collage of student lines about the Mississippi River and steamboats features multiple authors and vivid imagery. The verses mention Big Old Red Steamboat, minnows, cottonwood nests, playful children, and the river’s song. The piece ends with a note about revival services led by Reverend Kanis and Reverend Al Mixon.
Major William M. Walton recounts postwar hardship after the Civil War including poverty, relocation of his family to New Orleans, and his battle to rebuild. He describes debt, freed slaves, self support through hunting and selling game, and eventual election as Texas Attorney General by August 1866 before military rule imposed in 1867.
Letters from Wellington Leader readers lament declining manners and consideration for others. A caller cites a stranded motorist at Langford's Station, noting passersby offered no aid until a woman with a child helped. Joyce Snider urges courtesy and respect toward women and elders, while Rudell Graves defends gun rights and Texas values.
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