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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1927
Page
1
The Winters public school will reopen on September 5 for the new year with a strong teaching staff led by Superintendent A H Smith. Enrollment is expected to be large and the district promises well maintained buildings and readiness for the most important local industry, educating the community’s children.
A brief note observes motorists who ignore grade crossing signals rarely repeat the error. It also notes few pedestrians are out walking nowadays while drivers tend to press the accelerator more readily.
An oil well spout has appeared in an Oklahoma field at depths exceeding 6000 feet. The event echoes a bold engineering feat as drillers bore a mile long corkscrew to access juice for a Ford powered venture.
Miss Rosa Michaelis, a New Orleans cooking authority, extols meat for its nutrition and high protein content. She prescribes Carolina broiled steak, using tender IO inch thick cuts, piping hot oiled skillets, quick searing, and minimal puncturing to retain juices, with rare to well done in 10 to 15 minutes, then served with pepper and butter. For frying, she notes very hot fire and flame height guidance on oil stoves with long chimneys.
California stuffed peppers and West Coast pot roast are described by Mrs Belle DeGraf of San Francisco. Prepare peppers by selecting small plump peppers, removing tops and seeds, boiling briefly, then stuffing with a mix of boiled rice minced ham and savory sauce, topped with buttered breadcrumbs and baked. Serve with sauce.
A recipe instructs selecting a four pound or larger piece of round beef and stuffing olives into deep incisions. The meat is seasoned with salt and pepper, dredged in flour, browned in beef drippings, then simmered with water onions and cloves until tender. Gravy is thickened before serving.
The anticipated Dempsey Tunney clash to be held in Chicago on September 22 may become the era’s most lucrative man to man match. Tunney believes he can KO Dempsey easily but warns overconfidence could backfire. Ringside buyers relish a long unpredictable struggle.
The piece argues that law abiding residents share no blame for crimes by criminals in their county or community. It stresses that officers must be held accountable if criminals are not apprehended or if efforts to catch them are insufficient.
A discussion on how New Englanders interpret the word choose in everyday language and politics. The text compares the use of choose at meals with phrases about running for office, noting ambiguity in whether choosing to run or not implies finality.
Gossip circulates widely as rumors travel fast through social circles. The quote humorously notes how information tends to stick in memory only briefly before becoming speech.
Crews News reports the Junior B Y P U rendered a program Sunday night after Epworth League and B Y P U activities. The group practiced a play Sunday afternoon for performance on Sunday night August 28. Weather noted a beneficial rain Saturday night and farmers nearby.
Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughn of the Los Angeles Evening Express guides a veal birds recipe. Veal loin cut into thin patties filled with savory bread crumbs, folded, tied, browned, then braised in butter and cream, with gravy from pan drippings.
A ham dish cooks in 50 minutes with a raisin sauce. Slice ham bake at 400 F for 40 minutes then 10 minutes with sauce. Sauce thickens from sugar cornstarch water vinegar and raisins. A mildew stain tip mentions wetting soaping chalk rub.
The Crews community reports planting headed maize and starting cotton when dry. Harmony Mississippi visitors attend a meeting. Stella Hubbard visited Erma Wilkerson Mildred Madison and Ellis Madison returned from San Antonio. A large youth party was hosted by Hazel Mae Grounds. Will Walden of Clovis New Mexico visits relatives. The Rainwaters head to Fort Worth. The Crews Girls Club met at Mrs Grounds with six girls and canned tomatoes for the Runnels county fair. The next meeting is Sept 2 at Mrs Grounds'. The Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs Madison's.
F. D. Gardner and his relatives concluded a several days visit in Mart and returned home Thursday. Mrs. Van H. Piercy and her children plan to leave later this week for Rising Star to join Mr. Piercy and establish their future home there.
Mrs. C. M. Gooch visits relatives in Killeen this week with her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Dove Campbell Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McKissack and H. L. Sanders attended their grandfather’s funeral at Comanche last Sunday.
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