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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1927
Page
1
The Winters Enterprise in Winters Texas announces weekly publication rates for single column inch 30c per issue and readers per line 10c per issue. It notes postal entry as second class mail matter and adds a bold motto about shaving and standing against feminine sentiment.
The article notes baby chick raising has become a large nationwide industry employing thousands. Government support helped its growth to millions annually, with parcel post enabling cheap delivery across long distances and express services largely not involved.
Early in the year a man declined The Enterprise to save 1.50, but a few days ago he paid for a year after his wife said ads in the paper save the price and keep him well informed by reading community news and goods offered each week. The Enterprise is described as essential for home life.
The new air traffic code took effect at the start of the year requiring aviators to keep to the right. The change aims to standardize in-flight corridors and reduce collisions as pilots adjust procedures nationwide.
The farmer who owns his acres will endure hard times and keep comfort and plenty. Banks fail and mines suspend but the landholder maintains independence. Yet many owners do not appreciate their situation or what they have.
The article reflects on changing gender norms noting that women once admired beards while men wore them. It argues that now women generally dislike beards and men have abandoned them, highlighting shifts in appearance and social expectations.
The city envisions a 110 story skyscraper that would top the world, surpassing the Washington Monument by about 506 feet and exceeding the Woolworth Building as New York’s tallest, signaling an endless trend in skyscraping despite land limits.
The Enterprise pledges to balance obligations to readers and advertisers, maintaining a cooperative spirit. It emphasizes fair treatment, transparency, and service in reporting and advertising practices.
The text underscores that such cooperation is highly essential for both the public and the newspaper, emphasizing shared responsibilities and mutual benefit in reporting and transparency.
Kilkenny Torono Lass, a Jersey from Barre Massachusetts, set dairy records with 882.48 pounds of butter fat and 15 556 pounds of milk in 305 days. She was four years three months old at the time, and other cows may contact Torono Lass to challenge the record.
Sheriff R E McWilliams announces a sheriff sale for January 22 1927 in Winters Texas Runnels County. The sale satisfies a judgment of 93 20 dollars plus costs in Winters Motor Company v S F Kerby and E F Kerby case No 1092. Property includes a paint stud horse about 15 hands four years old and a paint mare about 15 hands nine years old.
N Dow Chapman income tax consultant will be in Winters at E A Sheppards office on February 17 18 and 19 to work on income tax needs. Spring fashions 38 14p are already being talked.
The Methodist church lists Sunday services at 9 45 a m 11 a m and 7 p m with Epworth Leagues at 6 p m and a Monday social for ladies hosted by Mrs S H Nance. A prayer meeting is held Wednesday at 7 p m and all members are urged to attend. G E Nicholson attended Higginbotham Bros Co stockholders meeting in Comanche last Friday.
Renee Adoree, noted for The Big Parade, stars opposite Thomas Meighan in Paramount's Tin Gods at the Queen Theatre January 26 and 27. The Irish born actress prefers vivid personality roles and often retreats to her dressing room to study her characters between scenes.
The article notes Adoree in the film adaptation of William Anthony McGuire's play as the untutored girl whose love and care restore Thomas Meighan from a fall caused by his wife Aileen Pringle. It quotes her stance on roles as colorful and lifelike without preference for any single part.
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