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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1925
Page
4
Winters Enterprise in Winters Texas publishes weekly. Advertising rates list single column inch 30c per issue and readers per line 10c. Subscription for the year 1.50 dollars. Entry at Winters post office as second class mail matter.
The State Department style book lists honorifics with Mister for most, but White House occupants as the President. The piece questions why local auctioneers are never named without Col. before their names, praising the community booster as a valued Colonel.
A contemporary column argues loyalty between a town and its industry must be mutual. It notes cases of inequality where locals were taxed more than outsiders and urges both pat ronage and moral support to sustain balanced, lasting loyalty.
The piece urges merchants to advertise during July and August when others are asleep on the job. It notes mail order houses target this period and that regular appeals keep customers visiting and buying. It stresses persistent promotion and reminding the community about store merchandise to sustain sales.
A critical column denounces selfish drivers who hog the road by driving in the center and blocking others. It calls for severe measures, even using an armored car to stop the behavior, arguing road hogs should not be allowed to drive.
A state board of health bulletin proclaims Change is essential to take a vacation. The piece notes that many people never have enough change to go as far or as long as they desire for leisure travel.
The President celebrated the Fourth as his fifty third birthday. The War Department marked it as Defense Day while a young boy enjoyed the holiday in a risky way, burning his fingers as usual.
The season prompts families to study road maps for weekend drives and long summer trips. Each member seeks the best routes offering opportunities for enjoyment and safe travel ahead of family journeys.
The film The Fast Set produced by William de Mille stars a philanderer whose affair inspires the author husband to rethink his marriage. A dinner party and a climactic switch lead to lessons on love and loyalty. Shown next Monday and Tuesday at the Mission Theatre.
An advertisement extols business as the path to wealth and security, praising Tyler Commercial College of Tyler Texas as the largest business school in America. It cites extensive courses and placement services, urging readers to request a free book “Achieving Success in Business” and to mail in for a scholarship notice through The Winters Enterprise editor. Additional items note beauty shop specials and local family news, ending with a line about Chicago gangsters needing justice.
FOR RENT two or three room furnished or unfurnished apartments at 543 N Main Street contact 72 10-21 Le. JUST RECEIVED new laces at Schindler's Variety Store with new faces in stock. FOR SALE seven miles south east of Winters near Dale school 226 2-3 acres with one seven room and one eight room house and improvements. farm in cultivation. sale with or without teams tools and crop. For info see H F Lehman 93 1 STRAYED two young work mules aged 4 and 5 years black mare mule and brown horse mule mare 14 hands horse mule 14 1-2 hands Phone Draseo Store I D Taylor.
Local ad lists various secondhand items including a Sharples Cream Separator, folding bed, oak chiffoniers, a large library table, and metal stoves. Prices range from 2.00 to 42.50 with items like a folding bed and extra beds priced affordably. Call Clements Hardware Company for more details and the current stock.
For rent two light housekeeping rooms and a bedroom with phone contact 317. Lost watch with Walton movement No 19602058. return to Coupland's Variety Store for reward. Lost bar pen set with small diamond. Mrs Noel Reid at Winters State Bank. After many experiments, they failed to invent safety Fourth of July firecrackers.
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