Enigmatic Cal Gray Faces Briskow Family Fallout
Cal Gray in love with Barbara Parker navigates a tapestry of oil country peril. Floods strand towns, Bud Briskow braves wrecked roads for a doctor while Gray coolly pursues advancement. Nelson’s banker foes debate Gray’s past as he returns buoyant to Wichita Falls.
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Calvin Gray
Henry Nelson
Dallas
Gray
Barbara Parker
Nelson
Briskow
Bud
Hie
Gray i
Allie
Buddy Briskow
Buddy
Wichita Falls
Scorpions
Tom Parker
Henry
Tom
Halloran
Tama Spartan
Wichita Falla
McWade
Stoner
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound praised in letters
Women from Winston-Salem North Carolina and Keene New Hampshire describe relief from “weak and run down” conditions after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. They credit improved energy, ability to work at home and at stores, and renewed vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E.pinkham
Winston-Salem
N. C
L. K. Myers
Keene
N. H
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. F. Hammond
Carpenter Street
Keene, N. H
S&s
Ice Price War Surges Between Graham and Bluefield Ice Firms
In Graham and Bluefield rivals slash prices as a heated ice war unfolds. One dealer drops to fifty cents per hundred while crews accuse the other of free deliveries and claims about home industry water. The dispute follows the Graham plant startup and involves W C Trivett and Bill Compton with customers split between both suppliers as the season shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Adams
Bluefield
W. C. Trivett
Bill Compton
Flood conditions ease as Graham recovers from cloud burst
Normalcy returns to Graham after Tuesday afternoon flood. Water recedes from Beaver Pond and East Graham, with streets cleared and streetcars back on schedule. Local residents report property damage, including furn nditure losses at Beaver Pond mills, while Bob Burton narrowly escapes serious injury when porch collapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Beaver Pond
South Bluefield
East Graham
Nas
Bob Burton
Mr. Burton
H. B. Frazier
New Palace
Morton Department Store
New Methodist Church
Fair Grounds
Death of Charles F. Wimmer in Falls Mills
Charles F. Wimmer of Falls Mills and Graham was found dead in his bed at his Falls Mills home. He was fifty six, a widower, father of seven, farmer and Christian church member. Funeral services planned for Friday with burial in Falls Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Wimmer
Falls Mills
Graham
Wimmer
Miss Buckland
Christian Church
Foxes Fight Battle For Moonshiners
A Graham raiding party of T. B. Gravely Geo. Havens F Buchanan and J B Wison encounters two angry foxes at Stony Ridge between St Clair and Bailey. The nocturnal watchers hide for hours hoping to spot moonshiners when the foxes abruptly alarm them causing tense moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
T. 8. Gravely
Geo. Havens
F. Buchanan
J. B. Wison
St. Clair and
Bailey
Foxes Defend Young as Graham Party Faces Stout Challenge
Reporters recount a noisy encounter where a large grey foxes challenged a flash and fled only after a tough standoff. Locals suggest the foxes were defending their young, undeterred by the Graham revenue party's actions.
Dry spell prompts county rain reports from visitors
John Hinegardner of Augusta county, visiting here, reports a long drought in his area with vegetation in need of rain after leaving Sunday. Rain fell there Monday, briefly easing the dry spell, with the drought also noted as present in Montgomery county nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hinegardner
Augusta County
Montgomery County
Telegraph price rise linked to contract changes
Several New York firms report telephone costs have quadrupled after the telephone company gained power to abrogate existing contracts. The note mentions James Russell Lowell, the American poet, who served as minister to Spain in 1876.
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New York
James Russell Lowell
Spain
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Opyright
Rex Beary
Metropontar Moeurrra
Taxle
Ranger
Feller
Doc
Roswell
S.S
de S.S
BELL
Graham Daily News
W. B. Lindsey
Winchester
Mr. Lindsey
New Graham Furnace Corporation
F. R. Ward
University Couse
Percy V. Dennis
Grundy
Percy, Jr
E. Baker
Dennis
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Maurine Moses
Virginia
Charles F. Wimmer
Lilly Land Company
Lmits
Mr. Gravely
Graham Revenue
W.B. Morton & CO
Graham, VA
Voile
Apron Gingham
MENS
Betty
BY Allman
Oouch
the Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta, Ga
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