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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1925
Page
5
Community updates list illness and visits, with multiple Graham residents traveling to Dallas and Pampa. Local families, including the Schlittlers and Ribble couple, acquire radios and discuss farming seeds. Advertisements promote Hinson Hockaday Grain Co seeds and 30 cent pricing cues amid social notes.
Vernon Bagwell and wife of Estelline Texas visited Graham friends after moving from Graham to Estelline months ago. Their stay this week pleased local admirers as the Bagwells reconnect with old acquaintances and share news of their relocation.
News reached Graham of the death last Saturday of Leonard Owen Fletcher a child at Alice Texas. His mother Roberta Akin became Mrs Fletcher and is the daughter of Judge Jo W Akin and Mrs Akin of Wichita Falls.
Mr. S. J. Allen reports his daughter at the University of Texas achieved strong marks in the winter term. She maintained high standing with A and B grades, the A's leading, while Miss Willie earns praise from friends for her efforts in her first college year.
Mr R G Taylor tends town gardens while also hauling gravel and attending state IOOF conventions. He has broken 117 gardens and expects to tackle many more once April showers begin.
Local item notes a free Kodak at Millers Studio with Easter eggs orders for the Methodist Missionary Society. Several short notices report family births, visits by Judge and Mrs Penix, and marriage plans of Clint Copeland in Graham with travel to Mineral Wells. Includes prices from Morrison Co and travel mentions to Olney and Haskell.
Mrs J W Perkins and her daughter Ranell from Olney spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in Graham.
Readable text notes bright Easter eggs offered by the Methodist Missionary Society for 30 cents a dozen, with a stray 32 cent figure following. The item emphasizes affordable decorative eggs for Easter.
A pre Easter clearance offers a beautiful line of patterned and tailored hats at 4.95 plus children’s hats from 1.00 to 1.95. One dollar off all merchandise applies Saturday April 4. Local shoppers are urged to visit for special pricing.
Mr J W Burgess, one of our long time readers, raises his figures to 1926. The issue also includes a brief definition of low brow and high brow, inviting readers to look up the terms in this paper.
We buy all fresh meats obtainable and charge and deliver on your grocery order at cost from either market. MO. E. Morrison Co. 31-2c.
After a prolonged illness from tonsillitis affecting his hearing, Jay B. Garvin five year old son of Mr and Mrs Jay Garvin was taken to Graham Hospital today for tonsil surgery.
The Graham Music Club plans a Friday night program on April 10 to benefit the De Molay band. The committee promises good numbers not high brow but high class and aims to please all. Invite neighbors friends and country folks to support the cause and send the boys to Mineral Wells.
The Presbyterian Auxiliary met at Mrs. A. A. Morrison's home and presented the annual report totaling about 1800 dollars. Contributions covered Foreign Missions, Assembly and Synodical Home Missions, Educational and Ministerial Relief funds, Orphan Home, Current Expense, Auxiliary Special and Miscellaneous items.
A moral assessment from the Minneapolis Journal on true character. It argues a man’s real worth is proven by his treatment of family at home rather than public praise, noting loving children and a happy wife signal genuine virtue while a fraud is exposed by home life.
Mr and Mrs J A Driver returned Sunday from a week with relatives in Nacogdoches County. They report a big time though Mr Driver brought home a cold. He said the area has many heavy dews in that part of the State.
County Surveyor Willard G Mobley missed work for several days last week. Friends learned his absence resulted from his wife giving birth to a daughter on March 25, with Mobley at home caring for the infant and practicing saying papa.
On a Monday afternoon R G Taylor was reported missing from his gravel hauling but found at home helping Mrs Taylor plant their garden. The piece notes two dislikes about gardening work and critics the editor of The Leader for crediting Mrs Taylor and her industrious girls for the garden's vegetables.
Mr. George T Spears Jr becomes owner of the Throckmorton Tribune this week. He is the son of George T Spears Sr of Breckenridge, a veteran Texas newspaper man and manager of the Breckenridge Daily American. The new proprietor, a Graham High School graduate, is a rising business figure welcomed into the fraternity.
A note suggests the Prince of Wales may embark on a cruise soon. The chatter raises questions about safety and public appearances during the voyage.
A terse dialogue centers on a stranger believed to be a father figure returning home from a closed golf club. The child recoils while family members debate lineage and reality as they confront a dreamlike claim of a missing parent who “joined a golfing club” and now must be welcomed back.
The speaker, a Justice of the Peace, recounts marrying many women monthly from January to December including Jane Celia Mary Bedelia Mary Nan Dot Nan Lizette Sal Gwen Belle Ermintrude, with three unnamed marriages in between, in a humorous verse about his duties.
The article notes Vice President Dawes has become a strong supporter of using the alarm clock. It highlights his stance as a practical measure to improve punctuality and discipline in daily schedules.
Mrs. Omer Beckham of Olney and Mr. Frank Herd of Throckmorton wed Tuesday at the bride’s sister’s home in Graham. The bride, longtime Graham resident and hospital administrator, is the daughter of J. B. Timmons. The groom, Throckmorton County sheriff, has many Young County well wishers. They will reside in Throckmorton.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, sentenced to 14 years and nine months for using the mails to defraud, will depart Fort Worth Sunday for Leavenworth. A new commitment issued by Judge James C. Wilson on Tuesday starts service from Nov. 21, 1923, with Cook having remained in Tarrant County jail during appeal. Wilson’s action reduces the remaining term by 16 months.
Sparkill New York March 26. After a fifty year quest Tom Allen 98 finds his sister Elizabeth 102 and brother 103. He walked the uphill mile from Sparkill depot to Elizabeth's home and she reportedly recognized him instantly though they had not seen each other since 1875 when separated in Scotland.
The review sketches the 1867 purchase of Alaska and Seward’s push to block Russian and British interests. It follows Jefferson Sharp in Sitka among Russians, Indians, Englishmen, and Americans, highlighting American spirit in pioneer history with vivid Sitka ambience.
The Methodist Missionary Society will sell Easter eggs and candy on Saturday morning April 11 at the Oil Cities Electric Co. office. Colored eggs cost 30 cents a dozen, with advance phone orders requested to Mrs. E. S. Graham. 82 cents
Wm Vaughan, brother in law of F M Southall, who lived here briefly, is moving back to Graham after a stay in town.
College Station reports that A. and M. entomologists warn the coming battle is against crop pests. Farmers, truck and vegetable growers should equip with poison and spraying machines to protect profits and marketable yields. Home gardeners are urged to buy a small three gallon compressor sprayer.
The Presbyterian Intermediate Christian Endeavor held a program with song, roll call, minutes, and prayer. Topics and talks covered Mexico location of missions, Mexican revolutions, journeys in Morelos, and Mexican work in Eliasville, with performances by Eva Goleman and Lillian Duncan.
Mrs. Sarah Shain Fowler, 101, longtime Dallas resident and the only living mother of a Confederate soldier, died Sunday in New Orleans. She recalled Lincoln's assassination from a Ford Theatre box and knew Gen. Robert E. Lee. Born in Elizabeth Town Key she witnessed Texas in its early statehood and Mexico War era. The Confederate Memorial Association honored her six years ago with a medal.
Miss Mattie Bell Hargraves and Mr E B Gilmore wed at the bride’s home on the Finns route with Rev J W W Shuler of Graham Methodist Church officiating. The couple, raised in Henry Chapel, receive congratulations from friends in the area.
A concise adage notes that the wisdom of the wise and the experience of ages can be preserved through quotation, attributed to Benjamin Disraeli.
The two year general educational appropriation totals 14,486,752 with 7,613,246 for year one and 6,873,505 for year two. Allocations cover North Texas State Teachers College, East Texas, Southwest Texas, Stephen F. Austin, Sul Ross, West Texas, Sam Houston, University of Texas, Medical branchGalveston, College of Mines, A M College, state stations, extension, Tarleton, North Texas Agricultural, Prairie View, State Forestry, College of Industrial Arts, Texas Tech, and schools for the blind and deaf.
The son of the former German Kaiser holds a clerical position in a Berlin bank and commutes daily by a second class railway coach to his place of work.
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