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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1925
Page
8
The article outlines new postal charges after a Congress approved pay raises for postal workers. Increases affect money orders, insurance fees, collect on delivery, special delivery, post cards, and parcel post with a new special handling class. Rural route originations avoid the extra 2c.
Mrs Pearl Mandeville of Graham advertises Buxton Westerman Company offering the New Index Bible. She covers the county of Young and invites orders at any time, with Texas Street as contact. Endorses prompt inquiries for Bible sales and service.
Governor Miriam A Ferguson approved a Texas motor muffler law requiring mufflers on all cars and bans muffler cut-outs. Violations carry a misdemeanor charge with fines from 10 to 100 dollars and up to ten days in county jail, with the law taking effect in June.
Priscilla Dean stars in The Storm Daughter opening next Monday and Tuesday at the Liberty Theatre. Director George Archainbaud eschews tricks, delivering dramatic sea life filmed on a real vessel with a storied wind jam history and waters washing the decks in tense scenes.
The Music Club has received advertising for the Lyceum to be presented next winter. Each number promises exceptional merit and quality.
Aileen Pringle and John Gilbert headline Mrs. Elinor Glyn's His Hour, a screen adaptation of a Glyn romance. The Liberty Theatre will show the picture next Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Pringle has risen in popularity after Three Weeks and True as Steel. Gilbert gained fame in The Count of Monte Cristo and now rises under Glyn's guidance.
Mr. F. R. Cornelius, a pioneer citizen and longtime Leader reader, visited this week and updated his figures on the home paper.
A garbled mix of items mentions a mythical Bible baseball line, Geneva jurists to pursue war safe keeping, Edison loan talks in Dallas, and mail order funds for public works. It also notes Tennessee evolution backlash, London leopard fur demand, and Ireland brick industry joke tied to an Irish election with no casualties.
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, the film comedian previously barred from movies over a criminal action connected to an actress’s death, announces a second attempt at marriage as his new risk.
Former Mexican president Alvaro Obregon shifts focus from politics to agriculture as peace seems to prevail in the south, signaling a quiet end to revolutionary fervor if the trend continues.
Miss Jane Patterson, a Boston artist, argues that women should discard 75 percent of their clothes to be well dressed. The writer quips that a Texas blizzard would quickly reverse such a decision, implying impracticality.
A Louisiana woman noted as a bride for the ninth time faces a choice between enjoying marital bliss and profiting from teaching other women how she secures husbands. The passage frames her as considering monetizing her perceived formula for marriage success.
Harry M. Daugherty once ousted as Attorney General over alleged crooked deals says he will publish a book claiming to reveal the whole truth about everything. The projected volume promises revealing content and sets high expectations for readers.
In San Antonio a thief held up a man in a dark alley and relieved him of all attire except his tie and shirt. The victim later was found hiding in a barrel, a scene likened to a joke about a man in a barrel during laundry day.
Observation notes Ludendorff near the hindmost of seven candidates in Germanys presidential contest, signaling a sharp drop in his popularity. The reference to the old war lord follows his earlier high profile alongside the Kaiser in the power struggle.
A Derton businessman was held up and robbed of 700 dollars carried in a suitcase. The incident prompts a warning that depositing money and valuables in suitcases or similar containers attracts bandits and could push offenders toward employment.
A commentary argues that a surge of recent pardons including liquor law violators murderers and bandits risks undermining crime deterrence. The piece defends executive clemency as a constitutional tool but warns against its indiscriminate use.
Posted notice from D. G. Vick prohibiting hunting fishing trapping camping or trespassing on all property owned or controlled by the signatory. Warning keep out with the phrase this means you.
The pupils of Mrs. Francis presented a March 25 program featuring solo and small ensemble numbers. Performers included Vera Thompson Emma Ciloe Cook Dorothy Baker Marguerite Fawks Josephine Casburn Vera Mae Babb Margaret Casey and others with pieces by Blake Lieurance Ketterer Hunten Zeiler Vanderbeck Bohm and La Rue.
The Intermediate B Y P U will present a program next Sunday led by Willie Hunter. Adele Mayes will speak on Just One Book the Bible. Other readings include The Bible the Name by Naomi Hines and The Bible Our Guide by Howard Bowron. Eula Faye Williams presents The Bible Message and Ruby Fry asks What Is Home Without a Bible. Kathryn Caudill, Grace Taylor, and Trulh Husines contribute Bible themed items.
L. J. Bower eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bower died early Sunday after a brief illness linked to flu and Bright's disease. Born October 12 1901 in Graham he married Daily Hutchinson on August 5 1922. He worked as head mechanic at Shamrock Motor Company and is survived by his wife, parents, brother, five sisters and many relatives. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Oak Grove Cemetery conducted by Rev. J. W. W. Shuler and Rev. Joe W. Bickley.
Notice of dissolution of the partnership Hinson Hockaday Grain Co in Young County Texas and incorporation as Hinson Hockaday Grain Company on March 24 1925 with further business as a corporation announced March 27 1925 and signed by Chas E Hinson C B Hockaday and D E Hockaday.
A father poses a riddle to his son distinguishing highbrow and lowbrow tastes. The exchange labels low-brow as fond of popular humor and snappy tales, while describing high-brow as reluctant to admit such tastes, provoking a playful contrast about culture and vanity.
Mr. Cleveland H. Dodge contributes fifty thousand dollars to a group of Near East schools. The recipient institutions include Robert College University of Beirut Constantinople Woman's College the International College of Smyrna and the Sofia American Schools. Enrollment across all five schools totals 2838 students representing twenty nine nationalities.
Election to fill two Alderman positions on Graham Board of Aldermen will be held April 7 1925 at City Hall Young County Texas. Nominated candidates for Position No 1 are C Reed and R M Williams. For Position No 2 the nominees are A A Morrison W A Morris and W M Matthews. L D Lovett and L D Lovett were appointed election judges.
In the District Court Northern District of Texas Wichita Falls Division Walter Penn Terrell was adjudicated bankrupt March 28 1925. First meeting of creditors at 610 Staley Building Wichita Falls Texas April 15 1925 at 10:00 AM to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact business. March 28 1925 A D Montgomery Referee in Bankruptcy.
Mr. A. J. Chandler, Olney resident since 1879 and longtime county citizen, visited Graham last Friday and renewed his subscription for The Leader for another year, continuing his faithful support.
Mr L S Benson writes from California asking that his newspaper delivery be switched to El Centro California.
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