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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
5
We have secured Mrs Cate s Cecilian Kentucky to assume the department management. She recently returned from St Louis with a stock of new millinery. Mrs Cate brings years of experience and is well qualified to serve you. Let her know your wants and she will please you.
Local items report W A Hurt family moving to Fort Worth and crowds expected on the 14th at City Meat Market with corn fed pork and best stall fed beef. Readers added include H M Reddy and Will Fawks along with builder activity for a skating rink. A newborn boy at J B King’s home joins a busy Olney and Eliasville reader list.
Mr C L Lindsay announces his physician has given consent for him to act as auctioneer next Monday if residents have items to sell. This notice urges interested parties to bring forward consignments for the sale.
Fifteen head of registered Shorthorn bulls will be offered at Parsons wagon yard in Graham from April 17 to 21. Auction conducted by Gro H Craia with sale details published for prospective buyers.
L. S. Napier of Bugles Kentucky says Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a ten year pile affliction after using it once. The ad claims the salve heals wounds burns and sores like magic and notes a 25 cent price at B. H. Doty & Co druggists.
Last Tuesday's city election saw about forty votes cast. Elected were M. K. Graham Alderman First Ward D. G. Vick Alderman Second Ward T. J. Lamons Secretary and Treasurer and W. E. Eddleman City Marshal.
A note announces summer ice sales starting today with a ten cent minimum per delivery, inviting customers to rely on steady supply and prompt service throughout the hot season.
Bids sought for the City Scavenger job in Graham. Bidders must examine the contract at the City Secretary Sam Dowdle office and submit sealed bids by the first Monday in May 1906. The council reserves the right to reject any or all bids. J. E. Stepson, Mayor.
A Montevallo Alabama reader extols Lightning Oil as a universal balm. The letter humorously frames common injuries from toe stubs to burns and bee stings, urging the product as the remedy everyone asks for.
Essie Clive seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Dinsmore died Tuesday night after a six week illness from typhoid fever. Funeral services were held at the residence by Rev. E. V. Cox. Interment followed at Oak Grove Cemetery. Sympathy extended to the bereaved family.
J B King in the eastern town reads Old Reliable. Fine Hereford Bull for sale raised by R E Mabry. Call on or address D H Prench Baham Texas. Miners strike looms as coal pile grows while agitators discuss and consumers wait for Roosevelt to advise meditation.
The Belton Journal-Reporter notes that anti saloon sentiment in Bell County rose not from shifting public mood but from poll taxes bought for 500 new voters and 400 Bohemian voters supporting the anti ticket. It cites election costs to the Liquor Dealers Association at 25000 dollars and shows rising prohibition votes from 1908 to the present. The piece links broader political fights in Austin over Section 120 and blanket primaries, with Bell supporters pushing convention rules while other candidates endorse a blanket primary. In Flat Rock the community reports mild spring weather, crops damaged by winter but oats holding, and local notes on church activities, a planned Sunday school, and missing telephone service.
Unguarded claim reads that a woman’s health was ruined but a tonic cured dandruff and saved her cat with a guaranteed assurance from Doty and Co. The ad-style notice markets a remedy with assertive guarantees and mentions a partnership by B, 8, Doty & Co.
Mrs. Alexander of Cary Maine reports Dr Kings New Life Pills restore stomach liver and bowels keeping them in good order. The 25 cent remedy is sold by B S Doty Co Drugist. The piece also urges the Commissioners Court to remove show bills from the public water tank in the courthouse park and post no bills in the future, calling the tank unsightly.
A fragment claims a remedy by B 8 Doty & Co will stop suffering caused by liver enlargement affecting stomach lungs kidneys and bowels, noting great distress and pain and asserting guarantee by the firm. The text lacks specifics on person or date.
A large Monday night crowd witnessed Rose Ivy display powers beyond ordinary human strength. Spectators described unexplainable influence lifting ten men with one hand while ten men failed to lift her feet. A circle of about thirty tried and failed against her, with ministers doctors lawyers merchants and farmers on her committee, all faring equally poor against the performance.
M W Thomlinson of Oswego Kansas hails Simmons' Liver Purifier as the most valuable remedy tried for constipation and disordered liver. He notes it cleanses thoroughly without griping and recommends it whenever possible.
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