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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1900
Page
3
For County and District Clerk F. M. Burkett George McLaren Chas Gay. For Sheriff and Tax Collector J. E. Parsons Marion A. Wallace H. C. Williams. For County Attorney J. E. Simpson.
Local notes report social visits from W C Blakey and daughters to town, and births, farewells, and business chatter. Mentions Rev Bishop Garrett speaking at M E church, residents planning improvements, and shop changes including Jones & Son's Butcher shop purchase. Also references a bear show, lumber delivery, and merchants Matthews Tidwell Norman and S B Street Co offering groceries and construction materials.
City voters choose Virgo Eddleman as Marshal John C Kay as City Attorney R G Graham for Alderman Ward 1 and R E Mabry for Ward 2 in city election results.
The offer advertises Italian and American marble with first-class workmanship and guaranteed quality at or below competing prices. Prospective customers are urged to view designs and prices before ordering, promising savings for buyers.
The Board of Examiners for teachers certificates will convene on Friday and Saturday April 20 and 21, 1900. N. J. Timmons, Co. Judge.
Jack White Swan will begin the season April 10 at my ranch five miles northwest of Belknap. Terms eight dollars to insure a living foal. Pasture will accommodate mares from a distance. R. J. Johnson.
Evangelist B B Sanders will start a protracted meeting at the Christian church on the fifteenth. Mr Dothit and wife, noted singers, will join to lead the singing.
Selling sewing machines with easy installments and cash discounts. Old machines taken in exchange, with needles oils shuttles belts and parts on hand. R C Adams Graham Texas. Also notice to stockmen and farmers from agent for Texas Stock and Farm Journal seeking subscriptions by O W Kina Post Office Building
Abraham Hare of Belleville Ohio claims Electric Bitters are the best selling bitters he has handled in two decades. He cites stomach liver kidney and bowel disorders as roots of disease and says the tonic purifies blood strengthens nerves and builds up the whole system. 50 cents a bottle sold by Handy Matthews.
For the next 30 days flour may be exchanged for a limited amount of entirely white corn. The offer specifies no mixing and pure white product only. Local notes mention John Henry of Antelope visiting Graham relatives and various ads for Hunt's Light-Oil, Ballard's Horehound Syrup, and Herb ine with prices and refund promises.
An elder Chas Neuhaus visits town on Monday sharing reminiscences of the 50s and 60s in Young County while helping replenish a nearly depleted pocketbook. An advertisement promotes Batard's Snow Liniment for cuts and bruises at Graham Drug Co.
Dr. Simmons Sarsaparilla touted with 50 doses for 50 cents and frequent medical product notes. Local items report Mr Joe Butler leaving for Oklahoma with cattle, teachers at Graham High, deaths and illnesses, barbs about politics, and moves and notices from Graham and East Graham.
Farmer GEO. C. SHEARER of Miller and Kaffir Corn area announces purchase of a new Bonnie binder from Denman and Sons. He endorses the machine for cutting grain and claims its superiority to any prior equipment including the El evation and Superior models. Written in Wheat Growers and Farmers notice from April 2, 1900 in Farmer, Texas.
Proclaiming a public benefit, Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds reports giving away over ten million trial bottles. It claims to cure asthma bronchitis grippe and all throat chest and lung diseases. Handy and Matthews druggists offer a free trial bottle with regular sizes priced at 50c and 1.00, guaranteed.
Advert says a two day cure for la grippe with laxative bromquinine tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails. Signature of KE. W. Grove on every box. Price listed as 25 cents.
The proprietor advertises a new news stand at Kings Drug Store offering up to date music books newspapers and more. He invites calls to request items not in stock and promises quick sourcing. subscriptions to The Morning Register at 15 cents per week will save customers money.
Authorized refunds by PAZO OINTMENT makers for any pile case no matter duration. Cures in six to fourteen days, one application relieves itching instantly. If not in stock, mail order available with stamps. Manufactured by Paris Medicine Co., St Louis, Mo.
A band member warns of ongoing serenades as a signal to vigilantly prepare. Citizens are urged to gather missiles like tomato cans and beer bottles, load a shotgun, and set a breastwork in a convenient position to secure defense.
A reader from Morganton reports large sores on his daughter’s head and scarred by scald head but claims Bucko's Anica Save cured her. The ad guarantees relief for eczema tetter salt rheum pimples sores ulcers and piles at Handy and Matthews for 25 cents.
A curious note from the Detroit Free Press describes Puerto Rico as a landmass entirely surrounded by a sea of treoches, presenting a whimsical geographic label and imagery.
The ad describes a radiant department with new neckwear colors collars cuffs shirts hats and low prices. Local notices report Brother Hill's sermon farmers smiling at good crops J T Hunt returning from Eastern trip and several residents traveling to Jacksboro Archer City and Farmer. Mrs Rogers’s baby prognosis and camp visits noted along with school entertainment plans Uncle Billy Kennedy at a ball game and local political committee meeting in Graham.
An occasional dose of PrickLy asu Birrers keeps the system healthy wards off disease and main tains energy. For sale by C. G. King.
Those who promised to supply cook stove wood on subscription are asked to confer a great favor by delivering it at once. Immediate fulfillment helps sustain supply for households relying on the agreed deliveries.
In early April none of the suggested cures for trusts were heard. Prof Hadley has proposed a plan presented in rhyme in which a poet appeals to his people to join a public stance. The lines urge action and solidarity against the trust scheme envisioned by Hadley.
This old ad claims a throbbing headache relief with Dr King’s New Life Pills. It says the pills cure sick and nervous headaches by purifying blood and building health, selling for 25 cents with a money back guarantee. Sold by Handy & Matthews, Druggists.
At the bride's parents residence in Tank Valley on Sunday April 1 a ceremony officiated by Judge Timmons united Felix Taylor and Mary Rogers. The couple, highly esteemed locally, received many well wishes for a long and blissful life together.
An old newspaper advertisement touts Cheatham's Lasteleas tonic as a universal health drink. It claims to cure chills and fevers, strengthen the weak, and slim the lean, with a price of fifty cents.
The States Press seeks short stories and poems by Texas authors for a forthcoming collection. Poems limited to 32 lines, prose 500 to 3000 words, manuscripts should include author address, terms negotiable, and unused pieces returned if postage is included. Book to retail at $1.50 with cloth binding and aluminum title stamp.
An advertisement asserts Tutt''s Liver Pills restore natural bowel motion and cleanse the system. It claims an absolute cure for sick headache dyspepsia sour stomach constipation and related ailments with a customer letter from R P Smith of Chilesburg Virginia praising the product. A second item jokes about a Denison man giving up bad habits after family milestones and quitting politics to work.
A reflection on enduring ethics that endure beyond memory, suggesting core values persist even when forgotten. The piece contemplates how ideals survive through silence, shaping conduct long after apparent erasure.
Travel notices from Rock Island announce round trip fares from Jacksboro for events in Waco San Antonio Austin Hot Springs and more. April dates cover Lumberman’s and Women’s Clubs Knights Templar Mystic Shrine and Travelers Protective Association with specific sale and final return limits. An extension option is offered for Hot Springs May conventions through E E Smith.
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