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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
1
The message lists three discussion points for the week Ladies hats summer dress goods and summer shoes. It urges listening and promises price attention and pleasing deals. The appeal invites readers to try the offerings and consider the prices presented.
Announcement of new style sailors hats made from Jap straw with brown taffeta band and a handsome wing offered at six dollars.
The commissioners' court decided to buy three teams and outfit, hire Sam Copeland as foreman at 60 dollars a month, and staff with three helpers. The city of Graham contributes 3000 dollars for ten mile sections, and the court plans year round work to improve main roads to the county line, aiming for each precinct to have its own outfit in time.
A line of brown and champagne silk patterns at 25 cents per yard. White waist goods in new patterns priced from 15 to 50 cents per yard. Also available New Ginghams New Percales Laces and Embroideries.
A petition signed by nearly all Graham businessmen asks Brazos Oil and Light Company to install an ice and electric light plant. The appeal notes yearly ice famines in summer and says a light plant is a necessity as Graham grows, urging every citizen to support and encourage the venture now.
Rev. W. H. McCullough has been unanimously chosen for a seventh year as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Eliasville. R. G. Hallam of this city accompanied him as they left yesterday morning for Weatherford to attend the Fort Worth Presbytery in session there.
J. W. Thornton died Sunday night at his Goree home, with burial in Goree cemetery Monday evening. The death, due to a mixture of diseases, ends a life spent partly here where he practiced veterinary work, earning respect and leaving friends across the countryside.
Poultry buyers announce cash prices for frying chickens under two pounds at 9 to 10 cents and over two pounds at 10 cents. Eggs to be paid at highest market price. Roy D Gouston advertises cash offers next to the Post Office.
The Sr Louis Restaurant announces a move to a new west side location and invites patrons to inspect the establishment while promising first class dining, best brands, and courteous service. The note expresses gratitude for past patronage and invites continued business.
J. B. Crain and his wife left Tuesday morning heading to Hope New Mexico to spend the summer, traveling for the season.
Sheriff M A Wallace investigated a late night horse theft near South Bend where Willie Burgess was forced to surrender his horse at gunpoint. The horse reappeared about 150 yards from the presumed take location, but no thief was found. Rain washed away tracks and clues, and Wallace returned home Saturday without leads. The piece closes with an unrelated local advertisement for groceries and seeds.
About 3 miles from Bryson a seventeen car freight train loaded with cattle en route to Mangum Oklahoma wrecked last Friday around 8 30. Eight cars left the track four cattle were killed several injured and a large herd was released. The night passenger train waited at Bryson and could not pass until Saturday night complex track repairs took twenty four hours. Graham residents on the passenger train telephoned for rigs and returned home that night.
J. E. Whiteley of Belknap visited town Tuesday and renewed his Leader subscription then arranged to have the paper sent to his daughter Mrs. J. C. Woolfolk in Alzada Montana.
The Cook Bros presented Hidden Hand to a well filled Abilene crowd who praised the performance. Their black faced character impressed, with loud applause and strong singing and dancing acts. The duo travels in a private car with a caliope, announced by noon tunes and prior to their night show.
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