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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
1
In Young County Texas residents face drought and pest damage to wheat but are urged to stay hopeful. The writer notes rain usually returns, crops diversify, and old-timers recall past cycles, praising local resilience and spirit despite current setbacks.
The Ladies Aid Society of the First Presbyterian church announces a picnic excursion on April 16 at 7 30 pm from the court house. The train leaves at 8 30. Reduced rates. Everyone cordial invited. Each lady should bring lunch for two. refreshments will be served.
The Sanders Entertainers will appear at Graham next week under Woodmen Circle auspices at the courthouse Monday night the 15th inst. Admission is 25 cents for children, 25 cents general, and 50 cents for reserved seats. The troupe is highly recommended, a clean show full of fun and pathos with elegant costumes.
Miss Leona Lucile Orendorff gave a recital at the K of P hall in Graham last Friday night under the Young Ladies Home Mission Society of the Methodist church. The audience was pleased with her difficult selections and rare elocutionary ability, and forecasts great future success.
The county jail is empty again and residents urge the county commissioners to fund a new and better facility. The current jail is poorly constructed, badly ventilated, and unsanitary, dangerous to health and unfit for proper care of prisoners.
Mrs S B Covington daughter in law of Mr and Mrs B B Covington died Monday at the Covington home in Graham. The community conveys sympathy to the bereaved and the young husband. Also, Frank Burkett’s six pound black bass tale at Elm Creek headwaters stirs town chatter, with readers joking that his fish yarn may ruin appetite and spark more fishing. Dr Pardue of Nevada praises the Sanders Entertainers as original and popular.
No 862 offers 320 acres with 200 acres first class land and about 100 acres post oak timber. It fronts a public road within 1 mile of two good schools and is fenced on three sides. It is advertised as a good home site at 11 dollars per acre with 4 dollars cash and balance due in 1 to 8 years at 8 percent.
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