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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1901
Page
3
Jas Porter and Nat Price traveled to Dallas on business. Various local notices include boarding at Day Boarding House, Mrs J A Harmon taking boarders, and local ads for jars churns and glassware. Delinquent notices, high grade Short Horn cattle for sale, weather impacts on crops, hunting for hides, church services, and community news from Gooseneck Bend with cemetery improvements and school events.
A reader urges forming a Farmers Institute around July 4 as a boost to local prosperity. Judge Jo W Akin convened the April term with probate work and criminal docket actions including not guilty verdicts and fines for liquor and disturbing worship. Vernon Texas April 3 1901. MD H Stephens requests competitive exam Fort Worth for Naval Academy cadet from 13th district. exams April 30 with Drs Field and Morton.
An advertisement proclaims Cheatham's Laxative Tablets as a quick cure for colds, easy to carry and pleasant to take, with a guaranteed claim and a price of 25 cents.
Rain is hoped to prevent light wheat as frost Thursday night killed Irish potatoes and garden truck. Woodmen of Olney camp organized at True led by Dist Deputy Keen of Chico. School resumes the first Monday in April after five weeks suspension. Election brought J. T. Hunt and O. B. Stowe as trustees. Smallpox cases linger as Jessie Keen is affected and disinfecting continues. Weather remains damp with rain expected. John W. Groves visited Graham. Judge Jo W. Akin visited the community.
Editor urges Graham business leaders and farmers to organize a Farmers Institute and hold annual meetings. He argues such gatherings avoid politics while boosting morals, social ties, and finances, citing benefits seen in truck growers, swine breeders, and cattle associations as examples for Young County.
Money to loan on farms and ranches with better terms. D C Atkinson offers terms. W E Moore sells pure Bohemian cottonseed at 25 cents per rashel. 2000 acres pasture for sale with good terms. Apply to R C McPhails. Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised for piles and injuries with 25 cent price and guaranteed cure. Light shower on Wednesday night to benefit wheat and oats crop.
The Texas and Pacific Railway sells round trip tickets at low rates for the Confederate Veterans' Reunion in Memphis Tennessee from May 28 to 30. On sale at Big Springs and East in Texas May 25 26 and 27 with final return by June 4 1901. Extension to June 9 1901 possible with extra 50 cents and ticket deposit. Also mentions sleeping chair cars and contact details for agents H P Hughes and E P Turner. Grades pure stock for sale and Hunt's Lightning Oil advertised with prices.
Do You Want a Telephone Those desiring telephones placed in their residences should make application at once. On and after the 15th inst we will be compelled to charge an installation fee of from 250 up according to wiring. Until that date there will be no charge for wiring. Residence rate 125 per month payable quarterly in advance. R G Graham Mgr. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E W Grove's signature 18 on each box. 25cc.
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