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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
8
A editorial by Rev. M. F. Cowden condemns home desecration as the root of social ruin. It contrasts the fates of women stigmatized for alleged transgressions with men who stray, urging readers to protect households, uphold purity, and brand home destroyers as outlaws to defend civilization and the nation.
A 1903 Edna Texas letter praises Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder for kidney and rheumatic troubles. The writer L. E. Warp claims cure and urges others to try the remedy marketed by Dr. E. W. Hall of St. Louis Missouri.
A patent medicine claims one bottle of Texas Wonder, Hall's Great Discovery, can cure kidney and bladder issues in men and women, regulate children's bladder troubles, and even address diabetes and rheumatism. It is sold by druggists or mailed for $1, with two months of treatment per bottle and testimonials available. Dr. E W Hall, manufacturer, St. Louis, MO. Graham Drug Co. listed as seller.
Washington dispatches report the House Judiciary Committee again delays voting on a bill barring shipment of liquor COD packages between states. Republicans request the postponement. Even if reported favorably, supporters fear the bill will not reach passage this session due to calendar delays. The Bonham News notes various strategies can block measures much like hindering justice.
The program for the Fifth Sunday Meeting at South Bend Baptist Church begins Thursday April 26 1906 at 8 p m with an introductory sermon by Eid S D Baugh and R Lindsey alternate. It includes sessions on organization duty of all Christians to pray in public by Eid J H Longan and Joe R Mayes alternate. Other topics cover church perpetuity giving co operation with other denominations scriptural membership qualifications baptism symbolism and a church building association meeting. A Buckner's Orphans Home collection is planned for Saturday at 8 p m and a missionary sermon is listed for Sunday at 11 a m with speakers J H Longan J L Roach Lindsey and Warren A Hyden.
A prose admonition on the universal demand for money and the danger of extravagant living. It warns young people, especially those who work with others, about cultivating a passion for wealth that leads to crime and ruin. The piece compares the danger to a devilish force and urges self restraint to avoid destruction.
Last winter the oldest son of Paul F. Mueller publisher of the Volksblatt Rundschau line coin lit was afflicted with a bad cold and cough. The family used various medicines until Harts Honey and Horehound was begun, described as wonderful and certain for throat and lung troubles. Sold by B.S & Co druggists in 25c 50c and 1.00 doses.
Provincial constable William Thomas Lanorgan of Chapleau Ontario reports catching a severe cold during a burglar hunt in a forest swamp last fall. He tried Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, used two small bottles, and was completely cured. The ad promotes the remedy as effective for coughs and colds and available at druggists.
New time card notes a daily passenger train running to Dallas, freight trains do not carry passengers or run on Sundays. The Graham schedule shows arrival at 4 00 pm and departure at 7 00 am. C A Miller agent.
The piece notes fine spring weather with good wheat and oats and rising corn prospects. It covers local visits by O A Whitsit and wife, T L Jones and wife, and Mrs Powell and Mrs Conley to Grandma Jackson, plus a school election naming Jas Jackson. A Farmers' Union meeting features. The writer visits a flowing well and a distant coal mine, observing a water spring and a neglected wheelbarrow, then recalls war-time anecdotes from Mr Powell before signing off as a correspondent for the Leader.
A Bac Ky merchant recounts severe lung hemorrhages twenty years ago and credits Dr King’s New Discovery with his cure. The ad proclaims it cures hemorrhages chronic coughs settled colds and bronchitis and calls it the only known cure for weak lungs. Bottles guaranteed by B S Doty druggist with 50 cents to 1 dollar prices and a free trial bottle offer.
Alabama legend Colonel Bragg once clashed with Judge Robinson over a case. In a moment of temper he sought a reset, apologizing on the statehouse steps. The judge feigned ignorance, asking why Bragg had not spoken, leaving Bragg to wilt.
In a courtroom moment the celebrated advocate Lord Erskine gently exposes the folly of a witness who refuses to be sworn by the usual method. He notes the angel in Revelation could not judge the case, and the man concedes after Erskine’s plain, sensible explanation.
Mrs Compton explains her shopping spree as a natural evolution from a kitchen table to a hall mirror. She narrates how the clerk guided her from tables to cabinets to bureaus and finally a dressing case before presenting the hall mirror that she felt compelled to buy, despite limited funds.
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