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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
1
Local notes report fine rains and growing crops with farmers smiling as business picks up. Mentions of Graham’s improvement and a general sense the town is not dead yet. Various short items note visits, errands, and small remedies while merchants tout cheap groceries and medicines.
An ad filled page notes trousers and coats matching sets, urging customers to buy Original California Cassimero Pants and a full line from S. B. Street & Co. It mentions rain promising harvests, medicine promotions, church committees for May Day picnics, and local incidents including property damage from a stray eyelone.
A fragmented notice speaks of a twenty day flour for white corn exchange, mentions grain handling by Grattam Milivia Co, and notes a townwide crop and trade context. The item sits among assorted local notices and advertisements reflecting community commerce and daily life.
The proprietors advertise giving away over ten million trial bottles of Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughing and colds and claim it cures asthma bronchitis grippe and lung diseases. Handy Matthews druggists offer a free trial bottle with regular size priced at 50 cents and one dollar. every bottle guaranteed.
Tam agent for the Texas Stock and Farm Journal offers subscriptions. 0 W Kina operates from the Post Office Building inviting stockmen and farmers to subscribe.
A note by C D Isbell of Morganton Tennessee describes a Morribie outbreak and a daughter’s scald head becoming a case. Buckiell’s Arnica Salve cured her for pimples sores ulcers and piles. Handy and Watibews offer 256 units and ask subscribers to deliver cook stove wood promptly.
Last Saturday J J Gallaher on the regular mail route 6 miles east of Graham drove into a deep stream after heavy rain. The stage was washed down the stream and one horse drowned. Gallaher and his young son were rescued by a passenger and a drummer who were with them. The mail was damaged but could still be sent on.
Belleville Ohio advertises Bitters as the best selling tonic after twenty years in the trade. It claims to purify blood, strengthen nerves, and cure many diseases rooted in stomach liver kidney and bowel disorders. The ad promises renewed life and vigor for weak or run-down people at 50 cents, sold by Handy and Matthews druggists.
Local ad from C. W. King announces a new news stand with up-to-date publications including music and books. It offers newspaper subscriptions, sewing machines with easy installments, and a liberal cash discount. Inventory includes Singer machines and parts with exchanges accepted.
The last remainder of debt on the Presbyterian manse including principal and interest, amounting to 5129.14, has been paid off. We express our gratitude to those who helped ease the burden. The Lapses Aip Society. To Cure Cold in One Day LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE All druggists refund if it fails to cure. ER. Notice, Jack White Swan will begin season April 10 at my ranch northwest of Belknap. Terms 3 to insure my foal, pasture furnished.
An unclear advertisement touts a supposed guaranteed cure for piles and mentions various ingredients and dosages in broken text. The fragmented copy hints at a medical product with dubious efficacy and vague sourcing, offering money back or cure assurances despite inconsistent wording.
Despatches from Brandford and Gaberones recount Boer forces under Generals De Wet and Plumer inflicting British losses, with 600 killed or wounded and 909 captured at Meerkatsfontein, and continued fighting near Mafeking as Plumer’s British column withdraws under pressure. Also notes local obituaries, church matters, and extensive railroad convention travel rates for Texas and Arkansas in 1900.
See designs and prices for tombstones and monuments offered by W L Grayes Grol. The ad promises best Italian and American workmanship with first class quality and guaranteed prices, urging customers to view examples before ordering.
A pared down notice lists James M. Woop as the contact for a subscription drive for a regional paper. The message specifies a time frame and service terms for readers in the area.
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