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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1900
Page
3
The Leader presents a slate of county and district races with JO W AKIN and N J TIMMONS for county judge, F M BURKETT and GEORGE MCLAREN for clerk positions, CHAS GAY and others named as candidates under editor JAS M WOOD.
Harry Kindley is very sick this week. J C Casburn made a trip to Jacksboro Tuesday. M B Handy left Tuesday morning for Austin.
Local column reports measles cases, shop openings, and town events. Mentions Mr. Bud Lowery illness, Herron for Precinct 1 commissioner, Jacksboro trip, normal school plans, and multiple brief items on residents, marriages, illnesses, and consumer ads in Graham.
Local items advertise Hollingsworth and DowDur stores with notices of Esquire J. S. Starrett seeking re election as Justice of the Peace and County Commissioner for Precinct No 1. It notes his 12 years as Justice, four years as commissioner, and calls for support. Also features medicine ads, genealogies, road tax defeat, farm and stock notices, shop promos, school reports, barbers, weather, and Southern Hot Springs travel rates.
A fragmentary notice claims a Morribie outbreak involved large sores on a child's head described as scald head. It mentions Teu xs Salveje0 as a claimed cure and lists various ailments. The ad offers 256 items at Handy & Matthews and urges prompt delivery of cook stove wood and subscriptions.
Abraham Hare of Belleville C claims Electric Bitters are the best selling remedy after 20 years in the trade. He cites stomach liver kidney and bowel disorders as roots of many diseases and says the tonic purifies blood strengthens nerves and rebuilds the system. Also mentions subscriptions to The Morning Register and Singer sewing machines with installment plans and trade-ins.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pill as a rapid remedy for headaches and related ailments. It claims to cleanse blood and restore health, priced at 25 cents with a money back guarantee if not cured. Sold by Handy & Matthews, druggists, in Graham with The Leader as the local paper.
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