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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1891
Page
4
The piece notes Harrison’s southward journey and the Legislature’s slow work with the weather eye on Texas politics. It reports on the Young County Alliance resolutions urging concessions from parties, calls out per diem costs, and recalls reception of President Harrison with hospitality and honors in Galveston and Houston.
The article notes a meeting in Palestine with Harrison and Governor, with Wilk returning soon. Correspondence between Blainy and Rudini promises no clear action against lynchers. A May 1 incentive plan may reward families if Italians are declared good. A Pittsburgh strike follows coal talks. A Bayard daughter to wed a Swede count with mining ties. One hundred thousand believed ill with the grip. 1,004 deaths reported.
Hon A K Swan informs the Independent the new road law enacted by the legislature is a local option plan. It may be voted on adopted and carried into effect like the local school tax. No bonds are issued. the tax is levied collected and used when collected. The rate cannot exceed 30 or be less than 15 cents per $100 property. The law may be adopted by a whole county or by any commissioner’s precinct.
The Fort Worth chamber of commerce calls on Texas cities and trade groups to send delegates to a May 12 convention in Fort Worth. Delegates should be two per ten members for commercial groups, two per twenty for immigration and progressive associations, and two per 2000 inhabitants for cities and counties, with half the delegation to be women. The effort aims to secure statewide representation at the Columbian Exposition.
In Corsicana district court a trespass to title suit, KE J Simpson et al v J W Erdine, had the jury jailed for contempt after a verdict contrary to the judge’s charge. They apologized and were released. the case must be tried de novo. Also includes political commentary on Alaska Utah Harrison Blaine and southern industry notes.
A note about a dramatic Ohio village fire scene ends with a sensational court moment. A prisoner, calm and defiant, faces a judge after confessing nothing and being accused of cold blooded murder in Cleveland. The farmer corroborates the time and location, leading to a ninety day jail sentence to prove that justice never sleeps.
Returns from Kansas municipal elections indicate Western movement advancing rapidly through towns as farms feel the impact.
A listing critiques common errors in family life and moral conduct. It cites parents failing to model consistency, readers and talkers sharing troubles, and individuals misjudging others. The piece emphasizes accountability and careful behavior in daily interactions.
A cheerful schoolteacher Clara speaks of teaching as a sacred calling and her earnest pupils. She and Mr Smith clash on devotion to the profession as she reveals unwavering zeal. A Bucks County migration follows, with over three hundred native residents leaving in two years due to hard times and scarce work.
A cowboy at Wereds railroad station claimed to ship a comrade’s body to his parents in the east. The box proved heavy and oddly shaped, prompting a telegram that Bill’s body had not arrived. The reply asserted Bill was inside the bear, not the box, revealing a grim mix up. Rock Springs named Edwards county seat. Leakey resists removal. Tense race riots flare in Cuartorre over murder claims. fears of white churches burned. I&GN railroad posts record Texas speed of 54 mph between Galveston and Houston.
The Dallas News critiques government size and spending while noting a counterfeit silver certificate as perfect as to spur recall of a $4,000 issue in twos. A quip about a man with noble ancestry likens him to a potato plant with only underground merit.
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