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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
2
Public Weigher candidates are W. E. Crim, Geo. W. Allison, E V. Stockton, G. D. Hinson. County Commissioner candidate for precinct No 3 is John Graham.
Elmer Dover, secretary of the Republican National Committee, told the New York Sun he cannot determine a majority of delegates for Taft on the first ballot. The article notes uncertainty about delegate alignment and potential shifting support ahead of a formal nomination.
Democrats in Congress struggle to pass reform without GOP support while accusing Republicans of hypocrisy over reform. The dispute highlights partisan divides as legislative attempts stall.
The speaker compares Canada’s tombstone tariff to a future tariff in their own policy, suggesting that prosperity dies from excessive protection. The remark frames protectionism as a fatal flaw and implies a need to remember its consequences.
The article claims Democratic members of Congress pressured Republicans to enact major reform measures, noting a point of pride for the Democratic National Convention as they highlight bipartisan legislative achievements.
For more than fifteen years Hont's Cure has worked on the afflicted. Its mission is to cure skin troubles especially itching. Its success comes from its efficacy not advertising. One box is guaranteed to cure any case.
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor told a congressional judiciary committee that labor may be driven to organize in secret. He blamed the Republican Party for opposing labor relief legislation and questioned where the party would stand without labor votes.
A singing convention begins Saturday before the fourth Sunday in May at Briar Branch schoolhouse. All are invited to bring song books and baskets with plenty to eat. The event aims to sing Zion songs to God with spirit and melody.
W P Stinson appeals to Young county farmers and union members to support the Farmers' Union gains, urging dues, re-enlistment, and delegation to Olney in July, while noting four bales of high grade cotton in Graham and challenging market hopes for fifteen cents.
Advertising a healing salve for burns sores sore nipples and chapped hands. Claims instant pain relief and scarless healing unless injury is severe. Price 25 cents. For sale by all druggists.
Vernon Call notes that Judge M. M. Brooks of the Texas Court of Civil Appeals, while paid by the state, travels the country delivering bitter speeches to secure seats in Denver as democratic delegates. The judge claims opposition to state prohibition, angering Texas prohibitionists.
An elderly narrator extols Hunt's Lightning Oil as a universal remedy used by the whole family. The speaker claims it treats rheumatism, cuts, sprains, bruises, burns, scars, catarrh, chilblains, and general pain, asserting it never disappoints and quickly relieves pain.
Secretary Taft has returned to Washington after campaigning in the middle west. The question arises who pays his salary while he is engaged in working for himself.
A public advertisement touts Simmon's Sarsaparilla as a tonic to prevent fever by cleansing the body of impurities, promising refined blood, improved appetite, enhanced strength, and heightened ambition. The copy speaks in promotional tone common to era patent medicines.
A serrated satire recounts Henry Clay’s Texas influence and a web of graft linked to a magnate, Joe, and local bosses. It follows loans, land deals, racehorses, and railroads across Gainesville and Texas politics, culminating in a public stench and calls to purge Bailey from the party.
A Hot Spring County Democratic convention passed a unanimous resolution urging repeal of the Wingo and Combs laws to bolster railroad and industrial investment. The item links drastic state legislation to the national financial panic and urges moderating regulation to protect business interests. A second memo notes human nature and includes praise for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with letters of relief sent to manufacturers.
A South Carolina man announces his bid for Edgewood county commissioner. He calls himself a Ben Tillman cat and pledges reform, beautification, and rehabilitation from the water to the rock. He notes he is a laboring man who hauls wood and will keep campaigning if not elected.
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