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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1901
Page
1
The speech by Hon. Seaborn Wright, then a 1899 Populist gubernatorial nominee, denounces child labor and calls for freeing Georgia children from factory toil. He describes a Confederate soldier’s family, factory gates, and the moral clash between Southern labor and industrial capital.
ASpringville Alabama mother recounts her experience with whooping cough in three children including a three month old baby. She credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with preventing health decline and keeping her children plump and better after illness. The remedy is offered by Graham Prug Co.
The text certifies delinquency for the 1900 taxes on lands and town lots in Young County Texas. H C Williams, tax collector, attests the listed properties are overdue and claims credit as shown. The document is sworn April 5 1901 before County Clerk Gro McLaren.
The Inter Ocean reports curious items: locked out Wilkesbarre silk weavers wed by young union officers. Ithaca mourns a dog Fido with a $35 funeral and $15 silk cushions. Indian reservation brides near Darlington Oklahoma wed to Arapaho bucks under medicine man rule. a Denver pastor resigns to pursue child rescue work.
Green bugs in grass and weeds render livestock feed unsafe as cattle die after grazing. Authorities caution against feeding contaminated pasture and urge tests to prevent further losses.
A South Carolina mother gifts a Bible to her daughter and enforces its rules. When the daughter is found kissing her beau, she cites the teaching of do unto others as you would have them do unto you to defy her mother’s ban. The incident highlights the clash between piety and romantic liberty.
G W Wescott of Meadowdale New York says rheumatism plagued him until he used Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and claims it cured him. Key sale by Graham Drug Co.
The Prison Mirror created by Minnesota penitentiary convicts laments the lack of an editor among its contributors. The piece jokes about having many preachers, doctors, and lawyers, but no editor to reside within the publication.
Josh Edgar of Germantown California endured sciatic rheumatism for fourteen years and found relief after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. He reports immediate relief and a complete cure with no return of symptoms. The product is for sale by Grabem Drug Co.
Tom L. Johnson rejects invitation to the presidency of the United States and states he would rather continue serving as mayor of Cleveland. He cites preference for local governance and personal satisfaction in city leadership.
In Newport Kentucky a Methodist church fundraiser produced 5000 cookbooks to be sold at 10 cents each. After 2000 copies sold, the pastor found recipes listing alcohol as ingredients including whiskey brandy sherry and a cough remedy. The minister orders the remaining 3000 copies not to be sold unless the offending recipes are marked with red ink as warnings.
An old time drugstore ad promotes Hersing tonic as the best and safest remedy to brace the nervous system, cleanse the bowels liver and kidneys, and cure constipation. Price is 50 cents and it is available from Gra ham Drug Co.
Two freight trains collided near Cleburne killing crew members. One consisted of two engines and forty cars, the other three engines and eighty cars with sixty cars wrecked.
Resolutions honor C C Cunningham charter member of Farmer Lodge No 676 A F and A M who died December 29 1900. He is praised as an exemplary member citizen husband father and church member. The lodge votes to spread the resolution in minutes publish it and present a copy to his family under the lodge seal.
Subscriptions entice readers with a bundled deal for The New York World and The Grawam Leader. The ad highlights timely news coverage and widespread English circulation, urging a one year package price of $1.65 for both papers.
An advertisement promotes discounted subscriptions to The Gra HAM LEADER Dallas Semi-Weekly News and other papers. Rates include 1.75 dollars per year for several pairings and 1.65 dollars for others, aiming to place the periodicals in every home in Young County.
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