Graham Texas newspaper listing enters at post office
The notice identifies J. W. Graves as proprietor and marks the item as mail matter at Graham Texas with a price of one dollar.
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1901
Page
2
The notice identifies J. W. Graves as proprietor and marks the item as mail matter at Graham Texas with a price of one dollar.
A Hillsboro shipment carried a carload of poultry valued at 8000 dollars on Saturday. An advertisement urges readers troubled by scrofula and similar illnesses to try Dr. Simmons Sarsaparilla, offering fifty cents for 50 doses.
The note praises Beaumont oil excitement reaching Graham and local investors express optimism. It questions why interest isn’t directed to developing the Fish Creek oil well, suggesting a shift of focus and potential opportunities for local profits.
The advertisement promotes Bal Bard's Snow Liniment to relieve neuralgic pains rheumatism jumbago and sciatica using its penetrating influence. It lists prices of 25 and 50 cents and states availability through Graham Drug Co.
The text notes Aguinaldo advising his followers to stop fighting and seek peace with the United States. It questions any payment he may receive for being captured and offering such counsel and recalls a prior Spanish exchange involving him, suggesting possible government parallels.
Countless thousands report relief with Dr King s New Life Pills curing constipation sick headache dizziness jaundice malaria fever ague and liver and stomach troubles. Purely vegetable never gripe or weaken. Only 25c at Handy Matthews drug store.
The passage notes that wealth attracts friends but loss turns allies into enemies. It observes society applauds success and burdens the poor, urging reflection at the cross to learn meekness from the Nazarene.
The ad claims Moore's Pilases cure malaria varieties and fever symptoms plus rheumatism and fatigue from malarial poisoning. It touts no quinine no arsenic or iron and states they are entirely tasteless priced 50 cents per box from Dr C Moore Co St Louis or Graham Drug Co.
The New York delegation, in Texas to inspect investment prospects, is urged to visit Graham and see Oak Gholson's gold mine, McJimsey's mummy, Judge Arnold's coal shafts, and John Reynold's well near the county center. They should also view the Fish Creek gas well, Whiskey Creek bridge, and other local points of interest before leaving.
An advertisement touts Herpine as a tonic that quickens appetite aids digestion and gives tone to all body functions. It claims improved health and notes a price of 60 cents with sales through Graham Drug Co.
An editorial urges residents to take action to shape the town’s future. It warns that passive drifting will prevent achievement, while active civic effort can bring notable progress and improvements.
A Graham gathering of Ex Confederate Veterans and Daughters and Sons of the Confederacy agreed to a May 11 picnic at the courthouse yard to decorate graves of comrades and Civil War opponents. Federal soldiers are invited, with baskets requested, and a full program scheduled for morning and afternoon. F Herron, Lieut Camp, announces the event. committees were named for tables, baskets, and music, with Georgie Jewell as secretary.
A newspaper blurb promoting White's Cream Vermifuge as an effective worm destroyer that boosts appetite aids assimilation and strengthens frail infants into robust health. Price 25 cents. Sold by Graham Drug Co.
Fine weather noted with rain不足. Jack MecCuistion arrives from Indian Territory to remain in Olney. J F Davis plans trips to the Falls. Smith and Powell have lumber ready to build a mercantile establishment. Grandpa Griffith returns from Wichita Falls to stay awhile. A widow may soon have a new buggy. Eld J H Hill and family visit Montague county. W T Powell and family reside in the Hill home. Misses Louie Winfrey and Lula Lamb enroll at school. Woodmen picnic at Farmer cancelled, possible June gathering in Olney discussed.
Advertising claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures piles and relieves injuries and eruptions. Promotes it as the best salve on earth, with thousands already cured. Priced at 25 cents per box, guaranteed to cure, available from druggists.
An advertisement urges immediate use of Simmon s Cough Syrup to prevent serious illness. It emphasizes caution, promising guaranteed relief and a price of 25 and 50 cents.
The passing of Col. A H Belo at Ashville North Carolina last week is mourned across Texas journalism. He stood for fairness and conservatism and few could compare with him, save perhaps R M Johnson of the Houston Post. His loss leaves a void at the head of the two newspapers.
No equal on earth has Hunt's Lightning Oil for rheumatism and neuralgia as well as sprains catS burns bruises and insect bites and stings Guaranteed Price 25 and 50 cents
Advertising copy emphasizes that Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic contains iron and quinine in a tasteless form. Claims no cure no pay and a price of 56 cents per bottle.
R. J. Jonson offers the noted jack White Swan to breed at his Belknap area ranch 5 miles northwest, with pasture mares brought in from a distance. Insurance of 800 to cover living colt. payment due when foal is born.
Quay and Platt clash with their governor amid internal political friction. The bosses cannot secure unchallenged control as allied lieutenants meet concerted opposition within the administration.
Missouri senator Cockrell reports from Cuba that in his travels he saw no beggars except two very old colored men and a Chinaman on station platforms seeking contributions.
Advertisement notes that many women with female weakness suffer piles and can be cured by TaRLer's Buckeye Pure Ointment. It lists prices of 50 cents for bottles and 75 cents for tubes and names Graham Drug Co as the seller.
Two recent legal decisions affect doctors duties and departures. One rules a physician may refuse to attend a patient at his discretion. The other holds a doctor cannot abandon a patient after beginning treatment without proper notice. Both emphasize professional responsibility and patient care.
Reported by Commissioners and local ranchers as of April 1901 stray livestock include a dark bay mare branded JP and Low, a red steer braided IR, a roan mare branded L B and O L with a 13 hand height, and a two year old unbranded colt taken up near Graham. The notices date April 10 to April 15 1901.
An advertisement touts Grove's Chill Tonic as the cure for malaria symptoms with iron and quinine in a tasteless tonic, offering a no cure no pay guarantee.
The Texas & Pacific Railway offers round trip tickets at low rates for the Confederate Veterans Reunion in Memphis Tennessee from May 28 to 30. Tickets go on sale in Big Springs and East Texas stations May 25 26 and 27 with final return to leave Memphis by June 4 1901. Extensions to June 19 1901 possible on payment of 50 cents and deposit by June 2 with Memphis joint agent. Contact H P Hughes in Ft Worth or E P Turner in Dallas for rates and accommodations.
An advertisement claims deafness is incurable by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It attributes most cases to catarrh of the Eustachian tube and offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes Hall's Family Pills and lists Toledo, Ohio as a contact point.
WM Johnson invites mares to breed with The Mammoth Jack Ss I at Goose Neck farm. Service fee 38 dollars due when mare pregnancy proven or colt is born. Mares pastured. mare traded or removed must occur within county. SAM described as a black 15 hands, 6 years old, top Kentucky stock, Goldston Jack.
The Fine French Coach Horse ras at my place in South Bend Texas for mares at six dollars at home or seven dollars at the mare owner. Also at Jo Washburn's two days the last of each week. Paris is a beautiful iron gray 16 1 2 hands high half French Coach and half Percheron. Call and see him. N F Boozer South Bend Texas.
For catarrh and colds in the head Hunt's Lightning Oil inhaled is advertised as a sure cure. A few drops taken internally are claimed to relieve cramps cholera Morbus and similar troubles. Guaranteed. Price 25 and 50 cents.
An advertisement touts Cheatham's Laxative Tablets as a ready reliable remedy that cures a cold quicker than other remedies. Portable and pleasant to take, the product is sold at 25 cents with a guarantee.
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