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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1925
Page
2
The Graham Leader offers correction of any erroneous reflections in its columns. Readers may leave corrections at the publishers to ensure accurate representation of persons firms or corporations featured in the paper.
The article warns that flies threaten infants by carrying disease germs from their legs to the baby’s fingers and mouth. It urges cleaning, proper waste disposal, and regular removal of manure from barns stables and chicken houses, treated with chemicals to kill eggs and maggots.
The article explains chemical fertilizers have long raised yields when guided by solid science. It notes that shortcuts to success arise occasionally but fail to match proven, knowledge based practices for crop production.
Farmers were offered rock phosphate as a fertilizer at about 23 dollars a ton while acid phosphate sold for around 20. Studies cited show rock phosphate yields only 9.1 percent available phosphoric acid compared with 43.9 percent from acid phosphate. The Texas Station warned rock phosphate is not a good buy when acid phosphate is available at 30 dollars a ton. Short cuts to profit fail against science based methods.
A simple farming couple with two children living on a secluded farm house radiate contentment. They pursue reading, music, and conversation, share hospitality, and value current events, neighbors, and occasional outings. Their peaceful home centers on contented minds.
A concise description of a whitewash recipe as tested by the United States Government is presented. The method involves boiling water and lime for preparation, indicating a historical do it yourself approach to wall coatings.
A farm whitewash method is described using water and sediment strained out, one peck of salt dissolved in warm water, three pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin paste, half a pound of powdered Spanish whiting, and a pound of glue dissolved in warm water. Mix and let stand for days, apply hot. For large surfaces fences or buildings this provides paint like protection at lower cost, with rice flour and glue helping adhesion. rain and freezing have little effect, and a sprayer can be used with the nozzle held 15 to 20 inches from the surface.
In Collin County Texas the women's home demonstration clubs led by Mrs Viola McGee show strong community impact through food preservation and cooperative projects. Clubs staged 27 fair booths with 400 836 containers, built 15 community houses at about 2 583 78 each with equipment costing 3 149 85, and Bloomdale sent 100 jars of fruit to the state orphans home.
Mr. G. W. Carmack of Murray visited Graham last Friday offering greetings and sharing news of his hometown.
Will H Mayes urges belief in work and persistent effort to achieve results. He notes readers of the UT column number about half a million and stresses the importance of genuine effort to spark thought and value. He compares farmer pride at fairs to competitions that spur improvement and leadership.
The writer argues that many failures come from insufficient effort and premature closure of effort. It suggests self inspection to find fault, acknowledges unavoidable calamities, and warns that stopping too soon leads to bankruptcy and lost opportunity. The piece emphasizes persistent stride until success is attained.
The article extols interscholastic league meets for boys and girls, noting debates, declamations, music, reading, spelling, athletics, and more. It emphasizes effort over victory and the value of trial in developing youth, with recent UT track meet featuring world champion runners.
Oil developments in the Southwest have raised the hope that vast underground wealth lies beneath Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. New fields and extended territories appear weekly, suggesting oil or gas could be found almost anywhere with the right efforts.
Texas gains 4.4 million of a 75 million federal highway grant bringing total federal aid to 38.1 million. The state now has 3,122 miles built and 1,450 miles under construction, leading all states in highway mileage and signaling rapid expansion toward extensive road coverage in populated regions.
A letter from Co. L. C. in The Progressive Farmer urges farmers in Dixie to save and work toward prosperity. It recalls neighbors buying wagons eight and nine years ago, noting one kept under a shed remained usable while the other became junk, implying practical thrift.
A brief exchange in a Millennium anecdote shows a customer seeking a first class second hand car and a property figure echoing the desire with a friendly smile.
An advertisement touts pepsinated calomel as a daily laxative aiding liver and digestion. The copy claims tests show calomel with pepsin provides a reliable laxative for toxemia, biliousness, headaches, constipation, indigestion, or colds, sold by Scott-Long Drug Co.
Constipation remedy Adlerika claims to relieve gas on the stomach by acting on both upper and lower bowels. The ad asserts it can remove gas and poisons quickly and guard against appendicitis. Distributed by L. M. Davis Drug Co and Eliasville's Nelson's Drug Store.
The note cites 44885 deaf mutes in the United States with a remark that not all are totally deaf. It also references Thomas A Edison who called deafness one of the greatest blessings and a tip that those with important things to say should be brief and to the point when loudness is required.
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