01 Aug 1889
Page 7
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1889
Page
7
Dr Barton the faith care physician treats many patients west of Graham. He believes faith can eradicate physical disease and its adherents have strong belief in his healing. Ice cream Saturdays at Finall's Bakery next to the U.S Court House.
Advertises a large assortment of cigars from 5 cts to Tyers at Gem Drug Store by R. G. Granam & Co. Mentions milk at Twit's Bakery next to the U.S. Court House and notes fashion for young men with canvass hats wool shirts rainbow belts gauze shirts broad hats stockings gaiters and a fan with a copy of Dantes Inferno.
Two car loads of the finest cook stoves ever brought from St Louis are en route and can be seen on arrival. Kh L. Riekaan & Co announce the shipment and invite calls upon arrival. W C Beexham and wife have returned to Graham after a western trip. Leroy D Ryus, recently with the DPL&S E Surveying corps, has homed to Graham.
A missive from J. R. Hargis pleads for settlement of debts and warns of fines in Graham. The writer cites threats and a monkey wrench to intimidate questions about heat. The piece ends with urging readers to buy lamps from R. L. Rickman & Co to burn millers in sour cotton fields.
A flirtatious maiden in a tennis dress walks past lawn tennis boys at Wadley’s awning on Friday afternoon. The scene includes a faith cure and water witches debate with a preacher, three laborers, a butcher, a squire, a clerk, and an ex-deputy in the cast.
two men in a tennis exchange joke about hair clips and brains then an aside advertises barb wire sold for cash by J B Norria in a humorous local column.
A camp meeting at Hawkins Chapel will begin Friday evening of this week with services planned through the weekend.
Local notices include a sales pitch for EZville ferry business and cash or stock terms from N Bellamy, plus a District Court convening next Monday. Railway company offers Round Trip Excursion Tickets with agent G F Thomas in Henrietta. A stage wreck after washout near Dry Creek prompts bridge debate, and Nice Cloth Shoes priced 75 cents at H T Shumaker & Son's.
L J Bower adds to his north Graham residence with extensive improvements and a crystal clear water tank with fish. The town notes Rock Island boosted Henrietta, Mineral Wells bank and streetcar, Graham lawn tennis club, and Alliance gin progress. McCrory of Wichita Falls visits Graham. revival services and a newborn son named The Leaper are reported.
A local lament protests that the east graveyard remains unfenced, calling it a burning shame for the city of the silent dead to be left open and exposed to the elements and passersby.
Sheriff Collier reports this week’s roundup of delinquent occupation tax payers aiding Graham and the broader county. The event boosts revenue efforts and signals intensified collection action.
W M Matthews the tax assessor provides figures from the rolls showing total value at 2 053 709 up from 1 922 643 with a rise in resident property. The 1888 crops are listed as corn 260 707 bushels wheat 48 869 oats 78 966 cotton 1 081 bales. Farms number 478, farming implements valued at 8 077, sheep sheared 9 080 wool 52 596 pounds worth 5 626.
A B Mc Loud and family plan to emigrate to Haskell County soon. Before buying call on W F Gorssen for Baby Carriages with reed bodies tinned wheels Turkish satin upholstery silk plush roll and satin parasol.
A strange shift appears as the grasshopper departs the field and is replaced by the ironclad blister-bug in a swift, unusual change. The scene suggests a local ecological oddity or folklore style observation.
Last Monday evening Jack Cornish returned downtown with a proud smile as neighbors learned Mrs. Cornish gave birth to a fine son named Suchis Life in Graham.
Goose Neck resident F M Durham visits Graham. Advertisement extols New Home Sewing Machine with various price deals on cabinet and card photographs. Offers loans on improved or unimproved lands through McPuntin and Akin. Ends with a Georgia wonders hoax about an Athens woman and water drinking.
The Albany News urges Young county residents to improve roads to the county seat and bolster local commerce. It praises Shackelford for good roads to Albany and asks Graham merchants to offer competitive prices, arguing better home markets will prevent wealth from flowing to Albany Weatherford and Henrietta and urging action to keep trade within the county.
A humorous lament about a persistent editor’s copyreader who overstays and bores staff with endless commentary. The speaker longs to escape the workplace and the editor’s dreaded, nonstop dialogue.
In Fish Creek residents note a light rain on the night of the 24th refreshing cotton and signaling promise. Parson Dent held a protracted meeting at Como with Pen Lindsey joyful and Troy Stewart professing, though his knee wound from a pocket knife worsened then improved. The faith healer craze persists, Mr. Mike Lester visited Isaac Laing at the H L ranch, and a man in a bran new hat and boots was seen at church. A second John L and Jake are here but have not fought. Rev. Mr. Irvin preached two sermons at Upper Fish Creek. A bountiful dinner on the ground featured abundant watermelons on July 30.
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