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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1911
Page
8
The Leader reports W. T. McGuire moved from Graham to Fort Worth this week. Mrs. John E. Morrison and Mrs. Albert Kay are visiting in Dallas.
Rev and Mrs T E Cannedy and daughter Katherine of Fort Worth spend the week in the city with friends and attend the association. Miss Susie Milan, from a Summer Normal in Waco, visited Mr and Mrs C C Johnson here, then left Monday for Ivan.
M M Wallace visited from Markley last Tuesday and praised the Old Reliable by adding his name to the subscription list for two years. Large seeded fields germinated after rain. if rains persist, the fall harvest could be the largest yet. Hurrah for old Young and Star State's banner county.
Rev G W Black reports a successful meeting at Proffitt Church closing last Sunday night with sixteen additions. Mr and Mrs James Matthews arrived in the city last Saturday. They were married at Water Valley Mississippi on July 26. The couple has drawn congratulations from locals this week.
For sale for the first time in history, 317 acres midway between Jean and Iney near the gulf rail line. Fine sandy loam, nearly all tillable and easily cleared, well located for value growth. Land agent E G Graham with Graham Texas promotes this tract.
Revival services begin August 11 in a large Graham tent hosted by the Christian church. A cordial invitation invites all Christians to attend and help with the music. A large chorus and special music are planned for each service. arrangements to be present are requested.
An old column compiles a testimonial praising Electric Bitters as a blood purifier that strengthens nerves and rebuilds health. It also notes local social updates, visits, travel to Chicago, remittances, hotel ownership, and community happenings in Graham and nearby towns.
The speech argues that demagogues gain office by exploiting farmers woes and cites postwar promises. It notes farmers must keep cost and production records and contrasts business discipline with haphazard farming. It quotes B F Yoakum on farm value and advertises Draughon’s Practical Business College in Graham Texas.
A major Texas mining firm, the East Texas Brown Ore Development Company of Port Bolivar, is incorporated with 2,500,000 capital to develop East Texas iron ore and ship to Eastern markets. Incorporators are L. P. Featherstone C. L. Lucker and F. Winnie. The firm holds many Atlantic coast orders and plans to deliver ore via a new railway. Texas brown ore fields are estimated to contain over 100,000,000 tons.
Captain Fred W. Packer a veteran of South African diamond mines recently prospected in Montgomery County Texas. He reports a two carat stone unearthed as proof of a Texas diamond deposit and has hired workers to pursue indicator stones from volcanic disturbances to locate a potential mine.
A fifty thousand dollar federal building is planned for Sulphur Springs, with construction to commence soon and officials stating the project will provide new offices and workspaces for federal activities in the city.
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