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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1884
Page
4
The Graham Leader outlines subscription costs of one copy yearly two dollars six months one dollar and advertising rates. First square inch insertion one dollar subsequent insertions five cents per line with ten cent per line for notices and tributes. Candidate notices vary by office with advance payment. Personal notices incur a fifty percent surcharge.
A narrator recalls Barby, a kind, gentle girl living with relatives after tragedy. During a skating outing on a snowy day, Teddy Morris is severely cut. Barby stabilizes the bleeding and aids his transport. Doctor Emory praises her courage, and Teddy later seeks to thank her, praising her selfless act.
The passage condemns duplicity in manners within high society and warns that those who separate equals from those deemed inferior reveal a faulty character. It cites a self righteous fashionable woman and a disrespectful young girl as examples of bad behavior regardless of birth or status.
A Tribune reader recalls a candle flame test to judge vitality in supposedly dead bodies, arguing it prevents premature burial. The note warns many may be buried alive and urges testing before the undertaker arrives. The message also mentions Dalton Mass as the source of bank-note paper.
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