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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
2
Rates are listed for subscription options including one copy and six months. The notice notes a post office entry in Gra ham Texas as second class mail matter and credits Frank H. Bowron as editor.
A list of elected officers for Young County including District Attorney Edgar Scurry County Clerk J L Vaughan Sheriff O H Brown and others is presented along with a brief essay criticizing tariff practices and cost of living differences. The piece highlights beef pork bread sugar and other prices in the United States versus London and calls for examining distribution and export practices.
An ad extols Buckling Arnica Salve as a universal healer, promising to banish piles and ease irritation inflammation and swelling. It claims to comfort burns boils ulcers cuts and skin eruptions and sells for 25 cents at all druggists.
Abstracts of Title explains that a land owner must obtain a complete public title to their property. The piece outlines legal duties to secure clear ownership and the implications of a faulty or incomplete title.
The University of Texas serves as the state's own educational crown, free of tuition, and closer to Texas youth than distant schools. It offers a large faculty, strong library, and valuable facilities, with benefits of studying locally. State ties and familiarity with Texas life enhance long term success and connections.
For sale two properties in Texline: the Timmons home in East Graham and the Timmons business house on the west side of the square, occupied by R. L. Reed & Co. For more information write J. W. Timmons, Texline, Texas.
A critique argues authors borrow plots from Edgar Allan Poe with little improvement. It compares Conan Doyle’s The Sign of the Four and A Scandal in Bohemia to Poe’s mysteries, cites W B M Ferguson and a Popular Magazine novel, and notes the unoriginal reuse of Hugh Conway’s Called Back.
An Indian man was killed on a railroad track near Rochelle Newfoundland after sleeping on the line and being struck by a fast express. The incident underscores risks from neglecting coughs and colds, with a pitch for Dr King’s New Discovery to prevent dangerous lung trouble. A testimonial quotes R Watts of Floy crediting its cure.
The Texas State Democratic Convention will be held in San Antonio at Market Hall with about five thousand visitors expected. Governor Colquitt and Judge Ramsey will attend to press their platforms. The event will showcase the city’s facilities and low railroad fares to attract attendees and visitors.
An old ad promotes HERBINE as a remedy for bowel regularity and overall health. It claims constipation leads to serious disease and that HERBINE removes accumulations, restoring prime condition. Price listed as 50 cents and sold by all druggists.
The article outlines multiple medicinal uses of eggs from remedies for hoarseness to treating burns and bowel troubles. It includes a full legal notice from Young County Texas dated 1912 requiring citation of several defendants in a land and estate dispute, detailing the Robert Shaw survey and inherited interests.
An old advertisement promotes Herbine as a malaria remedy and chill medicine. It claims yawning, dullness, and aching as symptoms and promises to ward off chills by driving out impurities that support the germ, strengthening the liver and cleansing the bowels. Price 50c. Sold by all druggists.
The County Democratic Convention met at the courthouse last Saturday evening with A. W Kay Smith Groves as presiding officer and A. O. Norris as secretary. Delegates were chosen for state, Supreme Judicial District, congressional, judicial, and representative conventions. The County Executive Committee then declared nominees for county and precinct offices after tabulating primary returns.
Fragmentary note claiming help for money with urgent tone but contains garbled words and misspellings. No identifiable people, organizations, or locations are readable enough to confirm specifics.
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