12 Aug 1891
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1891
Page
1
Dr Minton, dentist of Henrietta, arrives and is available upstairs at Beckham National Bank. Jacksboro Flour priced at 2 60, 2 80 and 3 20 per hundred pounds at R Brown. Root-Tea-Na contest offers chance to win a pine clock with purchases. Akin & Co advertise Root-Tea-Na and a 60 cent clock prize. SCRAUGHY tea advertised for dyspepsia.
The article notes that several Young County School Trustees have not yet qualified and must do so by September 1 to prepare for the next school year. It also mentions local ads for medicines, a writing school prize, and various notices from Graham and Co. with community updates and upcoming meetings.
A five year old daughter of Lewis Wheat died after a earth filled box toppled on her porch. Dr Price arrived too late to save her. The Wheat family receives condolences as the community reflects on the sudden tragedy and universal reach of death.
A mix of advertisements for Young County Nursery offering fruit and ornamental trees for summer and autumn delivery, plus a district court report noting the grand jury selections led by Foreman L. Modilton, with sheriff, clerk, attorneys, and court attendees listed. Also mentions public notices, local business promos, and community items from Graham and Dallas areas.
The County Commissioners Court meets with most members present and spends the day tallying scalps under a new scalp law. They vote to open a road after a contentious hearing for T A Wayne and others through John Putman’s pasture, with further scalp burning in the courthouse yard.
Advertises McElree's Wine of Cardus and THEDFORD'S BLACK-DRAUGHT by Gaanam & Co Graham Texas and Epwanos Bros Elineville plus several other shops. Storms saturated the ground last Friday night hindering farming, while cotton pests dwindle and a local mill shutdown reduces molasses supply. Political debate within the Alliance shifts as factions argue over party alignment and constitutional purposes.
BR. A. Sloan of Stonewall county tours the county selling steam cookers and related water equipment. He reports strong sales in town and touts the Lightning Steam Cooker as a leading product of the era.
A 396 foot high Thlare county tree will yield a 90 by 20 foot log cut in two. The halves will become a buffet diner car and a sleeper with an observation room, with iron bands to prevent decay.
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