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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1885
Page
11
The Graham Leader reports Mrs. Davids Kramer’s illness and wishes for her recovery. It notes births, shop ads for Jewell’s clothing and remedies, and mentions local figures John Crozier, W. Anglin, L. Critchfield, Col. McCall, Judge Wilkins, and J.S. Reynolds. It includes war-era clippings and election remarks, with market and blacksmith ads and a cry for votes.
Clipping covers a mix of town chatter and legal notes from Rockwall Texas dated January 18 1885. It notes Chorp's Springs schools with about 500 pupils and strict no alcohol near the village. It reports trials in Graham area including Monroe Chambers theft of cattle with a two year penitentiary sentence and Byrd case which failed to convict, plus slander suit and local commerce notices at Jewell's and Shumaker's. The piece ends with a mail robbery anecdote involving a farmer carrier and a Winchester wielding man.
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