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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1884
Page
2
Excerpts show Graham Leader noting daily graves from liquor influence and discussion of pine land sales in East Texas. Houston Post hints at syndicates trading with land office, while state press skews toward Piint for attorney general and Walnut’s stance on free grass.
A Houston Post Washington correspondent letter dated August 2 contains sweeping fabrications about Mrs. Jackson and Sam Houston. The piece accuses the Century magazine of errors on Houston’s Texas governorship bid and criticizes editorial misrepresentations by the News.
The Houston Post discusses forgeries by Wampler and Pierce for filling blanks to obtain land. It contrasts these with land frauds by the Land Office and the commissioner's court of Young County, arguing which is the greater crime and condemning the office’s blunders.
A shooting incident spurs discussion on state and city laws governing carrying deadly weapons. Citizens demand stricter enforcement and penalties beyond the current ordinance which fines up to 100 dollars for carrying weapons, questioning past court outcomes.
Three men were hanged in Scotts town Alabama after being convicted of arson under Alabama law allowing capital punishment. The execution follows a court verdict and reflects the era's harsh penalties for arson.
A Special Telegram to the Post notes tame Republican activity outside the Western Reserve where Garfield shows strength. Beott liquor law enforcement helps Democrats while Germans resist compliance, threatening German votes in Hamilton County. Indiana factions unify behind Hendricks for VP and Voorhees for Senate, with McDonald to Harrison’s seat. Dudley supporters protest the governor race price.
General Hazel with Finley and Ce ment directs Payne and followers to leave the Rock Falls camp in Indian country. Two squadrons of the Ninth Cavalry arrest the community. nonoffenders escorted to the Kansas line, while six offenders including Payne are sent to Port Smith Ark. The town is burned and wiped from existence as troops move to other settlements.
Helena dispatch reports a log cabin hideout used by horse thieves 150 miles northeast of here. Cowboys attacked it last Monday night, killing nine of the fourteen thieves present and burning the cabin. No further details on the fight are available. Grandville Stuart’s cowboys earlier clashed with a band at the mouth of the Muscle Shell.
The fragment mentions Cleveland and Fen in a context that is unclear due to garbled OCR. It does not provide readable names, dates, or concrete events to form a coherent summary or identify a specific incident.
A Texas reader denounces a prior article about an interview with Mr. O'Brien Moore and Governor Ireland as untruthful and insincere. The writer denies fabricating or endorsing misstatements, explains travel and delegate history, and condemns personal attacks while offering to publish a counterstatement by General Kelley.
In January last in Hancock and Shelley’s office Judge Hancock, asked about Governor Ireland’s administration, indicated it did not become him to criticise the governor or his policy. He may hold different views but would not express them.
Cameron & Co offers a full stock of lumber and supplies including cement and paint and solicits trade from Graham and surrounding areas.
City treasurer A. Q. Clark reports his 84 year old brother James Clark of Rock Hill South Carolina has undergone a second youth. He regained vision two years ago and read fine print without glasses. A recent letter says his hair and beard have turned black again and he is cutting a new set of teeth after a long separation of thirty years.
Boston August 8 The Pemo dxts tonight opened the campaign with a double ratification meeting at Faneuil Hall and Tremont Temple drawing hundreds of waiting crowds. Speakers included James G. Abbaifix Thomas G Gordon Piaine Pillsbury and F Prince with various party officials and letters read from T A Hendricks. Sheepmen petition for freight relief in Texas while new corporations total ninety five with railroads mining and other sectors leading the capital distribution. Ayer s Sarsaparilla advertised as a blood purifier and health restorer marks the period.
The Fort Worth Gazette accuses cattle syndicates of grazing thousands of acres of school land in the Panhandle free of cost and then moving herd into Midian Territory to dodge taxes. The remark targets a figure named Braminer.
Lee Williams of Belton Texas was arrested on the 30th on the charge of rape. William Bonner tried to board a moving freight train at Denison on the 20th ultimo but slipped and suffered severe injury resulting in his leg being amputated.
Business troubles upset the city as S McManus the noted St Paul confectioner reportedly fell ill last Thursday and is now at rest.
A saloon-keeper boasts of earning a thousand dollars in three months while a widow retorts that he has created wretched homes. She says his alcohol trade has ruined families, driven two sons to drink, one injuring himself, and left the mother broken-hearted.
A brief, dated note explains how the term round up in Texas usage extends beyond cattle gathering to cover sermons invitations social gatherings insults and various activities. It cites preacher rounds up congregations and people round up others for explanations conversations or events.
Plunkett confronts his wife over rye bread at breakfast while she feigns ignorance. The quarrel reveals his anxiety about preference and a hinted romantic misdirection as he leaves for work.
The pension rolls list eighty two widows of revolutionary soldiers with forty eight from Southern states. Tennessee has nine, Georgia eight, Virginia eleven, West Virginia four, North Carolina twelve, and Mississippi Massachusetts South Carolina, New York Maine New Hampshire Vermont Pennsylvania also represented.
Mr. Frank Gaston transfers his stake in the Meridian Blade to his partner Wim A Fields. The paper notes confidence the publication will continue to prosper as it has in the past.
Brownwood plans an ice factory by next March costing $50,000 with a daily capacity of ten tons. The United States hotel building in Washington collapsed on Sunday, burying seven people. The text discusses political favors and ore defects, noting incomplete and ineffective efforts to serve intended purposes.
A prohibitionist notes that hundreds of workers spend a third of their earnings on beer and curse employers for small wages. He argues drinking less would reduce complaints and improve support for the Democratic ticket with help from Cleveland-era managers.
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