Graham Leader recounts fourteenth year of publication
The Graham Leader marks its fourteenth year, praising its history and continued commitment to county interests. The note highlights steady support from readers, past challenges overcome, and a call for ongoing patronage as the paper remains a staple of Northwest Texas journalism. A related item mentions road construction progress toward the county line and anticipated railway work.
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Leader
Ourself
Texas
Graham Leaper
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Maybrick Case Verdict Sparks American Sympathy
The Maybrick murder trial in London returned a guilty verdict with death penalty. The American press expresses strong sympathy for Mrs Maybrick, while the judge indicated clear evidence of guilt.
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Maybrick
London
England
America
Texas pugilist Jake Campbell claims world champion status
Jake Campbell announces himself champion of the world and issues open challenges to boxers Sullivan Kilrain Mitchell McCaffrey and Jim Smith, inviting them to fight.
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Jake Campbell
Sullivan
Kilrain
Mitchell
McCaffrey
Jim Smith
Texas politicians labeled by Fairbank scales
A quirky note claims Texas hosts two of the world’s largest politicians Jim Hoge at 400 pounds and R B Hubbard at 310 pounds. It says both were raised on persimmon beer and acorns in east Texas.
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Texas
Fairbank
Jim Hoge
R.B. Hubbard
Burke the Winnipeg suspect faces Chicago transfer with grim resolve
The Winnipeg suspect Burke showed no special fear during transport to Chicago. Cronin’s friends threatened him with death on the way home. He stated he would rather be sent on the train than hang in a Chicago jail, hinting a confession may come. Thousands allegedly funded his extradition defense from a hidden source.
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Burke
Winniipeg
Chicago
Cronin
Terrel
Hatt Burke
Odd Texas Products Highlighted by Pilot Point Writer
Dallas News correspondent notes odd Texas products and contrasts them with Kentucky, praising state stock, grass, and women, while lamenting muddled phrasing and fragmented phrases about rising status and regional comparisons.
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Pilot Point
Dallas News
Texas
Kentucky
Speckiaholmes cattle die as climate link blamed
A decline in cattle health spreads through Speckiaholmes country with deaths rising as changes in climate and water quality are blamed for worsening conditions. Local officials caution ongoing monitoring and potential interventions.
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Speckiaholmes
Great Bond Filed In Evans Estate Action
The report by appraisers A W Caswell J P Smith and G W Hollingons shows the estate of K C Evans valued 156000 pounds above claims and filed with the county court. Mrs Ella Evans widow qualified as survivor and executed a 456000 dollar bond as administrator with sureties Col John R Hoxie Col John Peter Smith A W Caswell and Whit Dryeen. It is expected she will erect the planned building within five or six months and yesterday Miss Evans gave the largest bond ever in Tarrant county.
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K.C. Evans
A. W. Caswell
J. P. Smith
G. W. Hollingons
Ella Evans
Labor and Mind in Social Progress, A Cleburne Tribune Debate
A Cleburne Tribune opinion argues workers must exercise both mind and hand to rise from poverty. It blames labor's mental laziness for hovel living and rebukes repeated promises from politicians like Sehomer, urging workers to compare mental effort with millionaires and to think for themselves.
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Mr. Sehomer
Durden
Bassus
Cleburne Tribune
Tax on Prize Fighting Sparks State Debate
The Tribune reports Texas legalized prize fights to drain revenue from exhibitions. Northern allies call the Tribune’s claim vile slander. The last legislature imposed a 3500 tax on such shows, with counties able to levy up to 1.25 of that amount, intending to raise 8750 statewide. No explicit prize-fighting law existed at the time. Fache stands as the sole statute cited.
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The
New York Tribune
Texas
Tribune
Fache
Law and money in Texas prize fighting taxes
The Dallas News argues that Texas lawmakers taxed bullfighting and prize fighting to capture gate receipts and survive public anger. It says earlier legislatures failed to curb violence and that a felony ban could have stopped prize fights.
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Mexico
Northwest
Friends of
Texas
Dallas News
Protection and Beefsteak Motto From Indiana Miners
The piece recalls miners protests and a 1870s incident where a banner reading Protection and Beefsteak appeared. It contrasts wage decline and feared loss of meals with past assurances of prosperity under protection. The author urges reflection on memory and irony in political faith.
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Linois
Maylon
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Divorce timing jab across Chicago and Boston papers
A Boston paper jokes about a “Next station Chicago” divorce parting in ten minutes. The Chicago Herald resents the insinuation that divorces in Chicago take as long as eating a railroad sandwich.
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Boston
Chicago
Chicago Herald
Church Pastor Invests in Lottery Wins Big Prize
The Evan gelical Church pastor Rev Ired K Mayer of Lansing Michigan bought a lottery ticket and won $500 in a drawing. He explains the purchase as a risk taken like marriage or other steps and says the money is in a bank awaiting investment. His congregation fears harm and a vacancy in the pulpit may follow.
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New York
Lansing
Mich
Ired K K. Mayer
Evangelical Church
Maver Ie
Tie
Church Society
Destructive Paris Green Method for Cotton Worms Described
A Louisiana farmer explains using Paris green poison dust spread by a pole carried on horseback to combat cotton worms. The method involves Osnaburg sacks tied to a pole, dusting rows as the rider moves, with precise small quantities of paris green or London purple.
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Wmn
Browne
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Paris Green
Louisiana
Barseck
Bay
Times Democrat
Times
Poisoning 20 Acres A Day With A Simple Draft Close
A draft scheme explains how a single hand can contaminate or ruin 20 acres in a day using a straightforward method. The note outlines practical steps and warns of rapid damage if not checked.
Joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla Restores Woman After Blunder
A Western Addition woman, troubled by indigestion and dyspepsia for years, nearly collapsed after taking the wrong sarsaparilla. She then used Joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla, praised by Mrs. Fowler of 327 Ellis Street, and recovered with the tonic's action on the liver kidneys and digestion within two weeks.
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Joy
Mrs. Fowler
Ellis Street
San Francisco Examiner
New Substitutes Introduced for India Rubber
A new substance named kel gum has been invented as a substitute for India rubber. It is claimed to be equal to rubber for most uses and superior in many cases. It is produced from vegetable oils. A company has been founded in New Lavinia, Conn., for its manufacture.
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India
Unclear fragmentary item shows political figures and scores
Fragmentary OCR mentions Gov and Lowry with a claimed achievement to knock Sullivan in a second rout. Names such as Nie Cloth Annes 74 and F. Shimaker appear. Text is garbled and cannot confirm event, date, or outcome.
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Lowry
Sullivan
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