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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
2
A fragmented OCR page shows old advertisements for medicines and tonics, including Sarsaparilla and Hunt's remedies, plus political notes referencing Governor Sayers, Kruger, and Boers. The garbled items mention mail matter in Graham Texas, a president named Stone, and debts of a Virginia senator's father.
A fragment discusses tonics for nursing mothers and obsesses over steamers from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi through canals toward China. It cites the transcontinental railway and canal as competing routes and wonders at potential trade networks and geopolitical reach.
The ad extols Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic and Br. Simmons Sarsaparilla as better than sarsaparilla for malaria districts. It claims rich blood, rosy cheeks, bright eyes, and strong health, urging tariff war readiness as Uncle Sam stays in good shape.
Alto correspondent notes heat and sun affect health of potatoes and people. Herb ine promises strength and rosy cheeks at 50 cents sold by Graham Drug Co. Also a White’s Baby Tonic advertised at 25 cents, sold by Guabediburus Co.
An 18 member U S Steel Trust group is shipping African American workers from the Georgia Alabama iron districts to Pennsylvania and Ohio. Over 100 left last night for McKeesport followed by 225 others. Tonight another consignment heads to Cleveland and Wellsville to replace striking white union men. Workers are experienced iron and steel hands guided by agents who recruit in the South and arrange transport to work under white supervision. The trust says the move aims to break the strike with Southern black labor and that protections are arranged.
The article extols Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as the best remedy and promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment for bites and injuries. It references a historic labor conflict and a critique of the steel trust, framing a tense era with calls to action and economic struggle.
In Henry County a Campbellite preacher urged rain after Dockery's proclamation, asking God to send a heavy shower so his flock could serve in spirit and truth. The story notes the rain came, then advertises HERBINE at 50c for digestive and nervous complaints, sold by Graham Drug Co.
A writer recalls a saloonkeeper who quit liquor after years in the trade and confesses a grim ledger of forty four former customers, thirty two dead from drink and ten living as heavy drinkers, questioning judgment day and earthly gain. The ad then promotes Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment as a cure with prices and seller details.
Last Tuesday lightning ignited gas escaping from a Beaumont storage tank at Heywood well. Four employees acted swiftly to extinguish the blaze, preventing a disastrous fire feared to be among Texas' worst. The text then falters with a cut line about a man in pictures.
The notice outlines UT Austin systems with 174 courses, free tuition, and large student body. It details departments in engineering law medical and allied schools, matriculation fees, entrance dates, and catalogue contacts, noting extensive facilities and associations. It also adds timelines for sept entries and Galveston medical faculty. Mark Twain joke and Maryland political alignment appear as side notes.
Report from Jacksboro Texas dated August 11 describes a posse led by Sheriff Maddox engaging two desperadoes in a mountainous area six miles north of town. One posse member G M Leftwich was killed, others retreated to guard the house as the bandits escaped overnight. A $1000 reward is offered for one thief, the other sought in several counties. Fort Worth Sheriff Clark later joins the search with Deputy Wren.
Advertises Herbine as a cure for constipation impaired digestion and torpid liver claiming it restores normal liver activity and digestion. Sold for 50 cents by Graham Drug Co.
The Illinois state office holders must contribute five percent of their salaries for a literary bureau aligned with Governor Yates and his administration. Eight thousand dollars from this assessment reportedly funded expenses for the governor and his staff at McKinley’s second inauguration.
Austin legislature in session battles heated debates as lawmakers push measures amid intense opposition and public interest. Conflicts arise over tax, education, and energy policy with factions jockeying for influence and possible compromises on key bills.
A report warns that this year’s total Kentucky whisky output will not exceed 25,000,000 gallons, a figure described as shocking though not as dire as a future supply limited to that amount two years hence amid rising demand and heat.
Ad copy asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It promises a hundred dollars for any deafness caused by catarrh that Hall’s Catarrh Cure cannot cure, and notes availability from F. J. Cheney & Co and local dentists.
In Magdeburg Me Bachr, the manufacture of artificial stone for building grows huge. The process uses four to six parts lime to ninety four to ninety six parts sand. Lime is pulverized and the mix is pressed into blocks then cured under high pressure in a hermetically closed boiler for about ten hours to harden the stone.
David Nation petitions for divorce amid claims of neglect and abandonment by wife Carrie. Carrie Nation recently released from jail, with reports she plans to withdraw a forthcoming suit as she confronts a long‑standing, patterned marital dispute.
The United States minted 66,838,900 bronze cents last year, the largest twelve month output to date, with prior year figures ranging from 35 million in 1895 to 49 million in 1808. Few are redeemed, prompting questions about their ultimate fate akin to discarded pins.
During June July and August excursion rates apply via the Great Rock Island Route to points East North and West including San Francisco Chicago Detroit Buffalo and Colorado Wisconsin Michigan and the Eastern States For details on rates routes and summer travel contact Cons. B. S Lear Fort Worth Texas Pin a team down and he will not stay down.
An experienced practitioner offers Souffies as the only cure for catarrh claiming it reaches the illness directly. Priced at one dollar per package, including internal and external medicines for a full month, with guarantee to cure if directions are followed. Sent prepaid to any U S address from Philadelphia publishers.
An advertisement extols Cloudcroft New Mexico as a high altitude summer retreat atop the Sacramento Mountains. It highlights splendid accommodations at a hostelry run by J W Fisher, with tennis golf dancing and scenic views. It promotes Texas and Pacific Railway chair and sleeping car service via El Paso with G P T A Turner offering literature.
A Denton county report forecasts this season's cotton harvest to be the greatest in local history. An ad promotes Dr. Simmons Sarsaparilla claiming to renew life and energy for all ages. fifty cents buys fifty doses.
In a curious tale from M Hatchet Souplet, a marmoset with toothache learned to use an iron toothpick. After trial with a sharpened stem, the monkey prodded nuts from its teeth and then began using the iron tool effectively.
Lawrence, earl of Ferrers, kin to George Washington, killed his steward Johnson in a fit of temper. He stood trial by peers in the House of Lords, was found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged at Tyburn. Appeals to the king failed, and he faced execution with bravado, selecting a silken cord for the ceremony.
Young woman from Tully Kana recounts long sufferings from menstrual pains and loss of appetite. She credits four bottles of Wine of Cardus and Thedford's Black Draught with her relief and full recovery, expressing deep gratitude.
The article likens musical forms to vivid actions, saying simple rhythms reveal rubbish while complex arrangements suggest fugues nocturnes symphonies or rhapsodies. It humorously explains that stacked notes stirred like oat meal imply fugue, dreamlike notes imply nocturne, trucked trains imply symphony, and a chaotic heap implies a rhapsody.
Laurence Oliphant, veteran journalist and former London Times correspondent, attended a Lyons meeting where mobs hunted a supposed English emissary. Speaking with authority in fluent French, he declared familiarity with the target, then slipped away as the crowd surged toward the river.
Across Holland four November Sundays named Review Decision Purchase and Possession guide courtship. Review Sunday sees church parades with youths admiring one another in silence. Decision Sunday brings formal bows and judged suitability by the maiden. Purchase Sunday seeks parental consent for promising wooing. Possession Sunday marks lovers appearing as prospective brides and grooms.
The article ranks coastal danger zones in Britain. The most hazardous stretch runs from Flam boroughhead to the North Foreland, including the Humber and Thames. It is followed by the Anglesea to Mull of Cantyre region, then Hartland point to St. David's head, and finally the North Foreland to St. Catherine's area with the Li verl Strait.
Seasoning oak timber loses about one fifth of its weight through drying and about one third as it becomes dry. Gradual drying improves durability and strength. kiln drying suits small boards but can cause cracks if done fast. Large timber immersed in water for weeks improves warp resistance during seasoning.
Texas manufacturers push for cheap well oil and minimal political influence on fuel costs. They demand low freight rates with fair profits on investments, to boost factory output and economic growth.
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