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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
8
Medical authorities argue that self poisoning from excessive mental and physical strain underlies many diseases. L T Cooper cites symptoms from fatigue to high uric acid and melancholia, urging Tanlac as a tonic to restore digestion, blood quality, and nervous vigor.
A West Texas highway meeting in Seymour formed the Fort Worth Panhandle Las Vegas route from Fort Worth Weatherford Mineral Wells Graham Throckmorton Seymour to Las Vegas. Col R P Smythe was elected president with W H Francis as first vice president and C C Renfro as secretary treasurer. The gathering boosted road plans and unity among delegates from multiple counties.
Local listings show Tanlac marketed in Graham by Sloan Drug Co., Olney by Anderson Drug Co., Newcastle by Leon Slaughter & Co., Markley by W. W. Gregg, and Loving by J. M. Johnson. The notices outline distribution in multiple towns.
Dr Willis will deliver an address to Young county citizens in the courthouse yard on Saturday September 1. He will speak on the present war question and invites every body to hear him.
G D Summers of Hornbeak Tennessee visits his cousin Mrs B A Gatlin and uncle R M Summers in Loving accompanying family and friends during a short stay.
Homer D. Wade urges approval of a constitutional amendment for rain control by building reservoirs in West Texas. Captain James H. Carmine of the U S Army praises the plan citing studies on rainfall, vegetation cover, and land management in Texas, the Dakotas, the Philippines, and Palawan to argue for increased rainfall in dry seasons. The letter and endorsements aim to persuade voters to support the August 21st vote.
The report notes renewed fighting in Flanders after heavy rains, with initial gains by Entente forces and expected big operations. On the Russian front, Korniloff tightens discipline while Kerensky gains autocratic powers. The Entente sights a growing advantage as American help increases and Russia resists a separate peace, with Germany facing financial collapse and Allied pressure.
An advertisement offers several scholar ships from a top western commercial college. Readers are invited to call The Leader office to discuss enrollment in business courses.
A fire at 4:30 a.m. in Mount Marion Shaft, Strawn, Mineral Wells area, left five of twelve men badly burned with one fatally possible. By noon it was under control. two similar Thurber fires raised arson suspicions. Burned workers include Ben Brockman pit boss Frank Hightower night boss Frank Wimberley M. A. Cowart Milton Thomas.
Dr. W. L. Willis will deliver an address here on September first. A notice with details appears in another column.
Jose Ynez Salazar, a revolutionary leader and former Villa chief of staff, was shot and killed at the Nogales ranch near Ascension. Americans arriving from Casas Grandes report Salazar died at the hands of home guards on Ascension Thursday.
London Reuters reports that China formally declared war on Germany and Austria Hungary at 10 o clock this morning. The move widens the global conflict and follows mounting tensions in the war.
Notice commands the Sheriff to summon J A Black Lora Harper a feme sole Beulah Idson and her husband Idson Cleo Harper and Maude Harper minors by publication for four weeks in Yound County newspapers to appear at the September 1917 District Court in Graham Texas. Plaintiff T T Black seeks joint ownership of 126 1 4 acres of land described in the deed records with various defendants holding undivided interests. estimated value 4500 dollars. The writ is issued by Clerk Willie Riggs.
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