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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
2
Rates of subscription options including one copy one year and six months are listed. The notice notes post office entry at Graham Texas as second class mail matter and identifies Frank H. Bowron as editor.
Friends urge Claude Hudspeth of El Paso to run for governor. Three new frame structures near completion on the University of Texas campus. Makeshift buildings needed due to enrollment surge and the constitutional ban on using general funds for university buildings.
New parcel post regulations took effect Friday increasing the maximum weight from 11 to 20 pounds and allowing 20 pound shipments within 50 to 150 miles for 24 cents. The 11 pound rate dropped from 46 cents to 15 cents for 150 miles. W D Lewis of Coryell county heads the Farmers Union of Texas and assumed headquarters duties in Fort Worth. Prof A E Hatch predicts the Adventist world end in 1914 based on prophecies, though not claiming infallibility.
Last Saturday the senate approved the Warren bill allowing the University of Texas to issue building certificates secured by its landed endowment income. A compromise raises certificates to 3 million dollars with 1 million to be given to the A. and M. College for construction.
The Fort Worth post office is designated a dumping office for third and fourth class mail of the eleventh division, requiring more staff and likely enlarging the federal building. Previously the Washington general post office managed unclaimed mail, papers, and other second class matters, which were burned or returned to publishers.
Roy Eastus Bill Ratliff and Lee Weatherford of Fort Worth were arrested and released on bond after the sixty seventh district grand jury returned an indictment this week charging the burning of the First Baptist church and its parsonage two years ago. Reverend J Frank Norris, then pastor, faced related charges later dismissed along with a perjury count.
On August 25 1913 the Graham Independent School District Board of Trustees invites sealed bids from banks or individuals in the district to act as depository for district funds. Bids must state the interest rate to be paid on funds from September 1 1913 to August 31 1914 and be filed with the appropriate official.
Weather and community reports from Graham area note two rain events this week and a 108 degree temperature in the shade. Wheat shipments exceed 100 cars from Iowa Park as local activity continues. A Donley County grand jury returns a true bill against B H Hall for the Hedley wife murder, with bond set at 2000 after an Anadarko transfer for examination.
Miss Ethel Stephenson returned home from Graham on Sunday morning after visiting relatives for several days. Our next Tradesday at Megar gel will be Saturday, August 30, the Saturday before the first Monday. Gentlemen, organize a program for that day.
W A Baker and J F Kirkland of Eliasville visit Breckenridge on Monday to report crops needing rain in their area and urge exhibition of unusual results at the fair.
Dr. Hamilton and Mrs. H. M. Yates with Edith spent Sunday in Graham. Laura Lynn Guimerin returned from Graham where she visited her sister Mrs. Jess Wood. W. T. Gaw and family from Padgett arrived Wednesday reporting a severe wind storm Tuesday afternoon that damaged barns and outbuildings in the Rabbit Creek schoolhouse community.
The Newcastle Record reports Archer County commissioners calling a September 9 1913 special election on liquor sales. Local notices detail robberies, missing rigs, and a Riverside area horse accident injuring Mrs Reynolds and a child, with a $25 reward for J S King aka Floyd King.
An old advert promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a tasteless quinine iron tonic for hot weather. It claims to strengthen against malaria, chills, fever, weakness, and loss of appetite, aids nursing mothers and sick children, relieves low mood, and purifies the blood, guaranteed by the druggist at 50 cents.
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