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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
3
Mrs. Dugger offers latest dress styles with perfect fit at reasonable prices at Mrs. Shumaker's residence. T. C. Greenwade and family of Stonewall county visit Graham to see relatives and conduct business. Stop by the New Music Store for purchases and view the new bank building under rapid progress.
J. Donley a first class watch maker offers repair services for watches clocks silverware and optical goods on Main Street Graham near Eddiemen Bros Harnes Shop. Local listings note visitors at the time and promotions for buggies and sewing machines from Denman & Sons Adams & Ellis and Trever Hive with several notices about court news and regional happenings in the area.
A recently deceased man in Washington Territory closed his will by stating the $186,000 shown is the product of a long industrious life and should serve beneficiaries well if used rightly. otherwise it is too much. The death of this man is described as the passing of a philosopher.
Patent medicine advertisement touts Moore's Piluleg as a guaranteed cure for three malaria forms plus ague chills fever bilious disorders and feverish symptoms. It promises no quinine arsenic or iron and claims tasteless formula at 50 cents a box from Dr C C Moore Co St Louis or Graham Drug Co.
Dr Patterson the Graford postmaster notified the Index that Mr Ryerson drilling four miles north of Graford struck oil at seventy feet. The oil does not gush but dirt burns with it, causing great excitement among Graford residents.
In a current issue the Amarillo Champion claims Brookes faces possible jail time. The piece argues reform is impossible while a head judicial court is led by a man killer who escaped rope by a legal technicality.
The advertisement touts Dr Simmons Sar eaparilla as highly concentrated and easily absorbed by delicate stomachs. It claims a small dose yields strong effect, priced at fifty cents for fifty doses.
The page presents Kentucky folklore on luck and superstitions with remarks about peppers and signs, then shifts to medical ads praising Snuffles the Guaranteed Catarrh Cure. It promotes a one dollar remedy from Ed win B. Giles & Co. with nationwide mailing and free advisory offer.
A guide from a reputable source explains tanning methods for sheep and other skins. It covers cleaning flesh, salting with alum borax and rye meal paste, folding and drying, then scraping and working the skin to increase pliability. The process aims to help farmers utilize hides for sleighs wagons and rugs.
Near Lincoln the dreuth has been attacked with two dozen mortars as Captain Wright refuses to quit. He commands the battery and vows to rain bombardment until supply runs out or rain comes. Wright, sole inventor of a new vibration theory of rain making, claims success in wet weather but not drought. Many funerals occurred where fools furnished the remains, promising many more.
Eastern politicians rally around William Randolph Hearst for the presidency with strong advocacy and public endorsements. The comment notes the politicos’ generosity in backing a controversial figure.
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