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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
5
A long column of community notices, business pitches, and personal items from Graham, Texas includes sales calls for Star Meat Market and Stovall's Confectionery, names like P. A. Martin and J. M. Keen, visits by residents to nearby towns, a bridge contract in county business, and upcoming sermons by Rev. A. C. Parker.
A testimonial from S P Cleary of Jackson Tennessee lauds Simmons Liver Purifier as the mildest and most pleasant remedy for constipation and torpid liver. It is advertised as non irritant, non gripe and sold in tin boxes for 25 cents.
Mr and Mrs John Lee spent Tuesday and Wednesday visiting old friends in Graham. They had been in Baylor county and on their way home to Haskell county to view familiar scenes of Graham once more.
Mary H. Walters of 546 St Clair Ave Columbus Ohio writes of curing fever and ague nervous exhaustion weak stomach after useless drugs. She credits Electric Bitters with restoring sleep appetite and health, noting the tonic’s relief and a price of 50 cents.
The piece proclaims nourishment as the sole path to mind and body strength, touting Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for stomach troubles. It mentions local merchants B H Messrs Reeves Harrison and Barnett in McLennan county selling the remedy. The column also covers community notes from Loving Texas, camp meetings at Hawkins Chapel, local land sales, auto progress, a planned blacksmith shop, and Texas Bridge Company contracts with hopes locals secure work.
Charles H. Keeter, once from Young County now in Oklahoma, married Miss Hannah Ingram, daughter of a wealthy Clay County farmer, on August 14. G W Ellis witnessed the ceremony. congratulations are extended to the couple.
L. P. Brooks reports a recent reunion caper against his old friend H. C. Fields. Brooks says Fields once lied about him, so at the gathering he sprang a blunt retort at the last moment, avoiding Fields’ chance to reply.
Cleveland Souter of Eliasville left Tuesday morning for Fort Worth to join the McCord Collins Company as bookkeeper. The move signals a promising career with the reliable firm.
J D Hannah of Kauffman county and his son in law J M Young of Dallas county spent a week here prospecting. They purchased land six miles northwest of Olney from S R Crawford and will move this fall. Mr Young is a leading Farmers' Union member. They plan to attract more Dallas county farmers to buy land.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, a 25 cent bottle claimed to contain iron and quinine in a tasteless form with the slogan no cure no pay. It emphasizes reliability and value for readers wary of bitter tonics.
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