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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
8
The Leader lists subscription rates including one copy for one year at $1.00 and six months for fifty cents. The paper is entered at the Graham Texas post office as second class mail matter. Rank H Bowron editors with L Rhea and P A Martin as associates.
Community notices invite those with colts to bring them to Graham for a September Saturday event hosted by A R Rutherford. An excursion to Fort Worth is announced for Sunday August 27 with a round trip baseball game option between Dallas and Fort Worth priced at one dollar. C C Miller, agent. Also inquiries to learn telegraphy for railroad service. ad cites McKinney Telegraph. Property listings note residence with two lots, stable, and combined residence and store nearby.
A fragment notes August 1 drawing by the Hardware Company featuring WW Hoffman and J B Norris with a hundred dollar figure and mention of W Horfman dated August 18, 1905.
A Friday night program titled Stereopticon Service and Novelty Event will be held at the Methodist church. Admission is 12 cents for families. The event is under auspices of an invited group and fundraising aims to support local needs. The notice contains several garbled lines referring to Texas Bridge and related parties, with some missing details.
Graham School prepares for a September 4 opening with orderly buildings and ready teachers. Parents are urged to enroll pupils early, ensure punctual attendance, visit often, sign communications, and support the school to provide strong local education. Superintendent B. C. Opom emphasizes merit, good material, and renewed energy for another year.
At the Waco meeting the Farmers Union elected a largely new slate of officers led by President E A Calvin and Vice President J A Wheeler with J D Neill as state treasurer and J D Montgomery as state organizer. Executive committee members were named and delegates to the national convention will come from local unions with endorsement.
Bill Shaw says in a Dallas Times Herald interview from Waco that the Texas Farm group he viewed had the weakest mentality he ever saw among farmers. He contrasts expectations of drunken fighters with sober minded Christians and accuses the Union of ignoring electee caliber.
The first local union was formed in Virginia within the last two weeks. Prospects for rapid progress of the order in the state are very good.
James T. Denton formerly with the Mercury Password at Dallas is now with the Independent Farmer, a splendid Union paper publisher at Durant, Indian Territory.
S. S. Rushing from the northern county brought in the first bale of the season on the night of the 16th inst. J. Cross from the Markley neighborhood delivered a bale of seed cotton the same night. Both bales sold the next day with Rushing earning ten cents per pound and Cross three dollars and five cents per hundred. Local merchants provided a $40 bonus split equally between the two farmers.
The past month the W H M Society held Bible Study in Our Homes and two profitable meetings. Mrs. S. C. Follin, conference press superintendent, will edit the September issue of The King's Messenger for the Dallas Rescue Home as campaign number. She asks women to obtain a copy for five cents and join the earnest, zealous work of the church group.
A vintage ad touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a healing remedy that soothes inflammation and heals cuts burns and bruises without scarring. It claims rapid relief for piles and diseases and warns against counterfeit products, sold by B. Hynes.
From Benton Illinois August 19 1905 Col McPhail writes of a warm welcome and daily feasts by local friends who closed the farm gates to entertain the travelers. He recalls distant relatives seen after decades, visits graves of siblings, and his sense of being the last of his family. He hopes to return home in three weeks and praises Texas. He misses old comrades at the reunion.
The sheriff is commanded to publish this citation weekly for four weeks in Young County papers or nearest judicial district paper, to require George Bigham to appear at the September 1905 Justice Court term in Graham for suit No. 695 filed August 14 1905 by W W Bigham seeking $113 on an open account paid to Beckham National Bank.
Edna Texas March 14 1903 letter from Dr E W Hall Saint Louis Missouri endorsing Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder as a cure for kidney and rheumatic troubles with strong recommendation for others suffering similar ailments.
An advertisement for Hall’s Great Discovery Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes seminal emissions and rheumatism. One bottle is two months’ treatment and mailed delivery is available if not sold by a local druggist. Dr. E. W. Hall is the sole manufacturer with testimonials forthcoming.
An ad touts three reasons mothers choose One Minute Cough Cure. It is claimed to be harmless, tastes good to children, and cures coughs croup and whooping cough when other remedies fail. Sold by B. H. Blakeney.
Lincoln Illinois mayor Paul S Fuson writes a strong endorsement for Re Go Tonic Laxative Syrup claiming three years of personal use and recommending it for constipation digestion and dyspepsia. He notes its pleasant tonic effect and suitability for children and delicate women. Samples offered free with prices 25 50 and 100 cents by B S Doty Co.
An advertisement promotes Rero Tonic Laxative Syrup as a safe substitute for castor oil paregoric and soothing drops. It claims to ease constipation and flatulency without narcotics, aids digestion, helps sleep, and is suitable for children. Available in 25c 50c and $1.00 bottles from B S Doty & Co.
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