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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1922
Page
7
Local notes report the big Young County Fair scheduled for November 8 9 10 with plans already underway and excitement building. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Sikes Wood Mrs J D Miller and others while residents travel to Dallas Fort Worth and Mineral Wells for family visits and schooling.
A note promotes the first annual Fair with a Remnants sale in Bargain Balcony and invites patrons to see Champion Old Maid of Graham at the Liberty Theatre on September 7 and 10. Also mentions D B Wood's vacation absence and Mrs J H Adams visiting relatives in Beggs Oklahoma.
Mrs. E E Allen returns to Dallas after visiting her sister Mrs L B Scott. Mr and Mrs J Q Adams and daughter Velma D return from Fort Worth. Mrs W B Holcombe of Dallas visits this week. Hear Yes We Have No Bananas on Columbia New Process. Bruce Street and family back from Winslow Arkansas from summer. Lewis Wheat visits Stephens County relatives Sunday. D W Dickenson accompanies the trip. Jack White returns to First National Bank after vacation to Amarillo and other places.
Street and Co offers bargain lawns 27 inches wide at nine cents each. Limited stock advertised in a small city notice.
Mr E L Douglas of Jacksboro was a business visitor in Graham last Friday. The Leader enjoyed a brief visit from him. Mrs W E Dickenson returned Friday to her Fort Worth home after visiting her sister Mrs R L Morrison.
Ad announces special price for women’s black kid one strap house pumps and lists a Champion Old Maid of Graham as a featured attraction at the Liberty Theatre Sent. Tand 10. 1e on Columbia New Process Record. EARP MUSIC CO. 1c.
All light colored silk summer dresses go on sale at half price. Who is the champion maid at the Liberty Theatre on September 7 and 10. Mr. G W Slater and family returned last week from a trip to New Mexico. Slater praised the country and Roswell County as a fine place.
Entire stock of gingham voile and linen dresses offered at exactly half price. Mrs Vick Rosson and Miss Lou Stroud have returned from vacations. Miss Stroud visited Chicago and St Louis to buy millinery for Street and Company's store. Miss Erna Hustead of Blooming Grove visits Mrs Kate Schuster and graduates from Graham high school in June to teach there this winter.
Bargain Balcony debuts September 1 offering pumps oxfords dresses and remnants for ladies misses and children. "An Orchid Romance" one act play screens Friday September 7 with special music under Chautauqua Club auspices at Liberty Theatre. Mr F H Bowron and children visit Lubbock country this week after Graham celebration Tuesday.
Ladies and misses voile tissue gingham and linen Wah dresses are half price. Mr and Mrs W R Stafford returned this week from a summer outing in Colorado, praising the trip and the favorable reports from Graham tourists.
About 50 white voile waists in sizes for ladies go on sale at a giveaway price of about one cent each from regular prices ranging from $1.00 to $1.50.
The Sunday School Baseball League faces a pivotal game as Presbyterians challenge Baptists to decide second half and season champions. A Baptist win secures the second half with a playoff against the Methodists, while a Presbyterian victory avoids that outcome and keeps the title fight open.
Graham Bank official R V Tidwell analyzes current wheat markets and farm diversification amid postwar readjustment. He notes overproduction fears, rising US feeds demand, and calls for farming to shift toward a diversified, factorylike approach while preserving soil fertility.
A Paramount production titled Hollywood stars a largely unfamiliar but distinctly typed ensemble. The Rex Theatre will show the film for three days starting September 6, with Angela from the Midwest navigating the fame of the Hollywood scene and meeting notable executives and stars in select scenes.
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