31 Aug 1887
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1887
Page
1
The Leader announces weekly publication by J W Graves. Subscription terms show one year rate and six months price. Advertising rates list one inch first insertion at 1.00 with each additional insertion at 50.
The text outlines stock impounding rules Art 4604 to 4609. It authorizes landowners to detain unauthorized stock found on enclosed lands after notice, sets fees 10 cents per day for hogs and goats and 5 cents for sheep, allows damages assessment by three freeholders, enables sale of impounded stock to cover fees if unpaid, estray procedures after five days, and grants lawful fencing for areas not affected by the law.
An Austin letter in the St Louis Republican reviews Texas prohibition contests and defends Senator Coke against anti prohibition rivals. It argues Coke maintains broad support and will likely succeed himself, while noting Lanham Wheeler dynamics and Texas political tensions amid anarchist-linked unrest in Chicago as a contrasting aside.
A Baltimore Sun correspondent notes Washington City has largely quelled traditional gambling as pool rooms and turf exchanges proliferate. Turf exchanges reportedly cleared about 50,000 last season, reinvested in real estate, while field sports and draw poker remain the remnants. The piece also touches on the Glenn and Blair bills in Georgia and a quip from the New York Herald on New York socialist strength and noise.
The Austin Dispatch, a Democratic paper, states that if a majority in the Democratic party argues whiskey is necessary to its perpetuity, the Dispatch will relieve them of excommunication by issuing formal withdrawal.
A sharp comment asserts that poverty is the sole protection against burglars in New York as crafty criminals now drug the watchdog, underscoring a ruthless urban crime climate.
Gen Neal Dow, originator of the Maine law, though advanced in age, plans active participation in Massachusetts state elections. He will later travel to New York to deliver speeches advocating prohibition there.
The Hubbard City News urges constitutional changes by convention rather than voter approval on specific amendments. It notes the public dislikes tinkering with the constitution and tends to vote anti on such proposals. The organic law may be crude but should stand for a generation.
Dallas residents report a surge in babies left on doorsteps with about 80 newborns near homes, prompting concern over care and housing capacity for newborns and the strain on community resources.
It is commonly thought that eating before sleep is unwise. The article notes animals sleep after eating and in summer a postnoon nap after a midday meal is a luxury many indulge in.
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