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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1922
Page
2
The Leader marks its forty sixth year of publication and reflects on its history since 1876. Major J W Gravee founded the paper and led for nearly thirty years, with present management guiding for about twenty years. The note celebrates community service and reader loyalty.
A critical hall of eggs story argues that cold storage and price controls fail to curb profiteering as 303 million dozen eggs sit in storage. It urges public support for small strikes to push prices down and prevent further warehouse expansion.
The dirt laws effective nationwide have seen twenty two federal enforcement officers die in the line of duty. Texas reports four fatalities, while Georgia Alabama Tennessee and Oklahoma each report two.
Texas has the largest farm population in the Union, with 2,227,773 residents on farms, comprising 48.8 percent of the state's total population according to recent Census Bureau compilations.
An army airplane departed Detroit Monday at 5 AM and reached Dallas by 6 30 PM, completing a long-distance flight within the same day. The journey underscores rapid wartime military air capability between major hubs.
In California, 35 alleged Ku Klux Klan members faced felony charges from the Englewood raid. A superior court jury last week acquitted all defendants, ending a case that drew national attention to the Klan's involvement.
The paper notes the death of E. B. Dilts whose body was shipped to Iowa for burial by John E. Morrison Company. It covers visits by W. S. McJimsey to his son in Kansas, the return of Mrs. McJimsey, and other local travels and illnesses. Residents arrive home from trips to Wheeler County, Mineral Wells, Cleburne, and Arlington. Typhoid illness in Graham. a broken leg from a runaway team near Jean and a broken milk bottle injuring a child.
Good showers fell in the Cedar Creek area Tuesday and Saturday of last week. Lucretia Tipton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tipton of Ivan, has been ill with bilious fever but is improving. The small grain crop in Cedar Creek is very light this year. J. S. Tipton of Ivan and I. W. Steele of Cedar Creek attended the Trinity River Association of Primitive Baptists near Senate last Friday through Sunday.
A new portable Remington typewriter arrives at The Leader office for use in quick typesetting and manuscript work. Staff preview highlights its lightweight design and ease of use for in-house newsroom drafting.
Public notice for a four week weekly publication summons L D Douglas W C Beckham W P Beckham and unknown heirs to appear in District Court of Young County Graham Texas on first Monday in September 1922 to answer trespass to try title suit No 6941 filed August 8 1922 by M Whitfield T J Whitfield John Slice Fay Slice A K Joplin Flo Joplin against the named defendants and heirs. Land descriptions include N W 1 4 J Pointevent Survey No 6 160 acres and 72 1 2 acres in Young County with cloud removal damages sought. Clerk Willie Riggs signs the writ August 9 1922.
The passage argues men must observe the Holy Sabbath and fulfill spiritual duties at home and church. It denounces Sabbath desecration as linked to domestic turmoil and urges men to attend church, educate children, set a spiritual example, and uphold God’s law in American life.
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