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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1896
Page
1
Community notices from Graham and Mineral Wells include local moves sales and prices hog weights and farm plans Assignments mention Rev B R Wagner Moody and others visiting towns Various small ads promote groceries lumber cement and trading services plus subscription appeals and weather snippets
The Court met last Friday with all new commissioners present except Ardis who was sworn in Saturday. Bonds for county officers were approved except Surveyor. Higgins has until the next meeting to complete his bond. Benson resigned. resignation laid on the table. Ex officio salaries deferred to February. Court adjourned at noon. new board promises careful, lawful handling of affairs.
W G Crump a respected county resident and cattle inspector for the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas was accidentally shot and killed by W D Bruner near El Reno Oklahoma on October 31 while turkey hunting He leaves a wife and six children and many friends mourn his death.
Cut prices offered to clear stock of dry goods and a large shoe inventory. Bargains promised, with forty prices available for thirty days. Readily encouraging customers to compare prices and shop for bargains.
Thanksgiving Day was observed in Graham with Rev. W H Wycough delivering a sermon at the Presbyterian church. Town businesses closed and residents enjoyed a river picnic with Prof Fowler supervising schoolchildren. Capt Gay and D A Ford each reportedly killed a deer.
C G King at the new ing store seeks second hand copies of Steel Philosophy Maurys Physical Geography Swins ons Word Book Lockwoods Composition Robisons Elementary Algebra Milnes Arithmetic Maurys Elementary Geography Arrowsmith Latin Werner s Pruner or any used books in the Graham Public echoo If you have books you are through with make them available to him Don t dally with rheumatism Purify your blood and cure at once by Hood s Sarsaparilla.
Public lectures by Reverend H R Coleman a noted Masonic lecturer and traveler on Masonry and his journeys in the Holy Land set for Tuesday and Wednesday nights January 1897 and to Masons exclusively Thursday night January 7th His speaking is expected to be engaging and informative for listeners and Masons alike
A letter argues teachers must cultivate reverence in students beyond facts teaching. It laments irreverence in youth, critiques rude behavior toward elders and officials, and urges public schools to train character. It also notes a Palo Pinto hanging and stresses the newspaper’s role in a live town.
Teachers of Young county urged to attend the second institute at South Bend this Saturday. All teachers are asked to be present with emphasis on those assigned to participate in the program, under O. E. Fixtay and Co. Judge.
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