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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
3
A writer decries the influence of urban life on young people, arguing the need to protect healthy normal boys from alcohol and social ills. The passage condemns barbarian civilization for feeding poison on every corner and urges action to safeguard youth.
An advertisement promotes a Christmas deal offering The Graham Leader and The Semi-Weekly Farm News for $1.75 yearly, delivering 156 papers annually or about three per week. The offer emphasizes wholesome reading and urges readers to subscribe to both for a value price.
J L Woods Jeweler and Optician offers a December contest rewarding top buyers with catalog items worth 10, 5, 3, and 2 dollars. He promises access to Dallas stock on three days notice and urges customers to browse catalogs and boost town progress.
Six enthusiastic Ladies Aiders gathered with Mrs C B Jones last Thursday despite downpour. Mrs Garrett presided as devotional included song chapter and prayer followed by a Home Missions quiz showing thorough study. Next meeting with Mrs Albert Kay. News from foreign field for roll call. Services at Methodist Church. Come to church next Sunday despite mud. J Hall Bowman.
The Youth's Companion publishes a 1914 calendar for subscribers featuring decorative yet functional design. An FBI inquiry investigates claims white slavers use poisoned needles to incapacitate girls with a bulbous hollow needle. Reports describe incidents in New York and other eastern cities, often in theaters and cinemas.
Henry Martin vice-president and general manager of the I. and G. N. Railroad lost his life Friday afternoon in the Little Brazos near Hearne while trying to save others from high floodwaters. He and three young men were in a capsized boat. the remaining passengers were saved after a strenuous effort.
From Jack London’s Story of His Life, the narrator describes a twenty year battle with alcohol addiction. He credits access to liquor for shaping his desire, urges stopping alcohol to spare youths, and likens the fight to halting opium and other poisons. He calls for ending John Barleycorn through prohibition-like measures.
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