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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1902
Page
2
For Rent a six room house with bath room well windmill stables. M. K. Graham. Also notes on presses including clothespress hay press cider press and printing press described in promotional terms.
A s ection repeats a penny mailer pitch inviting women to send 25 cents for cloth and directions to start easy work in leisure time. The piece then notes Railway Rumblings about bond authorization worth 1 354 000 dollars to refund old bonds and extend sixty one miles, with materials for the Graham extension at Mineral Wells yards. It claims the line will run to Colorado and connect Gould system routes, with a Graham link expected next year.
A box dinner will be held at Ingleside Jefferys Ranch on Friday December 26 1902 to raise proceeds for erecting the community church. Ladies bring well filled boxes and gentlemen bring purses to purchase the many delicacies offered, avoiding a dreary scene.
A household notice touts Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as preventing bilious colic when taken at the first sign of symptoms. It claims hundreds of users avoid attacks by a double dose and directs readers to Graham Drug Co for page.
A vintage advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for nervousness sleeplessness and stomach upsets. It claims to ton e the stomach regulate kidneys and liver improve digestion and blood clarity. Priced at 50 cents and guaranteed by Edgar News & Co. druggists.
The notice advertises Dr King s New Life Pills at Edgar Matthews drug store for relief from pepsia dizziness headache vet or bowel troubles. The ad promises gentle yet thorough action and lists a price of 25c.
A Wichita paper denounces local negro trials as costly to taxpayers and argues Wichita should curb African Americans. The editor states few towns on the Denver road tolerate blacks and claims Wichita Falls bears an excessive share. The piece questions whether they should “behave” or leave.
R H Foster of Salt Lake City reports twenty one years of dyspepsia and failed treatments but says he found a cure in Herb ine. He recommends it to friends and notes it cures others too. Price 50 cents at Graham Drug Co.
Health is good and wheat fine as farmers report pasturage for stock. Sorghum crops nearly all stored. Ribble contemplates threshing cane soon. Prof. Cooks school expanding with about thirty pupils. A harvest dinner and Thanksgiving party occurred with speeches and recitations. Attendees traveled to Graham trading. Sunday School held despite rain. eight loads of wood hauled for winter. A pupil invites further contributions to the Leader.
Casar Conquered Britain chronicles a promotional blurb for Simmons Liver Purifier in a tin box. The ad claims moisture and dust protection, beauty benefits, constipation relief, and improved liver function as selling points.
Druggist Henry C Stearns of Shullsburg Wisconsin endorses Ballard's Horehound Syrup for quick relief of hoarse and croupy coughs with oppressive rattling and difficult breathing. He notes repeat customers after two years of selling the remedy and recommends it. Available at Graham Drug Co in 25 50 and 1 00 cent sizes.
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