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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
4
Shawnee school lists students by grade and honors. High Honor roll includes John Eddieman Freddie Stewert Frances Collins. High Second Davie Thedford. numerous Honorable mentions across Beginners Low First Ardoth Stinnebower Adele Makeig and others. Several per grade names, with a broad roll call of students across first through seventh.
A comic exchange mocks rumored food fortification with vita mines. One speaker dismisses the claims while the other quips about ancestors, ending with a punchline that highlights the joke’s skepticism and mortality.
A short exchange humorously contrasts a beggar’s claim of blindness with a shopkeeper’s quip about sight. The men trade a dime or nickel as a quick moral vignette on charity and perception.
A brief quip notes a man staying home with his wife for thirty years as true love, then reframes it as paralysis. The witticism contrasts domestic dedication with limited mobility, delivering a punchline about constraints and affection.
Snow has melted from the cross on Mount of the Holy Cross in Colorado. The cross is visible from twenty miles away as outlines remain discernible, a first in the memory of the oldest inhabitants.
H. W. Frink of Chicago, a Rock Island fuel agent, visited the Plains Company coal mine at Loving and took samples for analysis to evaluate its use in Rock Island engines. Coal company manager Mr. Johnson praised the proposal but lacks capital to develop the mine and seeks a larger company to join the venture.
The Methodist church ladies held a bazaar at Barrow Warren Furniture last Saturday. A norther and bad weather challenged sales, but they applied modern business methods and disposed of nearly all goods. The group thanks all who assisted.
The text argues that growth in biology and large industrial enterprises both require thoughtful study. It criticizes the tendency of people to treat complex systems as mere inert objects to be tinkered with, driven by shifting authorities, laws, or majorities. It warns that few truly understand processes behind growth and organization.
The Masons of the United States aim to build a chain of sanatoriums in the Southwest at an estimated cost of 12,500,000 dollars. They propose a nominal per member assessment across 2,640,000 Masons to fund the sanatoriums and assist those seeking recovery. About 50,000 Masons are said to be suffering from tuberculosis.
An agent asked a company about issuing a $50,000 life policy on Francisco Villa. The reply stated the conservative policy of the company prevents acceptance under any conditions of application for life insurance on Villa.
By order of the District Court of Young County a sale is set for the first Tuesday in January 1928 in Graham Texas. Items include two brown mares eight and four years old and a mare with foal. Proceeds go to Page Supply Company to satisfy a $53 judgment plus costs.
In a city market restaurant two men conspire to fool a waitress with slang words about meals. The first orders milk and the second coffee while a plan unfolds to “put one over” on the young Pittsburg waitress, ending with a peculiar toast and no laughter from the staff.
A visitor asks for two ham sandwiches to go. The waiter calls to the kitchen with a quip about traveling pigs, creating a lighthearted moment in the restaurant.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a coarser brew spurs a retort about the earlier grind. The banter centers on coffee quality and a lighthearted jab about yesterday’s grind.
The Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company of Thurber has closed a contract with the Remington Typewriter Company for 5400 dollars worth of typewriters. The Remington Portable is promoted as a convenient model and a demonstration can be arranged at The Leader office. Machines are kept in stock.
Farmers last year entered over 194000 cows in cowtesting associations to determine their standing as butter fat producers through demonstrations by agricultural extension workers, according to reports to the United States Department of Agriculture.
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