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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1901
Page
4
A Sunday school class story from Brooklyn notes how a pneu monia death stirred sympathy and led to a Christmas gesture. A youngster’s name was linked to a gift, then distributed to his younger brother or family. The sister, Lucy, quietly waited, asking if Johnny also received candy.
A humor piece quotes a Chicago Post remark about eye glasses. The dialogue questions eyewear effectiveness and suggests considering the faith cure before buying more glasses.
A brief comic exchange between two tramps about courting a woman. The second tramp jokes he is old enough to be her grandfather after the first asks how she treats him and if he has a shilling. The tone is humorous street banter.
A Philadelphia North American excerpt shows a conversation about a sympathetic Mr. Berrien, an undertaker who offers to call and leave his card for a dangerously ill neighbor, highlighting social rituals around care and business.
Mrs Torkins asks Charley to take her to the bookmakers betting ring. She looks on from a distance noting hustling crowds and hopes to discover spren d bargains amid the bustle. The dialogue captures curiosity about gambling scenes and social observation.
A fragment from Chicago News recalls a household debate over ingredients in a salad named Brownley-Boggs-Mary. Mrs. B B questions the use of a new kind of cabbage, while a correspondent insists Mr. John sent chrysanthemums, revealing a humorous misnaming of produce in a domestic kitchen scene.
A playful Chicago Post note shows a girl asking if boom can be compared. The mother answers yes with boomerang as a punchline while the father adds a propulsive wordplay ending the exchange.
A brief exchange quoted from the New York Sun captures a moment of formal wed banter with lines about being dressed for the event. The exchange centers on Love and a speaker noting attire and social formality in a wedding context.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch quotes Franklin D. Roosevelt advocating that the wealthy should forgo idle leisure and serve the public. He cites his own work, Civil Service, military service, authorship, and public duty as examples of a "hardworking man of leisure" whose wealth enables nonmaterial rewards. The piece praises his practical application of the theory.
A long passage catalogs multiple biblical references to the number seven. It lists events and symbolic uses of seven across creation, patriarchs, Egypt, Israel, Jericho, Solomon, Naaman, Job, Christ, and Revelation, emphasizing the recurring motif of seven. The tone mirrors a religious or devotional prose common to older newspapers.
A bashful young man invited to dine last Monday evening becomes progressively embarrassed. He spills coffee, drops his fork, and, in nervous haste, mistakenly pulls his shirt inside his trousers. He hides the cloth in his pants, causing a tablecloth to crash to the floor before fleeing to the woods.
A report notes Grove increases doses by twenty percent in its tasteless chili remedy compared to a bitter chill tonic, implying stronger potency and potential market impact. The change reflects product formulation shifts and regulatory considerations affecting consumer options and pricing.
A Georgia general assembly bill is claimed as the shortest ever: it declares there shall be no more divorce cases in Georgia for any cause and repeals laws conflicting with it. The proposal, framed as an act, asserts immediate effect upon passage and envisions a statewide ban pending further action.
An old advertisement touts Cheatham’s Laxative Tablets as a one dose cold cure, recommending carrying them in a vest pocket for instant relief and priced at 25 cents.
An old promotion touts The Leader and The News as two essential papers. It claims special editing and trustworthy facts, urging readers to subscribe for one year at $1.75 cash in advance.
An advertisement promotes Simmons Liver Purifier promising constipation relief indigestion biliousness and headache cure while a Vernon Hornet ad offers two second hand cultivators for poor cows Trade talk in Seymour News notes a humane society in Wilbarger County aiding cows and mentions they will ride after winter with kindness to animals.
A short excerpt extols the role of a local newspaper as a tireless weekly reporter of marriages births and deaths and town happenings. It argues readers supply news items to editors, who keep the community informed with timely updates from crops to revivals and socials.
A Toowoomba Gazette reader, W. C. Wockner, claims Chamberlains Cough Remedy cured his two month severe cough and recommends it in good faith. The remedy is sold by Graham Drug Co.
An advertisement extols Snuffles the Guaranteed Catarrh Cure, claiming it reaches the afflicted mucous membranes unlike powders or pastes. The copy promises rapid relief and permanent cure for catarrh and hay fever, with a full month of treatment per dollar, mailed prepaid from Philadelphia to any U S address.
A Kansas editor contends about hat etiquette in church while an odd regional notice mentions Grove's Pasteless Chill Tonic and a church remark about looking at a bizarre display of dried decor. The text mixes product promo with a sensational church warning and stray phrases about dead birds stuffed animals and decorative items.
Taber Buckeye Pile product advertised as a long tested remedy for a distressing condition. Described as an active cure with bottles priced at 50 cents and tubes at 75 cents available through Graham Drug Co.
Mineral Wells Texas promotion for Health and Pleasure Resort reachable via Weatherford Mineral Wells and North Western Railway labeled The Mineral Wells Route. Tickets on sale all year with connections to Texas and Pacific and Santa Fe trains at Weatherford. Contacts L. M. Fouts and P. E. Bock Weatherford Texas.
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