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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
4
A tall tale from the plantation era recounts Uncle Ike and Aunt Sukie devising a ruse to scare away Sandy Claws. The plan ends with mischief, mock fright, and a forgiving laugh from the master as the Christmas prank collapses into comic chaos.
A timely note urges prudent housewives to stock Chamberlain Cough Remedy for winter colds. It claims early use wards off severe colds, stresses safety for children, and notes the remedy is pleasant to take and effective. Graham Drug Co. sells it.
A Christmas greeting poem from Aimee Carey printed in the Philadelphia Ledger. The verses exalt Christmas as king of merriment, praising hearth fire, cheerful abundance, and gifts, with joyous lines about reign, prosperity, and festive cheer once a year.
The article describes choosing a young goose called a green goose with yellow feet as a sign of youth. It covers dressing washing stuffing with mashed potatoes onion sage salt and pepper, pan roasting twenty minutes per pound, and garnishing with blood oranges and greens. A pan sauce uses giblets and flour, strained and mixed after cooking. An older goose requires parboiling and braising.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch reader describes Swedish Christmas customs ending January 13. Skating by Gothemberg, the writer notes farmers set tall poles with grain sheaves for birds in every yard to give the wild creatures a merry Christmas before people dine indoors.
A frazzled street scene prompts a sales pitch for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The ad claims the salve cures burns, cuts, sores, eczema and piles with soothing effect. Available at Edgar Matthews & Co’s drug store for 25 cents.
Readers are invited to request a free sample of Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root kidney bladder remedy with a lengthy testimonial about its effectiveness for lame back and other kidney ailments. The ad notes hospital use, a book, and a mail request to Kilmer Co. Also promotes Hunt s skin cure for ringworm and eczema with prices 25 and 50 cents.
A Topeka Kansas minister preached How Shall We Get to Heaven as a ball game unfolded outside. The sermon climax drew a pause and a fan shouted slide feller slide, a vivid moment captured amid street noise and a churchyard scene. An old medical ad follows urging Simmons' Cough for coughs sore throat and colds, priced 25 and 50 cents.
Stop the cough and work off the cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Cures accidin one day promise. No cure no pay. Price twenty five cents.
The Clerk of the County Court of Young County Texas issues a writ ordering the sheriff to publish notice for twenty days in a local newspaper. The notice informs all parties interested in the final settlement of the estate of Jas A McLaren deceased to appear January 12 1908 at Graham County Court House for consideration of the final account and application for discharge.
America’s famous Beauties warning readers to avoid blemishes by using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The ad claims eruptions blotches sores pimples vanish and skin is glorified. It also promises cure for sore lips chapped hands chilblains and piles at Edgar Matthews & Co’s drug store for 25 cents.
Practical early guidance for preventing croup in young children. It notes hoarseness as the first sign, a rough cough following, and recommends giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the onset or after coughing begins. Claims universal safety and effectiveness, citing widespread use by mothers, with Graham Drug Co. as seller.
The Dallas News will reduce subscription rates to 75 cents per month starting December 1, 1902 for both carrier and mail delivery. The publishers promise a superior paper in Texas journalism, maintaining independence and aiming to serve the welfare of the public.
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