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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1923
Page
2
A Christmas meditation from Collier's Weekly urges good will and kindness during the holidays. It imagines nations and people embracing Christlike forgiveness to brighten the world as the Star of Bethlehem shines for all mankind.
Captain Millican and the Bowdoin crew endure polar isolation near Greenland yet stay connected via wireless with distant stations in England Germany Holland and more. They share concerts from a Chicago hotel and discuss Hawaii across five thousand miles illustrating how geography shrinks loneliness. The piece then pivots to 1924 presidential campaign characteristics, predicting a shift away from personality driven contests toward issues.
Collier's Weekly warns that professional demagogues will mobilize group prejudice in the upcoming contest. It cautions voters to resist religious and foreign policy pressures and to vote with sober judgment for the nation's welfare.
A wartime letter-style appeal to Congress asks for family figures Dad, Boys, Daughter and Mother to receive Christmas gifts of policy. It urges Mellon tax relief, child labor abolition via the child labor amendment, women's suffrage through the 20th Amendment, and a step toward world peace, calling for action now.
A Collier's Weekly appeal urges Congress to pursue a forward looking policy and a lasting peace for current and future generations. It urges prompt action, then patience after the holidays, and ends by questioning road spending and joyriding in Graham during rain.
An advertisement asserts many cases of stomach trouble conceal chronic appendicitis and promises relief through Adlerika, a herbal remedy mixed with glycerine buckthorn bark that supposedly cleanses both upper and lower bowels and removes toxins. It claims to ease obstinate constipation and is sold by leading druggists.
Constable J. D. Dawson will sell December 1 1928 at the Graham courthouse a Ford Touring Car Motor 6569931 Model 1923 to satisfy a $338 judgment in favor of LeSage Motor Company R S LeSage. The sale is by order of the County Court of Young County dated December 7 1923.
The guardian Gladys Cherryhomes files the final account for the estate of Reno Cher es and I B Cherryhomes minors and requests discharge. Court to hear January first term 1924 at Graham County Court. interested parties may appear and contest.
The United States Civil Service Commission schedules a January 19, 1924 examination in Graham Texas to certify candidates for the fourth class postmaster position at Grimshaw and other vacancies as they occur. Applicants must be at least twenty one, reside in the applicable postal territory, and meet citizenship requirements. Compensation last fiscal year was 931 dollars. Form 1753 applications available.
Full information on examination requirements is obtainable from the local postmaster at the vacancy site or from the United States Civil Service Commission in Washington DC. Applications must be properly executed and filed with the Commission in Washington at the earliest practicable date.
Silas explains to Si he is painting the inside of a chicken coop to keep chickens from pecking grain from the wood. The dialogue captures a rural humor moment with referenced figures Dumb Dan and Mirandy.
A reflective quotation noting that true wisdom begins with recognizing one’s own ignorance. It emphasizes the value of humility in the pursuit of knowledge and self understanding. The line, attributed to Spurgeon, underscores the paradox of learning.
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