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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
2
An editorial excerpt from The Kansas City Star urges sustained compassion beyond holidays. It contrasts holiday charity with yearround need, urging laws and community effort to aid the poor, and condemns greed while praising generous, purposeful giving to those in need.
All parties knowing themselves to be indebted to the firm of Kidwell and Cooper please call in and settle. We must have settlement on these notes and accounts. J. W. Griffis, Manager.
The piece critiques young men who boast of beauty and attract attention, urging serious treatment for vanity. It notes mothers coddle such lads, making them nuisances, while sensible girls sometimes cure them and peers occasionally reform them through ridicule, though many communities tolerate the fault.
Advertises canvassing agents wanted for Compendium of Everyday Wants and The Devil's Bridz with 50 percent commissions. Postpaid outfit costs 10 cents. publisher A. B. Kuahlman, 136 West Lake Street, Chicago. Also notes Tarrant County voters endorsed $1.6 million road and bridge bonds on December 12 and a Waco corn show January 12 to 20 with prizes from $1 to $100 for farm implements.
A group of 300 Nebraskan home seekers arrived last week to settle in various areas of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Ex-Governor Shallenberger accompanied the party during the move and is noted among the attendees.
R L Shepard announces control of the Burch coal mines and coal delivery to the city. Beaumont votes December 20 on a 60000 park bond. A 200000 school for girls is planned in San Antonio. Abilene training school building completed at 10500. Alpine breaks ground for a combined wax paper and soap factory. San Angelo transfers 2900 head of steers for 75000. Bryan road bond election set for February 8, 200000. Eight bales of cotton harvested on two and three quarter acres near Harlingen. Orange County seeks a Good Roads Department expert. Beaumont Chamber endorses deepening Port Arthur Canal.
The Commercial Club of Wakxa hachie, at a December 12 meeting, arranged for a $100,000 hotel project with definite plans and funding.
The Hill Ranch near Laredo in Webb County comprising 16000 acres was sold to San Antonio capitalists for 200000 dollars.
Beaumont plans an exhibit of horticultural and agricultural products at the Springfield Missouri land show, beginning December 18.
Agents sought for New Standard 1910 Atlas of the World and juvenile holiday books. Earning potential from 40 to 60 dollars weekly plus 60 percent commission. Postpaid combo outfit offered for 20 cents. Full particulars free from A B Kuhlman, Publisher, 136 West Lake Street, Chicago Illinois.
A good fresh milk cow for sale and several good work horses available at a bargain. See J. W. Griffis at the old Kidwell & Cooper Store.
Work will begin immediately on the Pearson industrial plants at El Paso with an estimated cost of about 3,000,000 dollars. Fort Worth Light & Power reports the Southwest’s tallest smoke stack at 256 feet high, base 40 feet, costing 20,000 dollars. Construction of lock and dam No 8 on the Brazos seven miles below Waco will start by January 1, costing 325,000 dollars. An automobile highway is proposed from Savannah, Georgia to San Antonio following as closely as possible the gulf coast.
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