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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
7
The Farmers and families report varied weather with rain and cold, school progress and local visits. Notables include Emmett Young, Arthur Vick, and Mrs. Jarnigan, with church activities, Christmas plans, and a push on Red Cross Christmas Seals to fund anti tuberculosis work.
An advertisement by Kalamazoo Corset Co. promotes American Beauty Corsets as correcting figure imperfections with freedom and comfort. It claims stylish design, superb fitting, and suitability for large, medium, or slender figures.
Rediscovered lines accuse Parliament of corruption and hypocrisy. The speech portrays Cromwell calling MPs mercenary, betrayers of virtue, and enemies of good government, urging them to depart the House amid calls to cleanse the nation and end their “iniquitous proceedings.”
A Christmas program at the Presbyterian Church on December 24 1911 features Leader Lewis Rupenkoenig with subject The Gift that Transform the World. Includes scripture readings by Richard Price and J W Akin, special greetings, songs, and a student stars exercise. The notice also promotes a Christmas turkey dinner and Kings Famous Candies at St Louis Restaurant.
Notice is given to stockholders that the regular annual stockholders meeting will be held at the banking house in Loving Texas on Saturday January 20 1912 at 2 p m for electing directors and for the transaction of other business which may come before said meeting. A C Casey President D F Ford Cashier.
The Bowie Commercial College in Bowie Texas touts high placement for graduates with firms in Fort Worth Dallas and beyond. It highlights banking courses free with bookkeeping, limited courses in bookkeeping or shorthand, and affordable monthly options. The ad notes a practice focused program with individualized attention and an emphasis on promptly placing graduates this fall and beyond.
The article recalls W C Brann a prominent editor known for sharp polemics and fearless writing. He faced repeated threats and hostility yet pressed on with his mission. He was mortally wounded last week and died after years of controversial battles. His son, a Presbyterian minister, is to continue evangelistic work and has delivered sermons praised for strength and clarity.
A quirky verse laments preferring simple holiday cheer over luxury items. It playfuly imagines being a "Red Cross seal" and a busy girl amid odd phrasing, ending with a vague note about $100,000 bonds being evaluated or moved.
The report covers Dallas hosting the Southwestern Poultry Show January 18 to 23 with Dave. It notes a farmer near Baird selling peanuts and land value, shipments of 99,000 pounds of pecans from Marble Falls and Burnet to St Louis and New York, a 835 acre ranch near San Angelo, steer sales at 7.75 per hundred in Kansas City, Fort Worth businessmen forming a Mercantile Club, a proposed eleven story Board of Trade building, UT business and domestic economy schools opening January 1, 191?. Brazil planning Texas cotton seed planting. real estate and irrigation plans between Fort Stockton and Alpine. a Washington Park disposal plant in Paso with new machinery. and vetting discussions on land abstracts and loan notes.
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