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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1896
Page
3
A small man in a bustling grocery store proposes an odd deal to a busy head clerk. He suggests borrowing $2 to avoid opening an account, outlining a hypothetical path of credit, bills, lawsuits, and eventual payment just to spare the store trouble and costs.
A collection of provocative observations about women's intelligence, appearance, marriages, and secrecy. The speaker praises yielding to temptation, distrusts intellectual pretensions, and notes how behavior like dyeing hair or wearing rouge signals virtue or vice.
Madame Tel Sono, once a practicing lawyer in Japan before the new constitution barred women from the profession, is praised for her reform efforts. She studied in America, founded plans for a higher education school for Japanese women, and now travels Europe to advance the project while advocating equality.
In a quiet midsummer morning Silas Rogers and his wife welcome a stranger who calls herself the piece that was lost. Mos Pritchard asks for breakfast and work, claiming strength to labor in field tasks and seeking acceptance despite rumors surrounding her.
Martha Rogers risks aiding Hetty a wayward woman who calls herself the lost piece. The act renews faith as Hetty, reborn, works at home while Moll recalls a mother’s plea and a pastor’s mercy. The tale ends with heavenly joy over repentance.
An Atlanta bookstore notes a surge in demand for Du Maurier titles after news of her death. The article says Harper Brothers benefited from the publicity, boosting sales of The Martian first installment, Peter Ibbetson, Trilby, and other works as readers race to buy.
In 1835, physicians in Bavaria protested rail expansion by warning steam locomotion would cause delirium and brain malady in passengers. They urged public health protections including high barriers along both sides of the track.
A passage on Athens comparing ancient and modern virtues, noting private philanthropy built theaters gymnasia temples and public monuments as wealth supported city needs. It cites Baron Pierre de Coubertin and the 1896 Olympic revival in the Century essay.
A Buffalo Express item quotes a claim about a man mugging on his front porch while smoking a cigar and speculating his wife is away. The joke contrasts his porch scene with when she is home and he uses a briar-root pipe to seem economical.
Dr. J. F. Goucher of Baltimore donates 5000 dollars annually for three years to enable the Methodist Episcopal Church South to inaugurate its West China mission program.
An Illinois experiment reports on root depth and distribution in four corn hills. Nine plants averaged 12 inches with 94 total roots. most roots lie deeper than three inches, implying limited impact from shallow root-pruning or cultivation.
An article outlines tapeworm dangers in flocks and a dog’s role in spread. It details a remedy using areca nut and castor oil, plus confinement to expel worms. It also reports on Paris goose fattening practices and notes the American Clydesdale Association's 1896 meeting in Chicago with proxy voting urged.
At Mil waukee the Wisconsin university exhibit offers practical notes: Bordeaux mixture instructions, kerosene emulsion method, grafting wax recipe, celery blight prevention, and bran as a fattening feed. It also notes investing in a comfortable poultry house as money well spent.
A Ogden Republican Journal report details eight year old Stanley Nichol’s rapid recovery from St Vitus dance after his mother used Dr Williams Pink Pills. The piece notes prior failed treatments, a New York specialist, and claims the pills restored health and strength, with price and purchasing details.
A family recalls tame white pigeons that trusted their father, and how a disguise fooling test showed birds’ loyalty to him alone. One pigeon dies on a road, another shortly after, and the survivor dies of heartbreak. the author then notes no longer keeping pets. The text then shifts to unrelated notes on shamrock mythology and a health ad touting a cure for deafness.
In a rural night scene a granger sits in darkness and draws the blinds. He eyes a mysterious box with keen, foxlike gaze and declares that the man who toils for bread is a fool before opening the box. The lines suggest a moral about labor and gain.
A promotional notice from Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co. of Broadway at Locust in St. Louis offers watches, overware, cutlery, music boxes, silk umbrellas and lamps with low prices. The ad promises a solid silver sleeve-link button pair for 35 cents with a mailing request and notes that loud talk is unnecessary.
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