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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1901
Page
3
Local items report keys found and property deals, new Grocer rent, smallpox cases, deaths, weather, small ads for medicines, mills, and plans for Markley to expand stores. Mentions of Ridge line, Epworth League meetings, and upcoming district exams.
Center Ridge reports convey a mix of illness updates and community items. Mrs L J Bray is ill, residents Lewis and Cuse Halley are sick, and lagrippe confines Martin. A meeting at Gra ham courthouse is urged for Feb 16 with county camp officers to address important business. The Mineral Wells Hardware Co purchased Hol lingsworth and Co. assets and will operate as Graham Hardware Co with A A Moyer in charge.
The issue lists sermon times and topics for a church including The Earth as a Symbol and The influence of Personal character, plus scripture references. It includes notices on Epworth Leagues, a Thursday prayer meet, a local obituary for Ward Humphries, railroad survey activity near Graham, a domestic dispute over community property, and medicinal advertisements for Herbine by Graham Drug Co.
Texas and Padric Railway announces round trip fares from Texas stations for Mardi Gras travel. Tickets available February 13–18 with return allowed up to March 1 1901. Line markets fastest service with chair cars between Fort Worth Dallas and New Orleans. Inquiries to H P Hughes Fort Worth or E P Turner Dallas.
Reported estrays list multiple owners and animals including a red steer three years old left with Wm. Martin Jan 16 1901 and a red cow with calf left with Troy Stewart Jan 15 1991. Additional estray reports name J. C. Rogers and Gro. McLaren as custodians with branding details. Also ad copy claims Herbine improves bile flow and liver health with a 5 cent price from Graham Drug Co.
The 1901 Hicks Almanac predicts storms floods and cold waves with warnings printed for years. The two hundred page volume illustrated with charts is offered as a premium to Word and Works subscribers at one dollar a year and 25 cents for the Almanac alone, from the WorpD and WorkS Publishing Company in St. Louis, Missouri.
The notice promotes the Twice-a-Week Republic at one dollar yearly, claiming fast telegraph news and varied content for men and women, including politics markets and home care. It also advertises Hunt's Cure for skin diseases, priced at 50 cents and guaranteed.
An advertisement touts a deluxe art book titled The Light of the World with European gallery descriptions and a Child's Department. It claims high earnings for agents in Christmas orders, citing sales by Mrs. Waite of Massachusetts and Mrs. Sackett of New York, and seeks state and local managers with salary or commission options.
A large financially solid company seeks a reliable representative in each county. Offered is a definite salary of 936 dollars per year, paid weekly, plus 33 dollars per day, with expenses advanced weekly and paid every Saturday. No commission. Apply Standard Houser, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago.
Albert H Johnson is appointed administrator of the estate of W B Johnson by the Young County court on January 14 1901. All persons with claims against the estate must present them as required by law. Palmer Texas is listed as his post office.
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