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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
3
A short notice by J. L. Woods, optometrist, explains eye strain origins and the value of regular eye examinations. It notes that many adults have unseen eye issues and that thorough checks can detect refractive errors and disease, with glasses prescribed or patients referred to physicians as needed.
The dialogue centers on a request about a tragedy and a taxpayer asking when a new income tax report is due. No concrete details or names beyond the speakers are provided. The fragmentary text lacks dates, places, or organizational ties. The item resembles a brief notebook entry rather than a full news report.
Ed Purdy states he always wears a large brimmed hat when riding with friends to protect his ears from wind and chill while driving.
Haley Wedlock and Sweet Thing imagine a peaceful married life as they discuss daily routines. He vows to return home at night and share simple domestic moments. She responds with humor, promising to teach practical skills like sock darning.
A provocative comparison notes that for a man to lift an amount of weight proportional to an ant’s relative strength, he would need to lift three coal-filled freight cars simultaneously. The analogy illustrates scaling limits in animal strength and human capability.
An old farmer named Old Doe Brown asserts he drives a beat up flivver and his medicines are all shaken before use. The remark reflects a quirky local character and rural humor from the era.
A reflection on feeling emptied of personal wisdom and turning to a higher source. The speaker, Abraham Lincoln, expresses that personal insight and surrounding counsel fell short in difficult days, leaving him seeking direction beyond himself.
A midnight scene unfolds as a man waits beneath a window while she hurls her trunk out first then waits for him. The moment ends the mystery with a silent farewell implied by the trunk’s throwing.
The National Garden Association supports removing billboard advertisements from public highways. They aim to replace the boards with trees to improve scenery and curb visual clutter along roadways.
Obituary notes a long life of Mamma in Graham with Christian faith and family memories. A trustee’s sale by Fred T. Arnold advertises March 3 1925 for security on a Wichita Falls and Southern Railway Company loan in Young County Texas with specific tracts listed in South Bend Townsite Additions.
Mr. L. A. Drum submits his renewal to The Leader this week. The Drums are noted as pioneer citizens of the county.
In a referendum among Vassar College students 433 identify as smokers while 524 report they do not. The survey results appear in the current college report reflecting student health and behavior.
Montgomery Ward & Company reports a net profit of 10 433 501 for 1924 with gross sales totaling 162 715 000 for the year. The figures reflect robust earnings amid broad consumer demand and store expansion.
President Coolidge reaffirms U S participation in the World Court as the next move toward outlawing war, stressing it as essential policy.
The Philadelphia mint started the coining of Stone Mountain half dollars commemorating Confederate soldiers and the carving of the memorial on Stone Mountain.
By writ issued February 4 1925 in 92nd District Court Young County Dave H French sues Ross Rutherford for 647 87 with 10 percent interest and costs. Constable Dawson will sell February 17 1925 at Dave H French ranch five miles north of Graham on T E L Co Survey 3408 to satisfy the judgment. Sold property includes several horses cows and calves.
Out of town mourners attended funeral services for little John Norman Fields. Present were Walter Long, father of Mrs Fields, and his daughters Odessa and Mrs. C L Long, Mrs. S C Campbell and daughter Mrs Andrew Kelly of Graham, Mesdames J H Hull and W L Shipley of Wichita Falls. Newcastle Register.
Marriage licenses are issued to Douglas McMillan and Ruth Magdalene Smith, G. A. Welch and Inez Mc Cracken, J. H. Corley and Velma McDonald, J. A. Gann and Alta Jewell Nail, and A. J. Pearson and Sarah L. Burk. A deal unites the largest Texas cotton mill properties under one management as C. R. Miller Manufacturing buys Texas Cotton Mills of McKinney and Dallas Textile Mills at Love Field.
Mrs. Leslie Holcomb and her children are visiting in Oklahoma, staying with relatives and planning local sightseeing during the trip.
Dr. W. F. Tillett recently entered his forty third year as a theology instructor at Vanderbilt University. He long served as dean of the theological faculty for thirty three years.
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