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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
3
Mrs B Kramer improving and various townspeople visit Graham from Olney Bonham and Mt. Pleasant. Reports of illness recovery travel and new births plus a planned move of St Louis Restaurant and oil mill work resuming. Marriage licenses issued Otis King and Ora Smith. Children born to Leonard Harlan. Wade Orrel returns to Graham.
Bill Evans, longtime Rubenkoenig Bowker barber shop chair holder, bought a home on South Oak Street from F. P. Burch and moved in with his family. M. F. Mathis of Jacksboro and his brother Wm. Mathis of Montana visit Mrs. J. A. Allen in town, joined by Mrs. Lucy Harris. A baby girl weighing ten pounds was born last Monday Feb 10 to Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hoggard at the home of the maternal grandparents G. M. James and wife in Indian Mound.
Mrs. Sarah J. French mother of D. H. French of Flint Creek died at her Plainfield New Jersey home on January 31 with Mr French at her side and expected to return soon. An itinerant dealer sold shop goods on trade Monday flooding Graham streets with eager crowds and cheap wares at high prices amid a busy market day. Graham remains noted as the easiest town in the west.
The program outlines a 3 30 p m meeting at the Presbyterian church with opening by chair, talks on attention methods by S Boyd Street and A F Stewart, discipline by A Hudson, timing by J R McCarroll, and early conversion, plus songs and general discussion led by Rev E V Bond ending with benediction.
For sale seed oats at the seller's place seven miles northwest of Graham on Salter ek. T. F. Kindley.
South Bend reports light la grippe and good health with farming notes about wheat in Living Green and pastures. School in good order under Prof Campbell focusing on reading. Local social anecdotes include Oliver Burgess and Lena Ingram, and a two horse wagon scare led to a cautious return home. Little Tor.
Weather hints at rain or snow as wheat dries. School thrives under Mrs Saunders until lagrippe illness paused instruction. Sunday School interest grows with the former superintendent present. Prof Leftwich visited, Miss Lou McCommas of Graham visiting, and local residents making small domestic changes and social visits.
Local letters report Mrs. J P Haire gravely ill and Mrs. J L Groves improving while Mr Robinson visits a brother John Robinson and contemplates buying land here. School enrollment grows from twenty to over ninety as Young County settles. Rev Rushing preached last Sunday and February weather allowed farmers to sow oats break land for corn and cotton and prep gardens.
For Sale or Trade note offering a good young Jack and instructs interested parties to apply to M. M. Burris at 25 of True Texas.
Lew McGee on shift this week and J E Workman on a business trip to Oklahoma last week. The Literary Friday night drew interest despite sickness. Mr. Perry and Miss Bessie Wallace of Graham attended. Charles Bridges is ill. Community members from Loving attended the event and thanks were given to T C Butler and Frank Beard for music. Bertha McBee remains sick. Mrs J J Dowdy bought an incubator to hatch chicks, with several incubators in the area. Wheat and oats look good. corn planting debated for next week. Farm work mostly finished until planting begins. some truck farming planned this year. Red Top community plans to grow and attract visitors. Fourteen neighbors helped Mrs McCoy with work, meals, and cleanup. she is a widow with young children. Mrs W E Kennedy and daughter sick. Walter Steen visiting relatives. Mrs Fannie Rutherford and Miss Dora Harmonson shopped in the city. J L Steen improving a lower place with a new house and windmill. Sam McBride returned to the Mound after visiting family. Jas M Smith left the wood business to seek other work.
An ad extols Cotolene as a pure vegetable oil shortening that avoids hog fat and aids digestion. It contrasts lard with Cotolene, claiming the latter makes pie crust doughnuts rolls and cake flaky light and wholesome, and labels Cotolene “the perfect shortening.”
Attendance was large at Hawkins Chapel for the quarterly conference last Sunday. Presiding Elder Brother Little preached a fine sermon and members engaged with zeal. A dinner followed with ample food for all, and Brother Bowman preached on self denial on his last appointment.
Health in the community remains good as the recent box supper and cake sale yielded $20.10. Miss Blanche Godfrey won the cake contest for the prettiest girl, and the event proceeded smoothly last Saturday night.
Our Sunday school shows steady progress with strong attendance. Miss Ola Rogers visited Miss Gertie Gilmore on Saturday night. Grace Freeman and Blanche Godfrey attended church at Medlan. Myrtle Stinnett of Mount Pleasant joined our box supper last Saturday. Bro. A S Wilson is on the sick list this week. Two old maids.
Rev G W Black filled his regular appointment here last week end Ed Robertson attended church Sunday W G Goldston of Rocky Mound visited and stayed with J D Baty family Miss Bertha McBee ill Willie Padgitt of Graham visited relatives H K Ragland family hosted by Rogers Ragland and Fmly Len Chambers of Bryson visited T D Findley’s family Charlie Bellou Roy Clayton and Allie Caskey attended Bryson church Edgar Craig and Elsy Baty attended Rocky Mound preaching Most farmers finished breaking land awaiting planting Health of community is good Papa's LITTLE Boy.
The lagrippe persists with no deaths reported. Several school children missed due to family illness. Clifford Garvey is on the sick list. Bro Harmonson led services Saturday and Sunday. Weather remains cloudy and uncertain. Some locals attended the Quarterly Conference at Hawkins Chapel Saturday.
Mr. Provine of Fort Worth remains in the community and wishes to visit home. Our Sunday School did not meet last Sunday due to the illness of the Superintendent and teachers. PompPt pose
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