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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
3
A crisp promotional note urges readers to buy the LOCAL Paper, claiming it delivers unique news and useful information not available elsewhere. The message emphasizes personal benefit and attentive readership as key reasons to subscribe.
Strong minded up-to-date men seek a dependable paper to stay informed on local, state, national, and foreign matters. The Dallas Semi Weekly News and The Graham Leader form a two-paper combination for farmers and families, featuring Local News, Home Enterprises, Personal Items, and more. For $1.75 per year, 156 copies, subscription urged.
The Rev Irl R Hicks Almanac for 1904 is available by mail for 30 cents with prepaid options. The advertisement promotes Hicks Almanac and Works as essential weather and celestial guides and urges readers to subscribe to The Works. The publisher Word and Works Publishing Co cites 2201 Locust St St Louis Mo as the mailing address for orders.
The article urges quality over quantity in a girl's room. It advises selecting a color scheme and staying true to it, limiting personal photos, including one elevating artwork, avoiding excessive bric-a-brac, and favoring simple hues and well chosen pieces over many inferior ones.
A Chicago man on summer vacation at a Wisconsin lake resort asks the proprietor how many acres the property covers. The owner replies about forty and mentions a nearby resort owned by Widder Simmons. The guest puns about a joint ownership, and the proprietor hints they plan to join next October, blushing at the implication.
The News warns Texas cotton planters about ongoing fraud by the run of the gin seed faker. It urges neighbors to form committees to gather information, guard against high prices and unsuitable seed, and protect growers from extortionate marks, noting the boll weevil adds risk.
An advertising feature promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root claiming it cures lame back and kidney bladder and liver troubles. It offers a free sample by mail and a booklet to readers who mention the paper, with product sold in standard sizes at druggists and a tonic claim for Bright's Disease.
Haskell Press condemns U S naval patrols off the Colombian coast since the Panama incident. It says vessels landed parties to reconnoiter and notes an Atlanta boarding a Colombian schooner with 100 troops. The piece calls US actions acts of war and cowardly robbery against a weaker nation.
A fragmented sentence hints at a tense discussion about potential conflict in tropical regions if a strong leader heads affairs in Colombia. It suggests concerns about a mid winter war scenario and references Roosevelt as a possible influence.
Having bought a home in Bowie and planning to move around the 22d, I will be ready to take orders for nursery stock of all kinds at bottom prices. Do not be deceived by unfamiliar salesmen and pay double. Order from me H. S. Eichelberger, who you know, to ensure stock true to name at a fair price.
A political note promotes Simmons Cough Syrup with a claim it guards against serious illness from a lingering cough. The ad humorously links political changes in the Senate to health risk, urging readers to buy the syrup at 25 or 50 cents.
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