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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
11
County readers recount a festive season with a village Christmas tree, quilting gatherings, visits, and family travel. local sickness, social events, church plans, and community news show familiar names like Wade, Williamson, Campbell, Ribble, Guinn, Ballew, and Martin across Gra ham and nearby towns as residents share holiday memories and future plans.
December 29 reported Baptist Sunday School 145, Bible offerings 40, church offerings 10.90 with Rev. Taylor teaching John 19 and “It is finished.” Evening sermon by Rev. Swafford, new members welcomed, 104 at Bible School contributing 3.42 to Files Valley orphanage. Presbyterians 97 at Sunday School with 26.05 plus 18.01 for Christmas Eve, mission meeting led by Mrs. Hudson. Christmas trees praised, sand-table nativity at Baptist annex displayed by 96 primary students. editorials touch on Commercial Secretaries Association, state laws, and industrial statutes amid local civic notes.
The community reflects on Christmas celebrations with dinners, social events, and multiple visits. Families travel to Oklahoma and Texas, baptisms and marriages noted, and school resumes after vacation as cotton picking nears. Local residents J T Foreman and Mae Moreland wed December 29, with home plans set for year start.
All Confederate Veterans and Davgatery of the Confederacy are requested to meet at the Court House in Graham on the first Sunday in January 1913 at 2 30 P M. All others who attend will receive a hearty welcome. Jistron Adjt Save worry and order shelled walnuts and pecans for that fruit cake Mabry and Sous
A Good Sins Farm offers 69 12 acres with 51 acres grubbed out and all tillable. Features include an eight room house, cistern, steam house, chimney, log crib. Priced at 30 dollars per acre. Half a mile from schop. J. H Fesiber.
Col I T Pryor of the Texas Welfae Corcussion presents a Dallas report noting global sheep and goat totals surpassing five states’ populations. He cites 1,954,000 sheep in Texas and 699,006 in the United States, with world totals around 26 million. Texas sheep favor wool, and new market shipments began only last year, while per capita mutton consumption is estimated at two pounds.
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