This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
1
The piece argues that character and willpower outrank wealth, stating that the quitter fails for lack of resolve. It cites the need to fight through discouragements, honoring stubborn grit as essential to personal and national strength and to lasting success.
A mass meeting of Moslem women in Tomsk, Siberia, called for monogamy as a religious tenet and social reform. The article notes Moslems make up a large portion of the Russian population and argues freeing women could reshape the harem system. It warns that regions like the Caucasus and Turkestan may spread this influence and links woman suffrage to ending domestic enslavement.
A fragment describes Montserrat as a British Caribbean island with a notable Black population whose speech bears an Irish accent from historic deportations. It notes many Irish surnames like O'Hara and Hogan and references a village on the island.
A humorous ode to the coffee pot praising its power to calm domestic mornings. The speaker extols coffee and a strong cigar as vital to husbands, asserting the pot as a panacea for early day troubles and marital harmony.
A humorous anecdote from London Tit-Bits about one man visiting fishmonger grocer and butcher to settle bills only to find the shopkeepers away, then discovering all three proprietors awaited him at home, highlighting a comic reversal of credit and outcomes.
O G Sonneck of the Library of Congress argues in Art World that librarians should create demand for essential cultural documents rather than merely supply popular items. He says the worth of a book lies in its use for research, not just its frequency of circulation, and a rare work consulted infrequently can justify its acquisition if it aids significant scholarship.
Donald and Charlie, eleven year old brothers from Muncie, vanished for two hours during a noon hike. Donald’s worried mother feared an accident, while the father, calm and seasoned by boyish wanderings, promised to call him if the boy did not return in an hour.
A Kansas City Star note recounts a visit home story about British soldiers stopping a train to steal boiler hot water for tea. A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegram version adds a Scotch twist with the engine driver scolding the Scot commandant who quips that they aren’t countrymen if they care about water.
In New York, government ex aminers test truck driver prospects with tricky questions to judge resourcefulness. A humorous scene emerges as candidates describe improvised fixes and bold assumptions, including breaking pieces and roadside repairs learned on the border. The exchanges reveal tough, practical skill expectations amid wartime recruitment.
A student in the Officers' Reserve corps at Fort Myer claimed to have fired rifles about 5000 times in the past year. The instructor doubted such a total, and the student revealed he tests firearms for his father Lewis, maker of the Lewis machine gun, as a rifle specialist.
A French authority challenges the idea of a peace based on today’s war map. He argues Germany would gain 890,400 square kilometers if allowed to keep seized lands, while the Allies hold 8,228,841 square kilometers, ten times Germany’s total. He adds Germany cannot exist without colonies.
A claim that reclaiming swamp land at the Mississippi mouth, equal in area to Indiana Illinois and Ohio and ten times Holland’s garden patch, could yield ten times the Netherlands soil richness and feed about 60 million people, suggesting potential to feed 10 million more than half the U S population.
The speaker notes ancient practices of cheap food and dollar dinners for historical comparison. They caution that some stories about the ancients should be taken with skepticism, mentioning a tradition of free lunch as an example of dubious claims.
Local correspondents recount a cold winter warm up a Christmas tree at the school and many visitors and moves within Graham area. Updates include Mrs Wade's improvement a buggy ride, soldiers joining the army and neighbors moving to farms and new homes.
The note recalls a union tree at the Methodist church and holiday visits from Ernest and Jack Beckham, Jack Timmons, and others from Elbert. Several residents including Miss Fannie Goode and Miss Mary McBrayer spent Christmas with family, while schools reopened in a new building.
Christmas passed quietly as Bernice Long visited homefolks while attending college in Denton. Mrs. G W Alberts visited relatives in Collin county during Christmas and returned home Saturday night.
Health is fine though colds persist. Rev. Franklin preached at Brier Branch and Rev. Lyons led Sunday school. Soldier lads Frank Gallaher and Bob Crawford visited homefolks. Several families spent holidays with relatives in Wichita Falls Flat Rock and Floyd county. Local youths enjoyed holiday parties and visits across the community.
Rev Smith spoke on Laws of the Highway of Life citing yearly mile stones and progress. Graham High graduate John Spivey urged duty during wartime. several students were absent due to illness and classes. Out of town students visited homes. teachers spent Christmas at home. military drill students to buy uniforms.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.