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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1910
Page
7
A letter promotes Hans Hanson Company for a four act comedy with a band and orchestra. Concerts are planned at 3 30 P M in the main city and 7 30 P M in front of the Opera House featuring classic, ragtime and popular music including The Hunting Scene. Refunds offered if patrons are not satisfied.
G C Boyle from Lone Oak visited last Tuesday and sent a friendly greeting. J M Helton and wife, longtime county residents near Newcastle, were in town during the holidays and recalled The Leader with a pleasant call.
Mrs. Charles Kline of Easton Pennsylvania testifies Foley's Honey and Tar relieves coughs and colds and remains a trusted household remedy. Graham Drug Co. distributes the product.
Community briefs recount Christmas visits by Miss Stella Porter and Miss Roxy Walker and a pastor's Christmas sermon at the Presbyterian church. Advertisements promote Ballard’s remedies for coughs and wounds with notes on availability and pricing. electrician Geo Harris suffers an injury at the Electric Plant after a crankshaft accident.
The paper explains a two day delay this week due to staff shortages as only two workers remain. The foreman has carried the load and efforts are under way to restore on time delivery next week, with hope to return to a better paper thereafter.
A fragmented description of the 1910 World Almanac outlining vast topics from Congress and census to markets, prices, science, wars, population growth, tariffs, religious orders, industry, weather, births and deaths, railroads, sports, and social movements. It promises up to date facts and figures for all daily interests.
Matthews and Dowdle sold their grocery stock to D G Vick and Co on the first. The goods will be moved to the Vick building at once with a neat department for groceries under Mr Dowdle who will head the grocery department. Spivey and Saddleman sold their stock for groceries to R E Mabry and Sons. The stock will be moved to the Mabry store.
An advertisement touts the New York World Thrice-a-Week edition as an impartial, accurate news source, available to readers every other day except Sunday. It promotes a yearly price of 31.00 for 156 papers and a combined offer with the Graham Leader for one year at 1.65.
The piece recalls the orderly London pit scene before popular plays. It describes arriving around five, the role of a line watcher who offers place saving for a shilling, and the lively crowd with hawkers, vaudeville acts, and a bobbie guiding orderly entry as doors finally open.
A three year old resists bath time saying she dislikes water and soap. Her mother tries humor. Dorothy quips the nose belongs to them as she notes they are using it. Delineator notes the exchange as a charming domestic moment.
A dramatic courtroom of words unfolds as a man admits knowing she would refuse his proposal. The Baltimore American quotes her gentle rebuke and his savage confession, signaling a charged turn in a tense romantic conflict.
A concise reflection on knowledge as power when used and ignorance revealed by admission. It emphasizes practical use over mere possession, urging action rather than boastful claim.
A William E. Simmons essay in the New York World discusses glacier footprints in Manhattan’s rocks notably in Central and Riverside parks. It explains striae as glacier marks from pebbles grinding rock, cites estimates of last glaciation between 5 000 and 50 000 years, and ponders future glaciation and Earth's axis changes with a cautious note on implications for cities and climate.
The passage asserts that fathers have long been seen as back numbers who hinder social progress by resisting suffrage women’s clubs and modern education. It mocks paternal reluctance to change and highlights the tension between generations and evolving gender roles.
A naturalist visiting the East Indies notes that monkeys react to human presence with nearly human emotions. They sit and stare, cough and snarl in anger, throw their hands before their faces in abhorrence, and shake with horror at human appearance, a display seen as aggravating to our perceived superiority.
A Fraser highlander arrived in North America in 1757 and a proposed dress change aimed at healthier winter and summer wear. Officers endorsed the hot weather health benefit, noting Holland campaigns in 1794 saw regiments suffer disease, yet the Black Watch with 300 men reported only twenty five casualties, including the dead, reflecting superior health in battle.
A Boston Transcript excerpt shows two revelers trading jests about whisky and a wife’s scent. The men joke that the wife won’t notice or resist, one claiming he will hold his breath near her to avoid the strong scent, delivering a light, period voice punchline.
The New York Journal quotes a paradox about entering high society. A girl’s path is described as “odd,” with the cheeky reply that admission requires first to “come on.” The exchange reflects satirical social mores of the era.
A compact quotation attributed to Socrates emphasizes inner action precedes outer change. It suggests personal transformation as the seed of broader influence, underscoring self-mastery as the first step toward moving larger forces.
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