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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1891
Page
2
A misroure Washington statue, once in Battery Park, reappears with a cigar sign in New York. The era discusses electrical lighting progress, Edison’s cures, and a prospective women led hospital in New York City alongside broader social comments on feminism and census ideas.
Across towns from Woodville to Tyler county to Corsicana and Galveston, reports show new rail, courts, hotels, churches and coal discoveries. Notable events include electric lights in Terrell, a 230 foot artesian well at Corsicana, postwar civic projects in Galveston, and a push for Knights of Pythias chapters.
Notes from foreign crimes and a general resume of events for the past week. Domestic items include Mrs. Scamman’s usury conviction in Clark SD and a New York clearing house certificates total of 14,795,000. Other notes cover drownings in Aurora and Cross Village, a mass of bank and railroad matters, and various deaths, crimes, and legal actions across multiple states.
Chancellor F. H. Snow of the University of Kansas outlines Hessian fly life stages, preventive measures, and timing for sowing and plowing to avoid losses. He adds farming advice on livestock care, pasture, grain storage, and household remedies, emphasizing cleanliness and preparation.
A satirical history recounts Henry VIII as a prolific widower whose marriages to Katherine, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr shaped a dramatic court. The piece blends wit with moralizing tone, noting divorces, executions, and royal romance amid changing times.
A Paris loan of 3 million pounds sterling is noted amid icebound Seine shipping and Panama ice famine reports. Obituaries include George Cruikshank’s widow in London. Meanwhile, Panamanian ice shortages lift luxury prices to 70 dollars per ton as officials push expulsions in Geneva and Caucasus. In Canada, William H. Pope faces embezzlement charges in Ontario. The Dublin courts restrict United Ireland while the pope forms a Catholic movement commission in Italy. Russian nihilists claim the party survives in twenty groups, not a central body.
The article argues that large westward cattle runs press all sectors of the trade, pushing producers toward higher quality beef to meet top markets. It advises beef makers to compete with the best or switch focus, warning against profits from inferior stock. The piece cites the National Stockman on premium beef demand.
The Albany Cultivator advises measuring the length of annual shoots to judge fruit tree bearing. Slow growth calls for mellow culture or fertilizers. if growth is slow but fruiting is heavy, thin fruit while small. Aim for thrifty growth with a few large fruits, and avoid late-season top dressing.
The text explains horseradish grows easily on a square rod of ground and thrives in rich soil. It can be gathered after old leaves fade or before spring leaves appear, kept without freezing by covering with soil, and is best when freshly grated. Some claim it has curative properties for throat and lung diseases.
A terse and archaic line set complains about hardship among farmers and hogs. It recalls scarcity and fairness in rural labor, noting dehorned cattle as part of a bleak, provincial portrait.
The article describes a Japanese origin party game where a face is drawn on paper and players blindfolded place leaves and petals on the mouth and features to form a silly picture. Prizes include little straw baskets with bonbons or small flower vases.
A young man applies to the Dallas District Court for admission to the bar. The examiner probes his understanding of fraud as a judicial notion, noting his ignorance. The judge concludes the youth shows rich natural qualifications despite imperfect preparation, hinting at future potential.
Burmese children and royal princesses prized metal tokens of gold and silver used as ornaments and tokens. King Mindon urged their preservation for a rainy day, but most have since been sold or melted and are now exceedingly rare. The coins were valued for weight and fineness, and later the majazis standardized their shape and size, revealing a shift to a new true cola.
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