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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1926
Page
7
Subscribed and sworn to fore me this 6th day of January 1926 by Graham Stewart as cashier. Notary Sadie Eddleman attests with official seal.
Bepartie marked his seventh birthday on January 1st. He invited his close friend Mary Joe Boevis, daughter of Mr and Mrs Johns, to celebrate her third birthday. About forty were present for a dinner in his honor.
Mr. Sam Copeland submitted a renewal to The Leader this week and renewed for his son CC. M. Copeland of Smackover Arkansas.
Mfr. Tom Mitchell of Lakeview subscribed for The Leader this week, adding to local readership.
Mr. F M Berry brought a notably heavy turnip to the office this week. Planted in September with little rain since, the root weighed two pounds fourteen ounces after leaves were removed. The note urges Youth County to expand vegetable and livestock farming beyond cotton.
Mrs. L. E. Norman renewed her subscription to The Leader this week, continuing her newspaper readership and support for local reporting.
Willie Riggs seeks another term as District Clerk of Young County in the Democratic primary in July. He thanks voters for past support and pledges a fuller, more efficient effort to serve county residents if re elected.
W E Steele announces candidacy for re election as Tax Collector of Young County subject to the Democratic primary in July. He notes prior deputy service, long county residence since 1906, and aims to continue efficient courteous service with faithful duties.
Ernest Pascal presents a dramatic tale of two sisters Eve and Cornelia vying for Lewis Dike. Eve wins him then regrets the union as the story unfolds in a Warner Bros. adaptation led by Marie Prevost and Helene Chadwick. The film, directed by Millard Webb, screens Monday and Tuesday January 11 and 12 at the National Theatre.
The partnership known as Helmerich & McGuire is dissolved by mutual consent. No partnership relation between H. B. McGuire and W. H. Helmerich remains in effect.
Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush, hailed as his greatest work, debuts at Liberty Theatre next Monday through Wednesday via United Artists. After sixteen months in seclusion, Chaplin completed the production with studio colleagues aware of only sparse progress updates.
The quote explains that candles are not lit for themselves but to illuminate a hidden object or scene, emphasizing their purpose as tools for revealing rather than for aesthetic glow.
J B Foster asks for re election as Sheriff. He has served his first term since January and pledges to enforce the law fearlessly and impartially. Foster moved to Young County in 1887 and has been a substantial citizen, promising to serve the people more efficiently in a second term.
Ramon Novarro stars in The Midshipman with Wesley Barry Margaret Seddon Crawford Kent in support. Har rit Hammond plays the leading lady and Kathleen Key the vamp as the picture opens at the Liberty on January 14.
A Pathe film titled Wild West with Jack Mulhall and Helen Ferguson debuts at the National Theatre Friday and Saturday January 15 and 16. The program showcases hazardous stunts including a man roping upside down as a horse charges, plus performances by renowned riders and ropers amid a blend of old West adventure and circus flavor.
Esuterio Contreras and Miss Zule ma Flores appear among marriage licenses. F. R. Brown and Miss Myrtle Nicholson. H. L. Smith and Mrs Winnie Walker. R. M. Bell and Mrs Allie Edwards. A. L. Pemberton and Miss Bessie Ethel Chick. Chauncey Penix and Miss Mildred Tidwell. Fritz Dieter and Miss Lena RBraune. E. L. Hudson and Miss Olive Stead am.
Announced candidates subject to the July 1926 Democratic primary. Willie Riggs seeks District Clerk and Sam Copeland seeks Tax Assessor.
A poem exploring tenses as personae, contrasting could be may be and has been. The speaker muses on identity and possibility, noting a has been as a form of being. The verse plays with linguistic irony in a lyrical voice.
Sheriff J B Foster announces a sale under an execution from Justice Court No 1 in Young County. On January 19 1926 a Chevrolet Touring Car will be sold at the Graham courthouse to satisfy a 169.34 debt plus costs to Cornish Bates Company.
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