Local Office Candidates Named in Voter List
District Attorney S. M. Foster and District Clerk J. L. Vaughan appear among candidates. County Clerk D. D. Casenbary and County Judge EB Fry with W. P. Stinson are listed. County Attorney Fred T. Arnold and C. Fay Marshall also noted. County Superintendent of Public Schools position listed without a name. Tax Assessor G. D. Hinson shown, Sheriff Q. H. Brown named, Tax Collector J. E. Parsons listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Foster
J. L. Vaughan
D. D. Casenbary
EB. W. Fry
Fred T. Arnold C. Fay Marshall
Young County
Q. H. Brown
J. E. Parsons
Reading Club Elects New Officers and Reviews Late Fiction
The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle met in Graham with Mrs. J W Gallaher elected president and Mrs H P Rose as first vice president. Members discussed The Lady of the Decoration and other works, and plans for future meetings were outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
R. G. Hallam
J. W. Gallaher
H. P. Rose
Youth's Companion announces new yearly subscription rate
The Youth's Companion offers yearly subscriptions at 1.75 through March and 2.00 starting April 1. Subscribers before January 1 may renew for fifty two weeks at the old price. The paper highlights news, school and athletic features, girls’ occupations, home usefulness, and a family page. Subscriptions accepted at 144 Berkeley Street, Boston.
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Youth's Companion
Alwas
Berkeley Street
Boston
Massate
Loving State Bank Stockholders Meeting Notice
Notice is hereby given that the regular annual stockholders meeting of Loving State Bank will be held at 2 p.m. in the bank to elect directors and transact any business that may come before the meeting. A. C. Casey president. D. F. Ford cashier.
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Loving State Bank
Direc
A. C. Casey
D. F. Ford
Resolutions Honoring Bro B F Taylor Of Young County
The county union recognises the death of Bro B F Taylor as a loss to the Farmer's Union, praising him as a loving father and valuable citizen. The memorial resolves to place the tribute in Minutes, request publication in the Graham Leader, and share copies with the family. Committee members E W Whiteley A M Henning and H L Whitehead signed.
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Bro
B. F. Taylor
Taylor
Farmer's Union
Young County
Bro. Taylor
Graham Leader
Paper Readers Seek Printed Instructions For Rewrites
A note explains that writings on both sides of the paper are often set aside for later rewriting. The editor directs readers to send to the office for printed instructions, which are provided to regular correspondents.
Texas farm values jump a decade $1.1 billion in wealth
Texas on the tax rolls shows 156,946,934 acres assess value rising from $3.02 to $6.51 per acre between 1900 and 1910. Net farm wealth per capita climbs 117 percent as rural population grows by 469,592 and farms open total reaches 416,477 with smaller average size. Railroad, highway, and immigration efforts credited for the surge.
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Texas
Railroad Commission
C L S C Meeting Notes Include Reading Program
Wednesday session of the C L S C with Mrs J C Fisher continued last week’s fiction synopsis. Members Miss Mayzelle Morrison Mrs McLaren Mary Mayes Mrs H L Morrison and others reviewed works including The Rosary The Gentleman from Indiana The Girl of the Limber Log The Leopard's Spots.
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J. C. Fisher
Mayzelle Morrison
Mrs. McLaren
Indiana
Misa Mary Mayes
H. L. Morrison
Rose
Halam
Akin
Miss Akin
Death of Collins the Commons waiter leaves a gap in House life
The Westminster Gazette notes the long service of Collins, a trusted and genial upper smoking room waiter in the House of Commons for about fifty years. His loss leaves a void in informal politics among MPs who relied on his reading of opinions and his ready wit.
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House of Commons
Collins
House
T. P. O’connor
Lloyd George
Westminster Gagette
Sullivan the Irishman in Prison Tale of Five More Years
In a South Africa prison during the Jameson raid era mining engineer John Hays Hammond meets Sullivan, an Irishman with blue eyes and red hair. Sullivan explains his guilty plea and a judge adds five years, quipping about being a sport while serving the extra term.
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Sullivan
John Hays Hammond
South Africa
Hammond
Popular Magazine
Shrimp Discovery Suggests Nile and Lake Chad Linked
Dr Gaillard of the Til ho mission found in Lake Chad the shrimp Palaemon niloticus, a species known to naturalists only from the Nile. The finding leads physical geographers to propose former communication between the Nile basin and Lake Chad, though the intervening topography is not fully known.
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Gaillard
Tilho Mission
Lake Tchad
Nile
Tchad
Saharan Lake
Bahr-el-Gazel
The Fish Hawk's Warning Signals Shad Run
Gloucester fisherman notes the fish hawk marks the shad run and signals farmers to plant. hawks travel from Florida in March, following herring and signaling northward movement of shad and fisheries.
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Gloucester
Fish Hawk
Jersey
Mfwlorida
Fishing Gazette
Mammy explains stepmother to curious Matty
In a brief exchange, Matty asks what a stepmother is and his mother explains that if she dies and his father remarries the new wife becomes the stepmother. The playful misunderstanding reveals a simple family definition. Sen Francisco Waan
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Matty
Sen Francisco Waan
World Almanac 1912 Edition advertisement
An advertisement extols the World Almanac 1912 Edition as a compact up to date reference covering Congress sessions elections census economics discoveries explorations and world events with prices and mailing details for The New York World readers.
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Congress
Panama Canal
United States
Price
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
New York World
Oliver Typewriter Offered At 17 Cents A Day
An advertisement touts the Oliver Typewriter as the standard visible writer priced at 100 dollars, available for 17 cents daily. It highlights features such as Ballance Shift and Automatic Tabulator and reports overwhelming demand from diverse buyers, signaling a surge in universal typewriting.
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Oliver
Ballance
Oliver Typewriter promises quick earnings for beginners
The Oliver Typewriter is a money maker from the start with easy operation. Beginners quickly reach expert level as they earn while they learn. Operators can pay the machine off and keep the profits above 11 cents a day. The business world seeks Oliver Operators with high salaries.
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Oliver Typewriter
Oliver
Oliver Typewriter becomes home training tool and business aid
Oliver Typewriter proclaims its value for home use and kid education, urging families to adopt its simplicity and strength. A new selling plan targets every American home with a free Oliver catalog offer from Graham, Texas.
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America
Eas
Citation summons in Young County Texas court case 1912
Public notice commands B K Dunavant to appear before the Justice Court of Precinct No 1 Young County Texas at 10 o clock am on the last Monday in January 1912 to answer suit by R L Reed Co for twenty five dollars and interest plus costs and attorney fees on a note dated July 10 1919 secured by a cotton crop mortgage.
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Young
Coumann
J. G. Bowles
M. D. Vanderford
District Court
Young County
Graham
R. Campbell
Towit
Olney
Texas
Campbell
Olmey
J. L. Vaughan
B. K. Dunavant
Justice Court of
Precinct
R. L. Reed & Co
R. L. Reed
W. I. Tidwell
E. K. Dunavant
W. F. Grubbs
W. PF. Grubb
Grubbs
Fes
Graham Tes
Justice of the Peace
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Reading Club
Graham Commercial Club
W. H. Staton
American Womans League
Assn
Treas
Csary
W. P. Stinson
E. W. Whiteley
A. M. Henning
H. L. Whitehead
Sec
State OF Texas
W. H. Logan
W. Logan
Youngty
W. HW. .Ogan
Decaaned
Walter
House of Commone
Coln
the World Almanac
Graham, Texas
Castoria
Cece
State OF
J.L. Vaughan
District Court Young Co
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