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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1923
Page
3
Young county cattle will be taxed at 15.00 per head this year, down from 20.00 last year and far below the 25.00 rate of 1921. County Commissioners at Graham approved the cut due to a weakening cattle market while cotton farmers and other interests recovered in recent years.
President W. B. Bizzell called for a practical agricultural plan for the new year urging Texas farmers to balance cotton with grain and forage crops. He spoke via WTAW from A and M, announcing a triweekly College broadcast and stressing cautious cotton acreage due to fluctuating prices, insect risks, and uncertain European demand.
The three day engagement of the William Fox spectacle Nero opens Monday January 15 at the National Theatre. The film portrays Nero as Rome’s doomed high roller who burns and rules with decadence, tracing his upbringing, marriage to Agrippina, introduction to Poppaea, political plots, and the dagger plot that hastened his end.
A peacock feather has long served as a symbol of high status in Chinese history, marking rank and authority through untold centuries.
The American Bible Society has supplied Bibles for the blind since 1835 and now prints twelve editions for the blind. English editions employ four systems while Arabic uses two and Spanish Armenian Armeno Turkish Japanese Korean and Siamese each use one system.
A dispute over a coon dog in the Bunger neighborhood led to a four man melee and a shooting. Mike Williams faces assault to murder charges after an automatic firearm hung fire and struck York in the thigh. Emmett York and I M Ottinger were charged with affray. Williams was granted bond.
An official of the Post Office Department estimates Texans lost 150 million dollars in fraudulent oil stock over the last five years. Investigations covering four months exposed the losses and their scope.
Lawsuits filed in U S District Court in Pittsburgh seek 231 666 dollars in income taxes on a Gulf Oil stock dividend declared in 1913 against Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W Mellon and his brother R B Mellon and sixteen Pittsburgh men The government argues these Netetech dividends are taxable despite the secretary’s position The actions originate from the Wilson era and mention Harding era subsidy considerations for Gulf Oil vessels
Mr and Mrs Harry Wadsworth and their mother Mrs Street are visiting Florida. Some of Harrys friends think he contemplates a trip to Cuba before returning.
For centuries after its first discovery, China protected its silk culture and accumulated wealth by exporting silk to India, Persia and Arabia.
An article notes that the typical drug store stocks nearly 50 000 distinct items in its inventory reflecting wide product availability and selection for customers.
Edd Reeves was in the city Monday and renewed his subscription for The Leader while visiting.
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