12 Jan 1905
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1905
Page
1
Expert horsemen say a horse can be taught to do anything possible for its build and to be utterly fearless. Training should expose a horse to diverse sights and sounds to reduce unfamiliarity, making it safe and docile even amid cannons and band music. A well trained colt, exposed early to chaotic noise, becomes a trustworthy riding or driving companion.
Nathaniel P. Willis depicts Parrhasius imagining Prometheus bound on the rock. The painter orders torture, pleads for pity yet revels in the agony as lightning colors and shadows lift. The scene ends with Prometheus dying as the artist exults in a conceptions of art and death.
The paper requests residents to volunteer as weekly neighborhood correspondents. Each chosen correspondent will receive stamped envelopes and paper to report local happenings. Respondents are urged to provide an early reply from their community.
An aged widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Albright of Honey Grove Texas seeks help locating her daughter Mrs. Laslie Young wife of George Washington Young who left Bonham Texas area about thirteen years ago and moved to parts of Western Texas. She asks editors to print the notice to aid in the search.
Mrs. Oliver of Lovina, Jacksboro, Texas offers Pure bred Mammoth Bronze Turkeys at 5.00 per pair and Brown Leghorn Cockerels at 0.50 each. An accompanying message quotes Alice Lee Mogue on ignorance, urging truthful sex education and reading The Self and Sex Series from Pure Books on avoided surjcoy.
C C Rogers and Miss Clayton Mahaffey wed on December 20 1904 at Texarkana Texas. Charley Rogers formerly of Young County moved from South Bend where he worked in a gin to Sweetwater now in the saddle and harness business. He married Miss Mahaffey after a brief acquaintance, and both families are proud of the union.
F M Burkett and J C Vaughan have started a produce business. They buy chickens turkeys eggs and related items at the highest market prices in cash. tf.
W. P. Stewart of Jacksboro advertises liberal loans on farm, ranch, or other real estate.
Mrs Lane quarrels over a magazine advice to treat yellow stains with a soda solution. Her sister recalls sending the tips in spring. The talk twists to whether the stains vanished or the tablecloth itself disappeared.
The text lists famous writers and leaders with their starting ages. Sir Walter Scott began at forty, Milton at fifty, Mrs Henry Wood at forty one, Cromwell at forty one, Marlborough at fifty three, and religious figures Abraham Moses at various late ages, marking a pattern of late starts across eras.
A farmer visiting a city restaurant leaves pleased with the fare and expects seconds, remarking that his appetite remains large as he notes the waiter's vehicle of serving food in small dishes while he helps himself. The exchange ends with a humorous demand for more dishes and feet of the atus.
A letter from John Bright mocks a bad author, thanking him for the note of the twelfth inst. Bright jokes that he would like the writer to read the letter aloud in town, ending with a cordial sign-off.
A London Chronicle quip notes how a watch's irregularities can be caused by the metal buckle of braces. The correspondent now warms to a rule, placing a spectacle case inside the watch pocket to sever the cause of the discrepancy.
A Detroit Free Press fragment shows a quarrel where Metual Lips questions Tom about an earlier remark at dinner. Dick apologizes, saying the remark was a slip of the tongue, while Tom retorts it was a slip of the foot, leading to a gaffe between the men.
The line states that ingratitude reveals weakness and that a truly capable man never remains ungrateful, attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It presents a concise, opinionated reflection on character and gratitude.
All Things Are to De Had argues life revolves around paying with labor, gratitude, or service for gifts and status. It warns that friendship, glory, honor, and even beauty come at a price, with both good and bad investments shaping our debts and returns.
A collection of concise aphorisms on kindness aging and time from the Atchison Globe. The snippets offer moral observations about family kinship health and daily habits with a folksy quiet humor. Each line presents a wry social note as in a newspaper column.
The article argues melancholia worsens as the will weakens, urging that it can be cast off by strengthening the will. It recommends changing occupation, scenery, and association to escape introspection and give the will a chance to assert itself. With follow up effort, a permanent cure may be possible. Exchange.
An irascible old colonel at Sandwich on the Stour blamed others for poor golf. On a Gay he sank to the turf with his club in anger, then declared that no one could play decent golf on these cursed Moka with ships passing up the chanaoei, prompting stunned silence.
Lady Violet Greville argues that eyes reveal intellect and determine distinction among great people. She cites Sir Richard Burton Napoleon and Victor Hugo as examples of memorable piercing gazes. The piece frames the eye as the window to the brain and a source of perceived intelligence.
A sharp exchange from a Washington Star blurb notes Mrs. Comrox deflects a snobbish remark about class. She states that after marrying off the girls, they expect to gain several of the oldest families. The line captures social climbing and marriage as a route to status.
Disconsolate Bilks tells Jilks creditors are pressing him as he laments the financial strain. Jilks consoles, remarking that the world is cold, reflecting a grim mood captured by the Pittsburgh Post.
A Kansas City Times anecdote recounts clerks or strangers who pick specks from clothing while talking. A traveling man shares a tale of a bir ghlightly acquaintance who picked dirt from his coat, and later he lost a 300 diamond pin, deterring further such behavior. The piece ends noting the habit as commonplace and advising to request desist or inspect hands.
A Brooklyn clergyman married an elderly couple after a brief evening call. The man and woman both stated they had never married before, and the woman quipped she had “never had a chance.” The ceremony was sparsely performed and the clergyman refused a fee, deeming it a privilege.
A Montrose account describes a sea wolf caught by Esk salmon fishers. The creature reportedly measures seventeen and a half inches across its open mouth with a fifty two inch circumference. Lungs likened to a white parasol split in two. Its head hosts two paw like flaps with five fingers joined by a membrane. The sea wolf reportedly lies at the water bottom with mouth open to attract prey using fixed head flappers. In the stomach, a swallowed sea gull is found, followed by a live eel after removal.
Eugene Wood quotes Everybody's Magazine noting aged people can stay spry with cold baths. He recalls an elderly man who trudged to the beach through snow and died near eighty four. He argues icy baths and vigorous rubbing could boost vitality, comparing it to adding another pair of lungs to the body.
A black check driver in Washington encountered a funeral with a long coach line behind a moving hearse. Fearful of crossing between the carriages, he attempted to pass ahead but failed to gain speed. After riding beside the hearse for two blocks he pleaded with the driver to stop so he could make a quick stop for a passenger in a hurry.
A centuries old practice persists in some lower Rhine towns. In early year auction day the town clerk gathers youths and selects appealing maidens, selling the right to dance with them for the year to the highest bidders. Proceeds go to the public poor box.
The Boston Transcript notes a humorous exchange where Holien asks to marry, she hides and whispers yes, but Tiden answers no on your life. The brief vignette hints at a strained reply and a wary suitor, suggesting prior uncertainty about the match.
A bemused tramp explains to Mrs Jones that potential employers want references from his last boss, who has been dead for twenty years, highlighting the difficulty of proving work history.
A snippet quotes a remark about outcomes in crime with a punchline that one pays only the law while the accomplice pays both judge and lawyer. The exchange touches on hope in a man who acts honestly, attributed to Caritty.
In a passage from Atlantic Ralph Waldo Emerson extols the sea’s wealth and life forming power. He praises sea creatures, infusoria, and the ocean as a vast cradle and chemist. Yet he notes the nomad instinct pushing humanity toward new lands and fresh fields.
Senator Cullom faced a hostile ex Republican in Springfield who rose with questions. Cullom invited John Simpson to sit beside him on stage, quelling the challenge. By the meeting’s end Simpson declared he had joined the fold and would stay.
In Girvan Scotland an old fisheries and weaving community keeps a rare custom. As towns decline many young people migrate abroad. Parents present their children with a certificate granting burial rights in the ancestral churchyard. The practice, once resented by strangers, now evokes pride among elders as they see their family plots secured.
A mean looking worm about an inch and a half long with a flattened body and dull brown color. When touched it curls and reveals its upper skin made of many round flat shields in two overlapping rows. The shields move by sliding on their central attachments, lifting edges as the creature moves.
No other pet or sport matches racing pigeons says Country Life In America. The bird’s speed and endurance thrill enthusiasts, with feats of 100 miles at 1.5 miles per minute and 700 miles between sunrise and sunset. Hawks may injure them, yet homers remain eager to race and return home.
A London Telegraph note quotes a young lawyer after hearing a client's story. He believes the claim is good and that a verdict can be secured without much trouble. The client had considered hiring a first class lawyer, wife’s initial insistence noted.
The text presents a view of women's power as limited to order, arrangement, and decision rather than battle, invention, or creation. It argues that women assess qualities, claims, and places, with Roskia referenced as a key figure in this discourse.
Town Topics lampoon notes the Newlyriches settling in a new mansion with ancestors hung on walls, cheekily remarking that a few were hanged on earth. The quip satirizes wealth and lineage through playful wordplay.
A fragment discusses curious ways people invest and lose money noting Glas and Pista Dester. The tone hints at skepticism about unconventional savings avenues and the oddity of financial choices. The text shifts between quoted remarks and wry commentary on money handling.
An English scientist argues nostril breathing is unnecessary for children and cannot be universal under effort, while London Hospital supports it. He cites North American tribes who disciplined open mouths, noting Catlin’s cautions about mouth closure at night. He concedes nostrils vary in width but praises breathing through the nose to aid development.
A crowd packed Henry Ward Beecher's church but Beeseber was out of town. A young, unknown preacher in black sits in the pulpit. As people drift away he remains calm, waiting five minutes, then explains, We will not begin this public worship until the chaff blows off.
The document notes that for three centuries the witchcraft act of James I made felons of anyone who used or practiced witchcraft, consulted spirits, or used parts of dead bodies. Under this statute witches were executed for more than a century.
Northeastern Scotland natives observe a funeral ritual where after burial the coffin is placed on two chairs inside the house. When pallbearers begin the procession the chairs are flipped onto their backs and kept there until the interment, then brought indoors again. Relatives prevent chairs from being used prematurely or placed on their legs.
A fragment notes a locust held between fingers with reference to five contracts and six minutes. It asks how breaths per minute compare to human breathing, stating insects breathe most rapidly. The excerpt cites Professor Packa and Nicholas in a puzzling, technical tone.
A doctor tells a young man his heart has a problem and names it angina pectoris. The man quips that the name isn’t his. humor centers on a wordplay misinterpretation of a medical term as a person’s name.
King George III's coronation amid blunders led Lord Effingham, the Earl Marshal, to apologize. He pledged no such mistakes at the next coronation.
A terse dialogue unfolds as Misplaced Devotian reacts with sarcasm to a sharp remark about affection and intelligence. He challenges the praise given to beauty while noting the value of common sense in the exchange.
A quirky note presents a garbled line about a mole kept quiet by tying its tail, then shifts to misjoined phrases and names, leaving a puzzling, fragmented local tone with hints of rural speech and nonsensical syntax.
A fragmentary quotation depicts a dog abandoning his owl companions and choosing to bridge to humanity, signaling a decisive shift in behavior. The lines reflect Maeterlinck inspired imagery of loyalty and independence in animal life.
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