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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1891
Page
2
A scattered column from Graham Texas reflects on New Year reform efforts, human nature, and public ethics. It touches on capital punishment ideas, copyright law, patriotism, St Peter manuscripts, professional courtesy, and the pull of city life versus country life. It cites German tramp relief experiments and notes social welfare approaches and rural infrastructure.
Read about new wells and banks from Waco to San Antonio, fresh churches and schools rising in Milford, Claredon, and Junction City, rapid Cotton and wheat prospects across multiple counties, and plans for new courthouses, depots, and waterworks.
Reports from abroad and domestic events include a 1890 San Francisco bank clearings total of $851,066,000, a new Me diapolis Iowa state bank with $25,000 capital, and various violent incidents across the U S and abroad. Notable items: a 115 year old death near Santa Fe New Mexico, multiple murders and assaults from Illinois to New York, a Mabaska county Iowa gold nugget find, and legal shifts such as Pennsylvania’s oleomargarine ruling. Also covered are railway, mining, and railroad accidents, desertion fears among Cheyenne scouts, and political notes from Virginia, Portugal, and Mexico.
Vignettes from Southern Missouri life recount a mountaineer Benson and his son Bennie in a tale of fairies and loss during Ozark mornings. An engineer survey encounter and Jim Torrence of Douglas County anchor recollections of pioneer days and local character.
The article summarizes a Century Magazine piece on Tibet, noting a groom buys his wife from her family for up to ten ponies and thirty yaks, with a go-between arranging the price. It describes a long celebratory marriage season, limited women’s chores, and a restrained grooming routine, including yearly sewing and rare washing.
An English traveler recounts two years in Sumatra. describes macaques including the brok and black macaques, gibbons, siamang, and the large orang utan. Notes habits, captivity, hunting, and local names, with observations on tigers and jungle dangers.
An old man recalls serving with General Sherman in a brutal campaign and later serving with him on a hog-stealing jury in Ohio in eighteen hundred and fifty three. The poem blends Civil War memory with a courtroom vignette and pride in shared duty across eras.
A young man in the city’s art rooms is mistaken for Tom by a dainty girl. She apologizes and withdraws, blushing as she realizes the mix up. The exchange ends with playful confusion and amused smiles between the two.
A puzzle explains calculating the weekday of any date by summing year-end digits, a quarter, the day of month, and a month-weight from a fixed sequence. Using March 19, 1890 as example, the total 187 yields a remainder 4 on division by 7, indicating Wednesday.
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