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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1926
Page
2
The Graham Leader announces editor publisher contact and policy statements on correcting reflected character and reputation. It lists subscription rates for one year six months and three months and provides publication details for readers in Graham Texas.
Women across the nation unite to curb auto deaths and injuries under the banner Safety or Sorrow. They urge motorists and pedestrians to exercise caution, pledging to educate the public on dangers from careless driving and risky crossing, with emphasis on responsibility for all road users.
A farm woman extols electricity from a local power plant in her wash house with a direct-connected engine generator and storage battery. She notes time savings and a motor that runs shed devices, sausage grinder, sheep clippers, grindstone and other tasks that previously required hand labor.
Notice announces the Graham Bridge Co sold its toll bridge to Young County for 6000 dollars and will distribute the proceeds to shareholders of record as of January 15, 1926 by February 15, 1926. Secretary Geo Armstrong signs the notice.
A remark asserts that a wife cooking at home should have her husband assist both in preparing ingredients and in finishing the dish. The speaker emphasizes shared domestic labor in kitchen tasks.
The page features a Sunday school lesson on Nicodemus from John 3 1 17 and John 3 16 stressing spiritual birth through faith in Jesus with references to Spurgeon. It also publishes the Official Statement of Financial Condition of The Loving State Bank Loving Texas as of December 31 1925 with assets liabilities and sworn signatures of bank officers.
A 1782 bell, cast in London and saved from impressment near Richmond, now rests in Fort Worth. It rang to summon hotel guests in 1855 and served public needs before being broadcast by radio after the New Year program. The Texas bell shares its origin with Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell a few years after the famous moment.
Quiet holidays in Cedar Creek with visitors including Mrs. Ann Cook of Baylor County and Mrs. Cassie McCarty of South Bend. Kenneth Dooley severely burned when his car exploded in a fire. Miss Lou Cretsinger visiting nephew Henry Steele at the Texas pumping station on the Clear Fork. Nathan Reed and family of Caddo visited his parents during the holidays.
Lighting equipment valued at over 205.9 million dollars was made and distributed in the United States during last year, a new high and up 13.8 percent from 1923. Electric lamps produced at a rate exceeding a million daily, signaling growing use of lighting in homes and factories.
By order of sale issued December 1 1925 in Anderson Tool Company versus D A Mills No 3134 the court forecloses an attachment lien on tools and machinery. The sale will occur January 25 1926 at Whitehead Well No 1 east of Newcastle Young County Texas to satisfy a $129.50 judgment plus costs.
Physicians and druggists recommend Calotabs to break up a cold overnight or shorten grippe, sore throat or tonsillitis. One or two Calotabs at bedtime with water purify the system without salts or nausea, waking to a vanished cold and resumed appetite. Family package with directions offered for 35 cents at any drug store.
By virtue of an execution from the Justice Court in Young County on Cornish Bates Company versus J T Gough, the sheriff will sell January 19 1926 at the courthouse door in Graham a Chevrolet Touring Car Motor No unknown to satisfy a 169.34 judgment plus costs. Sheriff J B Foster signs the notice dated January 6 1926.
The partnership agreement between H. B. McGuire and W. H. Helmerich under the firm name Helmerich & McGuire is dissolved by mutual consent. No further partnership relations between the parties exist.
Fifty acres west of Graham with twenty cultivated, river-adjacent land ideal for turkey raising. Low taxes, no blue bugs, ample Johnson grass range, quiet location, thirty minutes from Graham once roads improve. Price 15.00 per acre with truck trade and flexible payment options. Murray Texas contact 2021c J. W. Robinson.
A married couple living together in peace adopted a simple rule to avoid fights. Whenever an argument began, the other spouse would leave the home until tempers cooled, reflecting a practical, outdoors-influenced approach to domestic harmony.
A push-button electric map on a busy street corner helps strangers find their way in Los Angeles. It resembles a modern office directory with tiny lights that illuminate the location and route to major buildings and points of interest when a button is pressed.
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