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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1914
Page
5
Local notes cover poll tax reminders and renewals, loan offers from E C Stovall, visitors like Frank Wadereno in Fort Worth, and community updates. Birth announcing a boy to Mr and Mrs A B Casburn, plus travels and renewals by residents such as J W Burgess and Mrs N C Anderson.
W I Tidwell and Sons offer red white and yellow onion sets. Big Jim Hubbard, Newcastle Register editor, was in the city yesterday. George Atcheson of Dallas visits his parents north of town. Mrs E B Owen orders The Leader for her Spur brother J G Carrick. Work team for sale or trade for young males or sale for cash or notes. John Padgett, 31p. Mr and Mrs Frank Southall return from three week Denton visit with Mrs Southall's mother.
Hay for sale at 35 cents per bale. Local notices include pastors visiting towns, many residents' travels and illnesses, a toll line worker in town, and a lost silver coin purse between Mrs. Carmack’s home and the Baptist church.
W M Jiant rents Homer Mayes cottage and moves in today. Bryson residents Dr and Mrs Hughes Miss Myrtle Box and Lewis and Georg Moore attended the O W installation and box supper Thursday night. G L Joiner a leading Farmer Community citizen was in town on business Monday and renewed The Leader. Friends of M W Souter report he is ill and confined to his Eliasville home for five weeks.
Local advertisement proclaims $5 to $19 savings on sulky plows planters and cultivators at D G Vicks. Community notices include poll tax reminders, cemetery sexton duties, and updates from readers about newspaper renewals and local residents news.
The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle met at Mrs. H. R. Jeffery’s home on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Miller directed the program with a talk by Mrs. H. P. Rose on The Adaptation of the Individual, followed by readings, piano numbers, and a Green and White themed luncheon for about thirty guests.
Vaughan and Casburn present the great Dayton Show at the Opera House on Saturday night. The high class program promises the funniest show Graham has seen. For particulars see small bills and enjoy a good laugh.
Texas preserves the right to vote out pool rooms in districts where desired, upholding the Johnson pool room law. The Court of Criminal Appeals, in a Wilbarger county case, ruled that the legislature may authorize such local option elections. Justice Davidson dissented. The decision signals potential use of local option for other police regulations pending legislative wisdom. Honor Roll lists Bitter Creek School pupils with punctual attendance for January.
The saying contrasts skill without will with active effort, noting that inert talent wastes time and blocks progress. It implies that productivity and advancement depend on deliberate action rather than mere ability.
Mrs Lillie Ke and her daughter Watts of Albany Texas visit her parents Mr and Mrs H C Filds. Robert Bower buys Jed Stewart interest in the Graham Independent Telephone Company. Wright McClatchey returns from Olney where he visited his ailing father whose condition improves. The city is famed abroad for loyalty at home.
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