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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
1
A couple in Iowa celebrates their 72nd wedding anniversary, offering a hopeful example that long marriages can endure. The piece uses the anniversary as a counterpoint to negative headlines about matrimony elsewhere.
Advertises a laxative liver and kidney cleanse to purify the system. Promote by Graham Ding Co. product for sale and claims to remove impurities through liver and kidney stimulation.
Grant Hallett of Rush county marketed thirty fat hogs fed only wheat. He weighed hogs before feeding and again at sale, showing the hogs had consumed enough wheat to net exactly one dollar per bushel for the grain.
A mother credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving her little boy's life after a severe croup attack. She bought the medicine from A. E Steere and used it every ten minutes until the child began to improve, noting phlegm removal and near choking. The Graham Drug Co. sold the remedy.
Attorney General K. Bell announces his bid to continue in his current role. Hon R. B. Cousins of Mexia runs for State Superintendent of Public Instruction and remains popular in central Texas. Nebraska Governor Savage causes a stir by releasing J. Bartley, a former state treasurer who absconded with about a half‑million. Parents urged to guard children against coughs and colds as they can lead to revocation by taking Simmons Cough Syrup at 25 and 50 cents.
The Ft. Worth Register questions the fairness of prize money distribution after the Santiago battle. It argues Secretary Long deflects responsibility while noting the law grants the commander in chief one twentieth of prizes, favoring Sampson, yet second in command Schley earns more than Chadwick, highlighting unequal payouts.
An old advertisement touts Warrk's Cream Veemtrver claiming to strengthen a fragile babe and growing child by destroying worms and aiding digestion to rebuild the body. Price is 25 cents. For sale by Gr ham Drug Co.
Mrs Lowden previously Miss Harriet Pullman, daughter of the late palace car magnate, aims to take the sick and weary from Chicago to a summer outing. She seeks those who have never seen green fields and flowers from the Ghetto and slums. She praises Miss Gould for sympathy and work, though she says I do not know her. The Pullman name may gain public esteem from the effort.
An advertisement offers a single box of Hant's Cure for painful skin ailments like ringworm tetter and eczema. It guarantees relief for 50 cents per box.
The article notes Senator Bailey becomes the first rookie in Senate history assigned to the Foreign Relations Committee. It calls the panel historically important this Congress for reciprocity treaties affecting duties from the Finance Committee. It also mentions Senator Culberson joining the Judiciary Committee and lauds the new distinction.
James Prendergast of Amato Bay Jamaica reports his daughter’s severe cold and chest pains improved in two days after using Cham berlain's Cough Remedy. He says it wards off pneumonia and has served his family well for seven years, with sales through Graham Drug Co.
The Fort Worth Register reports Graham, a top interior town and capital of Young County, aims to attract a Rock Island line from Jacksboro. The move promises growth for Graham and Fort Worth merchants through new rail connection to a prosperous Texas county and state.
A Virginia reader from Amherst reports long suffering with lumbago and credits Chamberlain's Pain Basin with complete relief after other remedies failed. The Graham Drug Co. sells the product.
Dallas News reports Gen Miles faced a harsh public rebuke from the President in the Semey case, described as unheard of and humiliating. The piece recalls Miles’s Civil War episode with Jefferson Davis and notes editorials contrasting sympathy and indignation. It also covers Capt Carter’s ongoing Supreme Court denial of habeas relief after five years, with about $700,000 remaining in government recovery.
The First National Bank of Austin has deposited 897 921.22 with the State Treasury as the initial payment in the RR RR a mS 3 program.
Washington action moves canal plan forward with broad support. The measure authorizes President to secure necessary territory in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, launch surveys, construct the canal from Greytown to Brito, and spend up to 10 million dollars. Only Fletcher of Minnesota and Lassiter of Virginia opposed.
An advertisement promotes the Home Gold Cure as a safe inexpensive at home remedy for alcoholism. It claims the cure neutralizes alcohol poison, avoids nerve weakening, and can be mixed into tea or coffee. It promises dramatic sober outcomes, with physician support and worldwide mailing from Edwin B. Giles & Co in Philadelphia.
Frederick A. McLellan of Cameron Mill and Elevator Company confirms Galveston News report that flour shipments diverted from New Orleans to Galveston. He cites 40 to 50 million pounds shipped last year and predicts export totals will rise. Improvements by Southern Pacific and better steamship facilities bolster Galveston exports. Reverend J M Yingling of Cumberland Maryland endorses Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy.
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