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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1924
Page
2
Entry appears as second class mail matter at the Graham Texas post office. The fragment notes handling by local postal authorities and designates the mailing status.
The Leader will gladly correct any erroneous reflection on the character standing or reputation of any person firm or corporation if brought to the attention of the publishers.
A historical note highlights a symposium urging readers to rethink youth. It lists ten reflective maxims such as daily exercise, original thinking, clear faith in God, purposeful work, kindness, and learning from grand experiences with older mentors.
The speaker muses that in youth and again in later life one should dedicate time daily to the realm of beauty, valuing regular quiet appreciation over hurried distraction. The reflection emphasizes timeless discipline and personal enrichment through art and aesthetics.
Samuel Insull predicts vast, cheap power within fifty years. He envisions a nationwide network of central generating plants delivering electricity to villages, farms, and cities, enabling homes to enjoy luxuries and mechanizing industrial and domestic tasks while ending drudgery.
Workers uncovered vast coins and valuable ornaments when Canton city walls were demolished for a street railway. The contractor, unpaid for the wall work, negotiated a salvage contract and amassed riches beyond the original payment.
A Farm Bureau News quote celebrates the community as the place where home is founded and children educated. It vouches for choosing one place after due consideration and living there until death, hoping neighbors remember the speaker as a friend to man.
Democratic leaders announced Saturday they will push for a sharp clash with the Mellon tax program, opposing a halving of the current 50 percent surtax and seeking larger tax cuts for small incomes than those proposed by the Treasury Secretary.
Austin January 10 Governor Pat Neff postponed all four scheduled electric chair executions due to a wardenship change at Huntsville. R S Coleman resigned effective January 15 citing a lack of interest in executing inmates. First execution now set for February 8. three others delayed from January 16 and 18. Newell Morris of Victoria had been slated for January 16, with three black prisoners also under sentence. Respite granted for the three African American inmates to await new electric equipment installation.
Unique Advertising Canada highlights its methods while the Canadian Pacific Railway launches a plan to send four English boys and four girls on a seven month free trip to Canada. The youths must have agricultural background and will visit farms and learn Canadian farming methods before returning home to report what they observed.
The American Red Cross spent over 2.4 million dollars in Greece as of June 30 1928 for food clothing and medical supplies. The organization raised nearly 200 000 dollars in contributions to fund this relief work.
A promotion invites readers to send name and address with 5 cents to Des Moines Iowa to receive a trial package of Chamberlain remedies. The kit includes Chamberlains Cough Remedy Stone Tablets Salve and offers relief for coughs stomach troubles burns wounds and skin conditions. Limited to a penny press era offer.
The Young County school system reports renewed strength after Christmas with no faculty changes but shifting student bodies. Markley plans a bond funded two room school, Olney builds a new high school, and PTA groups in Eliasville Jean and Markley foster community spirit.
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