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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1901
Page
1
A Dallas barroom murder by arson shocks the city as Bane, visiting from Garland, is doused with alcohol and turpentine and set ablaze. Police arrest several suspects. Sheriff moves prisoners to Fort Worth. The piece condemns barrooms as sources of vice and violence.
A Mexican war veteran and editor praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after recalling his Mexican diarrhoea in 1847 1848. He credits the remedy with keeping him from losing his pension and claims a dose restores him. Sold by Graham Drug Co.
The Texas House completed its organization with Rev. Gatlin, the blind chaplain, winning the chaplaincy vote. The Governor's message is received as favorable, bills pile up, and a Hogg constitutional amendments package proposes bans on lobbying at the Capitol passes, no railroad passes, and bans insolvent corporations. A concurrent resolution seeks a constitutional convention in September under Sen. Goss.
Sore and swollen joints and sharp pains are blamed on rheumatism. The ad claims Chamberlain's Pain Balm has conquered it thousands of times and offers relief after one application. For sale by Graham Drug Co.
A wealthy donor funded the Nicholson Institute at 780 Eighth Avenue New York with 10000 dollars to supply free Artificial Ear Drums to deaf people unable to pay. The gift supports the Ear Drums program and public access.
Paris Texas January 10 Captain H O Brown of Paris claims a sure method to cure a bulky horse by wrapping tobacco around the bridle bit. He says the tobacco makes the horse sick and its head swims, enabling it to be driven anywhere. He declares the remedy unfailing and its publication would be worth a year's Dallas News subscription to many farmers.
The product is presented as safe for children and adults, free from opium or injurious drugs, and effective for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It is advertised as a dependable medicine for families and available at Graham Drug Co.
The advertisement touts Hunt's Lightning Oil as a remedy for catarrh neuralgia headache cramps and diarrhea with a promise of money back if it fails.
Governor Sayers sends to the Legislature a hopeful message praising broad prosperity in most counties, urging strict oversight of government finances, outlining a near 1 million dollar treasury balance and 5.25 million dollar two year appropriations, and calling for honest school funding, improved enrollment accounting, and enforcement of criminal law. The message also touches on convicts, quacks, libel law, and state road work but notes many recommendations require full reading of references.
The Dallas News notes that departmental reports often serve as advisory guidance and urges lawmakers to act carefully to avoid hindering Texas progress.
Chills and Fever is presented as Grove's Chill Tonic a simple iron and quinine tonic with no cure no pay. The ad emphasizes taseless formulation and a money back guarantee based on effectiveness.
Twenty years ago southern mills operated 180 factories with 668000 spindles and 14000 looms. Now 663 factories use 6267000 spindles and 122000 looms as Southern production climbs. Cotton consumption rose from 233000 bales to 1600000 annually. Texas quickens industrial push, with new mills under way, likely to outpace Georgia and the Carolinas. The piece also notes a cough syrup ad and a newspaper subscription deal with The LEADER and The Commoner.
A Saginaw Michigan editor reports his family suffered the Grip in its worst form. After doctors failed, he used Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. Three bottles cured the whole family. Trial bottles free. 25c and 1 at Andy Matthews drug store.
Strawberries fresh from the vines and apples just picked from the trees were Christmas dainties at Alvin and La Porte Texas. If anyone seeks a perpetual garden spot they can find it in Texas.
A promotional notice touts Electric Bitters as a cure for backache headache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizzy spells. It quotes Mrs Phebe Cherley of Peterson Iowa who says the remedy cured her kidney trouble and allowed her to work, priced at 50 cents at Handy Matthews drug store.
A crusade against vice spreads from New York to Chicago and Fort Worth. Authorities vow enforcement to close gambling houses and saloons, though lasting benefits remain uncertain. The vigorous actions shake up workers of iniquity and stress local law enforcement efforts.
The famed Bucklen's Arnica Salve is praised as a universal healer for cuts corns burns boils sores ulcers and skin eruptions. It is advertised as the only infallible pile cure available for 25 cents a box at Handy and Matthews' drug store.
The speaker warns that Britain's weakness lies in its bread and beef supply, stating cutting these would cause famine within six weeks. The argument contends that a nation with such a fragile point should not wag its confidence.
A load of dressed turkeys and part of a dressed rabbit shipment left Bonham Texas for northern markets. The state has ample supplies of many goods and is learning how to manage its growing surplus of farm products.
A U S ad claims Hunt's Lightning Oil relieves aches quickly with satisfaction guaranteed. The copy touts Cripple Creek as the country’s greatest gold camp with a large mining output. It notes a six by three mile core area, and asserts $20,000,000 in gold produced there last year.
The report ponders whether De Wet is trapped and boxed in or has seized another group of British soldiers, noting the alternating possibilities make the situation hard to follow.
Mount Pleasant Times-Review urges swift action as the State Legislature considers Austin matters. The paper hopes for wholesome laws enacted without delays or distracting disputes by eager orators.
An old notion of drastic purgatives is debunked as Dr King’s New Life Pills are advertised as harmless. The pills gently stimulate the liver and bowels to expel toxins, cleanse the system, and claim to cure or headache ailments. Available for 25 cents at Handy & Matthews drug store.
A Chicago woman and vice president of the Illinois Woman's Alliance speaks highly of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. She says a severe cold nearly led to pneumonia, other medicines upset her stomach, but the Chamberlain remedy relieved her instantly and she recovered without a doctor’s bill. For sale by Graham Drug Co.
The Boer war has entailed a loss on Great Britain of 72,165 men and 600,000,000 dollars, and it is not ended yet. No war of modern times taxed the power of the great empire as have these few liberty-loving African Dutch.
The notice promises refund of purchase money if Dr Simmons Cough Syrup fails to cure or satisfy. It notes a claim about 100 bushels per acre of rice from Harris County soil at Buffalo Bayou water and comments on the economy of nature with a pit in it.
A quip about war being a sport by Alexander, or a similar military upstart, is contrasted with a narrator’s claim that such sentiment suits a murderer who killed his best friend. The remark is framed as morally hollow and condemnatory.
The convention declares its authority limited to meeting under present conditions and cannot act against the American carpetbag regime. The remarks frame the body as unable to address the governing situation while carpetbag rule persists.
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