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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1912
Page
4
The article extols the need for exemplary leaders to shape the nation and Texas. It praises figures like Jefferson and Franklin and urges future generations to unlock wisdom, foster civilization, and drive progress through lofty ideas and decisive action.
A town column lists individuals including Elinor Pearl of unknown parentage Ashrael Grant a workhouse waif Mrs. Hardscratch with business propensities The Hardscratch Twins who never tell nothin Bernice Vernon Laura Leigh Edith Norton and Clarice Fenleigh in a period gossip roundup.
The Federal Department of Agriculture provides estimates for farm production except livestock. Livestock valued at 378,762,400 dollars. per year production not on record, making livestock figures rough. Timber added to complete surface production. overall vast totals mask limited net investment after deduction of consumption.
The writer laments overcrowded legal profession causing ambulance chasers and trouble mongers. He argues law is essential when limited to its true sphere, but becomes a menace to public welfare when lawyers misuse skill to create disturbances.
The article states the man with money drives development and investment in Texas. He receives advice and critique, but ultimately has final judgment in financial matters. Without his support, economic progress cannot proceed. A frank, respectful dialogue with affluent financiers is deemed essential.
Texas needs a billion dollars for factories to manufacture raw materials now shipped out of state. With only one fifth of land under cultivation and untapped minerals, home patronage could flood existing plants with orders and spur new factories. Texas is an inviting field for capital and factory investments if citizenship supports patronizing local products.
Farmers across the region voice strong backing for good roads, arguing better highways will cut transport costs, boost social interaction, and make farm life more attractive.
Mary A C Colquhoun notes in the Los Angeles Times that Persian shops cluster by trade in bazaars, with no general stores. Water is costly, Teheran draws snowmelt, and daily life blends open-air crafts, bargaining peddlers, and street barbers.
A humorous exchange from the Baltimore American portrays a couple trading barbed lines about spending on false hair and cigars. The banter highlights vanity and cost within a domestic quarrel.
A reflective note celebrates daily work ethic and the fulfillment found in giving one's best effort. It frames happiness as rooted in personal discipline and steady improvement across tasks.
A Kansas City Star article surveys long contested histories of national colors. It traces the German tricolor to the Hanseatic league and North German Confederacy the Prussian black and white and red symbolism. It notes France's tricolor origins tied to revolutionary changes and disputed sources from St Martin flags to Bourbon white.
A Boston Globe excerpt surveys the world’s puzzling sea behavior including warm Pacific and Atlantic currents, equatorial and cold northern streams, Gibraltar's flow into the Mediterranean, and dramatic bores in the Hugli and Irawadi rivers with unexplained origins and effects on ships.
The Seckel pear is praised as one of the sweetest and daintiest fruits. Named after Mr. Seckel of Philadelphia, the tree is described as beautiful and vigorous, with the parent tree said to still exist near Philadelphia in 1847.
A health officer urges caution about water use in business leading to a confrontation with a milkman who reacts angrily to being asked about boiling water. The anecdote appears in a Cleveland talk or column.
A New York Times excerpt presents Gunbusta questioning a husky man about his wife’s employment history. The respondent, Rastus, answers briefly that his wife has never been employed, citing “his amber first marriage” in a terse rural tone.
The piece compares the sleep of death with the sleep of life noting an unresponsive heart and an unawakened mind. It laments a hand palsied by lack of will to act and the sadness of inert living.
Mrs Crawford notes her daughter remains afraid of the dark. Mrs Crabshaw reassures she will soon be in love, as the judge observes.
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