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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1900
Page
7
Col W S B Hopkins died recently at Pinehurst North Carolina. The item notes his death and mentions local context without further detail. The rest of the text advertises various remedies and marketing lines.
Have You Lost It We mean all that rich dark color your hair used to have Ayer's Hair Vigor re stores color to gray hair It grows hair and stops dandruff and loss It will make hair heavy and long Use daily at 1 00 a bottle All druggists
The Cotton States Association of Commissioners of Agriculture opens day with a Memphis telegram urging exchanges to specify cotton grades in contracts to prevent price manipulation. Texas Commissioner Johnson touts Texas growth, rail capacity, and a projected 2,600,000 bale crop after 1909 floods and diversification impact.
In St Louis, Jacob Hienz and Henry Kaizer, jailed for life for Edwin E. Brown’s murder in 1893, were freed after Gov Stevens signed pardons urged by Harry B. Hawes. Hawes led a long effort claiming the men’s innocence despite eight gallows fears and repeated reprieves.
Sherman Tex Jan 13 Thursday morning W T Roberson aged about 45 a farmer residing for years near Farmington Grayson county was found dead in his bed He retired Wednesday night in apparently normal health and the discovery by his family Thursday morning came as a startling blow to them
A four year old daughter of Florence Schmidt Jr living west of Victoria Texas suffered a fatal head injury after a horse kicked her forehead. Two teaspoons of brain matter oozed out before a doctor arrived and she died Thursday morning. Also the Hood County courthouse bonds totaling 500 were registered by the comptroller.
A caravan of about a dozen wagons carrying immigrants from Arkansas trudged through Cameron Texas on Wednesday bound for Williamson County. Heavy rain drenched the group as women and children stayed wrapped to stay dry. One Cotton Belt railway is improving its depot walks at Creenyville.
In a Leisure Hour sketch W J Gordon describes heavy gun production at Woolwich. Early guns are long and slender without collars, but winding with steel wire strengthens the bore. A lathe, wire reels, and iron hoops build up the weapon gradually, explaining why it takes longer to fashion a heavy gun than to construct the ship that carries it.
Princess Viktoria Luise, five, daughter of the German emperor and empress, hosted a five o clock tea after returning from the mountains. She served chocolate instead of tea, welcomed younger guests, and gave each child a chocolate package with her portrait. The hostess greets her father daily with new verses and entertains insatiably, travels widely with her mother.
A lusty Texas city rising at Galveston Bay head is La Porte. It is slated to be a great seaport linking rail and water routes for western commerce. The expected saving for shippers runs into millions annually. The bay’s deep water channel will soon host the largest ocean liners at La Porte docks and wharfs.
The Ennis Organized Charities report shows a decrease in aid requests this winter compared with last season. Officials attribute the drop to better weather and improved community support programs.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a powerful germ killer that cleanses the stomach and bowels while you sleep. It claims to purify the blood and liver, stop sour stomach, and improve digestion, urging readers to buy or request a booklet and free sample from Sterling Remedy Co.
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