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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1913
Page
8
County correspondence reports healthy community life with church and Sunday School well attended, visitors, new neighbors, farm work, and local illnesses. Entries cover residents moving in, threshing delays due to rain, literary society formation, paralyzed patients benefiting from liniment massage, and upcoming Farmer Union meeting with community dinner.
J. S. Donahue of Ha ven Michigan, longtime lighthouse keeper, reportedly a hero who averted wrecks. An advertisement claims Eletric Bitters cured his kidney trouble and chills after years of ineffective remedies, later improving his sight. At seventy he says he feels fine and recommends the remedy for dyspepsia and stomach liver and kidney troubles, priced at 50 cents.
Marvin and Miss Mary Mc Brayer and Miss Fannie Goode of South Bend spent Wednesday here then returned after prayer meeting. Mr and Mrs Tom Fletcher left last week for Brownwood and may go to California. Miss Bessye Fletcher and Katherine Ragsdale visited last week. Bessye went to Brownwood. Mr Cunningham attended Sunday School for the first time since an injury. No preaching. Rupert Richardson spoke to the combined Sunday Schools. Miss Adris iettie Pratt taught the loan and visited home weekend. Miss Bertie Cook of Tank Valley stayed with Ruth and Stella Moore Friday to Sunday. An entertainment was held Saturday night at Mrs Moore’s. Herb ine advertised as liver stimulant. WwW. C. Barnum sick in bed. Potato Chip crisps ad from W. J. T & Sons. S Boyd Street returned Friday from Rule and Paducah trip. J J Masters and Ed Bowman of Masters visited Graham. J W Cole L P Brooks and Joe Timmons, Mt Pleasant, were on our streets yesterday.
Farmers prepare land for next crop as last week rain improves conditions. Mrs J C McGee ill, Rosa Dowdy and S L McGee reported sick. A D Scott visited Graham on Saturday and completed a picture gallery. Clara Slater, Hy Silk and others visited Red Top, church attendance noted. Bachelor Girl.
A. B. Casburn accepts a position with J. T. Vaughan & Co. The note mentions Thos A Fletcher and wife with sister Miss Bessye, who left Saturday for Brownwood, and Jake Deiter and family of Olney visiting Graham, including the family of Frank Schuster Friday and Saturday.
Dear Editor: a warm spell gave way to a full blast of winter. Residents plow fields for future crops and pull bolls while many stay busy. Mr. Smith added to his house, several visit sick lists, and locals travel to Graham and Loving for news and commerce.
John E. Morrison Co. received a car of Michigan salt while Lacy Mayes, a former Leader reader in Murray, donated to the exchequer last Tuesday. Freeman reports no cotton to pick, only bolls to pull, and nearby residents are preparing to plant oats.
Mount Pleasant column reports several residents sick but improving Mrs F A Burnett and Mrs J O Wilson. Socials at Mrs Kelley and Briar Branch box supper praised. Roads being repaired including a straight road from Wilson to Burnett. J A Brown and Albert hauled bolts to Newcastle. Miss Lillian McClain visited Elsie Kelly. Singing at Hollis Moore’s with new songbooks. Eld J H Fisher preached at Medlan’s. Chamberlain’s Tablets praised by Mrs A R Tabor of Crider Mo for sick headache. Sold by Sloan Drug Co.
The town mourns Claud Isbell a recent arrival and local merchant who died after a three week illness His remains were shipped to Jacksboro for burial attended by his wife mother brother and several townspeople including Baldwin Willis Jones Veach and Carl Lamar Members of Masons Odd Fellows W O W S and Eastern Stars joined the funeral cortege Anon
The letter reports widespread lagrippe illness with Grandma Dane improving after four weeks in bed and measles affecting several children. Rain revived crops, Lucille bought a church organ, and singing events drew a large crowd. Families move for schooling, rent shifts occur, and visitors from Roswell and Cedar Creek drop by as New Year greetings close the update.
Wilbarger county residents J R Starnes and LY J Brandon bought Ed Stiffler's land near Markley and plan to live there. C J Tanek visited the Leader office from near True for his annual business trip. Uncle Charley Ferguson renewed his subscription. Rev Joe R Mayes preached at Olney with Baptists missing W D Boswell. Robert Anderson of Chattanooga Tennessee visited relatives before returning home.
Cotton seed owners are urged to offer their stock for sale before February 5 with a warning that after that date the seed will lose value and must be kept until next season by the Graham Cotton Oil Co located in Graham, Texas.
T M Jenkins returns from the Concho country to settle in Graham near Loving. Local visitors W B King Alex Nelson Miss Lorena Deats and Miss Alice Williams tour in an auto from Albany and stay with R E Lynch and Paul Deats. Baptists at Jean plan a $1500 meeting house and have raised most funds. D G Vick & Co dissolves. Vick operates alone. Jim and Doak Matthews return to Oxford Mississippi. C W Leird reports Amarillo trip, quips about a three-wire fence to the north pole. True literary society holds its first session of the season with a good program and meets again January 31. R W J Parsons returns from Montague after funeral of sister Mrs Sarah Arnold, 84, with two children. Birth announced for J T Gilmer and wife. girl expected to bring many Graham friends. Marion Burkett returns from College Station where meningitis closed the A M College. will return Saturday. J N Dearmore travels from Loving Gin to aid a sick son in Bowie. Will Pickard and Grandma Ainsworth bring Earl Pickard home from Miller Bend after illness. Graham Cotton Oil Mill runs steadily, yielding more meal hulls cake and oil than ever. The big cotton crop boosts business. J B Smith renews subscriptions to The Leader Dallas News Ladies Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post.
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