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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1923
Page
3
The National Theatre will show the Sing Them Again series by Norman Jefferies. The debut film Golden Gems features a community singing bee with songs such as Old Gray Bennett Father Dear Father and The Old Oaken Bucket. Requests for songs are welcome for future installments.
USDA study of cow testing associations shows steady gains in butterfat and milk production in well managed groups. Across Michigan Ohio and Pennsylvania the average fat per cow rose from 237 to 305 pounds over five years, boosting value by about 27.20 per cow and 544 for a 20 head herd. Pure bred and grade cows outperformed scrubs by 12.42 percent in milk and 17.86 percent in butterfat.
Cynthia Stockley’s Ponjola depicted as a daring South African gold field tale with Anna Q. Nilsson in the lead. The First National picture features James Kirkwood, Tully Marshall, Ruth Clifford, and others at the National Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday.
A mother traveled to New York seeking her son, who was living there. She only knew he was a Baptist likely to attend church on Sunday. Helpers used this clue to locate him at the city's largest Negro Baptist church.
The executive committee completed its quarterly Fort Worth session and adjourned to raise between $20 000 and $30 000 for an educational campaign in 1924. The survey will be conducted by another organization in cooperation, with next meeting in April at a president chosen location.
Stringer and Sons received what is believed to be the largest coffin in the world from a U S exclusive maker for Sam Harris of Farmersville. Harris, about 691 pounds, ordered the 6 ft 6 in by 38 in by 35 in coffin weeks ago. the 565 pound box is light oak and finely crafted. Harris, healthy, will inspect in city today or tomorrow.
An illustration of President Harding’s eight man cabinet shows all grew up with manual labor or farming backgrounds. Hughes, Coolidge, Weeks, Wallace, Daugherty, Work, Hoover, Fall, and Davis each began life on rivers of toil from printers to blacksmiths, farmers, iron workers, and a Welsh immigrant family.
Collier's Weekly criticizes ongoing investigations as partisan and ineffective. The piece argues many inquiries delay action and questions the value of repeated probes into Ellis Island Cuba the Philippines railroads taxes freight rates farming wool imports and other topics. It urges focusing on real business and learning from past inquiries.
A 1906 to 1923 progress report shows 975 counties under quarantine in 15 Southern states dropped to 280 by end of 1923 with 73 more counties freed last year. Leaders expect the last tick to be starved or poisoned within a few years as work continues under the U S Department of Agriculture. Washington churches listed include 208 white Protestant, 31 Catholic, 136 Negro and 159,944 members in a 437,414 city population. Federal census 1916 tallies show Catholics 51,000 and Baptists 40,000 among others with steady denominational gains over seven years. Democratic leaders in Washington debate convention city and other matters at a national committee meeting.
Officials warn bootleg liquor danger will drive 1923 deaths beyond 1922 levels. Incomplete reports suggest 2,500+ deaths from alcoholism and poison liquor in 1923, compared with 1,611 in 1922.
A concise proverb attributed to George Eliot contrasts generosity and stinginess, noting that some give according to their means while others according to their meanness. The remark underscores moral contrasts in charitable behavior.
A Madison quotation warns that liberty faces danger not only from power but also from liberty itself. The remark highlights the paradox of safeguarding freedom through responsible use and restraint.
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