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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1901
Page
4
A contractor paid by the month favors a clever engineer who improves a crushing machine. The device becomes far more efficient, producing the same work in less time. The boss, seeking more contracts, shifts to hourly pay and halves the engineer’s earnings, prompting Henry to resign.
A New York Sun report details a credit scam by a silk and cotton waist firm. Women paid with small checks for baggy shapeless waists. The firm refused refunds, accepted future stock that never arrived, and grew insolvent as more customers submitted credit checks.
A jumble of eighteenth century gossip on Aaron Burr and Mme James praising Burr then recounts medieval apothecary crimes. It notes punishments for improper poison sales and drugging fish, with vague references to penalties for doctors and apothecaries and a final garbled closing.
A cryptic Philadelphia Record item notes a map with IO involvement amid crime coverage. Officials and readers are urged to resolve the unusual clue as editors tease further details in upcoming editions.
A Washington Star excerpt recalls a Wisconsin travel anecdote where a young man, a skilled wrestler, competes in a show to win $10. He defeats a giant in two minutes, earns prize money, and rises to manage lumber camp teams before becoming a partner. The tale frames a lucky break as the start of a fortune.
Citation to H. B. Thompson and all interest holders in 160 acres in T E L Co Survey No 56 Abstract No 382 delinquent for 1899 taxes totaling 480 dollars. Suit filed by the State proceeds in Young County District Court, February 1901 term, to condemn and foreclose sale for taxes and costs. notice dated September 20 1900 at Graham Texas.
The State of Texas and Young County issue a tax citation for Lot 23 in Black 33 at Grabaw delinquent for 1899 taxes of 46 cents. Citizens possessing any interest are notified to appear in February 1901 in the Young County District Court to defend the suit or face condemnation and foreclosure for taxes and costs. Clerk Cues. Gay, dated September 20, 1900.
Citation to Unknown Owner, County of Young. Lot 22 Block 24 Graham is delinquent for taxes to the State and county. You must appear at the February term 1901 of the District Court of Young County to defend and face sale and foreclosure of the taxed property. Filed September 20, 1900, Cnns. Gay, Clerk Dist.
The State of Texas through Young County notifies all owners or claimants of Lot 19 in Block 29 at Graham that the land is delinquent for 1899 taxes totaling 36 cents. A suit for collection has been filed. defendants must appear in February 1901 in District Court of Young County to contest and prevent foreclosure for taxes and costs.
State and county taxes on Lot 18 Block 29 Graham Young County Texas. 86 cents owed. Suit brought by the state for collection. defendant must appear at the February term 1901 District Court of Young County Texas to defend and show cause why judgment condemning the land and ordering its sale for taxes and costs should not be rendered. Dated Graham Texas September 20, 1900. Char. Gay, Clerk District Court, Young County, Texas.
Delinquent land taxes for the year 1899 on Block 29 in Gaham Young County Texas. The State sues to foreclose and condemn the land for taxes and costs. Defendants must appear at the February term 1901 of the District Court of Young County and show cause why judgment should not be rendered. Clerk Gay notes the filing date September 20th, 1900.
State of Texas and Young County publish a notice of tax delinquency. Patentee W. M. Tyndale holds 149 acres in Abstract No. 275, Patent No. 580, with tax due $57.40 for state and county taxes. A suit to condemn and sell the property is set for the February term 1901 in the District Court of Young County.
The State of Texas and Young County claim 200 acres known as Slack homestead in F L Green Survey No. 4212 4312 Abstract 105 for taxes from 1885 to 1900 totaling 220.00. A district court term in February 1901 at Graham Texas is ordered to condemn, foreclose and sell the land for taxes and costs. Gro McLares, Clerk, Young County District Court, Texas.
John C Kay administrator of A G Woods estate files final account and seeks discharge. Sheriff or constable to publish notice for twenty days in a county paper, inviting objections by the January 1901 term of Young County Court. Court at Graham to review on the second Monday in January 1901 per clerk Geo McLaren.
The state of Texas claims taxes on 166 acres from the M.G. R. survey and 77 acres from the T. I. & L. Co. survey in Young County. Delinquent for 1897 and 1900 taxes, total amounts listed, with an order to appear at the February 1901 district court term to show cause for judgment, sale, and foreclosure. Names include L. S. Graham and Chas. Gay, clerk.
Citation to Luknowo Owner announces all persons with any interest in 80 acres of the K. G. Jones Survey Abstract No M69 in Young County Texas must answer for state and county taxes. The notice, dated Sept 20 1900, requires showing cause why judgment should not be entered for taxes and costs at the February 1901 term of the District Court.
State of Texas issues notice of delinquent taxes on 320 acres described by Abstract No. 972 in Survey No. 1857 with 1899 taxes of 10.56 dollars. Suit brought by the State for collection. defendants must appear at the February term 1901 of the District Court of Young County to defend and show cause why condemnation and sale should not be ordered for taxes and costs. Gra bam Texas, September 1900. Cuas Gay, Clerk Dist Court Young Co.
A New Yorker quips about Brooklyn dining, noting dinners are offered at a fashionable club for a low price on Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays while luncheons vary. The party jokes that wash day fraying day and the girl’s day out explain the triple dining pattern. The remark reflects light social chatter in a New York Times excerpt.
Mrs Thurlow recalls Cardinal Wiseman dining with friends on a Friday when no fast day meal was prepared. He blessed the table and declared all dishes to be fish, then enjoyed the meal heartily, in Hare's The Story of My Life.
A Columbus State Journal quips about rural talk as Uncle Reuben plans a town trip to fetch sideboards for a farm wagon. It adds a note that Prussian wine, Irish stew, and Turkish baths are not native origins but English, Russian products.
Cartoon caption humor from Chicago Lerord warns against proposing by letter after a man’s note was misplaced in a book and sent to another woman. The quip reflects dating etiquette and social humor of the period.
The notice targets Reed of Kentucky and others with land in Young County Texas delinquent since 1899 for $0.69 in state and county taxes. A suit was filed in the February 1901 term of the Young County District Court to condemn the 80 acre W. M. McDowell Survey Abstract No. 1486 and recover taxes and costs. Dec 4 1900. CEO McLAREN, Clerk Dist Court.
A historical note recalls a radical London experiment paper that failed after alienating supporters. The editor reflects on denouncing social democracy and atheism, leaving no subscribers and finally ceasing publication. The piece also weaves in light exchanges about language quirks and a Sullivan/Guan anecdote from the era.
A clipped exchange from Chicago News and Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph mocks army pompousness and private letter markings. It notes Finn’s promotion to corporal objecting to private letters, with a humorous aside about odors causing deafness.
In a witty exchange, Wintergreen wins over Mel De-Young by asking if her hair is prematurely gray, prompting a humorous back and forth cited by Cleveland Pialo Deater.
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