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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1912
Page
4
County health officer urges vaccination for all ages to prevent smallpox and defends it against opposition. He offers bold challenges and incentives to prove vaccination's safety and efficacy, emphasizing personal responsibility and community protection. He asserts vaccination, when properly done, prevents disease and should be compulsory.
A brief note highlights Little Carmen as a special vaudeville feature this season with Angell’s Comedians. The call invites bringing out the little one.
Last Friday U C V Chapter 255 hosted Young County Camp 127 U C W and their wives at W M Matthews home from afternoon until 5 PM. A large crowd enjoyed a crowning reception of Daughters efforts with music talks and Civil War reminiscences. The event featured veterans ages from 64 to 78 and efforts to record guest addresses and names for future reference.
In the District Court of the United States Northern District of Texas L. B. Kidwell of Graham Texas is adjudged bankrupt No 651 in Bankruptcy First Meeting of Creditors set for February 3 1912 at 9:00 AM at the office of Referee W B Paddock Fort Worth Texas Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact business.
In a 19th century style ad the text notes a banquet payment to Henry Clay in New Orleans in 1842 and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills for stomach trouble indigestion and other disorders. It touts easy safe use and 25 cents at all druggists.
The piece recounts how midshipmen trained aboard ships before the academy’s founding, aided by officers and later instructors. It details 1842 to 1848 reforms, a math professors corps creating friction, and a court martial over infighting that spurred an appropriation amendment authorizing twelve mathematics professors.
The Liberte of Paris presents a mock plan to grow rich by raising one million cats for skins and kittens. It outlines revenues from skins, costs for 100 workers, and a recursive feeding loop where rats eat cats and cats eat rats, ending with skins as the sole yield.
A vivid Malta sight, the Chapel of Bones features skulls and crossbones lining walls, arches, and the altar. Monks’ skeletons stand in niches, with two side-by-side skeletons representing Father Time flanking the altar, arranged in an orderly display that inspires wonder.
The Greeks of Pergamus reportedly prepared parchment from goat or sheep skins. They processed the skins by removing fat, thinning, dyeing or whitening, and rubbing with pumice to a smooth surface. The material, named pergamenum from Pergamus, evolved into parchemia in archaic French and parchment in English.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip has a pork packer noting nothing is wasted except the squeal while a lumber businessman replies that they waste nothing but the bark. The exchange highlights cutting waste in two eras of commerce.
An old gentleman questions a racket from the stairs as his daughter reveals Bob dropped his voice while proposing to her, a lighthearted moment recounted by Detroit Free Press.
A bald old party asks if the horse is gentle and the dealer reassures him that the animal would not hurt a hair of his head in a cautious exchange reported by Catholic Standard and Time.
A reflective line on endurance, urging steadfast patience as the key to entering a beauty otherwise inaccessible. It emphasizes perseverance as a path to transformative outcomes not reachable by haste.
A French farm pond was emptied in hours by a steam pump that lifted water and fish into a new element. The method, dubbed the fish pump, spread to nearby ponds until authorities halted the practice to prevent rapid depletion.
In an April 1 1689 letter to the Earl of Straf ford Mr Garrard describes Captain Baily who set up hackney coaches with a hired crew at the Maypole in the Strand. They charged for rides all day while rival coaches flocked, squeezing out shopkeepers and apprentices. The note adds the term cab was not used until 1823.
The late Meredith Townsend favored Scots as Spectator contributors from his longtime role as proprietor and coeditor. A Leith childhood tale explains his loyalty, when a pennyless boy boarded a London boat seeking southward passage. The Scottish captain chose to place him in first class after his tale and appearance impressed.
The word henchman derives from hengstman meaning horse man. Initially henchmen were young nobles serving the king as mounted pages at ceremonies and tournaments. Henry VI had three, Edward IV six. later the term shifted to mean an ordinary page by Henry VIII’s reign. The term appears in Ben Jonson and Shakespeare in this sense.
A grapevine on Roanoke Island North Carolina is claimed to be over 800 years old and still abundant. Historians say it was planted by Sir Walter Raleigh's party who sailed from England in 1584. Many have taken cuttings, but few grow.
A playful exchange quotes a child asking to be taken to a circus and a mother’s remark about a clown, attributed to the New York Times. The dialogue reflects light social humor rather than a news event.
A Baltimore American remark recalls a lawyer’s former milk man job and jokes that it explains how he pumps his witnesses. The quip suggests a rough approach to questioning in trials.
A brief snatch from the New York Press captures a tense exchange about official hospitality. Geraldine asks what her father said to the mayor, and Gerald replies that no address of welcome was requested for him.
The New York Times extolls Glacier National Park as the world’s most wonderful area. It spans about 915000 acres in northwestern Montana with over 1400 square miles of the Rockies and includes 60 glaciers and Lake McDonald among its notable features.
An article details that the gluteus maximus is the strongest and largest muscle, essential for pelvis balance and leg movement. It notes the muscle can exert about 110 psi, with the calf muscle capable of seven times body weight, and the Achilles tendon withstanding up to 2000 pounds before detaching.
The Cree girl is pursued not for love but for strength and usefulness. A brave may send a gaudy handkerchief via a go-between or slip it into her tent to declare intent. If the father refuses, he shifts to another potential bride with calm persistence. Women are plentiful and perseverance often wins.
Uncle Leven, a grizzled wood sawyer, sits to supper after work. Aunt Caroline offers food from the grand table and he eats hungrily. A cloud crosses his face as he fears he may be filled up before he can eat all he wants.
Gibbs recalls a railway trip with cigars and no matches. He lights one by opening the box, turning it into a portable cigar lighter. The quip plays on improvisation and humor from the London Tit-Bits nugget.
A witty quip from a Philadelphia Record cartoon where Love laments blindness and Experience suggests consulting a specialist, naming Marriage as the remedy. The exchange blends personified emotions with a humorous warning about matrimony as a cure.
A brief dialogue excerpt from London Tit-Bits shows a wife calling herself a fool for marrying, her husband claiming reforming her, and a sharp exchange about gratitude and change. The fragment hints at humor and social mores of the period.
A short dialogue reveals a couple’s flirtation as one wonders about dreams of the other. The exchange ends with a coy admission of interest and a gentle rebuttal.
Dialogue snippet shows Judge questioning the husband about his wife purchasing suspenders and the humorous reply about preferring the pretty boxes. The exchange highlights domestic banter and playful intent behind a gift.
A quote attributed to John Davidson discusses the difference between lacking tact and upholding principle. It frames tact as the surface of behavior while principle grounds conviction in action and ethics. The remark invites reflection on how choices reflect inner standards.
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