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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
10
The House passes the McFadden bill to revise national banking laws and allow branch banks. It aims to strengthen the Federal Reserve System and address disadvantages national banks face against state banks in several states.
The Associated Advertising Clubs of the World plan a meeting in Houston this year. The London Times will dispatch a senior editorial writer within thirty days to obtain material for a Texas supplement. A London printer published a Texas woman's signed story last summer, captioned as born on a Texas ranch far from civilization.
The Trinity College board in Durham unanimously approves a plan to rename the institution Duke University. The decision frees six million dollars for building and guarantees an annual income of thirty two percent of over thirty million dollars. Dr. William Preston Few serves as president.
The State Text Book Commission signed contracts for new books or renewals at their meeting. A resolution was adopted to prevent burning or destruction of books by publishers. If the state song is ready by March 15 it will be included in every new book.
At the Paris Financial Conference Allies approve payment of American claims and sums due to Allies under the Versailles Treaty. The accord secures funds for both sides and marks a pivotal step in postwar settlement.
Boston University grants Grace Goodhue Coolidge the degree of doctor of laws. President Marlin lauds her as student university graduate teacher daughter wife mother and cites her as exemplifying fine qualities of mind and heart admired by the American people.
Dr. Charles H. Mayo of Rochester Minnesota explains cancer rise is tied to longer life. He notes people die not from misdiagnosed illness but from worn out bodily machinery as age increases into cancer years.
In 1922 there were sixty seven men in the United States with an income of a million dollars or over, more than three times as many as the preceding year. The net income of all classes paying taxes that year exceeded twenty one billion dollars.
A Houston boy charged with cruelty to a dog was forced by a juvenile judge to write West's Eulogy of a Dog five hundred times. He was paroled to his father who was instructed to administer a spanking.
At Crissy Field in San Francisco a DeHaviland aircraft and a car equipped with skid chains staged a tug of war. The demonstration, among the first tests of an airplane pulling power, showed the auto holding its own against the plane in a public display.
A day of pleasant church visits at Red Top and Farmer churches led by Rev. T. R. Paden, who also serves Indian Mound and Pleasant Valley. A church to church Workers' Conference begins soon with inspiring talks and gospel preaching, aiming to start by February 8.
In Austin last Wednesday Oxford and the University of Texas debated and UT won. One debater is Ramsay MacDonald’s son. On their world tour they will meet teams from thirty one colleges and universities.
The Morning Post reports tables showing the cost of war to the four principal allies Great Britain France the United States and Italy at about 130 billion dollars. The figures include the supposed dead and the known dead totaling ten million men.
An Italian who arrived in America as a child built a seven million dollar cloak and suit business. He recently retired and gifted the company to six of his employees. He credits his success to never watching the clock.
The Methodist Church South at Salem received interior painting enhancing the building. The church was erected last year with the exterior already painted. Rev. Joe W. Bickley serves as pastor, succeeding Brother Can trell now at Waxahachie.
A classroom quip about laughter exposes a practical mishap as Bill confesses he laughed with his sleeve up and forgot there was a hole in the elbow. The moment underscores light humor in school life.
A recruitment notice invites job seekers to the employment bureau offering placements for cooks, maids, seamstresses, nurses, and other positions. The ad emphasizes ready opportunities and a pathway to work through the agency.
A few bushels of high grade planting cotton seed from pedigreed Mebane stock. I achieved my highest lint yield in 1924. Price $1.50 per bushel. R. E. Boyle, phone Ind. 223-31, Graham, Texas. 22-23p
A posted notice from 1life BD and GC VICK forbids hunting fishing trapping camping or trespassing on all property they own or control with a stern keep out directive.
In the scene Dexter suggests Clem Harrison’s dog Aire ran away, while Bilkins jokes about his wife’s bobbed hair. The exchange centers on curiosity about the wife and the missing prize pup.
President Coolidge appoints A. B. Houghton of New York, currently Ambassador to Germany, to succeed Kellogg as ambassador in London. Kellogg becomes Secretary of State.
A comic exchange at a filling station shows a humorous plight as a large woman asks for a half gallon of gasoline while explaining she is putting the car on a diet. The pump attendant jokes about her not going far.
The city had the lowest rate of fatalities from all accidents last year while Houston led Texas cities in total fatalities, with Dallas second and San Antonio third. Dallas showed the highest fatalities from automobile accidents.
A Weekly Gazette item seeks an act by an elderly man described with a wooden head and foot, box springs, and a felt mattress. The note characterizes the request as a distinctive weekly feature and invites involvement from readers.
The piece argues President Coolidge earned broad cross party support for fiscal restraint. It cites vetoes on large appropriation bills and warns that rising national and state taxes threaten political stability through 1928. Data from Scribner's Magazine notes tax bill growth since 1918, rising per capita taxes, and farmers bearing a larger tax burden.
The prose recalls the long unbroken growth at Vesuvius and imagines how a future eruption could uproot and send flames aloft. It ponders how chronic danger can sharpen faith while constant peace may dull reverence for God.
By order of the Young County Court and a judgment for 338 dollars with 10 percent interest, Constable Dawson will sell on the first Tuesday in March 1925 at Graham court house the undivided 0.03135 interest in an oil and gas lease covering the North 80 acres of the J. W. Howard Survey and 83 acres of the B. F. Kutch Survey with associated production and equipment. Proceeds go to satisfy the judgment and costs.
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