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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1909
Page
7
July 1 1909 notes list multiple visits and local commerce. Residents such as Clarence Keen J T Hunt J J Lakey and Jno C Casburn visit Graham, with items for sale like squabs and chocolates. Mentions Hallam Eddleman St Louis Restaurant and White Swan Coffee, plus Baylor University ties and Rev Ford Cotten's future mission plans.
Charley Hutchinson of Olney visited friends in Graham Sunday. Miss Ruby Dinsmore is seriously ill with typhoid fever at her Olney home. Rev J Hall Bowman of Breckinridge attended the district M E church conference here. Bowman once served at Farmer and met many old friends.
Lost item and contact requests appear alongside local business promos and upcoming events. A ladies bag missing on Graham and Olney road is to be returned to the office. Leonard Daugherty, noted evangelist, to lead a Christian tent service starting July 9. Rooms for rent, barbecue delivery, and a fishing outing on the Clear Fork cited. Small personal notices list items found near Indian Mound and Graham.
Finder warned the two deeds to J. B. Holder and C. B. Holder were lost on the Graham to Newcastle road or in Graham. Please notify J. B. Holder at Newcastle, Texas.
A. J. Beard of Loving did business in Graham last Saturday. Jonas Ely opens an ice cream and chili parlor in the old K of P building on the west side of the square with milk shakes for five cents and lemonade for ten. Cream sold by five gallons at five dollars per freezer. Arthur Hawkins from the county’s north end visited Graham Sunday. Young County Abstract & Title Co. offers up to date abstracts for land and town lots in Young County with prompt service. W. M. Matthews and family returned from Mississippi after attending the Memphis reunion.
Veterinary surgeon Dr Frank E Rutherford of Dallas will be in Graham on the Saturday before the third Monday in July and also on the second Monday, offering services locally.
Card of Thanks to friends who assisted during our great affliction. Words cannot express our gratitude. May God's Divine Blessings ever rest on each one. Mrs. Thomas and Children.
N Blevins announces veterinary services available at his old home one half mile north of Murray remaining until further notice. He offers horse castration without searing tying or clamping and will be in Graham each Trade Day. Phone connection on the Independent line.
Mrs B. E. Pritchard of Flat Rock visited the office last Saturday reporting that everything in the community was flourishing.
A four room house with two 50 by 200 foot lots East front and a large barn a splendid water well a windmill and zinc tank. Near the new college terms to trade part payment for prices see F Herron. John Richardson of Wichita Falls visited the Flint family last week. Sam Sherewood has leased Graham skating rink to convert into an auto garage. The building will accommodate all cars in town.
An advertisement touts Simmon's Liver Purifier claiming to restore liver health and complete satisfaction. It emphasizes the product is sold in tin boxes and priced at % cents per box.
Chas Ferguson and his daughter were here last Friday visiting from their home in the northeast part of the county.
W. E. Baker, sexton of Oak Grove Cemetery, offers tombstones and grave digging for adults at seven dollars and children at five dollars. Cisco and Stamford Marble Works is available to fill orders promptly and satisfactorily. Call for service.
The note celebrates pleasant weather for ice tea, naming Blanke's as the preferred stop. Hallam and Eddieman are referenced as part of the readership or patrons in the brief remark.
As the time is near at hand when I dispose of the estate of Mrs M E Connally deceased I notify all parties holding claims against said estate to file same with me at once All claims must be sworn to by claimants F Herron Adm
J. I. Wood and Ernest Goode are in Bryson this week performing brick work on a local project.
The notice advises nursing mothers that Chamberlains Salve can cure sore nipples if applied immediately after nursing and wiped off before the next feeding. It notes many trained nurses use it with best results and that Sloan Drug Co sells it.
District Attorney P A Martin traveled to Wichita Falls on Sunday and will stay there for the duration of the current district court term.
By power vested in me as President of the Farmers Union of Young County I call the County Union to meet at Huffstattie on the 5th and 9th of July 1909 at 10 o'clock for business and to elect delegates to ensure a full delegation J.J. Gray President
The First Christian church pastor will deliver a patriotic sermon on Sunday July 4 at 11 a.m. honoring the day our fathers signed the liberty document. Lest we forget this anniversary observance invites all to attend or miss the occasion.
Eld J H Fisher travels from Palo Pinto and Pickwick to Sand Valley and reports crops there better than in any other part of the state, signaling excellent yields and favorable conditions for farmers nearby.
The yard offers discounted single comb Rhode Island Reds for a few days as the owner halves the flock to make room for growing pullets. T. E. CanNepy, A. P. and Harve Stewart of the Farmer community were in town Saturday.
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