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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1900
Page
4
Daily train service details for Jacksboro and Fort Worth with departures at 4:30 and 8:25 p m and arrivals in Bridgeport Fort Worth and Jacksboro. Through tickets and connections via No 102 to points east north and west. Agent SHORT of Jacksboro Texas offers rates folders and illustrated guides.
Dry spell hits corn yields while grasshoppers damage crops including corn cotton and fruit. Some men and boys head to wheat country to work threshing. Mrs Lee of Bowie visits daughter Mrs Stewart. Elmo Stewart visits uncle in the Territory. Holiness meetings ongoing. Local outing to Cameron creek ends well. Private school starts on the 9th for eight weeks. Willard area notes.
The text counsels that not everyone will support you and some will spite your efforts. Merit may go unappreciated even by kin. When burdened, endure quietly, for a steadfast conscience offers true guidance in both good and bad times.
An advertisement touts Rich red and pure blood from Dr Simmons Sarsa parilla priced at 50 cents per bottle and 50 fall doses for an adult, highlighting its supposed health benefits.
The Chicago Rock Island and Texas Railway offers reduced round trip fares to major summer resorts across many states including Alabama Arkansas Colorado and more from June 1 to September 30 1900. Details and contact T F Short agent. Also special fares for the National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic August 27 to September 1 1900 with a one fare round trip plus 2 dollars option and limited sale dates. Additional excursions for the Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Association to Fort Worth Denver and related routes with specific sale dates and return limits.
Mrs J B Hunt of time Ridge Wisconsin faced a fatal stomach trouble and yellow jaundice from gall stones. A doctor warned only one chance remained through surgery before she began using Electric Bitters and fully recovered. The remedy aids stomach liver and kidneys and is sold by Handy and Matthews for 50 cents with guarantee.
W. L. Graves in Graham offers Italian and American marble monuments with workmanship guaranteed. See designs and prices before ordering to save money on headstones.
Old soldiers and widows who homesteaded less than 160 acres before June 22 1874 may receive enough land to reach 160 acres even if abandoned. We will buy such claims of any size. Also buying Government Land Warrants and will obtain them for soldiers not issued. Only those who served fourteen days in Mexican or other wars before 1855 are entitled to a 160 acre warrant. For details contact this price.
An advertising notice claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. S. Cheney & Co of Toledo. The preparation is taken internally, promises cure or $100, and is sold by druggists for 75 cents.
I have been forced to separate from my husband A. J. McCan due to cruel treatment and notify all parties not to deal for the community property. Mrs. E. McCan.
For Soda Water, Chili, Baker's Bread and Ice, come to Ely's. Small delivery of ice not made after noon.
A testimonial from Druggist J. Goldsmith of Van Etten New York praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for five years of customer satisfaction. He uses it at home for ordinary coughs colds and post influenza coughs and finds it efficacious. Sold by Graham Drug Co.
Epitoor Leader promotes a mail offer granting a free sterling silver plated sugar shell to every married lady who writes for it. No payment required, only name submission, with a choice of designs and illustrations for selection. Quaker Valley Mrs Co Morgan and Ison Streets Chicago.
The Confederate Veteran published by A Cunningham at Nashua announces club rates with The Leader. Subscriptions to the Veteran and Leader together cost 1.00 per year. Copies of the Veteran can be sent to veterans unable to subscribe.
A.J. Wheat reports a gray mare, 6 years old, 14 hands, with yearling foal, no brand, left with W.E. Moore. W.H. Ardis reports a light bay mare, bald faced, white hind feet, IV brand on shoulder and thigh, 8 or 9 years old, left with Claud Mayes. Both notes dated June 11, 1900.
A short advertorial urging readers to prepare for summer travel and unexpected death with life insurance. It promotes Geo. L. Rhea as an agent for Hartford Life Insurance Co. and emphasizes readiness and insurance coverage.
The closing words of an address by Abraham Lincoln emphasize parental responsibility for children. He urges parents to study individual tendencies and provide the best educational advantages. The New Werner Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica is cited as a comprehensive resource, likened to a college course across subjects adopted by Yale, Harvard and Columbia.
Classified ad offering Encyclopaedia Britannica at one dollar with cash payment. Mentions agents wanted to handle the sale and distribution.
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