08 Jul 1891
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1891
Page
1
Isaac Allen has finished a one story brick extension to Morrison Street & Co.'s grocery store reaching back to the alley. Local notices promote D R Akin & Co. clock giveaways and advertise A C Simmons Pills stocked by D R Akin Co. plus a revival and court docket updates.
The Y C Y S A has increased its membership and meets daily except Sundays. Members discuss yarns and even touch on slavery debates with humorous and pointed views. Tennessee leads, Missouri and Mississippi influence the standings, and plans include ghost discussions and war yarn rehearsals ahead of a Clear Fork reunion.
The town plans a major reunion with heavy foot traffic and grounds work underway. Ford Machinery offers prompt service on engines and cotton gins at fair prices while J B Norris Hardware Co advertises all steel wind mills and 40 ft towers for 75 dollars, with larger options available. Local demand for a brass band is voiced.
The Commissioners Court acting as a Board of Equalization increased county property values by to 2200 debt to the Permanent School Fund. Citizens initially resisted but generally accepted the fair adjustments after explanations. Local ads tout liver pills from Graham Co and Hunt's Cure for skin diseases, with D R Akin Co promoting clocks worth $15.00 and recent visits by Mansell and Mandeville noting harvest output.
Letter writers clash over population based representation for county commissioners. Joun Gey praises democratic principles while critiquing Leaper editorials. Mentions bridge question, reconstruction, precinct voice, and calls for accountable local representation.
Call and see my Nursery while my Fruits and Flowers are in their prime and give me your orders for autumn delivery. I will take good notes in payment, and I always guarantee my trees. L. J. Bower, Prop’r. Young County Nursery. R. 8. DeLong and family, who have been visiting relatives and friends, leave today for home in Haskell. Dr. Ardis and family of Hunt county spend days with the Edwards Bros. We are having no wolf chases now. The corn crop is cut short but will be ample. Wheat is very good. Lumber arrived for grand stand. Work begins the 8th. A. A. Timmons supervising. Bill Akers to cook meat. bring bread for the Clippers feast. WOLF HUNTER. Cheatham’s Chill Tonic advertised. Alex Rowden fined $1 and costs after fighting. Castor oil promoted. Cheatham’s Neteless Cra tor Oil advertised. Sold by D. K. Akin & Co.
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