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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1891
Page
3
A Chicago Post report notes a new trend of electric light attachments on carriages seen by William ess in Mexico City. The system uses a storage battery under the driver for two side lamps, a ceiling cluster, and lamps on horses.
Winks ridicules Hardhead while Minks says he is a know-it-all. Winks concedes that the fellow not only knows it all but proves it, highlighting a sharp, humorous exchange.
An ad from Roxbury Massachusetts touts a medical remedy attributed to Kennedy that supposedly cures deep seated ulcers and skin diseases, excluding only thunder humor and cancer. It promises results within U.S. and Canadian druggists at 1.50 dollars per bottle.
A conversation among American and Irish figures debates foreign land ownership and risk to national dignity. The ex minister and others discuss the rise of English landlords in America, the need for laws to curb it, and loyalties to tenants, with references to Washington and Parnell and a push to support Irish land reform.
In Raven's Park drawing room the group discusses Ireland's push for Home Rule, coercion fears, and Gladstone's role. Parnell leads in Parliament as Irish unrest grows. discussions touch land reform, tenant issues, and a potential American exile for landlords. Sir Wren reveals estate plans as family farewells loom.
Colonel Haynes urged rating land values over improvements and proposed laws barring aliens from owning land except as settlers. He noted more tenant farmers in America than in England, Scotland, and Ireland combined, calling for action. The evening program then shifted to the Blue Ridge wedding plans and visiting friends en route to Liverpool.
A World column surveys shifting tastes in 19th or early 20th century interiors with bold colors, French and Turkish fabrics, and inventive wall papers. It notes a move away from plush coverings toward linen textiles, delicate lacework like hangings, and open archways. The piece highlights the era's fads of two of everything, era-typical ban on monotony, and an emphasis on bright, airy design.
The 1653 Cromwell speech demanding Parliament's exit is claimed authentic by Dr. Wolfgang Michael. It accuses MPs of corruption, betrays the nation, and urges immediate departure with a stark command to leave the House and remove the mace.
A mother urges that daughters be taught to work and be self reliant. She cites Madame de Stael on multi occupational livelihood and condemns parental neglect of providing skills. The piece contrasts idle femininity with practical labor and ends noting Gen. Sickles’ first act as New York sheriff.
A trained parrot gifted by Baron Rothschild to a kinsman in Frankfort caused unrest on a sleeping car when it shouted the remark “Shoot up, you confounded Jew” at the Jewish traveler. The bird arrived after a long journey from Paris, with tensions rising as the parrot learned new phrases and alienated its guardians.
A Chicago man claims to own the sole true version of the origin of Chicago’s great fire. He recounts a party at Mrs. O’Leary’s, a lamp tipped near a cow in the barn, a milk shortage, and a milking incident blamed on Mrs. O’Leary. She denied the tale, saying she knew nothing of it and was not present.
In his youth Mendelssohn enjoyed private weekly concerts at home with family and friends in Berlin. Felix conducted from a stool while a sister played piano and a brother cello parts, attracting connoisseurs and dignitaries who sought admission to these intimate performances. His early work valued restraint and formal discipline over flashy effect.
Two boys discuss a book about a boy who runs away with a circus. One claims the tale is true, the other insists it is made up and warns it aims to deter running away. They ask when the next circus comes to town.
A damaged report claims a foetgn invasion and terrible winters across Europe fostered a deadly malady in America with rising mortality. It praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive and treatment, endorsed by leading physicians, for malaria dyspepsia rheumatism and kidney complaints, urging early protection against the swift illness.
In fifty years Victoria’s reign, public and private morality improved through the throne’s example. The court’s decorum raised standards, reducing coarseness and profligacy, improving respect for religion and church–state unity, impacting all social orders. DR. L. L. GORSUCH endorses Mall’s Catarrh Cure in Toledo.
A misaddressed elevator mix up leads to a Chicago hotel parlor misunderstanding. Miss Jennie Yeamans, an actress and temperance lecturer, is mistaken for Mrs Yeamans of Boston. A minister arrived to invite a temperance talk, only to learn the guest was not the lecturer, causing an abrupt exit.
A Kobe Shimbun story recounts an English resident of Tokiong attempting to swim a swollen river to Yokohama with clothing tied atop his head. A spectator swimmer saved the drowning Japanese, but the brave English rescuer turned back through the current to haul the man ashore as cheers rose. The Japanese journalist praised his chivalry and weight of admiration, noting the savior’s name was unknown.
A hotel guest complains of a snoring man in the next room and asks for a change. The clerk investigates and reveals the snorer is the beautiful actress whose photographs adorn a nearby frame, sparking the guest to flee toward a bracing drink.
In a wartime tale, Bismarck recalls a scarce prized cigar kept for victory. A dying Thad begs refreshment as the speaker withholds his own last smoke, placing the cigar in the fallen comrade's mouth instead. The moment highlights restraint and unspoken camaraderie amid combat.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the only guaranteed blood purifi er and remedy for torpid liver and diseases from bad blood. It argues other tonics are ineffective, promising money back if the product does not help skin, scalp, scrofula, or pulmonary consumption.
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