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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1926
Page
3
Heat up to 95 degrees and dry conditions set harvest pace as threshing finishes this week. Local notes toast weddings travel and church life with revival plans, missions meetings, and a growing grain crop plus cotton hopes and a possible Dan Moody governorship.
Daily and nightly gatherings draw good crowds as Elder J. N. Cowan preaches through Sunday the 18th. Mrs. J. N. Cowan and children accompany Elder Cowan. Messrs. L. M. Flack and Geo. W. Mahaney were in Fort Worth for engagements.
The 4-H Club girls met at Mrs B C Wooldridge's home last Thursday. Miss Grimes arrived late and limited work was possible on their clothing. The morning was enjoyed and plans for completing the dresses were made. After adjournment the group joined Cloyce Cole to continue work on their clothing contest.
The Olney Enterprise lauds W. D. McFarlane for saving county court expenses by passage of a bill creating four terms of district court and ending the 92nd district court. The savings funded a 10 cent tax reduction next year plus county demonstration and farm agents' salaries. The praise credits the county judge and commissioners for their role.
The film features Johnnie Walker and Virginia Lee Corbin with Irma Harrison Wheeler Oakman Peggy Kelly Theodore Babcock and Dorothy Cummins. Mary E Hamilton New Yorks first policewoman appears in her official role as does Elizabeth Monroe who wrote the photoplay story. Based on real incidents filmed in New York City the picture offers strong realism.
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce may receive a permanent headquarters in Stamford. G W Fry of West Texas Utilities started a fund with a 500 donation at a Stamford banquet. S M Swenson & Sons donated a building site and deed. Stamford businessmen aim to raise 3500 for the building to be crafted largely from West Texas materials and finished by January 1. Claude Easterling and Hamilton Wright lead the project as the idea envisions a monument to West Texas produced locally.
Carey Wilson frames Monte Carlo as a brisk sensational comedy. The tale promises swift storytelling, witty flashes, and strong humor, following Wilson’s proven formula. His prior successes with His Secretary and The Mids hipman showed audience appeal and solid grosses.
The Graham National Bank will offer for sale eight shares of Pomona Mutual stock on Friday July 16 1926 at 10 o clock a m at the Court House door Young County Texas. Proceeds to be applied as payment on a 5000 note dated April 12 1924. By R V Tidwell.
American finance shifted from debtor to creditor after World War I with about 25 billion dollars sent to foreign governments railroads utilities mining oil ships and factories. War loans totaling 12.151 billion and 3.859 billion to foreign governments plus 5.25 billion invested abroad and 1 billion in short term loans frame a potential future of dollar dominance or new conflict with Time to tell.
The article argues that most of the world remains unreached by Christ and illiterate, detailing missing Bible access in China Japan Korea Latin America and the United States. It cites foreign-born populations in the U S and regional unchurched totals, urging expanded missionary effort and teaching to address this spiritual need.
The Utah Gospel Mission claims nineteen hundred Western Mormon emissaries are abroad, with 1,109 in the United States and around 300 Josephite missionaries active. They estimate about 10,000 converts annually, mostly from former Christian churches, and attribute growth to keeping members informed. Wedding at Monterrey Hospital in Mexico describes a hospital wedding with Mexican- and Americanized groom, a nurse-bride, a life-history reading, a large presentation, a gift shower, a trousseau tradition, and an elaborate ceremonial procession ending with a lasso and banquet.
A playful exchange unfolds as a mother recalls disciplining her child to drive a point home, while the child retorts with a humorous line about misplacing the mind. The dialogue captures a lighthearted domestic moment.
The First Methodist Church of Graham presented a Sunday afternoon program at Henry Chapel directed by E. E. Durham. Participants included Evelyn Hinson on Talk Gods Care of the Hebrew Children, Margaret Campbell on Light and Darkness, Opal Butler on The Prodigal Son, Jessie Reagan on How God Speaks to Us, plus duets by Smith and Vera Thompson, and Raymon and Alton Thompson. A large crowd attended and Mr. Durham invited other Graham churches to join future Sunday programs.
Texas hosts what is said to be the largest regional chamber of commerce in the nation and leads in natural gas fueled power, cotton and grain sorghums crops. The state’s top manufactured products include petroleum, meats, and cotton seed oil, with 898 newspapers and periodicals, 113 dailies and 695 weeklies.
Henry Ford and John D Rockefeller are described as the richest men known with Ford producing a small car while Rockefeller makes it go, highlighting contrasts between two industrial titans.
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