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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
4
The Albany News editor Dick McCarty proclaims in a back-of-card creed a blunt, self critical vow to speak plain English, resist polite society, uphold biblical faith, and print truth over fashion while facing poverty and public scorn in Shackelford County.
Atlanta obit reports Joel Chandler Harris known as Uncle Remus died at his Atlanta area home at 5 p m after illness of liver disease. Born Eaton Georgia December 9 1846 he married Es s ie LaRose in 1878, joined the Atlanta Constitution, created Uncle Remus tales, and later edited Uncle Remus Magazine. Survived by widow four sons and two daughters. Burial planned in Atlanta with funeral details pending.
For twenty years Cheatham's Chill Tonic has remained in use because it cures chills and fevers. Other remedies rise briefly and vanish, but this tonic endures. One bottle is guaranteed to cure any one case.
Rains blessed the area as corn and cotton show improvement after recent hail. Freddy Moreland recovers and is active. A week long meeting in the Stewart pasture concluded Sunday night. Mr Carters’ brother and family arrive from Mills county likely to settle locally. Watermelons ripened, found tasty. S. T. Needham attended Shinola church. Theodosia.
Proffitt residents report good health and busy threshing with twenty bushels per acre wheat. Attendees at Graham Fourth picnic include H Putnam Clyde Tankersley Mr Kinney and T G Black and wife. Visitors grant Mrs G W Black of Graham with Proffitt relatives. Peaches and plums impress on Graham streets as youths enjoy singing at Mrs Wells' Sunday gathering.
A light 1908 story follows Ferguson who dislikes his neighbor's pug yet falls for Miss Morrell. A peach tree rescue by a girl and a guarded kitten sparks a romance, aided by the pug's foiled mischief and a wry hat mishap. Ferguson’s persistence and humor win her, with the pug remaining a loyal, comical witness to their evolving bond.
A New York Sun writer notes long division as a Waterloo for middle aged women seeking city jobs. A learner took time off to study math and, despite repeated instruction, filled the result with many ciphers. When questioned, she explains the teacher told her to add a cipher whenever the divisor wouldn’t fit, and she hasn’t reached the end yet, doubting any real gain.
A clergyman recalls that under early English rule in India temperance was forbidden as a crime. Medical opinion once claimed a white man needed daily whisky, and abstinence was deemed harmful to health. Now total abstinence is encouraged as abstainers cope better with heat.
For sale two wagons 81 2 and 31 4 inch and Deering mower and hay rake McCormick row binder and wheat binder plus other farm implements listed by E M Eichelberger.
London Notes and Queries presents how fond once meant foolish and later gained affectionate sense. Examples from Watts 1751 and Coles 1749 show the transition on one page with both meanings cited, illustrating language change and usage shift.
In 1884 Commodore Schley received a medal from the Massachusetts Humane Society for rescuing Greely expedition survivors. Benjamin Crowninfield went to present it in Washington and met a Boston resident who recalled meeting General Winfield Scott in 1840. The old man noted the odd fate that tied Scott's visit to Schley's infancy and Crowninfield's mission.
A historical remark recounts wars allegedly sparked by women, citing Helen and Theano as causes of major conflicts. It mentions the Trojan war, the plague tied to a woman, the sacred war, the Crissaean war, and the ruin of noble families such as Philip’s due to marriages to Cleopatra and Hercules to Iole, attributing broad ruin to female influence.
A trick shows breaking a clay pipe heel from a stem by placing a short piece over the table edge and striking with the palm. With the helper holding the pipe obliquely and the stem aligned, a sharp upward blow sends the piece across the table breaking the heel cleanly.
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