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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1890
Page
2
A collection of aphorisms and stray reflections on politics cities invention and culture. Topics touch on the shifting balance of power toward urban centers racial labor debates education and reform. The tone mimics a period newspaper miscellany with observations on figures dates and events of the era.
An aged jeremiad on health and virtue blends social critique with comic imagery. The piece mocks the fatigue of reformers and the fear of modern civilization eroding natural instincts while recalling political episodes and warnings about discipline.
Revenue officers were ambushed by moonshiners in Bowen County Kentucky as a sensational scene unfolded in Laxcoux Nebraska. Rev Mr Hubbell an ex Methodist preacher proclaimed in a city square that a Holt County Neb man had stolen his wife’s affections and she was living in adultery with the other man. The parties involved met that afternoon but declined to comment. Mrs Hubbell was described as having a good reputation.
Michael Shehan and his wife Nora drowned when the boat they rented at Jackson park capsized during an attempt to swap rowers. James Gregory and Michael Kelly, both strong swimmers, righted the craft and rescued Mrs Shehan, but Shehan reared up and capsized the boat again while trying to save her. Kelly and Gregory were later rescued.
Providence Rhode Island a unique divorce petition reaches the term as Stella Weston 92 wife of Reverend Charles Weston Wisconsin minister files to contest. The record notes she has married him nine times within eight years with Weston being first and ninth husband and all marriages arranged with the same bridegroom.
The Shawnees and Pottowatomies accept terms from the commission and negotiations move to the Kickapoos. The Kickapoos demand a five mile square tract held in common rather than lands in severalty and accept a $1224 per acre payout for the remaining lands. After this trade, all east of Oklahoma lands will be traded away.
In Britwinenam Alabama Howard Russell a year old boy died after his mother gave him whisky to treat a supposed habit. He drank a quart of rye and died within twenty hours despite doctors efforts.
Reports from Heminospune Kentucky on July 3 describe a bloody encounter between revenue men and moonshiners in Rowen county. Three men are reported killed with no clear attribution, amid rising tensions since the last raid six weeks ago.
A carriage of four ladies and accompanying party was struck by a Midland train while crossing the Midland track. Mrs. Cosgrove of Chicago died instantly and Mrs. Wolf of Newark died two hours later from injuries. Two other passengers were seriously hurt. The travelers belonged to the Travelers' Protective association touring the state. In a separate incident in Kansas Mr and Mrs Hammel and two young children perished when a gasoline stove tank exploded during breakfast, sparking flames that burned the couple beyond recovery.
Abraham Rosenberg and about thirty striking tailors attacked Samuel Dillet at 192 Eideldize Street. Dillet fired a revolver, wounding Rosenberg in the back and seriously injuring him. Rosenberg was taken to hospital as the coroner was summoned for an ante mortem statement.
A patient has shown a dramatic shift from long trance sleep to extended wakefulness over two weeks, with sleep periods shrinking from about eighteen to twenty five days to single day deeps and now forty eight hours of wakefulness followed by four hours’ sleep. The outcome remains unpredictable. A promotional notice offers $5100 in gold with subscriptions to the Werekty Air-Henarp.
In a drunken rage L B Mayors attacked Benjamin Van Horn’s home firing at Van Horn shielding his niece Miss Jessie Van Horn. Van Horn died from a abdominal wound while Jessie was shot in the back and may die. Mayors escaped and wounded Nelson Gleason in the legs before capture. Domestic troubles cited.
A large crowd witnessed the Hendricks monument unveiling in Inpranarponts Indiana. The statue stands forty feet high including a fourteen foot portrait of Hendricks, crafted in a bold lifelike style with natural hand pose and a scroll. The monument is placed on the capitol grounds southwest corner.
Duxnan Pennsylvania July 2 rescuers reached the Hill Farm mine at 8:30 AM but were forced back by smoke and gas. Nine men including three mine inspectors then searched for 30 entombed workers, but by 11:00 AM no word came from them and hope faded.
July 4. Seymour Tex. Charles Humphries was thrown from a frightened horse after a sudden turn. He lay unconscious and is in critical condition. A separate report notes a fatal wound from a shooting during an affray involving John Johnson and Shorty Medegino.
A severe storm in Waco Texas on July 3 unleashed a small cyclone that damaged buildings on Austin Avenue. One injured: Holmes suffered head, shoulder, and hand injuries and paralysis on one side. Two horses died. telephone poles were toppled. A separate report notes a suicide and a fatal shooting involving Judge Turner’s daughter Annie and a man named Davis, with Davis fatally wounded.
Nineteen inmates at a state prison coaling camp south of Rusk Texas on the St. Louis Arkansas and Texas railway mugged guards killed one man named Williamson and seized hats clothes arms and horses. The escapees moved eastward into the Angelina river bottom near Douglass in Nacogdoches county pursued by sheriffs deputies and guards with bloodhounds and 75 to 100 citizens, now surrounded and expected to be captured though risk of further violence remains high.
A dark shooting in Houston's Fifth Ward leaves an elderly man named Spellman dead after being found under a quilt near Jonndeville. He was shot four times, with one bullet in the head and three in the body, as neighbors woke to the sound of gunfire late Saturday night. Authorities have yet to explain the motive or identify a suspect.
Miss Gale a 19 year old rider three miles from Mineola Texas was struck by lightning while on horseback. The bolt entered her chest tore through her thigh and saddle and killed the horse. Her hair and eyebrow on one side burned away her clothing burned but flesh unharmed and one eye widely sunken.
At Corney Fronhoff's farm two miles south of Trexanwana John Leith a German man drank heavily then shot himself. He placed a shotgun to his head and fired with his toes tearing the top of his head. In Gainesville Lulu Laird, 10, was badly burned by a coal oil can explosion while trying to start a fire and pouring oil on kindling.
The death occurred in Houston after the amputation of one leg of Mr. E L Bremond. He suffered the injury from cutting a corn and died yesterday. He was a son of the late Paul Bremond, builder of the Houston East and West Texas railway. He had been in the city about a month before falling ill and his body is buried in Glenwood.
Dillas Tex July 3. Three months until the annual fair and exposition opens in Dallas. Secretary Cour reports a rush for space, more than last year, with late applicants already assigned. Machinery hall may need doubling to accommodate exhibitors and the fair plans ample room for all. Texas attracts national interest as visitors from the state arrive, including negotiations for a band of sixty Arizona Indians performing daily war dances and equestrian displays.
Deputy Patton of Brazos county reports that Jack Huey shot William Holt after a family quarrel over Holt’s sister, then killed Holt by shooting him and later killed Holt’s wife before fleeing. Huey fled and a $25 reward is offered for his arrest.
Passengers report a man named Brooks jumped onto a moving train near Hempstead yesterday after the signal. The wheels crushed part of one foot. serious injury may require amputation to save his life despite Dr Lockett’s urging to stay in bed.
The preliminary examination in Larevo, Texas, binds Gen. Sandoval and most of his associates to appear in the San Antonio federal court. Bonds set at $200 for Sandoval and $500 for each accomplice. A separate incident in San Antonio involved a 12-year-old boy firing a shotgun, injuring his sister Antnie Saunders and tearing a finger. Consicana reports Walton place fires destroying a house with three people badly burned and likely dead.
In a Winfield Kansas sermon Ray T De Wit Talmage warns that sin cloaks itself in imperial power elegant manners outward religion and worldly success. He argues true judgment will strip these coverings and only righteousness clothed by Christ saves. He contrasts formal belief with lived faith urging renewal through Jesus Christ.
Count Langowski recounts his 8000 mile forced march in heavy chains through Siberia during a Russian oppression era. He describes whippings, mines, and brutal prisons, detailing deaths, abuse of prisoners especially women, and his escape to America after thirteen years of hardship.
A Pennsylvania governor uses one dog and two crutches to get by, recounting a wartime classmate who lost an arm. The tale illustrates improvisation after loss, with jokes about allowances and doctors as they navigate daily tasks with reduced limbs.
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