12 Jul 1879
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1879
Page
1
A letter from J J M critiques public affairs and private life, noting rains and a wish for a guiding influence. The piece playfully addresses traditions and the role of readers and contributors, mentioning improvements and new voices.
A Reno Nevada Gazette item describes editors valuing selected matter as essential for a good paper. It recounts a Sunday evening scene where a editor earns a kiss from a woman, and a separate incident where a westbound emigrant train is blocked by a swarm of crickets at Clark's station, delaying the trip for two and a half hours until rails are swept clear.
In a Detroit Free Press interview at Carlton’s Fifth Avenue store a wary Arp meets Colonel Josh Billings. Billings recalls a balloon hustle, recounting a spotty past, cash from strangers, and a missing Italian man he feels morally bound to repay with interest.
Denison readers recall L. R. Brown known as a roaming editor with talents and faults. The Denison News notes his death recently in the Favorite saloon at Terrell and reflects on his once bright intellect and social influence fading into a cautionary tale.
A long Western tale contrasts a confessed whiskey sin with civic hypocrisy. A famed “dark horse” enters a saloon and predicts a heated campaign, boasting he will unite parties, sweep polls, and become president by leveraging toil, honesty, and irony.
A historic critique traces municipal and national debt growth from 1866 to 1878 and argues the burden falls on producing labor, urging constitutional limits on public borrowing. It condemns corruption, praises strict constitutional construction, and calls for amendments prohibiting new public debts to protect labor and liberty.
General Walker, appointed to supervise the 1880 census, estimates the population will range from 46 million to 47 million. Aylesford reports a theft of a watch and chain with a medal from the Prince of Wales, a gift from his father's tyranny, underscoring crime without regard to social status.
At a meeting of the American Institute Farmers Club, Farmer Dodge recounted a tale about a German milk merchant who, traveling home with a monkey aboard, found a bag of money. The monkey dropped money to the deck and sea in alternating pieces, leaving the man with half his fortune and half returned to water. The anecdote illustrates the old saying about milk and money returning to water.
A historic squib notes whisky costs a dime and is consumed in a minute, while a newspaper on the same table carries news from around the globe. It costs half as much as the drink, yet many deem whisky cheap and newspapers dear.
Dunkel, a wife murderer, borrowed a razor in Buffalo jail to shave but cut his throat instead. The act saved the county the expense of further board and prosecution and avoided a costly hanging fee paid to the sheriff, ranging from 200 to 500 dollars.
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