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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1893
Page
9
A petition seeks a countywide local option election on liquor sales in Young County. The court will set a date at the next term, triggering an election amid a tense wet or dry campaign. Eight years ago a similar vote passed Prohibition but was voided by publication defects, yet supporters expect a larger majority this time as pockets of strong local option sentiment persist.
The County Court finished late Saturday after a week of hard work with verdicts including not guilty in Virgo Eddleman liquor case and several guilty rulings in Clayton cases with fines of 10 dollars. Other actions include continued and dismissed charges, appeals to higher courts, and a hung jury in Eichelberger. A local stray ox and a farm accident at the blacksmith shop are noted, along with business notices and a big Graham reunion planned for next week drawing a large crowd despite dry weather.
Panic price sale advertisement notes good pigs for sale by R. E. Mabry and mentions no delivery wagon. It promises to pay every man to deliver his own flour, attributed to Suvmaker Bros.
Advertises silk mitts in colors at G. B. Jewett's for 35 cents a pair. Mentions daily questions about bridge prospects and unclear reasons why bridges are not being built.
The ladies of the Episcopal church will serve ice cream in the Park Friday the 21st at 6 o clock. All are invited to attend. Also notes concern old gold mines and park safety while merchants advertise cheap dry goods and groceries for cash. Morrison, Strerr & Co and Ford Bros promote fall stock bold offers.
For sale a milk cow in first class condition now giving three gallons daily. Two month old calls G B Jewe. Rev T E Smith assisting Rev Hussey in conducting a revival at Salem church this week.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as the best medicine for stomach liver and kidney ailments. It claims the tonic cures headache indigestion constipation and malaria with a money back guarantee and 50 cent price per bottle. A stray dialogue fragment about purchases and a Confederate reunion note follow.
Lime plenty for sale. A Treue and Workman busy erecting hitching racks around the court house park.
Advertised druggists authorize selling Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a money back guarantee after a fair trial if no benefit. Trial bottles free at R G Graham Drug Co. Large size one dollar. Also notices on saddlery goods price seven thousand six hundred dollars and a sermon at 11:00 am next Sunday. Plus a Bremond Star quote about honest compliments and support for local editors.
The page advertises a 25 cent salve promising cures for cuts and eruptions with money-back guarantee. It notes a single occupant at Young County jail and an August pen term for a confessed burglar. Also claims Woolford's Lotion cures animals in 80 minutes. Local chatter urges an ice factory to boost business and mentions democracy promoting an income tax.
In the county visitors, Mr Cates and family from East Texas visited Ayly as the Rev McGhee preached a very able sermon to a large congregation at Presipro on July 17 1893.
Local ad notes No 1 Castor Machine Oil at 50 ets per gallon with a claimed 60 percent savings when purchased through R G Graham Dive Co. The item appears amid rural commentary referencing Young County farmers and regional markets and production.
A collection of notices from Graham including estrays reported by Frank Herron with a light bay mare and a red team ox, local dental services by W A McDaniel, and employment moves such as Conway Kay becoming bookkeeper for R G Graham Drug Co. The items reference the committee J P McCorrin and local residents like J P Thomason and A T Gay.
A promotional piece touts Compound Oxygen as a cure all with claims of curing incurable cases over 23 years. It cites testimonials and requests readers to send for a 200 page book. Includes addresses for Drs. Starkey and Palen and other products like English Spavin Liniment and an ad urging newspaper advertising.
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