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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1923
Page
2
The notice outlines a proposed Texas State highway system and the associated excise taxes. It explains that highways would be state controlled, counties relieved from construction duties, and counties retain current powers with future compensation for roads taken over. The plan aligns with similar federal requirements to qualify for road funds.
The proposed highway amendment would authorize the Legislature to create a state controlled system of improved highways with funding from new excise and ad valorem taxes to retire bonds. It would allow compensation to counties for prior improvements and preserves county road powers except for the state system. The Senate struck out the bond issuance and related provisions.
The sector shows record output with 2 659 000 motor vehicles produced last year, nearly a million more than the prior year, ranking third in value behind meat packing and petroleum. Consumption hit 12 000 000 vehicles and 4.3 billion gallons of gasoline costing about 1 billion dollars. The country makes about 90 percent of the world’s motor vehicles and 84 percent are in use here.
Jeremiah W. Jenks surveys postwar Europe in Current History noting persistent unrest. He cites minority grievances such as Slovaks versus Czechs in Czecho Slovakia and tensions among Slovenes and Montenegrins amid broader political shifts.
The piece surveys postwar European tensions as Bulgaria Serbia feud. Hungary Czech and Austrian shifts toward self reliance. Austria stabilizes with loans and reforms. Germany faces reparations pressure with debates on payment levels and potential US allied cooperation.
An article by the vice president of the American Pharmaceutical Association explains the difference between cocaine and opiate addiction. It notes withdrawal risk from discontinuing opiates and argues many sufferers are not moral wrecks but victims of medical prescribing. The Treasury report estimates about one million addicts in the United States.
Studies across farming states show education boosts farmer income and asset ownership. Kansas data from 1,237 farms finds average annual earnings of 422 dollars for common school education, 554 for high school, and 1,452 for college training. another state reports 20 percent with auto ownership for common schooling, 25 percent for high school, and 29 percent for college.
A stranger debarks from a train and asks a long-time resident if a criminal lawman exists in town. The resident claims they think such an official is present but cannot prove it on him, highlighting local suspicions without named individuals or events.
A Sioux Falls editorial argues cheaper lumber boosts home ownership and strengthens civic duty. It asserts every new home improves republican safety and urges continued construction nationwide.
Henry B. Walthall leads in William Fox’s The Face on the Barroom Floor at the National Theatre Monday and Tuesday July 16 and 17. The film follows a gifted artist’s decline through drink and his pursuit to win back love with dramatic development and pathos.
A traveling man lingered in a small town for 24 hours and loudly root for the rival team. He attacked the home pitcher, shouting he could not hit a barn door. The pitcher retorted that the rival had missed a train yesterday.
Camphor is essential for celluloid goods and photographic crafts and even used in some explosives. The industry currently exports about 3,000,000 pounds of camphor and around 2,000,000 pounds of camphor oil each year.
Fox special The Face on the Barroom Floor headlines a two day engagement at the National Theatre starting Monday. Henry B. Walthall stars as the artist with Ruth Clifford Alma Bennett and others in support, directed by Jack Ford who has staged several Fox specials.
A judge questions three arrested thieves the Hebrew the Swede and Patrick the Irishman. Each explains he has kept the stolen animal or wagon since it was a calf colt and wheelbarrow respectively. The humor rests on long possession not on the crime.
Mrs J R Alexander of Breckenridge was the guest of Miss Betty Dawson Sunday, sharing a social visit noted in local society circles.
J C Lovelace as president and F F Parrish as cashier swear the above statement is true to the best of their knowledge. Subscribed and sworn to before Dell Wilson notary public Young County Texas on the Suh day of July 19238. Attest corrected by J J Gallaher F F Parrish J C Lovelace.
A noted newspaper publisher defined legitimate publicity as the spread of truthful information on matters of public importance not for personal gain. Propaganda, by contrast, is the distribution of opinions or appeals to influence belief for the financial or other gain of the disseminator.
Mr and Mrs G C Masey have returned from an extended visit to several different places. This short note records their travel and arrival back home.
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