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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1891
Page
2
A collage of opinions and aphorisms on work luck temperance and happiness attributed to Graham Texas figures. It contrasts hard work with risk of slander and notes debates over alcohol medical views and domestic peace. It also touches torpedo defense concepts and Chilean conflicts as examples.
The quote argues genius lies hidden like oaks in acorns and critiques unused minds. It notes that epics exist in men’s brains and that effort, not mere capacity, determines achievement. Those who sow laziness or vice reap crops of folly, while untrained potential remains unrealized until developed.
The piece discusses the stability of the British throne under Queen Victoria and speculative views on its future, alongside observations on freight rates. It notes transport costs rising with distance but hints at cheaper future rates for farmers. It also cites intellectual empathy challenges and a writer’s claim that authentic olive oil is rare, with food labeling debates growing.
A wide scan of Texas towns reports incorporation of Iowa Park, new waterworks at Hallettsville, electric light for Paris, and rapid industrial activity from Abilene to Orange. Rains aid crops in several counties while fires, murders, and legal actions touch Dallas, Waco, Edna, and Galveston.
Woodruff, former Arkansas treasurer, has been indicted and released on a $15,000 bond. The wide range of foreign flashes includes political debates, crime reports, accidents, and social incidents from across the nation.
The piece explains wool cleaning and sorting to remove yolk and dirt, detailing processes from traditional tub scouring to modern mechanical cleansing. It then discusses Vorishofen cure walking barefoot for health, diet views, and a broad note on theory versus practice in scientific inquiry.
Reports note Bengal entering the rainy season while Gladstone nears recovery. Italian peace efforts falter. Dublin and Rome politics clash with German and Austrian interests shaping Europe. Britain ↔ Dreibrund, East African anti-slave trade, Emin Pasha travels toward Nyanz as Brussels acts. A Belfast MP faces arrest for immoral practices. German envoy hints at honors over Italy ties.
Machinery writing gains favor as authors like Howells Stockton and Burdette adopt it. Editors note typing ease lets thoughts flow, likening the keyboard to a piano. Wellington and Stauffer discuss Nicaragua Canal feasibility, contrasting with Panama issues and river control with a large reservoir.
A London firm debuted a no weld steel chain produced by drilling a cross shaped steel bar then shaping, punching, and stamping links. The process yields links reportedly stronger than ordinary chains and avoids welding defects. A Cleveland Plain Dealer note cites rapid explosives engraving and gunpowder engraving as century wonders.
The article explains how plain paper arrives in large rolls for machine printing and is cut into eight yard lengths for hand work. It describes grounding with color coats, precise cylinder fit, and multi color impressions as paper moves through a printing drum and along aerial rails before drying and rolling into standard roll lengths.
A Seattle proposal uses a two foot square conduit to run a counter balance car up an 800 foot incline. Ropes and pulleys pull the balance car up while a motor aids the descent. The system aims to improve traction for steep grades on electric trains. The article also notes Apache beliefs about murdering at night and how travelers time movements to avoid danger.
A quip from Street and Smith's Good News about two tramps in a suburban town. The dialogue features alarm at a household scene with a dog and potential danger as Carpets are being laid. The exchange humorously hints that a woman’s anger could outdo a pack of bull dogs.
A tale from The Wiser describes graveside revelry during Melad where bones fetch odd prices as a miser trades a leg bone for a ring and a skull becomes a toy. Ferishtah the fakir notes the eerie truth that the living resemble the dead in this strange spectacle. A Brus sels banker anecdote follows showing generosity via an icy 4000 francs note that proves cashable despite cold mischief.
Whiatz recalls finding a five cent piece on a Monday ten years ago. He used the coin to buy a paper, saw a merchant’s ad for a business manager, got the job, married the merchant who later ran off with another man, and credits luck to that coin. The Tribune presents this odd anecdote.
A curious exhibit in Casper Wyoming displays an imprint of a palm leaf pressed into clay and later petrified. Found along Salt Creek, the rock suggests a tropical climate prevailed in the region during the time coal beds formed.
A historical note states that twenty years ago the average life expectancy was 41 years for both genders. It now cites 434 years for men and 454 years for women, claiming a substantial increase in the average duration of life due to improved conditions.
Silas Engee asks a grocer for a gallon of molasses on Tuesday. The grocer replies with wary humor and the exchange ends with Silas exiting.
A Pure Brine from the Great Salt Lake in Utah is cited as one of the purest brines, reported to contain twenty two percent chlor sodium salt with bulk.
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