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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1925
Page
8
The Minkleys and Reeves express gratitude to Loving and others for support during the illness and death of their daughter and granddaughter. They recall the help as greatly appreciated and wish blessings on all who aided. Blonde Bess comments on Dan’s belief about a falsehood and a wig.
Beginning August 1 our groceries will be sold for cash only. This is our fourth year in business and after three years in credit we find cash sales lower prices for customers. We thank our old customers and invite new shoppers to try us at 47-48¢.
Bride Bess asserts her full support for a home-building campaign by recounting her personal act of getting shingled and painted to show hearty accord with the effort.
A letter from Mrs. J. C. Coleman of El Paso Texas recalls The Graham Leader issues from 1883 to 1902. She mentions Henry Long Eliasville, marriage notices including O G Harden and Alice Long, baptism by Rev G W Black at Parrott Crossing, and family ties to Walter Long of Graham and Belle Thomas in Little Rock. She plans a Arkansas visit and notes her brother Elbert Long in Hurley New Mexico.
The Bureau of Public Roads reports Maine highway data show 300 miles of heavily traveled earth roads could be paved at 4 percent interest and repaid by saved operating costs in a little over four years. Traffic doubled multiple times since 1916 and is projected to double again 1924 to 1930, increasing future savings. Thomas H. MacDonald notes we pay for improved roads whether we have them or not.
The Intermediate Christian Endeavor of the Presbyterian Church met Sunday night at 7. Eva Coleman led a program on The Beatitudes of the New Testament. Participants included Louise Yancey Ada Lee Price Buddie Stewart and Eugene Coleman as next meeting leader.
The Fidelis Class of the First Baptist Church met at Miss Clara Mae Parkinsons home on Monday July 18 for the monthly business meeting. Mrs W H Kennedy led with a prayer and the new president spoke. Minutes were read and committees appointed. Attendees were served refreshments.
Bread a Metro-Goldwyn picture opens at the Liberty Theatre on Monday July 20. It dramatizes the Charles D Norris novel in a graphic inside story of a troubled marriage with Mae Busch Robert Frazer Pat O Malley Wanda Hawley Hobart Bosworth and others in the cast.
Messrs H L Thornton Otto Deats and Phil Huey keep house while Mrs Mary Taylor visits Arkansas. Deats as cook burns dishes, Huey struggles to keep water hot after washing. Thornton milks cow finds it out of lot Sunday afternoon. All are single men learning from the month’s trials.
Plea and response frame a gendered financial tension as a speaker notes women bear ongoing costs while the counterpart questions why men remain financially strained. The exchange highlights differing burdens and economic roles in a domestic or social context.
All Fidelis Class members are urged to meet at the First Baptist Church at 4 00 Friday afternoon for visiting. Mrs W H Kennedy leads the notice and invites attendance.
A humorous exchange has Little George Wash Young Thing asking if billing and cooing end with the honeymoon. Mere Man replies that only the cooing ends, implying continued affection beyond the wedding.
We express sincere thanks for the many kindnesses shown by friends during our recent bereavement. Mrs. J. H. Rubenkoenig and Family.
The fragment records Ed Purdys Philos joking line about telling Ed Billows to visit the city and call on his maiden aunt, a playful aside reflecting social manners of the era.
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