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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
4
Local notes list multiple short items: people visiting or returning from trips, pea sales at 17 pounds for $1.00, and loans offered by C. W. Hinson. Mentions include Mrs. Emily Padgett in Gra ham, Dot Graham’s Fort Worth visit, Edgar McLendon and family, Sallie McLendon visiting, Hayes Payne returning from Goree, Supt. Edgar McLendon’s travel, and a sale of teas and spices by Mabry & Sons.
For sale one of the best Stork Farms in Texas encompassing 850 acres with 250 acres in cultivation along the Brazos River ten miles southeast of Graham. Available for the next ninety days at 15.00 dollars per acre. For details contact the owner.
The Cotton School notice urges readers to read the Cotton School announcement in this issue. It stresses that knowing how to grade cotton is vital to farmers and gin men in Graham Texas.
Chas. E. H'nson left Saturday on a visit to his sister Mrs. Lee Anderson at Olney. He will also visit Wichita Falls before returning home.
Judge W F Ramsey spoke to a large district court audience at Olney and Newcastle en route to Graham. He assailed Governor Colquitt, defending prohibition and calling for daylight closing, a higher scholastic age, and campaign finance limits while praising Ramsey’s reform agenda and criticizing Colquitt’s record.
The article argues the rural high school law aims to extend high school access nationwide origins trace to federal education groups. It notes benefits where conditions permit, cites Virginia as a model with 229 operating rural high schools since 1908, and explains consolidation and infrastructure factors affecting adoption across districts. It emphasizes non hardship and gradual adoption aligned with progressive states.
Col M Wynne veteran Texas figure dies at State Center Home in Austin after thirty years as superintendent Burial planned for Fort Worth Wednesday following lies in state The family lists surviving relatives including Richard Wynne Jr and Mrs Dr Ernest L Stephens Biographical sketch notes Wynne born 1844 in Tennessee. served in Tenth Texas Regiment wounded at Murfreesboro and Nashville. held various offices including Texas State Senator and University of Texas drafting role Burial will be via Kansas and Texas Railway toward Fort Worth The article covers his military service political career and death details.
Dr Miller spoke in Archer City on the way to Santa Barbara California. He claimed abundant oil near the Miller Well which has not been cleaned out or tested. He estimated 100 barrels daily after casing is elevated and the well shot. Future locations to form a growing circle around the Miller Well. He plans to return soon.
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