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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1905
Page
6
A reader-voiced editorial criticizes deceptive whiskey and alcohol practices. It cites 85 percent of so called hamestuff not being whiskey insides and notes dangerous additives like ether, ether oils, and toxic substances. It argues congress must pass a pure food and pure drink bill amid whiskey trust and packing house influence.
The Texas legislature patched the Terrell election law but inserted a forged section. The piece benefits only certain politicians and offends the public. The writer calls for the legislature to censure the guilty and purge officials or risk wholesale political exile.
The Farmer Journal urges farmers to unite with buyers over high fall prices as crop shortages loom. The piece stresses collective action to secure 6 percent and overcome local prejudices, framing the market as a shared danger and opportunity.
At Sherman meeting Fort Worth lawyer B R Webb challenges the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling that liquor sales end at the point of shipment not delivery. He argues sales occur when price is paid to the delivery agent and supports the delivery based sale. Webb notes unpatched gaps in local option law following legislative action.
An advertisement promises a guaranteed cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding forms. Paris Medicine Co offers PAZO ointment with a 6 to 14 day cure claim and a refund if not cured. Availability through druggists or by sending 50 cents postage paid.
In a Dallas police court a young Black boy arrested for throwing objects at a white girl was spared jail. Judge Smith asked the guardian to administer a corporal punishment with a long rule, about forty hard strokes given before the boy received a lecture and was released. The judge is praised as a model juvenile reformer.
The author notes Texas railways offer 25 to 50 percent higher fares for a State reunion of Confederate Veterans than for Sunday baseball games. They question why railways favor ball crowds and imply veterans deserve lower rates, urging an explanation for this disparity.
A columnist argues that morbid thoughts cause illness and premature death. Recommends eradicating melancholy with cheerful thoughts and social companionship. Emphasizes mental therapy to prevent physical decline and stresses the link between mind and body.
Mrs writes from Danville in December 1901 that two years earlier she suffered four months with rheumatism and was cured by Ballard's Snow Liniment after one bottle. She recommends it to others. Sold by B S Doty and Co in 25 and 50 cent and one dollar sizes.
Denver and Rio Grande railroad will use millions of gallons of Colorado oil to lay dust along its lines. Initial experiments will run from Denver to Salt Lake City. The plan calls for about 4000 gallons per mile, giving a boost to the petroleum industry in Colorado.
The article notes West Indian rivers host fish deadly to Europeans yet eaten by natives. It also mentions a New Zealand orange that only natives can safely eat, while two others could poison most Europeans.
The best business lot in Graham is offered for sale. For particulars contact J. C. Vaughan regarding details and arrangements.
Article describes beautifying the grand duchy of Baden by planting cherry apple pear and walnut trees along government highways at 32 feet spacing on both sides. When fruit is market ready it is sold at public auction with buyers harvesting at their own expense. proceeds fund ward maintenance, tree propagation, planting and cultivation.
Notice to Wheat Growers. On account of putting in a new and up-to-date set of machinery we will not be able for some time to handle wheat at the mill but will give notice when we are ready for same. Graham Milling Co.
A notice urges readers to contact the Leader office to examine the Self and Sex Series of Purity Books, recommending every family own one or more copies for guidance and education.
Beyond Expression, G W Farlowe of East Florence Alabama writes that a seven year skin disease caused severe itching. One application relieved him and one box cured him. A year later he remains cured and endorses Hunt's Cure as a guaranteed cure for all itching skin diseases at a price.
For Rent two residences in Southeast Graham with good water and convenient outhouses. Apply to A C Parker.
An old article notes that nowhere near ten thousand girls have a chin dimple and that dimples vary by gender. It highlights the chin dimple as a permanent feature, unlike other facial dimples that change with expressions.
An old advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It states druggists refund the money if it fails and features E. W. Groves signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
Senator Blackbure tells of a Kentucky lawyer famed for winning lower court suits but failing on reversals by the state supreme court. On a Louisville train he reads a massive law volume on the attorney’s knee, replying that he reads law even while traveling to study Kentucky supreme court decisions.
Exclusive of Alaska Hawaii and the Philippines there were 9136 telephone systems and independent lines at year end 1902 with 4900451 miles of single wire and 2371044 telephones The construction and equipment value stood at 349287462 Liabilities totaled 274049067 Revenue from operation and other sources reached 868825536 averaging 37 50 per telephone and 1 7 cents per message or talk Of this 81599700 or 94 came from system operation and 5225767 or 6 from dividends and investments the total rating expenses averaged 062 or 24 56 per year per telephone and net income averaged 9 36 per telephone
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