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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
4
A compact roundup presents domestic and foreign events in an engaging, readable style with emphasis on notable happenings, people, places, and dates. The item captures varied news items in a single concise card.
The Senate adopted Senator Curtis amendment imposing a duty on crude oil by 44 to 31 as Congress nears adjournment. Amid fears of black enumerators in the thirteenth census south of the Mason Dixon line, Democratic leaders urge white-only enumerators in affected districts. Domestic and foreign news cover drownings, weather extremes, major donations, and regional incidents.
A roundup of disasters and incidents across Texas and nearby areas. Across the region a riot at East St. Louis leaves one dead and two injured, a Southern Pacific passenger train derails near El Paso with multiple injuries, and a rattlesnake bite kills a child near Olney. Other notes include weather extremes in Ardmore, a Fort Worth-Cleburne line right of way secured, a Texas packing plant interest, and various civic and health updates from Oklahoma to Dallas.
The writer praises the Tuileries Gardens in Paris for its vast statuary abundance, contrasting formal, royal planning with the Luxembourg’s realism. He notes hot summer scenes of French women, families, and philosophers, describing a tranquil city oasis amid a stately landscape.
A Cleveland diocese prelate preached humility, noting man’s nothingness without grace. His audience included Villa convent nuns and schoolchildren. After services he asked two sanctuary boys what they were. one boasted Irish pride, the other answered I am nothing. The elder chuckled at the tale.
He notices a girl at the next table and compares her to Lucy. She challenges him by asking why he does not stare at her instead. The moment shifts to a test of attention and temptation.
A wealthy socialite, as obscure as Mrs Howard Gould, could buy the same toilettes the millionaire’s wife paid 40000 a year for at about half the cost if paying cash. Fashionable milliners charge double to most clients in the swagger set due to long waits for account settlements.
A quirky exchange about advice on a contraption called The Muzzle. The manager suggests trying it on the dog while a woman’s heart and a man’s soul are referenced as being harmed by petty inventions.
In Mt. Pleasant health is generally good with Grandma-Taluk improving. Crops suffer from lack of rain while a protracted meeting closed Sunday with one addition to the church. Attendees include Miller Bend youth, Will Cornelius and Grover Perdue from Brier Branch, Minnie Burnett home from school, and trips by W. M. Clark to Clay county and Jim Timmons to Upper Tank. John Pope returns improved, M. C. Clark tends Georgia stock, and the Brown couple mourns as their little daughter Knoth dies June 27 and is buried at Median Chapel.
In Switzerland archaeologists uncovered bones of a hunter in a remote cave dating back 100000 years, portraying dangerous wild beasts and rugged prehistoric survival. Modern health note cites Dr King’s New Discovery as life-saving for severe lung trouble, with trial bottles offered.
Cedar Creek reports hope for feed crops amid drought with some cattle activity as Truman Parsons of Graham bought cattle. Rev J J McCord of Breckenridge conducts a protracted meeting and several new members join Missionary Baptist church. M W Steele and wife of Henrietta are visiting. J Ph West plans move to the Panhandle.
Six month old daughter of FE N Dewey of Agrewville Va suffered cholera infantum. Cham berlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured completely. The remedy is effective for bowel complaints in children and is pleasant when mixed with water and sugar. For sale by Sloan Drug Co.
Leslie Douglas, stricken with typhoid fever, remains very ill at the residence of his uncle, Mr. W C Barns, with no notable improvement reported.
Mrs. G. L. Gilpatrick of Danforth Maine praises Electric Bitters for renewing her seventy year old mother. After twenty years of dispersia she could not eat drink or sleep until the remedy revived her health. The advertisement claims benefits for liver and kidney trouble digestion sleep and vigor. Only 50 cents at Sloan Drug Co.
The report notes Mrs John Hughes unable to leave bed with a sickness described as stubborn and persistent, preventing her from daily activities. Her condition is monitored as neighbors and family provide care and updates on her health status.
An old advertisement urges preparedness for burns and scalds. Ballard's Snow Liniment is touted to relieve pain instantly and heal burns, claiming quick relief and domestic use. Sold by all druggists.
Mrs. Harry Graham, recently ill, shows improvement. Jimmie Logan returns home after a serious appendicitis attack. R. L. Reed resumes outings after several days of indisposition.
News of the death of A L Hook at Childress Texas on July 14 reached here early this week. Hook had lived in the area for several years and was a Primitive Baptist church member and respected man. He moved to the Panhandle about three years ago and belonged to the Young County Relief Association.
Cheatham's Laxative Tablets advertised as a convenient remedy for chills malaria and biliousness with no spoon needed. Marketed as a fine choice over quinine and portable for pocket travel at 25 cents per box, Westlake.
Four local cars will depart today to enter the Amarillo show next week. Vehicles owned by J. W. Jackson R. L. Tankersly Chas Widmayer and Jo W Akin will be taken. The party includes Tankersly and family Bower Widmayer and family Akin and family Jackson and family. They plan a week long camping trip and will be away over a week.
A sixty five mile hour hurricane sweeps Galveston with the west end under water and seawall breaches. Water a foot deep covers two places while small bath houses and a fishing pier are damaged. No lives reported. Communications into the city are cut as rail and telegraph lines fail. The last Galveston message arrives at 12 10 with winds still increasing. Fort Worth and New Orleans relay warnings as a tropical storm moves westward.
An advertising notice promotes the Thrice-a-Week edition of the New York World claiming impartial coverage and accurate reporting. It offers a yearly subscription of $1.00 for 156 papers and compares pricing with THE GRAHAM LEADER online for one year at $1.65.
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