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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
5
Local notes list residents and visitors across towns such as Bridgeport Fort Worth Saginaw Olney and Eliasville. Names include H M Smith James Carlton L M Pratt Rev J W Newsom and many others with brief travel and visit updates. An irrigation land listing on Clear Fork and local business notices appear among social mentions.
The Loving Cemetery Association invites the public to join a graveyard working next Monday evening to assist with maintenance and cleaning efforts at the graveyard.
Mrs J T Gilmer and her young daughter from Gulfport Mississippi are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs John E Morrison. Rev J L McCord spoke Tuesday and reported a lively protracted meeting at Flint Creek with growing interest.
The article urges farmers to select seed from the 1914 crop due to germination strength, store it properly, and conduct field germination tests. It notes widespread delay in corn growth across the northern belt and discusses revenue plans and tax policy ahead of Congress, including sugar duties and tariff considerations. It mentions various local visits and weather patterns for context.
Norris Johnson Hon. Co. advertises a $145 Spaulding Hack for $100 cash with only six left. Mrs. C. P. Hutchison and two children visit Denton, escorted by Miss Bladen Garrett to Fort Worth. R. V. Tidwell family returns from a Pacific coast trip via Panama Exposition with many points of interest.
Presbyterian C E program led by Miss Elsie Rubenkoenig details topics such as Christ in Me from John 15 1 11 The Indwelling Spirit from Romans 8 8 14 and Seeking Admission Revelation 3 02 The event features readings by Miss Lois Wear Mr Nat Price Mrs Hudson and Miss Esther Price with songs including All in All to Me and Growing Dearer Each Day at Mizpah.
The Agricultural Department of the Rock Island Lines promotes Kaffir corn and milo markets. Chicago has begun active Kaffir trade with prices for No 4 Kaffir at $1.20 and milo at $1.23, plus a 25 000 bushel milo sale shipped east by lake. The Southwest Trail extends marketing efforts to boost Kaffir as human food.
For Trade, Good residence, several good yearling, two and three year old mule and horse colts for trade for tract of grass land. Apply W. J. Tidwell & Sons.
Nine members attended the Presbyterian Ladies Aid meeting due to sickness and travel. Mrs Price read from the twenty fourth Psalm, prayers by Mrs Hudson, a Foreign Field report, and a Bible lesson by Mrs Hallam. Next meeting scheduled August 5. Also notices: private party offers 1500 to lend with real estate security and poultry payment offer by Union Wagon Yard. visiting Rev Patterson and wife at Henry Chapel assisting son Rev Fred Patterson.
A Christian Endeavor event features speakers such as Ronnie Martin on Christ in Me and faith themes from Eph 3 16 I John 3 21 and Rev 3 20 Will Johnson on Seeking Admission Verda Martin presents Christ s Aim John 17 2 Ethel Birdwell and Lucille Reed contribute music by Mrs H L Tidwell with Bro Evans and others involved in planning
Austin July 19 accord ing to figures by the Comptroller the State Automatic Tax Board will fix the ad valorem tax at 29.6 cents on 100 valuation plus 20 cents for schools and 5 cents for Confederate pensions making 54.66 cents total highest tax rate yet. Estimated valuation 2 739 459 589 increase 27 000 000 over 1914 total appropriations 9 761 943 for 1916 total taxes 6 779 263 plus 1 355 852 delinquent costs bring total to 38 135 116 with Governor Ferguson away on state farms trip likely adjournment until his return. Nine counties Burleson Crockett Joosby Harrison Rusk Starr Ipshur Upton Ward未
Guidance from the Chicago Tribune on identifying a bite by inspecting puncture marks and fangs, then steps of first aid. It advises ligatures above the bite, deep incisions across puncture lines, washing with running water, mouth rinsing with potassium permanganate, and use of chromic acid solution. Warns against ammonia and suggests whisky in small amounts, then seeking surgical care and antiseptic wound packing.
A veteran crew coach recalls choosing between two varsity hopefuls. One man with poorer scholarship spoke up demanding to know why he was not chosen, while the other quiet competitor insisted on proving he was the best through hard training and effort. The coach highlights the superior determination of the winner.
The paper's altered areas reappear under iodine vapor, revealing erasures. Light erasures rub out ink or lead while leaving fiber marks that iodine recovers. The method works best within three minutes of the alteration.
A quirky exchange reveals a plan to send a daughter's beau home early using a trained phonograph. The device repeatedly plays Home Sweet Home and other patterns at specific times as a humorous ruse.
A humorous quip notes a man can always ask his wife for needed items, while a woman seeking something herself must search for it, reflecting a lighthearted gendered stereotype from the Free Press.
A fragment from a Baltimore American item notes the widow of a man named Billings who was believed rich but reportedly left nothing to her. The passage questions the deceased's fortune and hints at family speculation surrounding the estate.
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