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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1890
Page
2
A Missouri man dies after eating pie. a garbled survey of global, religious, and social topics follows. It references Aycente pie, shifts to typos about Tyzaxus, and critiques English in schools, Congress dining habits, racial terms, transport water service history, and hymns uniting clergy.
The report outlines a French plan to tax betting with proceeds earmarked for relief. It prohibits betting above five francs and imposes a 10 percent tax on bets of that size or more. The piece also notes strong wagering among French and American bettors and potential revenue gain.
The Payne family saga escalates as Lester Payne confronts Wil Estes on Elm Street. Four shots ring out. Estes wounds Payne and repels the attack. Estes then shoots Payne in the face during a brutal struggle, while Estes escapes unhurt. The elder Payne appears, but is passive, while public outrage grows over the sensational clash.
Tracy alias William Mitchell, wanted in Bel county for horse theft seven years past, holed up in Thompson Abernathy's store, fled when confronted by officers. He was pursued two miles southeast into a cornfield and shot when he refused surrender. Inquest to be held. he left a wife and one child after years of a quiet life.
Two cowboys from a Chickasaw Nation ranch rode into Thackerville twelve miles north of Gainesville Texas on the Santa Fe. They fired from shelves and ceilings, aimed at bystanders, and terrified residents as officers were absent. They claimed to hunt deputy marshals and rode a northbound train toward Colorado after the spree.
A morning blaze at 12 30 in Darras Texas erupts from the Gould building housing Texas and Pacific offices and the city club house. Firemen fight stubborn flames amid water shortages as the Henderson building and board of trade also burn, leaving a mass of ruins across several blocks.
Mrs Sim Duncan, a middle aged white resident twelve miles south of Becsville, was found dead on a pallet near her room door yesterday morning. Death appeared to have occurred about a week prior. no foul play suspected at the inquest and natural causes are believed.
Joe Matthews, residing ten miles south of Owee, died yesterday morning from a knife wound alleged to have been dealt by Jim Cameron after a dispute. Authorities planned to arrest Cameron as details of the altercation remain unclear.
In Paris Texas Mr Rollinson awoke to screams from his daughter and saw a man flee through a window. Police followed a bloodhound trail six miles west to the Texas and Pacific water tank but lost the track, at which point it was believed the suspect boarded a train and escaped.
On Monday night in Feaxxurm Texas three inmates escaped from the county jail. The men John T Benn H and Jobo fence of four years for castile were serving sentences and had appeals pending before the court of appeals.
In Texanwana July 15 Bil Parker a local constable and a Black man named Albert Clayton fought during which Parker drew a pistol and shot Clayton through the head wounding him fatally or as believed. Parker was arrested on scene.
July 17 report from Soellman Texas states Jesse Goodwin, a coal camp guard, died after being shot last Monday. His father and sister accompanied his body to Hempstead. Convict Branch, who shot him and fled, was killed by pursuing guards. Clark remains at large. The article also notes Martin Henson’s Farm explosion incident near the city.
Citizens learned that Pendleton may have secured a divorce with his wife’s consent, then remarried Addie Cullen. The deception harmed social and political circles as Mrs. Lizzie Pendleton denied knowledge of the divorce and faced the wrenching betrayal after six children and years of faith.
A south bound freight derailed on a steep grade near Horeas Texas as a rail displaced. Two box cars plunged from a precipice but the brakeman escaped and the caboose remained on the tracks saving three men. Hard to parse but the event details a near fatal accident with cars smashed and a dangerous descent.
President Armstrong and Secretary Cour discuss space applications for the Dallas fair. Cour notes less than a third of last year’s Dallas exhibitors have applied, while outsiders flood in with timely applications. Space is allocated in filing order, urging locals to act early to secure premier departments.
In Van Austyxe Texas on July 16 a 9 year old boy Bartey Henson suffered severe burns while attempting to start a fire with pine splinters and oil. The oil can burst igniting flames that spread over his body before relatives extinguished them. The child is not dead but severely burned. The house caught fire but was largely saved.
Martin Erwin aged 39 of Gatx esville shot himself in the head with a 45 caliber pistol amid business failure and domestic troubles. He had run a drug store once owned by his wife and it was closed by assignment last week. He is not expected to live many hours. The bullet entered the forehead and exited the throat.
Gainesville Texas July 18 Mrs Henry Waille 30 residing East Gainesville fatally burned yesterday evening when a coal can exploded while she tried to start a fire. Flames enveloped her as she ran from the house toward a nearby neighbor and she ran into a barbed wire fence lacerating the body severely. She is suffering intensely and cannot live but a few hours.
Brayley Texas July 18. Joe Severn shot and killed James Price at Collins lumber camp yesterday morning at 11 30. The trouble grew from a dispute over repairs on the track that led to a fight in which Price was wounded before dawn.
At Pananoora Arkansas on July 16 a husband killed by his stepson after beating his wife with a club in a domestic dispute. The wife’s paramour was killed by the wife’s stepson who then fled the scene and later surrendered. The slain woman’s body was found outside the house next day. The youth claims the stepfather’s murder but denies involvement in the woman’s death.
Henry Reipe, a boat house keeper in Avondale along the Passaic River, found a rusted officer's sword while hoeing vines. The blade bears the inscription Major John Andre in old English letters and is in good condition, with only a six inch unembedded portion near the hilt. Local lore holds Andre may have traveled the area, suggesting the weapon once belonged to him.
Four weeks prior Mr and Mrs Hatfield of Wigimac Indiana welcomed twins weighing seven pounds total. One infant is normal, the other presents a freakish deformity with no head and no left arm though the lower body is intact. The right arm ends in a small rudimentary growth. Doctor George W Thompson attended with consent from Mr Hatfield.
A Louisville, New Albany and Chicago line passenger train collided with an accommodation train from French Lick on Smithville Hill. The crash demolished the accommodation and smashed freight cars. Conductor Brown was crushed in the baggage car, Grant Jolson of Chicago suffered head and back injuries, Billy Mitchell of Indianapolis had a broken wrist, Henry Whetsellee the engineer was badly hurt, and James Neyer, the accommodation engineer, was cut in the head and face. Twelve others were seriously injured.
John Roth, a 40 year old Swiss native who recently arrived in the country, died yesterday near this city after sixty days of total abstinence from food save a tiny amount of water forced by mechanism every day. He worked at Seales Missouri until progressive paralysis disabled him two months ago and led to his starvation and final death at the county asylum after fifty three days without nourishment.
Mrs Charles Gould, jailed in Murp hy North Carolina on a murder charge, says the death was unintentional. She claims she acted to protect herself from a liquor-ruled husband who tormented her, describing him as a brutal beast when drinking. If true, she saved her life with a deep dagger strike.
Ottawa Kansas July 12 Harry Dent agent for a Kansas City liquor house opened shop under the sign Kansas City Original Sackage A war rant for inciting riot was sworn and he was taken to County Attorney Smart Threats to drive him from town followed by his arrest and $500 bond for failing to give security Dent's assistants were arrested as vagrants and jailed Markets note New York July 5 1930
Eminent Divine Dr. Talmage preached an outdoor sermon at Waseca Minn on meeting loved ones in the next world. He argued future recognition is certain, citing Bible examples and personal anecdotes to affirm reunion in heaven. He contrasted fuzzy theories with scripture and urged faith in a warm, familial heavenly home.
The state faces a looming crisis as a Gibson and Frazer feud escalates with a mysterious hotel death in Moline and the Frazer killing near Sedan. Cattlemen are warned that the first to unload at the outbreak site will be hanged. A sworn sheriff's posse risks infiltrated loyalties and onward danger as authorities prepare to intervene.
July 12 report from Clafteston West Virginia describes a July 6 riot on the Blue Stone branch between Pocahontas miners and an unknown white man. Detectives W. G. Baldwin Campbell and Robin son were injured while resisting attack. nine Black men were knocked down and one shot. Train halted at Bramwell. six Black men jailed.
A St Louis report recounts a shocking near Peach Orchard Ark where Sturn accused Pitt of hidden items in his trunk. Pitt and her companion Simms confronted Sturn, Simms struck Sturns' mother, enraging him. He then shot and killed Simms and Pitt with a shotgun before being jailed.
Advice from Honolulu states wholesale desertions aboard the United States steamship Charleston. Natives were hired to recapture sailors, with all but eight retaken. Deserters claim strict discipline kept crew below decks and barred using the ship's library gifted by San Francisco citizens. The electrician who joined the voyage and was demoted to assistant machinist appears to have led the desertion.
A sailboat with thirteen people capsized a mile from shore on Lake Alachua. Ten survived by clinging to the boat while three, Mrs L. J. Burkheim, her 38-year-old son, and Miss Tillie Brown, drowned and their bodies not yet recovered by 10 p.m. Mrs Burkheim is a daughter of Moses J. Endes, a longtime local citizen.
Report from Cincinnati says on July 8 a constable’s posse near Hazard Kentucky clashed with the Fugate gang in the mountains. The constable and an assistant were killed and two others wounded. Buck Fugate was captured and jailed in Hazard. Fears of rescue and further bloodshed rise as threats echo.
Mrs Williams, who killed her two children last week, testified she cut the children's throats with a razor and then set the house on fire to join her husband killed recently. She said she planned to kill the boy Victor but feared he was stronger.
Surxverent La July 15 report states the Shreveport electric belt line street railway will be in full operation by September. The system uses five and one half miles of track under the Thompson-Houston setup with a small portion of track unfinished but motive power ready by completion.
Font Smith Ark July 12 Dick Anderson a well known Cherokee who was tried for murder and convicted of manslaughter was yesterday evening sentenced to five years at Detroit Michigan He asked the judge to give him a longer term in the Arkansas penitentiary fearing he would freeze to death in Michigan
In Portsmooth New Hampshire on July 16 the yacht Marion from South Boston sank after hitting a rock near Pigeon Cove. The four crew reached a tender that swamped, leaving three dead. The fourth crew member survived.
Sunday School Lesson IV discusses the parables of the lost sheep and coin from Luke 15 1 10 with a golden text about joy in heaven over one sinner who repents It emphasizes Jesus as friend of sinners not by condoning sin but by offering hope and restoration through compassion and honest outreach It contrasts Jesus mercy with Pharisaic rigidity and invites practical outreach to rescue souls from sin and despair
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