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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1890
Page
3
A column weaves everyday quips and observations about prices, manners, and society. It touches on cabbage costs, the monastery chartreuse scare, refined wisdom, and humorous asides about vanity and politeness, ending with a Castoria reminder from childhood.
A light exchange contrasts eastern and western women as they joke about complexion and beauty standards. The dialogue features an Eastern Dame noting differences in appearance and a Western Damsel defending equal beauty and products used.
A quirky dialogue scene features Marcus Brutus and Julius Caesar joking about collars and laundry. Brutus asks for a spare collar while Caesar counters with a quip. The scene shifts to a humorous mislocation of laundry in Oconomowoe Ogulalla.
A boss informs clerk Mr Tapemeasure that salary will be reduced by two dollars per week after the first week. The exchange is formal and terse, reflecting a managerial decision affecting the employee.
A serialized domestic drama unfolds in a dim drawing room where Esme von Lindenheim recalls a past promise of return or writing, while Sydney Loraine battles jealousy and longing. The unseen absence splits their fates as a guest, Mr. Carteret, enters the scene, hinting at a social reunion and renewed tensions.
Sydney Loraine and her father discuss Roy Carteret visiting for sketches and company. The talk reveals their close, affectionate bond and a hint of Sydney’s mixed feelings about the guest amid a serene summer interior contrasting with earlier cold weather.
A journal feature discusses poisonous plants harming livestock and the need for scientific study and skilled labor on farms. It highlights loco weed debates, crop yields, and efficient work methods, plus practical notes on soil, manure substitutes, watering needs, pest deterrents, quick recipes, child choking tips, wallpaper removal, and ring carat friction effects.
Geologists claim world waters would flood a flattened globe to a mile deep if continents and ocean bottom leveled. Descriptions of jellyfish as it feeds by wrapping around prey, starfish enveloping prey, and a worm absorbing nutrients through skin. Mention of a locomotive ship design with giant driving wheel and bicycle spindles for high speed over ninety miles per hour.
Gratifying to all the high position and universal approval of Syrup of Figs as the most excellent laxative. Includes a note from California Fig Syrup Company. Also mentions dyeing whiskers and an 1887 Hackett Arkansas anecdote. Also a letter praising Antidote for Malaria from Dr. A T Shallenberger, Chester PA, and a testimonial from Free Jun Epwanpas, a pastor, about malaria cure.
An old testimonial style ad asserts Smith’s Tonic Syrup by Dr John Bull of Louisville cures chills fever and malaria like quinine with no side effects. It claims eight hundred thousand families use it and praises its effects on circulation and mucous membranes.
The article reports a new grape disease in Southern California and possibly spreading to the San Joaquin valley. Leaves and fruit show no clear cause despite tests by state and national agriculture departments. Grapes yellow and shrivel by dawn, killing vines in San Bernardino area with speculation about ocean air influence and recent plantings replacing old vineyards.
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