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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
4
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a true remedy for kidney and bladder troubles including Bright’s Disease. It claims many fatal cases result from kidney disease and offers sample bottles and a free book via mail from Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
Red June and Gold Plum trees offered at 75c each with Stark Bros origins and 15¢ to 25¢ prices cited. Agent Jas M Woop promotes these trees as cheap, warning readers of frauds and pro portionate discounts on other items.
The Chicago Rock Island and Texas Railway announces reduced rail fares from Jacksboro to summer resorts across multiple states from June 1 to September 30, 1900. A round trip to the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Chicago offers a fare of one way plus 2.00, with sale dates August 24 and 25 and final limits in September 1900. Tickets are available via T. F. Short, acting C R J and T Ry, with deposits at Chicago joint agent and a 0.50 deposit to extend final limits.
W L Graves offers Italian and American marble tombstones with guaranteed workmanship and designs. Prices rival competitors and orders can be placed after viewing designs to save money.
Union soldiers and widows who homesteaded under 160 acres before June 22 1874 may receive additional land to reach 160 acres even if abandoned. We will buy such claims. Also buying government land warrants and can obtain them for soldiers not issued. Only those with fourteen days service in Mexican or other wars before 1855 qualify for a 160 acre warrant. Contact this office for details.
Energetic individuals of any sex are invited to take permanent positions as local agents with living supervisors to manage county operations. Apply to A. M. Colwick in Waco Texas.
A clipped item notes lightning struck oil tanks after donations to churches, prompting an Appeal to Reason to consider the event and context of Rockefeller's philanthropy.
Nineteenth century readers saw Daniel O’Connell confront a mob in Tipperary as he protected his carriage. He exits the coach, calms the crowd, boxes their fists, and departs to cheers, leaving a lighter memory of the famed leader.
A compact verse excerpt notes mankind as martyr to deeds. It contrasts gods abusing power with human labor in a garden, lightning through spades and weeds, while a woman gathers flowers. The piece frames gendered tasks in a domestic rural scene as moral reflection.
A notice states the author has separated from husband A. J. McCan due to cruel treatment and warns others not to deal for the community property. Signed by Mrs. 8S. EB. McCan.
A pretty and talented girl who finished her school course with credit says she enjoys freedom from school life by doing housework and letting her mother rest. She explains her mother is home and she wants her to have a morning break and time to dress up on the piazza.
The ad urges readers to prepare with life insurance and promotes Geo. L. Rhea representing Hartford Life Insurance Co. highlighting the need to act before death occurs.
The piece argues cats have a refined aesthetic sense in texture and especially smell. Cats seek tactile pleasures from velvet to crackling paper and silk, and their strongest delight lies in scent, unlike dogs who use odor mainly for tracking. Strong aromas like lavender repel a cat, even if enticing to others.
A real estate optometrist argues that 87 marriage licenses imply 87 marriages and 174 people needing new housing. The optimist sees business growth for rentals. the pessimist warns that 174 tenants will split into 87 households, reducing demand.
The Moros are described as born pirates who inhabit the sea and build houses on piles in shoal waters along the Philippine coast. The passage suggests Malay water dwelling ancestry and recalls Malay sea towers planning raids to conquer southern islands.
Notice announces Ely's offers soda water chili baker's bread and ice with a small ice delivery not made after noon indicating service timings and product availability.
The Confederate Veteran published in Nashville by A Cunningham reports total issues and yearly circulation up to January 1900. It lists annual averages from 1894 to 1899 and offers club-rate subscriptions at 1 60 for a year via The Leader, with options to send copies to veterans unable to subscribe.
Stockmen report that the poisoned wheat method for prairie dogs has yielded a clean sweep only according to Eggers and Furgeson. The note names Koachs and Fercuson and mentions Gertrude and Teas as involved.
Stark Bros Nursery and Orchard Co offers fruit bearing trees through James M. Wood, agent in Louisiana Missouri. The best fruit trees sold in Texas come from Stark Bros. Nursery and Orchard Co.
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