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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1891
Page
1
The Commissioners' Court met last Friday to fix annual taxes. County rates include General Fund 25 cents, Bond and Sinking 15, Special Repair 10, Road and Bridge 5, totaling 55 cents per $100. State tax 16.4 cents. State School Fund 12.4 cents, making total tax 84.4 cents per $100. Also notes on Megrimene headache cure ads and Philethian Literary Society organized with officers named.
Advertises Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a money back guarantee after a fair trial. Claims success during last season s epidemic and offers trial bottles free at R G Graham Co s Drug Store with 50c and 1 00 sizes available.
J Wouteur describes a trip with his wife and children to the Groves family at Olney. They view Salt creek prairie, lose and recover two daughters, watch jack rabbits and prairie dogs, note fine wheat and corn, and hope for a Red River and Archer railroad extension. The group fishes near California creek and returns home satisfied, praising prairie scenery and rest from town life.
A group from Graham attended a Goose Neck schoolhouse picnic and concert last Friday. A large county crowd enjoyed dinner on the grounds and an evening of recitations dialogues and music. A Brazos River bog delayed return but Mr Hughes and locals aided the party. The Goose Neck community earned praise for the well run event.
Local notices push for new bridges as Brazos rises forcing frequent fords and delaying trade. Residents urge action while merchants list suppliers and names attend Throckmorton county meeting.
In western neighborhoods many residents report being saved by Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. Those cured urge others to try it, with Graham & Co selling 25 and 50 cent bottles.
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