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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
2
The Graham Texas post office issues a notice regarding mail matter handling. Officials urge residents to follow proper mailing procedures and ensure timely delivery for important correspondence.
In a special edition the Mineral Wells Daily Index is credited to both the newspaper and the town for its quality and service.
Thirty two cars of steel rails have arrived at Vernon for the Frisco system as it builds north from Vernon to its northern connection at Chickasha Oklahoma.
A historical ad touts Dr Simmons Sarsaparilla as quickly effective for weak impaired and debilitated organs in both sexes. The claim highlights lasting action and offers fifty doses for fifty cents.
Jasper, county seat, was burned Sunday morning leaving every business house and many residences destroyed. The post office safe was blown open and burglars suspected as the cause after robbing several homes and then setting fires.
Many women fail to digest their food and grow pale and weak. remedy offered is uereine to take after each meal to digest what is eaten. Price 50 cents. For sale by Graham Drug Co.
A reported gold discovery near Kemp raises strong local interest in Kaufman County. Residents and officials monitor prospecting activity and potential implications for the area.
The fashion note proclaims a shift from slim waists to larger silhouettes. It claims Paris sets the trend and that women everywhere follow suit, with the gooseberry swallowing girl a relic of the past.
The piece mocks the Democratic party by urging a public claim of expanded membership and insisting new supporters not be burdened, likening the situation to being asked to make bricks without straw. It uses quips about tonics and strength to critique strategy.
Advertisement urges readers to try Dr Simsons Sarsaparilla for scrofula boils humors and catarrh offering fifty doses for fifty cents claiming relief from various ailments in a compact early medicine pitch.
Widespread flooding damages fields in parts of the state though this county reports no serious losses. Officials note the severe weather has caused worry and sorrow for affected areas, while local residents remain grateful for the relative safety of their region.
Advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic contains iron and quinine in tasteless form. It promises no cure and no pay with a price of 6 cents.
In Childress the project has raised funds and aims to drill an artesian well to 2,000 feet if needed, seeking sufficient water access.
The Dallas News condemns idlers stating the loafer can earn by berry picking in East Texas, chopping cotton in North Texas, branding calves in West Texas, or oil bore in South Texas. If work is refused, he should be shown roadsides to hoe and build for the taxpayers who support him.
An old commodity ad proclaims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for pale children and notes farmers pay one dollar daily plus board for cotton choppers. The item mocks loafers and vagabonds while implying a chance for respected citizens to avoid jail, per Farn and Ranch.
The article ranks Gettysburg as the bloodiest Civil War battle on Union soil with over 40 percent casualties among 100000 per side, noting similar losses at Antietam and Cold Harbor where 15000 Union soldiers fell in 15 minutes. It also features an advertisement for Dr. Simmons' Sarsaparilla at 50 cents per bottle.
A Cabinet member outlines the President’s stance opposing tariff revision. Friends of the Administration acknowledge a fight looms over tariff policy in the next session.
Moore's Pilots claim a universal malaria cure with tasteless formula no quinine arsenic acid or iron. They promise relief from ague chills fever biliousness jaundice and fatigue, addressing rheumatism and blood poisoning after malarial poisoning. Sold 50 cents a box by Dr C C Moore Co St Louis or Gra ham Drug Co.
In Cincinnati Ohio on June 2 the county saw its first Agnostic marriage closing the Agnostic Sunday school. Frederick Federle and Miss Martha Seaman wed with Justice Alexander Roebling performing the ceremony. They pledged to resist divorce and the bride added a vow to refrain from bearing children not born of affection if they are mismated.
A dubious claim links malaria weakness to Grove’s Tasteless Chill as a remedy, promoting a tonic that supposedly restores vigor. The advertisement underscores misleading health rhetoric and marketing tactics for a patent medicine.
A New York woman died recently leaving her entire $10,000 estate to her pet poodle. A relative called her decision dog gone foolish, sparking curiosity about the will and its provisions.
A vintage advertisement touts Hunt's Lightning of Cures for catarrh neuralgia sprains cramps colic diarrhea cuts headache rheumatism and related pains for people and animals. Money back if it fails.
Two farmers near Bell found wheat lice on their crop last summer. After harvesting they burned the stubble and grass, and now have good wheat crops with little damage. Some farmers claim ashes from the trash help the land more than rot and turning under stubble, which is said to breed pests.
NEAT claims to give strength and stop coughs while curing a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. The ad promises no cure no pay and lists a price of 25 cents.
A severe hailstorm passed about three miles north of town yesterday evening. The storm tracked northwest to southeast for about fifteen miles, with hail as large as apples destroying some crops and severely damaging fields. Trees were blown down and ground covered with green foliage.
Advert says users feel better at once after using Herbine, enjoy food more, and gain nourishment and vigor from meals. Claims include being strong, vigorous, and cheerful with a price of 50 cents sold by Grahem Drug Co.
The passage notes multiple reversals by the Supreme Court on issues such as state charters being contracts, federal commerce power over navigable waters, stock certificates under state law, prohibition of liquor imports, currency legal tender, and income tax constitutionality. It also mentions overruling a prior territory rights opinion in the recent decision.
The Armours plan a huge Fort Worth meatpacking plant to end freight costs on cattle and hogs to Chicago. Fort Worth leaders offer a hundred thousand dollar bonus to attract the project, signaling a major southern packing industry expansion. The note appears in M. W. Index with local business optimism.
Timely use prevents coughs and colds and eases bronchial ailments. A safe sure swift remedy offered at Graham Drug Co with 25 and 50 cent prices.
HeRbInE gives tone to the stomach and promotes digestion and assimilation. If the stomach performs its functions actively and regularly, the food it receives becomes nourishing blood, furnishing vigor and warmth to the whole body. Price 50 cents. For sale.
Questioning if the move reflects a belief that heaven is managed like a trust, residents wonder about the implications of a formal religious grouping in Toledo. The note hints at local faith leaders organizing a trust to coordinate church activities.
In a tale from the Chicago Chronicle a Alabama Representative Stallings faces two prominent constituents who each claim he promised them Washington postmaster posts. The men confront him after traveling to the capital, and Stallings laughs off the dispute saying one must be lying.
A Bondh Island City speaker recalls a 1896 Indianapolis delegate story about ex-mayor Gleason. With hotels full, Gleason rented a private hospital room at $10 a week and slept comfortably while others paid compacts for cramped handbox lodging. The tale portrays Gleason as a resourceful leader with a keen sense of humor.
A Philadelphia Record writer returning from Havana notes two striking habits. He describes the strong aromatic coffee favored by locals and the vast consumption of American soda biscuits by Cubans. The observer recalls water in coffee initially, then adopting the Cuban method, and highlights that soda biscuits sustain poorer families. Key West follows Havana in biscuit use.
The article notes England prohibits growing tobacco by a heavy tax, dating from Charles II. Parliament aimed to bolster trade with Virginia by banning domestic cultivation, making tobacco farming prohibitively expensive for English growers.
Remarkable relics from early Egyptian civilization were unearthed and placed in the British Museum. Among them is a seal showing a king wrestling with a crocodile spearing a coin. The depiction suggests the king had a busy day.
An executor in Doniphan County advertises an estate sale listing a madstone described as 'one madstone, in use 20 years, but as good as new' implying madstones wear slowly, unlike grindstones. The note appears in an Exchange reprint.
If you are troubled with that most uncomfortable disease called piles, don't neglect it. Commence at once to use Tanter's Buckeye Pine OINTMENT, the relief is immediate, and cure infallible. Price, 60 cents in bottles. Tubes, 75 cents. Sold by Graham Pray Co.
During Minister Wu's Buffalo visit he relaxed at the Saturn club with pork and beans and beer. The Saturn chorus led by George P. Keating sang songs praising Wu, including We don't know why we love you and I'd Leave My Happy Home For You. Wu remarked the gathering felt like meeting long lost brothers before leaving at 12:30.
A critique of modern culture's rush for ease and instant nourishment. It likens pills and teas to a broader habit of absorbing knowledge and news in bite sized form, noting the century’s traits of hurry and superficiality.
A puzzle picture on the 1880 ten dollar note shows the American eagle upside down with donkey features drawn by a playful engraver. The illustration ranks the eagle as indignant while the head of a donkey appears when the bill is inverted, a fact noted in the Washington Letter.
Prospectors in the Chico mountains south of Alpine Texas uncover a cave containing 26 human skeletons laid side by side along with copper kettles two Spanish hatchets three short swords bearing Spanish inscriptions stone tools and a carved Narvaez 1526. The Narvaez expedition from Tampa Bay Florida vanished in 1528.
A Financial Times note recalls New Zealand ordering locomotives from a leading firm. The firm offered a pattern and weight suited to the rails, but authorities warned the weight would overstrain existing bridges. The firm then apologized and urged rebuilding the bridges, a suggestion deemed folly by observers including Mr. Reeves.
A Chinese foreign cow dairy recently opened near the naval anchorage at Woo-Sung displays a sign advertising Foreign Milk for sale. The notice claims pure milk, no water added, fair prices, and a payment policy, branding No. 1 Milk from Yib Pingshan Dairy.
The Exchange reveals Miss Eggletop admits her hair falls out and she laments the nuisance. A witty remark notes her head is bald as a billiard ball, prompting laughter from the speakers.
The Cunarder Eururia docked at Sandy Hook with 318 passengers including Rev. Thomas Vincent Finn, a former Irish Catholic priest who says he severed ties with the church to seek peace for Ireland. He fields questions about his 1798 insurrection book and his plans to work for Ireland’s freedom while criticizing U.S. tariff dynamics and coinage debates.
An advertisement asserts deafness is incurable by local treatments and must be cured by constitutional remedies. It explains the auditory tube’s inflamed condition causes ringing and hearing loss, claiming catarrh as the main cause in most cases. The notice offers a $100 reward for any catarrh deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills.
During June July and August excursion rates apply to points East North and West. Rates to San Francisco for Epworth League Chicago for BYPU Detroit for NEA Buffalo for exposition and to summer resorts in Colorado Wisconsin Michigan and the Eastern States. Write Cons B Sloat G P A Fort Worth for rates and routes.
The article notes Congressman Burke of Dallas is listed as very ill. Details on condition or cause are not provided in the available text.
The Thrice-a-Week World provides prompt impartial news in English with 156 issues yearly. Subscriptions cost $1.00 per year, with a combined offer for The Granam Leader at $1.65 for one year.
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