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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
5
In Graham Texas on June 6 1907 notices praise residents and visitors. Miss Mabel Johnson joins R G Graham and Miss Mary Burns returns from Fort Worth while many neighbors frequent Wagon Yard and local shops. Community events include a Farmers Union barbecue, ball games at Jacksboro, and announcements of births, insurance offers, and repairs.
Mrs James Mandeville announces readiness to resume dressmaking at her home. She invites calls to arrange visits and promises to please customers to the best of her ability.
Local buyers and sellers in Graham advertise fat beef sausages and pork through E A Posern and Graham Meat Market. Mentions Willis Gibbs, Jimmy Choate from True, J C Vaughan real estate, Henry Axley from Bryson, and Mary Ellen Burkett winning a store prize for clipping Buck ads.
Attorney R F Arnold offers long term land loans at low rates. Will extend vendors lien notes or furnish 1 2 of the purchase price on improved farms. Call for terms.
J Sharp from Archer City visited last Saturday paying a substantial call. He reported the railroad work progressing despite bad weather and said the grounds for a depot had been surveyed on the town’s east side.
A line of copy touts Hunt's Lightning Oil as a class by itself with no rivals, claiming its fast and sure relief for aches pains stiff joints cuts burns bites and related ailments in a bold promotional tone.
A movement to form a Graham clerks union for grocery and dry goods workers. A meeting is planned around the 15th inst or soon to perfect the organization, with about fifty charter members anticipated.
Bosque county evangelist Eld C R Nichol begins a protracted meeting at Farmer on June 26 and continues through July 17. A large tent will be provided with ample room for camping. Everyone is earnestly invited to attend and enjoy the services.
We thank friends in Graham for their kind help during the illness and death of our darling baby. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. JARNAGIN.
A short vintage ad promotes White's Cream Vermifuge as a mild effective worm treatment for babies troubled by worms. It targets mothers, notes feverish, sleepless babies, and claims the product will clean worms, with a 25 cent price and B. H. Blakeney as the seller.
First Baptist Church of Graham Texas invites sealed bids for erecting a red pressed brick meeting house. Bids accepted for turn key or work only. A 5 percent bid bond is required. Committee reserves right to reject all bids. Plans from T. E. CANNEDY, Chair.
The Graham Commercial Club promotes the town as a business opportunity for an electric light and ice plant and a steam laundry. The advertisement suggests visitors may come on business of that sort and urges citizens to welcome them, show them around, and aid in locating.
An advertisement claims no indigestion problem cannot be relieved swiftly by Kodol. It asserts rest comes from digesting food with Kodol, a vegetable acid formula mirroring natural stomach juices, claiming compliance with the Pure Food and Drugs Law and listing Graham Drug Co as seller.
Mrs. Harriett Mildred Pettey wife of A M Pettey died at the family residence in southeast Graham last Friday evening of cancer of the stomach. Funeral services were led by Rev T E Cannedy at Oak Grove cemetery Saturday at 11. She had moved from Arlington earlier that year seeking relief with a devout Baptist life for 23 years. Left are a bereaved husband and three children. The obituary recalls her steadfast faith and the husband’s quiet, devoted care through a lengthy illness.
A Texas reader from V C Alba praises Herbine for liver care, chills, fever, and La Grippe, claiming it is suitable for children and adults. The testimonial endorses the medicine and notes it is sold by B H Blakeney.
A Graham Texas ad states Gro H McLaren offers personal handling of real estate loans and sales of vendors lien notes through a major mortgage company. It invites locals to call for service and promises attentive, personalized business.
Advertisement for a black mammoth jack formerly owned by Walsh and Robinson. The animal will stand at a place 212 miles southwest of Murray, Texas. Terms include 10 dollars to insure a foal and 10 dollars to insure you to stand. Contact J. W. Robinson in Murray, Texas. Pasturage 75 cents per month. Write or phone for stock viewing.
Local Texas traders advertise paying Gertrudes and nearby residents more for chickens and eggs this year, with cash or trade options and discounts on goods. They claim past shipments to Dallas yielded top prices and promise quick quotes, large quantities welcome, and prices updated daily for varied poultry sizes.
A typed ad from LOGIghaus aa aea City Bakery invites the public to order fine cakes and pies on short notice. The message lists contact details and a phone reference for inquiries and custom baking services.
Expenses for Oak Grove Cemetery in 1906 include wages to W E Baker 183.25 lumber for steps to J W Craig for building, painting tools from W J Reders, mowing supplies from Frank Col or, and purchases for a mower sharpening and ant killing. A bank deposit to Beck ham National Bank for Cemetery Fund stands at 228.95. Mrs S R Crawtorp President appeals for further donations to Graham or Beckham National Banks.
The Fish Creek Sunday schools plan their annual picnic on June 15 at Price Crossing. Bring boxes and baskets and join the community for a day of festivities and fellowship.
The Baptists of Graham will begin a protracted meeting under a big tent the first Sunday in July and extend the invitation to all.
The Thrice-A-Week World announces plans to improve its quality in 1906 with full, prompt global news coverage and fair political reporting. It still features serial fiction by top authors, selling for $1.50 in book form, and offers a combined yearly rate with The Graham Leader at $1.65 for both papers.
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