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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
7
Messages report visitors and travel including A B Calvin in Graham and Mrs Marvin Averitt from Looz. Real estate offers 1000 acres near Olney and a two story home in East Graham. Insurance ads urge tornado coverage, and finance unit seeks 200000 loan on Young County soil with quick processing.
The Ladies Aid and Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church met on June 2 with Mrs. Hudson presiding. Plans were formed for an Ice Cream Lawn Social at Mrs. Hudson's residence on June 21 from 7 to 10 pm with a porch program and refreshments.
The article extols Graham, county seat of Young County, as a coming metropolis in Northwest Texas. It credits the Graham Commercial Club and local citizens with spurring growth, securing a laundry, hotel, dairy, creamery, and electric plant, and attracting two proposed railroads via a Gulf of Mexico route. It forecasts rapid expansion and wider investment opportunities for diverse capital.
C B Gardner is recovering from an appendectomy in a Fort Worth hospital after a Friday operation that lasted one hour. Surgeons say delaying surgery would have risked fatal bleeding. Also praised this week for peaches donated by John Kisinger, described as the finest cling peaches with unmatched flavor. Farmers urged to consider peach orchards to match district fruit quality.
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