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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
4
Flat Rock correspondence reports corn and cotton growing well as farmers harvest wheat in Tank Valley. Local church attendance faltered with Rev. Boswell absent but a revival is urged next Sunday. many residents are noted visiting Graham and neighbors.
J G Price of Jacksboro announces occupying Carroll's Studio and offering high grade work in photos post cards kodak finishing and related services at the location.
The notice offers to trade hay presses Peter Shuttler wagon buggies hacks for a good young horse. It asks readers to see the advertiser and mentions bringing cream to Sam Dowdle for 18 cents per pound butter fat.
The report notes resumed rain relief after a dry spell, crops look fine, and oat harvests begin across the area. Local social rounds mention visits among residents, with names from Union Ridge and Graford, and a hay baler ready for oats and hay. cattle losses due to black leg are reported and local travel continues.
Health in Indian Mound community remains fine. Harvesting and chopping weeds dominate the day as residents attend church services at Red Top and road camp services. Mr. Davenport and wife visited Austin. Bird and family stayed through Sunday. Miss Minnie Fisher and Corrine Stephens attended Red Top church and had dinner with the Pettys.
By order of the Honorable District Court of Young County on June 3 1914 Sheriff O H Brown will sell on the first Tuesday in July 1914 before the court house door in Graham the jot No 12 Block 13 Townsite Addition Olney Texas to satisfy a judgment of 418 10 in favor of J E Harrell against G D Jefferson. George P Robertson visits from Ingleside to reunite with daughter Christine returning from Clinton Missouri for vacation then likely to Clinton for school.
Mrs R F Cornelius spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Winigan. Mesdames Will Mayes and Bill Babb visited their parents, Mr and Mrs S D Baugh. Miss Alice Kelley is sick. Viva Baugh visited Hattie Belle Reed at Dakin. Denver Kilson visited Miss Uizzie Woods on Fish Creek, who is ill. Rev S D Cook held services at Upper Tank and Briar Branch. Farmers worked a week to catch up. few from here attended Big Monday. everyone treating weeds. Willie Baugh dined with sister Mrs Bill Babb. Ignorance Asst.
Mr and Mrs Garrett Robertson visited South Bend Sunday hosted by Mrs Rogers. Mrs George and family saw son John George Sunday. Farmers busy cutting grain this week. Sunday School and church well attended with 152 present Rev S D Cook preached. Maggie Taylor of Flat Rock visited Mesa Delah Robbied Sunday and Monday. Mrs J V Freeman shopped in town Monday. Larry Hazleton and Frank Corley of Flat Rock called on Mr Robbins Sunday. Will Seddon and daughter Rudelle attended church Sunday night.
Prof P W Horn superintendent of Houston public schools is believed to be a U S Senate candidate. City Clean Up Day observed Thursday June 11.
Cedar Creek reports a busy week as harvests rise with oats rye and wheat in progress. Jim Lawrence of Hood County visits the area and suffers a horse related mishap near Cedar Spring before continuing to Cedar Creek. Lews Ruckels injures his foot when a harrow tooth penetrates.
An appeal directed to Fort Worths leading paper asks for 3000 harvest workers for Kiowa County Kansas wheat fields. Jobs start around June 15 to 20 and last about two to three weeks with wages of $2.50 daily for single men and $5 daily with team. Kiowa County has 187000 acres of wheat and expects about twenty bushels per acre.
Notice by publication in Young County Texas prints a final account of guardian duties for minors Wm F Darrow Lelia M Darrow Eva M Darrow and Thelma Darrow and invites objections by July term 1914. Sheriff of Young County is commanded to publish for twenty days and notify interested parties. The clerk D D Cusenbary signed the notice with A true copy certified by Sheriff C H Brown.
A Wichita Fallsman says he invented a chemical method to generate electricity and even operated a street car on its juice. If valid, a revolution in mechanics may follow. Two drownings occurred in Lake Wichita near Wichita Falls within 24 hours as Junius Froman, part of a swimming party, died, and Frederick Scott and D. J. Minnick perished with Minnick's body still missing Sunday night.
In a Pacific voyage a schooner commanded by Captain Hodson battled a fierce storm. A massive following sea swept him overboard but rope ends snagged him. he clung to rigging as the vessel carried on, then a gust returned him to the deck unharmed. The crew finished the voyage to port.
The Gaelic language spread across the British Isles Isle of Man Wales Scotland Ireland Brittany and even reached New York. Authorities claim the Cimbri spoke Gaelic before Rome faced pressure from Marius era forces.
The Baltimore Sun notes George Washington’s surveying work at age nineteen on Lord Fairfax’s Virginia estate was still perfect under modern government surveys. The piece praises his patriotism, common sense, foresight, and persistence as nearly flawless, quoting the sentiment that the youth was father to the man.
Neptune shines as an eighth magnitude star due to its remoteness. It measures about 35,000 miles in diameter and orbits the sun at 2.746 billion miles with one satellite at 220,000 miles. The planet is likely a globe of heavy gas with limited known details.
The Kansas City Star quotes a quip about political life with an office seeker asking about the salary and a political boss noting there is a little work on the side. The exchange highlights the era’s cynicism toward public positions and corruption.
A Paris humor column recalls a wedding scene with a quip about the groom’s sadness. The remark highlights the personal significance of the event and the formal note of matrimony.
A concise quotation attributes high culture to the act of quoting the poet Robert Browning. The line emphasizes the value of literary allusion as a marker of refinement.
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