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Newspaper

Graham Leader

Location

Graham, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1912

Page

3

Opportune Time Sells Bindery and Repair Items

The note indicates An Opportune Time will continue to offer binder repairs and related items. The statement implies ongoing availability and sales of repair services and bindery supplies.

Local Notes from Graham Area and Nearby Visits

J D Baty visited town at week start. Emily Padgett spent Monday in Graham. Morris Sheppard to speak in Graham June 21 at 8:50 pm for Senate bid. Scholastic census shows Graham Independent District has 425 boys and 460 girls. 17 pounds of aioe peas for 1.00 offered by EC Stovall. Various locals like Lula Goode, Norval Sturtevant, and J D Rose in town or traveling to Fort Worth and Oklahoma. Local ads note Chism's Studio and Waxahachie Nursery agents.

Morris Sheppard Graham United States Senate Graham Independent

For Sale Timmons Home and Business Premises

For sale the Timmons residence in East Graham and the Timmons business house on the west side of the square, occupied by R. L. Co. For details write J. W. Timmons, Texline, Texas.

Timmons East Graham Square J. W. Timmons Texline Pexas

Summer visitors bring musical hopes to town

Mrs M. B Handy and daughters Edda and Nadine of Waco visit J. T. Cunningham's family and plan a summer stay. Mrs Langford of New Orleans with her daughter joins sister Mrs Duncan, her singing reputation arousing anticipation in local musical circles.

Sorghum Flat News and Local Farm Notes

Crops suffer in the region due to lack of rain as grasshoppers increase. Uncle Jim Creig hires Clarence Squires of Breckenridge to help on the farm. Mrs. M. C. Barron and son Cross visit Breckenridge on business. Rickles Brothers buy a new binder and push to harvest small grain before damage. Several residents are mentioned with illnesses and visits.

Jim Creig Clarence Squires Breckenridge M. C. Barron Son Cross South Bend Rickles Brothers Lou Cretsinger A. Rickles Mack Ivan Vina Hughes J. R. Greigh

Mares for Sale with Foaler Available in County

Auction-style notice states good mares offered with grass and water. Jack at large and sure foaler as in county. Terms ten dollars. Contact J. W. Robinson, Murray, Texas.

Local Notes From Fort Worth Area Headlines

Pat Wood returns Saturday night after travel through North Texas Oklahoma and Kansas. John Gallaher joins Swift Co at Fort Worth as shipping clerk. A complete lighting Plant pipe fixtures and globes offered for 125 dollars cash or credit. Mrs. Toth Greenlin to visit Dallas next week with her parents. Bronco Bobs Wild West Show performed Monday and Tuesday but crowds were small at both venues.

John Gallaher Swift & Co Fort Worth Aoute Ee Toth Greenlin Dallas

Class Entertain and Gooseneck Bridge Picnic Honor Miss Frame

A Sunday school class led a fishing and picnicking trip to Gooseneck bridge last Thursday in honor of Miss Ruth Vivian Frame. The group enjoyed a plentiful fish supper and returned to town content, with many named attendees joining in the outing. Death of J M Jay brings sorrow to Stephens County. Grandpa Jay, long a local resident, dies after illness and is laid to Cedar Creek cemetery with family and friends mourning.

J. W. Taliaferro Gooseneck Bridge Ruth Vivian Frame Robert Lee Morrison Scarborough Mabry Will Johnson Floyd Woolfolk Marion Burkett Herschel Eddleman Luther McFarran Robert Burns John Hamilton John Lynch J. W. Tiliaferro Charley Henson Mabry Short Joe Mabry Stella Regsdale Lucille Ruth Doty Ethel Birdwell Jewell Steen Fanny Stoffers Lordna Wallace Leah Catheryn Stewart Winnie Tankersley Lillie Morrison Dora Willie Taliaferro Grandpa Jay Grandpa Cedar Creek Stephens County

Local notes on crops and visitors from Oklahoma

Polk Kirby reports his crops are fine on his farm north of town. Harry Petty travels from Muskogee Oklahoma for a brief visit and is employed with a large wholesale house there.

A. L. Ramsey Polk Kirby Harry Petty Muskogee Oklahoma

Bargain on Mower and Tools Offered by W H Mayes

W H Mayes of Graham Texas advertises a mower rake pick rake and hay press at a bargain if taken immediately.

Teething Troubles In Hot Weather

Teething babies suffer in hot weather with sore gums and upset stomachs. McGEE'S BABY ELIXER is advertised to ease sour stomach, calm the bowels, and aid digestion. Prices are 25c and 50c per bottle, sold by all druggists. Man Coughs and Breaks Ribs.

Neenah Wis McGee

Fishermen F M Burkett and others fish the Clear Fork

F M Burkett and family along with Evans Mabry and family and Luther MacFerran with Herschel Eddleman spend this work on the Clear Fork fishing.

F. M. Burkett Evans Mabry Luther MacFerran Herschel Eddleman Clear Fork

Ordinance Regulating Speed and Conduct in Graham Texas

Graham Texas adopts Ordinance No 59 restricting street speed to twelve miles per hour with exemptions for race courses, bans street racing, requires a three hundred foot audible device, requires a front lamp from sunset to sunrise, and imposes fines from five to one hundred dollars with enforcement from publication date. Passed June 7 1912 and approved June 8 1913 by Mayor R V Tidwell and City Secretary T E Wallace.

Graham Texas City of City

Tailor Shop Position Accepted in Fort Worth

Bob Goode went to Fort Worth on Monday where he accepted a position with a tailor shop. Misses Gertie Owen Stella Shumate Will Askew and Henry Owen called at this office Monday.

Bob Goode Fort Worth Gertie Owen Stella Shumate Will Askew Henry Owen

Also Mentioned on This Page

A. B. Kirschbaum Ing Shoes and Oxford Batistes Panama Manhattan John E. Morrison Graham, Texas J. D. Baty Emily Padgett Chism Lula Goode W. M. Goode, Jr Stovall H. Campbell Preston Dickenson Loving Os Aioe Op Eyed Peas L. P. Brooks W. C. Cardwell Norval Sturtevant Fish Creek R. C. McPhail Edgar Craig Wallace Sloan Golden Gate Fes Mabry.& Sons Scholastic Census Waxahachie Nursery Young Jack Palo Pinto Counties W. D. Spivey George M. Baynes K. C. Stovall J. D. Rose E. D. Harris Mrs. Louise Lewis Haskell Mrs John Lamar J. W. Robinson Murray, Texas Pat Wood Kansas J. H. Washburn, Jr J. M. Jay Lila W. H. Mayes Teas R. V. Tidwell T. E. Wallace
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