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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
5
Local notes report visits from Belknap and South Bend, health updates on R G Graham and Mrs J W Carlton, business and social mentions including St Louis Restaurant promotions, M C Barron from Ivan, and J T Vaughan Co purchasing Col R C McPhaill insurance. Also notes about E C Stovall’s new 20 horsepower automobile and Rock Island elevator plans for the wheat crop.
Greene Newell returns from A. and M. College at College Station. Pure hog lard at Star Market, 13 1 2e per lb. Henry Axley, Olney operator, visited friends in the city. Jim Wood on Shanafelt residence in Bryson spent Sunday here. Photos at Chism's Studio. Miss Frances Kay left for home in Austin after teaching at Olney. Miss Mary Ellen Finch returned from Denton after attending the Industrial School. Lost a light checked coat with gold spectacles in pocket. Return to office. Mrs P. D. Clack from Havre, Montana, visiting J. W. Timmons family. Two three-room houses in East Graham for sale on monthly installment plan. Miss Mettie Hutchison of Olney visiting, to Elisaville for a few days.
A caller asks where to go and is directed to Young County Abstract & Title Co. to discuss a 40 acre farm and mule. The response notes the goods are substantial with much wood and a yard wide.
Eld J C Osterloh of Bridgeport to lead a protracted meeting under the Christian church auspices. Location is east side of the A P Stewart place, two miles south of Farmer, start Thursday evening June 25 1908.
Graham daily item list reports Merrill visiting on business, Wood returns to Tidwell & Sons, bids for a new school building to open July 1, and Roy D. Golston offering pressing services. Also notes Rev J L McCord visiting Indian Mound meetings, recent marriage licenses for McNeil and McNeil and for Lee Jones and Cora Clark, plus a Granbury couple Julia Berry and F M Berry married at the courthouse gate with Judge Gee presiding.
Z A Hudson left for Louisville Kentucky to attend the International Sunday school convention and will visit his Tennessee parents before returning. Young County Abstract and Title Company sold 800 acres in Young County last Monday. The company is advertising extensively in Texas Oklahoma and Iowa. The manager notes that none is ever lost in systematic advertising.
A promotional claim extols Hunt's Lightning Oil as the sole remedy for aches pains stiff joints cuts burns bites and more insisting it outpaces rivals as the quickest and surest cure.
Graham Lodge No 361 1 O C F offers resolutions for the death of Bro Wm Howard a devoted husband father and valued citizen. The lodge notes his sudden passing from life’s busy walks and declares the order has lost a true noble brother. Resolutions to be published in the Graham Leader and entered in lodge minutes.
An advertisement from Graham Hardware Co promotes The Majestic Range promising a long life 50 percent lower fuel use labor savings and a three minute biscuit bake. It boasts a 15 gallon solid copper reservoir and claims it cannot be broken with a sledge hammer with a money back satisfaction guarantee.
For Sale. One 81-2 and one 381-4 inch Studebaker Wagon, one Deering Mower, one Deering Hay Rake, one McCormick Row Binder, and one McCormick Wheat Binder. I also have other farm implements by E M Eichelberger.
Professor J H Wood has purchased the Olney Oracle and aims to relocate the paper to a new building. He has shown ambition and early success in journalism. The town notes include various visits and local happenings such as fishing parties, skating, picnics, and preparations for a Baptist revival with a new associational tent set to be erected near the Belmont hotel area.
The Priscilla club convened Tuesday afternoon with sixteen members present. Guests included Mesdames Morris Elliott McHarg Jackson Manning and King. The group will meet again Tuesday June 23 with Mrs R G Graham. S O Gartman of Murchison Texas visited Graham this week as guest of Elder J H Fisher. He brought apples from his place and noted six months each year he has fruit to sell.
Last Tuesday afternoon Mrs. W E Eddleman hosted a linen shower for Miss Bessie Wallace. Guests signed a favorite recipe in a cook book, played a Hearts game, and watched Lorena Wallace win the prize. A decorated express wagon carried gifts, and fruit punch and cake followed.
A tribute eulogizes Ellen Myrtle McBrayer who cared for three motherless children after her husband died in 1901 and later married O A McBrayer in 1904. The text praises her devotion, education, Methodist faith, and sacrifices for her grandchildren, ending with condolences from W M Goopes.
A weather note reports light rain in Lone Oak with corn needing more. Local residents tally Sunday school visitors including Nora Oatman Mary Newman Carl Newman Elisha Tedrow Jim Oatman and Uncle Joe Hawkins who spoke for Sunday school. Sunday school time set at four. A singing event at J W Hamm residence pleased attendees. John McBride reportedly jumped the broomstick. Grandma Stewart remains unwell.
Mrs Kate Howard of Little Rock Ark reports repeated spring eruptions of eczema lasting five to six years. A single box of Hunt's Cure cured her and the trouble has not returned in two years.
W H Ardis Jr died Sunday morning May 24 1908 after a lingering illness of several weeks. He was about 22, joined Woodmen of the World in 1905 and was highly regarded by fellow sovereigns. After religious services the Eliasville camp No 1809 and others laid him to rest in the order’s burial ceremony. He leaves a wife a babe his father mother brothers and sisters and many relatives and friends. The Lord bless the bereaved.
Stomach and Liver Tablets are praised for curing stomach troubles with many testimonials. One man reportedly spent over two thousand dollars on medicines yet was cured by a few boxes. Price 25 cents. Samples free at all druggists.
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