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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
5
Iowa notes mention Mrs B F Self visiting Waco and several residents traveling to Fort Worth Eliasville Denton and Stephenville. Fire destroys Bill Richardson home at Newcastle while J W Akin family plan fishing trip to Eliasville. Community events include a mass Olney picnic and crop rainfall reports. Local ads promote New Crop Texas Honey and organ tuning by Carroll Studio.
Dora Brooks from Dallas visits Mount Pleasant to spend summer with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Brooks. A. L. Brantley opens law office over Beckham National Bank in Graham. Mal M. Wallace moves family from Markley to Graham. Sam Dowdle owns a bird dog. W. M. Johnson recovers from illness. G Cunningham visits from Stovall irrigated farm on Clear Fork after cutting a fine wheat crop. Alex Ringhoffer, Sallie-Alice mine manager at Loving, reports steady work for fall and winter trade. W. P. Steen reports abundant grasshoppers in Red Top area but no crop damage yet.
An item notes Miss Aytchie Chism accepts a teaching position in Grapevine Texas at the High School for oratory and music. A terse notice mentions a Christian meeting in Eliasville on June 22 with Eld P Nelson leading. Col Ephaul offers loans at a rate plus insurances on crops and auto.
Mr and Mrs W C Harrell and daughter Adele with Miss Elizabeth Bradford passed through Graham Sunday en route to Newcastle after visiting South Bend. Editor G B King of Woodson was in town Saturday and praised local conditions with business as usual for the season. J A Meaders and Geo Snyder returned from a trip to Graham Wichita Falls and northern points. Meaders reports splendid crop conditions overall. Leyhe Piano Co advertises pianos for sale cash or easy terms. J I Wood and family arrived from Mineral Wells. Wood, brother of Pat Wood, will help on the Finch building and plans to stay awhile.
Mr. and Mrs. Ridley Jeffery of Yale Oregon visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. S R Jeffery last week. Ridley, raised in the town, has many friends who welcomed the visit back to his old hometown.
Ice is being shipped in and stored at the Graham Ice Plant until the season begins. Parties needing ice should phone the Graham Ice Plant for details.
R Jeffery and family with Mr and Mrs Ridley Jeffery left early week for their Ingleside ranch. Four or five silos will be built this year, along with general repairs, keeping the family busy until fall school begins.
A compact advertisement urges readers to purchase fly traps fly swatters and screen wire from Norris Johnson Hardware Co offering home pest control supplies.
A new cement sidewalk on the northeast square corner in Graham fronts W I Tidwell and Sons grocery. Lawrence Bros built the walk, praised as the finest cement work in town, and the improvement is seen as a boost for local commerce with more storefronts planned.
Mrs Wat Mayes and Children express sincere thanks to friends and relatives for tender sympathy and untiring services during illness and death of husband and father. Also note arrival of a car of Queen of the Pantry flour at Graves & Ward's.
R. E. Lynch and family with Miss Nelson, Miss Manning and Paul Deats spent Sunday in Jean visiting Lynch’s brother. A Children’s Day program followed with Lynch singing a solo and Rev. Joe R. Mayes preaching in the morning.
A formal housing rental request is filed by J P McKinley seeking occupancy in an unnamed residence. The notice lacks location details and terms but indicates formal application activity.
A camping and fishing party from Stamford led by Miss Lillian Manning and others spent the latter part of last week on E. C. Stovall's South Bend place chaperoned by Mr and Mrs Fred Arnold and Mr and Mrs J F Crabb. Opportunities on the farm are of little value unless at some future date they can be turned into cash.
Graves and Ward's offers new crop pure South Texas comb honey, emphasizing farm production as key. The city buyer is reminded that production alone does not capture value or farmer interest.
Help wanted notice seeking a man and wife to maintain a household and perform housework chores. References to Cc and C Mayes appear as partial names or initials in the advertisement.
A brief maxim on personal conduct urges daily diligence and harmony with others, framing discipline as a path to better community relations. The quote emphasizes self control and steady effort as civic virtues.
An advertisement states bicycles are for sale at Shaw’s Garage and invites inquiries from potential buyers. The note mentions available items and a viewing option at the location.
A resident who refused to defend his town when pressed faces accusations of desertion as the community confronts the breach of duty during a tense crisis. The case highlights local tensions over loyalty and civic responsibility amid a dangerous situation.
Readers are urged to mail or return film for processing as part of a Kodak work promotion. The notice emphasizes convenient mail submission and turnaround options.
At the Opera House manager Vaughan brings Jos Howard’s latest musical farce The Only Way to town for one night only on Monday June 23. Cast includes Ben Bernard as Uncle Porter Jas W Brown Will Worden Frances Ellen Holman Mignon Valeret Nona Russell with praised performances and broad laughs promised. Diaz backs return to Mexico to abandon politics. Mrs Ellen McCauley shoots husband in Dallas park claiming self defense and seeks one third of a $3 million English estate.
The document shows liabilities including capital stock 100000 Surplus 50000 and undivided profits 32825 10 and various due to banks and deposits totaling 45780 43. R E Lynch as cashier attests the accuracy of the figures sworn June 17 1913 before Notary Huen E Weaver.
A church meeting features one minute talks on mission work in towns at home and abroad led by Mrs Z A Hudson with Acts scripture lessons, plus two missionary hymns. Junior Endeavorers give four talks, senior participants share special music, prayer and Mizpah. In New York, Bridgie Weber, linked to the Rosenthal murder case, was stabbed entering a subway as police pursue relatives of Leftie Louie and Gyp the Blood, convicted in the case.
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