24 Jun 1891
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1891
Page
1
Local Graham election talk heats up as trustees race stirs excitement. A Salem church school closing follows a street exhibition by Goose Neck boys and Ed Carlton. Ed Cox clocks and a charity clock giveaway attract readers, with Dr. Akin & Co offering remedies and community notices.
A letter argues that county commissioners must represent the whole county not precinct majorities. It calls for a countywide vote on bridges, contending indefinite postponement disrespects petitioners and that majority rule should guide decisions. The piece ends noting local political talk at the Trustee election and a Lumber Company aside.
Refitting pens and pastures, credit terms, and beef sales dominate this page along with religious exhortations and local ads. Merchants promote clocks, medicines, wind mills, livery stables, and hardware. Names include J D Short D R Akin Co Rev Rice Farmer Blankenship Wallace Belle Graham J B Norris Hagpware Co.
Local notices describe harvest success and a boom in Olney as the Henrietta Adeline and San Angelo railroad scouts praise the location. Plans announce town platting, a July 9 barbecue, and offers to move the Leaper for free lots, with civic notices, church updates, and multiple ads for medicines and farm supplies.
The column notes Mrs N J Timmons and her son escaped injury when their jerky caused a fall after an axle broke near Tank Valley. It warns against quack medicines and promotes Cheathams Pastoroes chill remedy. A boy nearly drowned in the Creek, rescued by older youths, prompting calls to stay out of Salt Creek.
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