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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1889
Page
3
In Columbus Ohio L B Davies, longtime locomotive engineer and the inventor of the cow catcher, recounts how a farmer plow inspired a double mold board design that became standard on locomotives. He notes the device saved lives and money, but he never profited.
A Pennsylvania report warns of a scam in Bucks and Huntingdon counties where a suave gang offers to store inferior pitchforks at a farmer’s barn. Farmers are promised fifty percent commissions on sales while the forks remain, then sign a long fine print agreement and end up purchasing worthless forks at high prices.
A humorous Boston Courier verse urging Tom to wear flannel through May to avoid illness. It plays on seasonal sun and omens of being an angel if he abandons his warm attire. The light poem emphasizes persistent comfort against changing weather.
The piece notes that every person at some point attracts friends with tales of fortunes and misfortunes, from grand military leaders to writers at desks, sailors surrendering to wind and water, and farmers journeys to the market. It emphasizes universal exposure to luck and change across diverse lives.
Dialogue during a funeral features Mrs Meguinness and Mrs Du Gham discussing a promised sign from Patrick. The widow recalls his breath as he nears death and jokes that his whistle would confirm he is alive, creating a macabre but darkly humorous moment.
A dialogue features two girls choosing graduation essay topics. The first selects The Correlation of Hypnotic and Theosophic Theories. The second asks about Is Marriage a Failure. The exchanges show playful whimsy and contrasts in topic ambition.
Dialogue shows Blubman offering Mrs. Highup’s exclusive party access while the artist insists on finding “true Americaine” young ladies with pretty faces. The humorous exchange highlights social snobbery and the clash of art and high society.
The Typographical Union of Washington has won enforcement of the eight hour day in the Government printing office, ensuring shorter shifts and standardized work hours for union members.
A fragmented note extols Dr Pierce medicines and Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy promising cures for liver derangements, biliousness, dyspepsia, and skin diseases while criticizing aggressive selling tactics. It also mentions the Roberts steel making process as a looming industrial change.
An advertisement touts B B B Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for rheumatism catarrh and related blood disorders with testimonials from users in Atlanta Knoxville and Tyler and promotes a free book of proofs. The piece also notes other business notices and local industry updates.
Theatrical manager tells a hopeful actress that she lacks a good stage face but could still excel as a typewriter, encouraging persistence rather than despair.
Dialogue overheard as a Western character declares reform impossible for a horse thief and an Easterner counters with a reforming solution by making him a sailor. The exchange reflects regional humor about adaptation and transformation.
At the American Institute of Electrical Engineers session in New York the 22d, Prof. Elihu Thompson presented a paper explaining the relation between magnetism and induced electromotive force and current and showed how the magnet circuit affects this relationship with clear detail.
Mr. M Slattery of Fort Wayne Indiana rides a tricycle powered by a small storage battery. Chicago hosts eighteen breweries producing about 1 500 000 barrels of beer yearly. In England over a quarter of a million organized miners demand a ten percent wage rise.
A clothier sells a pair of trousers stretchers to Sad-Eyed Lady for her husband’s funeral outfit. The clerk notes the stretchers cost nothing extra and the widow agrees to take them, contemplating their future usefulness.
A brief New ark Weekly excerpt recalls a crowded train encounter as an unnamed speaker warns against marrying a woman described as scheming and cold blooded. The other voice disputes ignorance of her character and the scene suggests a moralizing tone within a local social vignette.
A compilation of varied items from the period including stray quotes, notices on fire damage to cargo, remarks about Crete, and advertisements for tonics and employment. It recalls labor shifts in England and the rise of mechanization, with brief references to public figures and colonial affairs.
Mild equable climate and abundant crops described as best for fruit grain grass and stock in the world. Full information free. Address the Oregon Immigration Board Portland Oregon. German cotton manufacturers establish a national society for mutual protection.
A Maine named letter from W. W. Monror of Rochester Pa thanks Dr A T Shallenberger for pills von stating malaria cure aided his Florida son after two years of illness. He reports a neighbor also recovered quickly and recommends the remedy to all malaria sufferers. The note notes the machinists in New York City have unified into a single organization.
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