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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1889
Page
4
The Graham Leader notes Chauncy M. Depew, famed Centennial orator, has accepted an invitation to speak at the Dallas Fair. Fair managers vow top attractions and ample entertainment for the event this year.
Senator Chandler publishes a card denying a report that Senator Blackburn pulled his ears and stomped him in the committee room last winter. He claims the irate Kentucky senator would have attacked but for timely interference by others present.
The article states Presidents Harrison and Diaz and Secretary Blaine are to be invited to attend the Dallas Fair. It expresses hope they will attend and notes Texas would like to see a real live president.
The Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition has secured the famous Cappa's Seventh Regiment Band as a major attraction. praised as one of the finest bands in the world.
The Fort Worth Mail prints a satirical list naming six people connected to the president by family ties. The items include the president's brother, the president's father-in-law, and other in-law relations within the presidential circle.
Exposition announces premiums for counties that submit the best exhibit. The piece invites local participation and urges the county to prepare an entry to showcase its achievements at the event.
Citizens Joan Sullivan and Jake Kilrain train for what is billed as the greatest prize fight. The writer condemns the brutality and urges the public to reject the spectacle and avoid rewarding the combatants.
The piece argues Americans neglect to prepare youth for life duties. It laments that many eighteen to twenty one year olds enter adulthood with no clear trade or goal. Parents’ failure to teach practical living leaves youths drifting, though not entirely to blame, but due to undeveloped faculties.
The Scientific American of last week provides interesting information about the Johnstown Hood with illustrations of the Conemaugh river points of interest. It includes a view of the South Fork dam near Johnstown, the bridge and the Conemaugh valley.
The article argues about racial suffrage debates and fears of foreign refugees influencing U S politics. It claims that property or education qualifications would disenfranchise both Black citizens and a turbulent white faction, notes greater trouble from foreign elements, and criticizes former jail-bred foreigners entering U.S. politics within five years of arrival.
If the Samoan treaty proves favorable the republican papers will credit Blaine. If it goes wrong they will claim he merely followed Bayard's plan.
A Petaluma man Robert Stewart testi fies that Joycetable Sarsaparilla cleared carbuncles and boils on his face and neck after other tonics worsened them. He and his brother saw rapid drying and smooth skin in two weeks. The note explains the product works by vegetable alteratives and eliminates impurities through natural channels.
In Kaufman County Henry Shamberger was acquitted after a trial for the murder of Anna Smith aged seventeen. The defense argued the death was suicide. the case, previously appealed and remanded, ends with the jury finding doubt and freeing him. The proceedings sparked public sorrow and harsh moral reaction.
Public notice commands Sheriff to summon unknown heirs of Richard H Key in Young County Texas. Publication repeats weekly for eight weeks before July 5 1889 term of District Court at Graham. Plaintiffs Crain Arnold Arnold etc seek recovery of 575 acres in Young and Archer counties with damages of 2000 dollars for ejectment from Isaac Holman League land.
Receipts of Texas cattle are not as heavy as last week, with a downward price tendency due to a drop in native cattle values. Bulls cows and mixed calves show larger declines than fat steers, while sheep demand remains strong for fat stock. rates per head and per cwt are listed for various weights and sexes. Chicago Live Stock Commission Co.
J C Short announces an auction of cultivators disk harrows plows double shovels and all agricultural implements at Cant with cash or good notes payable in fall. Hardware and groceries also offered at bottom prices for spot cash on the barrel head with four percent discount for bills from one dollar up.
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