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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
1
The piece argues that typhoid outbreaks from polluted water show civilization’s interdependence and demand professional responsibility. It condemns political corruption and unscientific health boards, warning that citizens’ ignorance or corruption enables disease and costly loss of life.
George Schaub of New London Ohio reports his wife suffered eight weeks with severe back pain until using Chamberlain's Pain Balm from Grahm Drug Co. After a few days she felt renewed and soon recovered full strength enabling her to resume housework.
A Stephens Empire editorial argues parents should teach children to honor debts over accumulating wealth. It urges families to pay overdue subscriptions, including taking boys to the paper office to settle owed amounts, claiming such discipline builds honest men.
A pungent Grady address from Atlanta decries liquor traffic as a ruinous force harming families and the republic. The piece contrasts reform zeal with political currents and cites Wanamaker’s bid for Philadelphia franchises and local civic commentary from Greenwich Connecticut.
Mrs W K Haviland of Armonk New York says her daughter suffered a nearly fatal attack of whooping cough and bronchitis until Dr King's New Discovery saved her life. Her niece, with advanced consumption, also recovered. Desperate throat and lung diseases yield to this medicine. for coughs and colds it is infallible. 50c and 1.00 bottles guaranteed Handy Matthews. Trial bottles free.
A farmer is approached by a salesman offering a bicycle for 35 dollars. The farmer jokes that he would rather buy a cow for the money, fearing how foolish he would look riding a bike or attempting to milk it.
An advertisement urges families to buy Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from Graham Drug Co. It claims the medicine is the most successful treatment for bowel complaints and stresses it may save a night trip to town during busy seasons.
The Jacksboro Gazette reports a community Fourth of July picnic at the Fair Grounds with a morning and afternoon program including speeches and a baseball game between Graham and Jacksboro. Businessmen close shops for the holiday to let assistants enjoy the day.
A New York scientist claims May June and July are the months with the highest suicide rate noting no reasons but promising statistics will support him. He blames education and communication for the rise in self harm and provides no other details.
Mrs. 5 Pease of Lawrence Kansas credits three battles of Electric Bitters with freeing her from seven years of bed rest due to kidney liver trouble and debility. She says three months made her feel like a new person and endorses it for headaches nervousness and related ills. Handy Matthews Drug Store sells it for 50c. Denver Judge Palmer faces clergy protest over Sunday beer sales as reformers rally in his court and he rebukes them.
A young man in Alturas foretold his death to his sweetheart saying he did not expect to see her again. Later that night he was shot by an old man believed to be one of his closest friends, matching his grim prophecy.
A shoemaker’s canary, famed for whistling Yankee Doodle, sold in Chicago for 1200 dollars to a patriotic buyer named Hedges who considers the bird worth the price. A Missouri editor meanwhile imprints inverted subscriber names to prompt payment, hoping readers decipher the joke and restore the name.
An advertisement extols Bucklen’s Amica Salve as a cyclist’s quick cure for cuts sprains bruises chafing burns and ulcers promising relief and healing for 50 cents. It is sold by Handy and Matthews druggists. The Corsicana Sun notes oil fuels hurting Galveston coal wholesale with four barrels costing 1.75 equal to a ton of coal at 4 dollars.
A Chicago News line notes a boy claiming future feats as he grows into a man while an elderly man boasts of his childhood achievements, illustrating contrasts between youth aspirations and aging memory.
The advertisement touts a “Home Gold Cure” for drunkenness claiming no harmful doses and no nerve weakening. It pledges home use, guaranteed results, and sale from Edwin B. Giles & Co. with discreet, worldwide shipping for one dollar. It also includes a separate note on government action against fake lucky stones and a discussion on schooling reducing crime, citing Blanket Gazette.
The speaker argues that those with wealth over one million acquire it through government favoritism or by winning the earnings of others, likening such gains to gambling rather than legitimate work. The piece emphasizes distrust of concentrated wealth.
A vintage advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as beneficial for residents in malaria districts, claiming relief and health benefits from a popular early 20th century tonic. The brief copy emphasizes the tonic's supposed effectiveness and broad audience reach.
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