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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1890
Page
4
John Jacob Astor of New York is dead leaving a $200000000 estate. Reverend Sam Jones preaches in Tyler and plans a Fort Worth appearance on the 20th.
Cis Co Lieut Governor Wheeler declares bid for governor citing public service and leadership goals. He positions himself as a steady executive amid political change.
The Ikard pasture near Henrietta has been sold and will be divided into smaller tracts for farming use.
Geo. W. Blasdell, 72, committed suicide in Dallas last Saturday by opening an artery in his arm, authorities report.
Residents near Phoenix Arizona recount devastating flood after dam failure. Local authorities pledge aid as relief teams race to reach affected communities and assess casualties and missing persons.
Jay Gould and his family are making a state tour to inspect the Gould railroads. The elderly magnate usually conducts these trips to Texas twice a year.
A wide slate of hopefuls announces in their county papers as campaigns begin. The says an unusually large crop of candidates is entering races across the state.
The Democratic Executive Committee will meet at Lampases on April 1 to fix the time and place for the next State Convention. The event is planned to be held in Fort Worth.
The text notes Cleveland expanding in public regard while Harrison declines, stating small people lose stature when placed in oversized roles, aligned with beliefs about the fitness of things.
F. A. Walton, former Dallas press clerk who fled with 85000, was captured in St Johns New Brunswick. Only 7000 remained on him. Walton stood trial on the first and a compromise discharged him after he repaid 86000 and he was released as a free man.
Dick Hawes was hanged in Birmingham Alabama last Friday for the murder of his wife and two children on December 4 188. On the gallows he said John Wylie committed the killings and Hawes paid him 200 for services. Hawes had married May Storrey at Columbus Mississippi soon after the murders and was arrested that night while traveling through Birmingham en route to Georgia.
Construction advances on the Fort Worth to Albuquerque railroad as Mallory Thayer and Cushing win the first 100 mile contract and sublet 30 miles to Hurley Tierney Lynch to finish by spring town. The entire 100 miles must be completed within one year and trains will reach Graham by October 1.
The Belknap town column reports Riddle selling his home to Bull and his shop to Lauderdale while welcoming Bull and mourning Riddle and family. Gage closes his grocery, Jones sustains a knife injury after visiting Graham, and George fights typhoid fever. Whitelys fence thousand acres for cultivation, a young man contemplates marriage, Miss Bell of Denton teaches music, a hog law exists, and a hog catcher is in demand.
Democratic congressman Pendleton who was unseated by a slim Republican vote plans appeals to the Supreme Court. The stake is a parliamentary law question whose interpretation carries party and judicial implications amid a largely Republican high court. Also noted are editorials on newspaper advertising and a March events roundup from Fort Surry and Lamar.
The Dolph senate committee questions newspaper men on reporting executive sessions. Witnesses anticipate gathering more news than the panel. A Newport Kentucky widower recently married gave up a $75000 inheritance to secure a desired object, with his first wife’s property reverting to his mother if he remarried.
In Piedmont a laborer digging the soil uncovered a deep hole containing a vast hoard of copper and bronze coins from the Roman republic and empire. Nearby, a political dispute in Virginia as two Chicago women lead rival claims in a widows case influences local outcomes.
Wa Millikan will conduct surveys furnish plats and field notes buy and sell lands on commission render and pay faxes on property for non residents negotiate loans perfect titles and make collections.
About 300 head of choice native Northwest Texas stock cattle for sale or exchange for land. Cattle are in two brands and either brand may be sold. For details contact Jd. W. Colston in Gertrude Jack County Texas.
A seller near Graham four miles north offers Red Seed Oats raised at 184 percent to trade for corn. R. Jeffery signals readiness to exchange the grain for maize.
An exceptional deal prints The Russian Wedding Feast picture with the Leaper and the Dallas Weekly News at 82.50. The one year Leaner and Weekly News plus the picture cost 2.50 with cash in advance only. The offer lasts a short time.
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