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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
8
Local notes list events and visits with names from Olney Newcastle and Eliasville. March 10 is Clean Up Day. Quick loans offered, produce buyers advertise, and various residents like A G Love and Miss Agnes Craig are noted visiting Dallas.
Dr W A Morris remains confined with lagrippe. Judge Kay arrives from Wichita Falls for district court. Mr and Mrs G Q Street and son visit Mineral Wells. First class roomers sought at Belmont House. Mareh sandstorms give way to spring. Priscilla Club to meet at Mrs Will Norman’s. Attorney Parker attends district court. Garretts to Dallas for Mrs Garrett’s operation. Frw appeal case from Austin pending. Lillie Pennington hosts sister. Missionary Society studies missions at 3 pm. J M Chism visits then heads to Woodson.
Mrs. E. F. Strube and two children visit Fort Worth parents Mr. and Mrs. W T Finch. J. F. Burgess renews The Leader while in town. Otto Deats becomes bookkeeper for R. F. Short Co. in Graham. Northern county gardens damaged by cold. replanting needed. Choral Club of S. M. A. tours Southern Texas with Beerenie Miller in the vocal quartet.
A flurry of snow fell Saturday March 3 with a cold wind and signs of dead winter. Tender green shoots from a recent spring opening appear none the worse for the snow.
An ad from Bowie Commercial College in Bowie Texas urges March start to study bookkeeping stenography typewriting and banking to seize fall opportunities. It touts expert faculty complete equipment financial backing and strong employer endorsements while promising job demand and daily help from its employment office. It cautions pursuing education now boosts future success and invites subscriptions with a cheeky note about receipts.
The town’s new Christian church, praised as the finest in the county, is nearing completion with Easter Sunday expected as the finish line. Rev. Ashley Chappell will lead Sunday services at 11 am and 7:45 pm with Presiding Elder Rev. L. A. Webb ahead of the quarterly conference.
W E McCharen announces a threshing run at Eliasville next Monday March 12 to thresh cane kafir maize. Grain owners urged to remember the date as work on local Baptist parsonage continues with a new bedroom and bath and Rev J R Reynolds from Richmond Kentucky to begin pastoral duties next Sunday.
Mrs John B Wood announces a juvenile instrumental recital next Tuesday at 8 pm in the High School auditorium. Performers aged six to ten with a few older children. The program features piano solos duets and choruses. Public invited admission free.
A call to rally support for Graham with a message urging readers to pass the leader on and boost the campaign effort across communities and networks.
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