Local notes crowd Graham area with townsfolk and ads
Proffitt and Rome residents visit town. Goose Neck Bend and Fish Creek folks seen about. Farmers buy machinery last week. cattle delegates attend Ft Worth convention. Medical tonics and patent medicines sold by Graham Drug Co with varied prices. Bryan favored for November election. local humor and reflections amid commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Allen
Proffitt
Capt
J. W. Burnett
Rome
Joao Cloud
Fish Creek
A.J. Wheat
Goose Neck Bend
Local notes and ads mix in Graham community update
In Graham last Saturday Prof J E More and his daughter Merl visited. Hollingsworth Dowdie and W C Wilkinson with wife came, Mrs Wilkinson returning home on Elm Street, Mr Wilkinson visiting Ft Worth for the Stockman's Convention. Claudie Carson’s Lamar School closed with speeches and a crowd attending. Readers urged to consider Sarsaparilia as a spring remedy. Gavin's Sarsaparine praised for blood and digestion. The Leader is locally printed, urging support for home industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. More
Merl
Graham
Hollingsworth & Dowdie
W.c. Wilkinson
Mrs. Wilkinson
Elm
Mr. W
Ft. Worth
Claudie Carson
Lamar School
Hals
Gavin
East Graham welcomes new homeowner Dowdle
An item notes J. K. Dowdle moving into a new East Graham residence and announces a shipment of shingles. It also highlights local ads from 8. B. Street & Co and praises Hollingsworth & Dowdle for effective advertising. The page promotes Winre's Axson Veracrope for worms and advertises Jno. E. Morrison & Co. spring stock.
Graham High School Sees Growth and Hiring for Spring Term
Three ladies and three young gentlemen entered the Graham High School this week as two become successful county teachers. Four instructors will be employed in the Normal beginning this term. Additional help has been employed for the spring term. Garden seed sold in bulk at Gorrissen's. Latest ladies hats and sewing machines offered by S. B. Street & Co and F. Gorrissen's with prices listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorrissen’s
Square
Piles cure ad and naval travel rates posted for 1900
An ad promotes a guaranteed pile cure with claims of dramatic results and home delivery details from Pars Medici Co. It also lists travel offers for the North Atlantic Squadron U S Navy from Galveston and a Y M C A State Convention trip from Temple Texas with specified travel fares and limited return dates in March 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weil
Mall
Ty Pars Medici Co
St. Louis
North Atlantic
U.S. Navy
Galveston
Jacksboro
Temple Texas
Waterbury clock ad and cure laxative note
An 8 day Waterbury clock offered for $2.75 appears in an agent listing. The piece also touts Browo QerNins Tapers laxative as a cold cure with a money back guarantee signed by W. Grove on every box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
V. FP
W. Grove
Avery Box
Munt's Lightnin drug claims cure all ailments
An ad-like fragment touts Munt's Lightnin as a cure for a wide range of complaints including stomach trouble neuralgia sprains colic diarrhoea cuts headaches rheumatism and even claims benefits for men or beauty. Money back if not satisfied.
What About Cultivators Beas Mollingswre
A fragmented Graham era column mentions Miss Julia Gant visiting Fort Worth and local officials such as W. B. Crockett County Attorney Mitchell County. It references Hollingaworth Dowdle hardware and assorted ads, milliners Chism and Eddleman, Dr. Simmons Bareaparilia, and Sheriff Henry Williams praising fiscal guardianship. The item notes community notes on school, church, and local travel, plus a dragged incident involving Mr. Bill Finch and his horse.
Denver Killian Weds Alice M Ratliff in Graham
Marriage notice records Denver Killian and Alice M Ratliff wed at 10 oclock Sunday night March 11 at J S Starretts residence in Graham. The piece also covers a violent attack on C F Collier of Cherokee Joma with injuries to kidneys back and pain, praises Geied Electric Bittern as a cure, and lists local subscribers paid up for the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.S. Starrett
Graham
Denver Killian
Alice M. Ratliff
C. F. Collier
Cherokee
Joma
Handy & Matthews Drug Store
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Fringe
Leader
Jas. . Wood
JO. W. Akin
N. J. Timmons
F. M. Burkett
George McLare Chas. Gay
J. E. Parsons
Marion A. Wallace
H.C. Williams
Eugene Thompson
J. E. Simpson
W. P. Beckham
J. A. Dixon
H. C. Fields
Messrs. Gibbs and Weaver
Gral
L. Tankersley
Rausin
G.C. Shearer
Harry Winston
Graham Drug Co
Francia Lisko
St Ark
Murray
BaLtain
Steadnam
Bogey
Boggy
J.C. Butler
Territory
Seattle
I. H. Jones
Walter Flippo
Simmons
Graham Drag
Wm, Johnson
Bryan
Gueatham
Hunt
J. KE. Dowdle
East
B. Street & Co
Messrs. Hollingsworth & Dowdle
Hollingsworth
Winre
The
Graham High School
S. B._Street & Co
F. Gorrissen
Tanten
Graham Drag Co
Gorrissen
Rock Island Excursion
Urlet, Ry
Beas Mollingswre
Julia Gant
W. B. Crockett
Atty
Mitchell County
Hollingaworth & Dowdle
Mr. Owen
Vm Transit
B. Stafet & Co
Aggrevacea
Gatlin
V. E. Kiddieman
Dall
Chism
Eddleman
Dr. Simmons
Bareaparilia
Dottie
James M. Wood
Mother
Longview
Mesdames
Chisin & Liddlewan
Chisin
Jo W. Akin
Olney
Messrs
Criswell
Gilmore and
Wilson
Misses Keeter
Gilmore
Lewis
H. C. Williams
Henry Williams
Sheriff Williams
Buckner
Bey
Orphan's Home
Tex
Mary Adele Ford
Mary Mayes
Stephen Ford
Ian
B.C. Bocunta
King’s Drug Store
McKinly Music Co
W. King
Salem
McLaren
Uur
H.C. Fields
Fields
L. Coleman
Spring Creek
Grandpa Coleman
MO. E McRllison & Co
Col
O C George
Denton Nursery
Matthews
Tidwell
Norman
Hartford Life Insurance Co
Geo. L. Rhes
Macedonia Baptist Association
G.W. Black
Warren Cunningham
Discu
Madonna Association
Baptist General Convention
Z. H. Reagan
A. Ford
Bounda
J. J. Leas Gan
Nile the Holy Spirit
Lindsay
P. B. Keeter
M. Wive Maves
Superisiand
Oy Reagan
G. W. Black
R. Linsey, Cu’a
JH Hi
Reagan
J Leagan
Bill Finch
Mr. Finch
A.L. Owen
B. Padgit
Jas. Melton
Albany
G. F. Parsons
South Pr
D. W. Russell
Utopia
Montbomery Ward
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