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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
3
A Missouri river jug mystery is resolved as engineers on Salt creek locate the jug and the note inside. A Kansas City sister's reply to the note sparked rumor, but investigators confirm the jug drifted by water and railroad time, ending speculation about the earlier report.
Since the last report one death, C. L. Lindsey, who held certificate No. 125, with paid assessments including call 23 totaling $24.35. Nine members are suspended for nonpayment and urged to reinstate by paying call 23. New admissions not liable on call 24 listed from Graham Olney and Markley. Several applications are pending with more promised soon.
Health advice urged to keep liver bowels and stomach in good condition to avoid illness and promote well being. Ballard’s Herbine claimed to relieve constipation liver and bowel troubles and is sold by B S Doty & Co. The piece closes with a motto about making a living through personal effort.
An advertisement touts Hunt's Lightning Oil as a universal remedy for aches pains burns sprains and similar afflictions. It urges readers not to suffer or delay and claims complete cure upon application.
The liquor business is said to be at bay while patrons are described as half seas over, reflecting a tense climate amid restrictions and social drinking patterns.
Ad copy touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a preventive remedy for appendicitis by stimulating the stomach liver and bowels. Claims include curing constipation biliousness chills malaria headache indigestion and preventing deadly attacks. Beat Sloan Drug Co.
Arkansas passes a bill prohibiting prize fights while carving an exemption for activities involving the legislature. The move frames a broad public safety measure but avoids restricting lawmakers from prize fighting.
Roosevelt notes infant deaths overshadow population growth as eight in ten deaths stem from bowel troubles. McGee's Baby Elixir claims to cure diarrhoea dysentery sour stomach and related ailments in teething babies. Price 25 and 50 cents, sold by B. S. Doty & Co.
A local piece argues that home should be a safe, pleasant base and blames parents when youths leave early. It stresses education as essential, notes few uneducated achieve prominence, and urges every trade to be pursued with discipline while warning against narrow thinking. It also notes calm reactions to Taft children amid political bustle.
The piece notes skin diseases like eczema and barber's itch cause intense itching and disturbance to rest. It recommends Chamberlains Salve for instant itching relief and mentions Sloan Drug Co as selling it. It also mentions a Fat Men's club approval of Tafts ideal presidential size and a loving cup presented to Senator Foraker with a somber tone.
Harry Wilson of Waynetown Indiana says Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is unequaled for croup and cold throat troubles. When given at the first sign of a croupy cough it can prevent the attack and is used in thousands of homes. Sold by all druggists.
State and county details announce an alias execution from Midland County dated February 1908. The property is an undivided one fourth interest in two 320 acre tracts in T H K L Co Surveys numbers 203 204 or 202? and 2l, levied to satisfy a 247.26 judgment for The Casey Swasey Co. against A J Waters. sale set for first Tuesday in April at the Graham courthouse per law.
The notice promotes the Thrice-a-Week World as an impartial dailyish newspaper and offers a price package: $1.00 per year for the New York World plus a Graham Leader for one year at $1.65, with combined value stated for two papers at $2.00.
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