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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1893
Page
2
A string of varied notes covers astronomy, immigration, labor shifts, poultry experiments, road construction needs, and education. It critiques tax theory, reports Yaqui uprising implications, cites clergy mortality, and muses on aluminum coinage versus copper and silver in early political economy.
The editors of Memphis newspapers were placed under heavy bonds to maintain peace after a heated exchange over names in the dictionary of Nillingegate. One editor accused another and a retaliatory remark followed, while editors search for day’s news guidance elsewhere.
The piece questions whether ancient champions like Hector and Samson were physically superior to modern boxers such as Corbett and Mitchell, arguing that using the same weapons yields weaker results. It laments that the jawbone of an ass, a weapon attributed to Samson, causes no fatal harm today.
The passage ponders the flood of tears and perpetual blushes in early novel heroines like Queechy. It invites literary study on how writers kept their characters constantly weeping and how readers coped with the need for endless handkerchiefs.
The piece notes that reports claiming Beauregard was the last Confederate general are incorrect. Edmund Kirby Smith, a full general, was the last survivor of that rank and led Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, surrendering last. He later taught mathematics at the University of Nashville in Tennessee.
The piece condemns sweating shops and their misery, noting low pay and unhealthy conditions. It calls for urgent action to improve workers' lives and hints at U S annexation debates involving Hawaii and Caribbean ties, referencing Britain with a satirical tone.
The Chicago Rock Island and Texas Railway Company filed an amendment to its charter with the Texas secretary of state. It adds Article 12 to authorize locating constructing and operating a new breach line from near station 154 on its main line in Wise County Texas southeast toward Dallas passing through Wise Tarrant Dallas counties for about 73 miles.
In Dissa Texas a color man named Marsh Williams died in a gravel pit near Oak City after sand collapsed burying him. In Comaseme Texas ex county treasurer A J Coffey, missing after a theft case, is reportedly jailed in Indianapolis awaiting return. In Waco Texas Ernest Z Zavy, a cotton firm messenger, died after being run over by a wagon when he fell between the wheels.
A series of incidents across Texas counties includes a near fatal clothing fire for Fanny Millard, an inmate Eb Thomas escaping jail, Tom Green county men fined for public card play, Maule Clark's self immolation, a deadly stabbing near San Angel o, and a murder rumor from Crensogo via the Great Northern line with little solid detail.
A three year old child died after his clothes ignited while passing in front of a fireplace in Wentuay Texas. The incident occurred Saturday night leaving the mother Bolin Lie house at the same location shaken by the event.
Pantin March 16 Doug Hollman of Woodland Red River county was unloading cotta from his wagon when a bale fell on him. It fractured his arm in several places and dislocated a elbow joint.
The lexus Central railroad began laying steel yesterday between Avuilia and Mantium. The company has 1000 tons of material on hand to be placed immediately.
Ateal Mercer reports from March 14 that Sunday morning marked vence day at Reoser, with local residents gathering to observe the event. No further details available.
A servant found Tom Waco dead in the cellar with a crushed chest after a violent clash with Creey Williams who was alive but badly injured. The hammer used as the weapon was found in the cellar corner. Dennis, a missing oil mill worker, is being sought as a suspect.
Saunders family tragedy as Amert Saunders discovers his stepmother and two young siblings in a shallow well. The two children died. the woman survived but was unconscious, weighed down by a rock necklace. Authorities report the well depth as one and a half feet.
Reports from San Antonio and border counties detail ongoing pursuit of alleged revolutionaries with about sixty jailed in Zavala County after December unrest. Four men captured near the Indian crossing were found smuggling cattle and sent to authorities. Across Farmico and Crescent, incidents include a white man harming hogs and a boy found at a Santa Fe depot awaiting guardians, plus a Dallas visitor near self harm and a hay wagon accident leaving a man injured.
A mad dog attacked on a farm owned by Thomas Mercer on March 17. It bit Mercer’s dogs and a black worker, who was later treated by a physician. Mercer killed the animal and ended its threat to the area.
In Hessa Texas on March 15 Pa Murphy, while out byating, discharged his gun accidentally. The load struck near his knee severing an artery and causing near instant death. He recently served as a section foreman on the Texas and Pacific.
A resident near Antieros Texas delivered a girl weighing eighteen pounds on Saturday. The extraordinary birth drew local attention and sparked questions about the unusual infant size and care.
Andrew Jackson, a Swede traveling with his family from Chicago to New York, is missing near Massillon. Police believe he was robbed and murdered after being enticed from a train by four strangers suspected of gambling. He carried 1500 dollars. his fur cap blood stained was found near Massillon. His family remains stranded in PirrspunG.
March 15. Tracy City residents report thirteen convicts fleeing No 1 mine after overpowering guards Guard Hargis was knocked down and pistol seized. guard Miles also overpowered before escape. The group includes twelve negroes and one white man. Fifty seven others who could have fled stayed. Warden Burton pursued with bloodhounds but captured none.
In Huntinates Indiana John Graves reappears after twenty one years to claim a fortune once believed lost. His uncle Jess Griffith died in 1868 leaving 600000 dollars. Despite 160 claims of being Graves, fraud was found and an administrator appointed. Graves proved identity and the estate cashes out. In St Louis a cremation urn containing a four year old girl’s ashes is found in unclaimed freight. The box from Philadelphia was misaddressed and traced to Longview Texas with no clear consignor.
Ex Representative Blount of Georgia traveled from Washington to San Francisco with Eliis Mille a confidential stenographer of the state department. He is bound for Honolulu on a mission to investigate the Hawaii annexation issue. The move suggests President Cleveland has not yet decided on annexation. Blount will study the situation and the president’s future action may hinge on his report.
In Whitsett mine near Perryapolis Rainbow Coal and Coke Co explosion injures ten workers five killed. Names include Edward Harrington William Goldsborough Oliver Franthoover Josiah Rose and Mine Inspector William Duncan. Gas fault blamed on inspecting miners. Also Nebraska/North Carolina brief threats drive B W Crow and family from Nebo with death threats linked to school for Negro children.
In Wasminecron March 14 the senate awaits Teller's resolution urging reconvening the international monetary conference in Brussels next summer. Teller cites a shift in sentiment since the conference adjourned and aims to express the senate's sense on the issue.
Representative Rogers of Arkansas declines the post of assistant attorney general for the interior department while remaining an applicant for attorney general.
Four people died yesterday when Mrs Vincent Oliver her sister Mrs Walker and Walker s child attempted to cross a railroad in front of a train in Iserta Louisiana.
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A mine explosion at Alderson, owned by the Choctaw Railway Co, killed nine miners and injured seven. Most victims were Italians. several, including Scanton and Love, attempted to escape before death. The blast followed a windy shot and after damp conditions. 25 to 30 other workers were in the mine and escaped.
A Cartersville Georgia wedding notice sent from Atlanta implies Rev. Sam P. Jones and Mrs. Jones invite guests to the marriage of their daughter Annie to William M. Graham on March 16. Graham once served as Jones’s private secretary and the pair briefly divorced after a Chattanooga marriage that ended unhappily before reconciling.
Coreacu a night watchman for the First National Rank was robbed at City Hall yesterday after receiving 500 from the city treasurer and 900 from the county treasurer. While descending a dark stairway a man restrained him, another man seized the money, and both fled down the stairs to escape.
In San Francisco on March 18 the six Chinese firms reply to a revenue collector inquiry stating they issued a circular advising Chinese laborers the registration requirement is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced and urging noncompliance. More than $60,000 has been pledged by Chinese to challenge the law in court.
Report from Pierre says Indian police shot and killed Bul Fielder after he assaulted his Indian wife who had just received her share of the pony money. Agent Lillibridge sent officers to arrest Fielder. he resisted, nine bullets struck him, and he died instantly.
The Texas 23d Legislature faces House Senate friction over bill handling. Senate tax and finance actions include life insurance tax at 2 percent gross premiums and a capital-stock tax tied to mileage. The Senate passes hog theft as a felony. House concurs. Debates on private bills and a summer session loom as investigations grow. Conflicting committee reports in Austin address deficiency appropriations and constitutional amendments.
Avstis Tex March 14 The house yesterday moved the general assignment bill to engrossed status after morning and evening sessions debated amendments. Avstis Tex March 16 The labor bureau bill was placed in the receptacle for odds and ends along with department of insurance statistics agriculture geology history and labor bills. Avstis Tex March 18 The house spent the day debating the ad valorem tax bill and began shaping it toward a skeletal form.
Lincoln March 16 report says a committee of investigation found several state officers guilty of the disappropriation of state funds. The chamber yesterday adopted the committee's findings and may pursue further action.
March 16 report from Austin notes the senate devoted time to a Velidale location conference lane purpose. The fragment lists a land issue and a legislative measure, with no clear names or outcomes readable.
An advertisement extols Pe-ru-na as a universal remedy for winter colds and catarrh at all stages, claiming near universal success in correcting throat and lung ailments. The text advertises a free book from The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio.
The piece notes St Louis boastfully lists its statue sites with figures by noted sculptors and cites the Lucas Ship venture to run steamers from St Louis to Mexico and other Spanish American ports. It mentions German Day parades, Snohomish smallpox whisky subsidies, Ashland mothers, New Zealand trout, Krupp cannons, and a planned Mexican cathedral on Grigelga river.
A scientific note describes a glass tube baiting device that circulates water to keep a minnow alive and safe from deep sea predators. The concept of bottle bait is old, but this design preserves the bait longer, avoiding early exhaustion due to bottle size or fisherman's vigor.
Reported in a New York City shop a shoemaker displayed a sign declaring that sy wal is taken out of shoes. A German army reception noted 194 384 recruits with 24 illiterate. Seven US presidents have July birthdays and Garfield's fatal wounding in July is recalled. A snow white opossum, a rare possum, was presented to Central Park Zoo.
A wide survey notes new banks in Atlanta and Wharton, a dog thief in Fort Worth, race tracks planned for Houston, a plow factory in Temple, and a county fair in Hill County. Other items report military company in Kerrville, new houses at Yoakum, blooming fruit trees, a chewing gum factory in Houston, and a possible Hempstead national bank.
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