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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1893
Page
3
A jumble of snippets— dialogue about thread numbers, lawyers and ignorance of the law, patent medicines like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Royal Baking Powder promotions, a grand hotel in Chicago, and assorted health cures—paints a bustling, fragmentary mid‑century page.
W Graves, a Donner party survivor now living in San Francisco, arrived with a yellow buckskin bag believed to hold over 100 coins from the 1840s. The treasure includes U S half dollars and coins from Mexico Bolivia France and more. His mother hid silver money when she fled the mountains and died in the snowbound escape.
Boston electrice engineer Arthur Cooper notes rapid progress in electricity and cites C V Boughton s telephotos a new signalling system using 106 incandescent lights to transmit Morse alphabet signals across fifteen miles aboard ships at sea if it performs as claimed ships and war vessels may equip night signalling as easily as talking across a table
A Lynn man Jones raises a persistent hen among an unusual brood and a nearby butcher. The tale recounts failed cookery attempts as the hen proves hard to tenderize. Local voices praise Salvation Oil and Dr Bus Couch Syrup as remedies, reflecting era commercial testimonials.
An old advertisement touts Marsden’s Poctorm Buim as the best earth investment curing any ordinary cough or cold. It promises quick relief from a first dose and claims widespread sale with customers pleased by cures and good will.
An old time advertisement urges caregivers to visit the druggist for a free sample bottle of Mae Wissnow's Soap forTeething. It notes affordable prices and promotes the product as a trusted remedy for teething babies.
Fragment of a poem reflecting on life’s storms and the calm of death. It questions wealth fame and memory, concluding the deathless soul survives beyond the grave and that earthly concerns fade into shadows. The speaker ends with a personal signature Minnie Quinn.
In 1880s Dakota, the Walker and Benedict families longtime neighbors and war friends become foes after a calf incites a feud. A prairie fire forces Mort Benedict to race for safety with Nellie Walker amid smoke and flames, risking lives and homes.
A passage explains gravity and free fall with distances and speeds per second, noting sixteen feet per second increment each second and squared-time distance rules. It then cites a local paper’s sensational claim about slavery in Tabases, discusses peonage laws in several states that burden employees with notice and payments, and suggests such rules resemble slavery in practice.
OYAL unfermented bread made without yeast avoids decomposition from yeast or baking powder. It is peptic palatable and healthful and may be eaten warm and fresh without discomfort, unlike bread made by other methods.
Recipe uses Royal Baking Powder with flour salt sugar and potato. Combine dry ingredients rub in potato add water to form smooth batter, pour into greased pan, bake in hot oven about 45 minutes, cover with paper first 15 minutes to prevent crusting.
A lawyer borrows a friend's book, forgets to return it, and is teased about it. He threatens himself with a postal card note, causing a frightful morning after the postman visit. He returns the book, but his wife fears he may be guilty of crime or blackmail. Imitations and sham are called weaknesses.
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