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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
3
A clutter of names, sales, medicines, and notices from Graham Drug Co and local merchants. Items include seeds from Jxo B Morrison Co, concrete work by Jacksboro masons, medical tonics like Herbine and Bantain, insurance news for a Graham residence, and travel notes on residents and visitors amid routine local business chatter.
Local brief lists medicinal promises for worms and tonics, a shop ad for Graham Drug Co and prices for gloves, seeds, clocks, belts, and baby news. Mentions W. L. Graves return, S. B. Street & Co. officials in town, and A. C. Anderson moving home. Includes petient pains from piles and Buckeye remedy price details.
A collage of notices includes cheap sewing machines from Jno E Morison, Mrs Carrie Stewart returning from travel, Morrison shoes for ladies and children, a Briar Branch church sermon by Rev W M Higgins, fire and stock insurance with V F Genkissen, and a Texas Stock and Farm Journal subscription appeal by C W Kino at the Post Office Building.
The Rocky Mound community extends sincere thanks for patronage at the Box Supper to raise funds for painting their school. They praise Charley Gay County Clerk for a liberal donation and Mr. George McLaren for an educational talk. The total proceeds were 10.55 dollars, nearly enough to paint the house.
The ad touts PAZO OINTMENT promising cure for piles with no knife. It claims relief for urinary issues and dyspepsia, and offers a refund if curing fails, urging readers to mail cents for postage to St. Louis Missouri. It notes Hartford Life Insurance and Morley’s Medicine as known brands and mentions Kino Drug stores as sellers.
Last Friday night Graham residents were asked to back a proposed railroad with an 18 fifty thousand dollar bonus and county right of way. A four member committee was appointed to pursue talks, to report in ten days, but no further word has emerged. The public is urged to refrain from discussing the matter beyond this notice.
A jumble of items lists rail excursion offers from Jacksboro to several Texas cities with travel dates in March and April 1900, including round trip prices and sale dates. Mentions conventions in Waco Dallas Hot Springs and San Antonio, plus advertisements for sewing machines, medicines, and paper subscriptions. Also notes a local fire loss claim and small community notices.
A fragmentary 1907 article discusses mortality risks and life insurance, noting rising wool prices of 2 cents a pound and large bale sales by Turner Company. It hints at stock and market activity in late January to February, with references to high prices and quantities held.
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