28 Mar 1889
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1889
Page
1
The Graham Leader urges subscribers to pay arrears and promote a one year ad run at $2.00 cash in advance. Mention of mail routes to Henrietta and Weatherford promises better service and a tourist rush as spring opens. Also notes on photography services and jewelry repairs offered at local stores.
Ready for the Railroad offers smith and wood work on short notice using first class material with guaranteed service. Grenxo & Jowell announce service and urge settlement of accounts. Short items note residents moving to the country, iron cistern orders, fruit tree stock, millinery purchases, and a local student beginning law study.
Farmers invited to buy Avery planters cultivators harrows plows and wagons at low prices from J B Nourets. R L Rickrman & Co will soon offer Corrugated Tin Roofing and pricing before covering buildings. Capt A B Gant returned from a week in Dallas Fort Worth after a pleasant Methodist parsonage sociable.
Store to sell men and boys clothing and overcoats at actual wholesale prices to make room for new stock. Authorities investigate last week’s school house fire and deem it incendiary, promising to find and punish the culprit.
From Canton Texas a fine lot of all steel Canton Clipper Cultivator cotton and corn planters disk harrows black and sandy land plows double shovels plows Georgia stocks and full line of plow points sweeps bull tongues and other items will be sold at the lowest price quit at d Short's Graham Texas standing in a local notice listing dealers and items for sale.
The U S District Court at Graham disposed of several cases with verdicts of not guilty for Henderson Brumley and others on train robbery and larceny charges. James T. Ligon was found guilty of cattle larceny while George and Charles Marlow await bail to testify in mob cases. Several murder charges were resolved or reduced, and the term edges toward adjournment amid political chatter and local notices.
Advertises payment terms of 80 to 50 days or special arrangements for goods. Requests debtors to call and settle due to cash needs. A humorous tale follows about a young man at church who wore a suit with price tags, earning the nickname No. 37.
Notice requests all debtors of Morrison, Street & Co. to settle accounts. Includes promotion for Godey’s Lady’s Book April issue, Barb wire cash sale by J. B. Norris, Alliance meeting notice for April 4 1889, Norris' Parallel Cultivators, and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertisement with price and guarantee.
Elder Beville preached at Upper Tank. Local health varies with Mr Duck and Mrs Duck both mentioned. Joys include Gove Timmons and Tom Dixon with new boys, while the Davis twins remain bachelors. Town discusses school closing, exhibition, alliance growth, crops, a railroad, and a school tax petition. Also local ad for machine oil from R L Rickman & Co.
In federal court last Thursday and Friday Henderson Brumly was acquitted after a conspiracy to rob the mail train on the T and P railway case. Major Pearce led for the government and Judge West for the defense amid a crowded courthouse. The Logan mob cases were moved to the Circuit Court, with Judge McCormick and Judge Pardee to handle trials, likely not until October. A school term ended as Miss Anna Darden returned home from Finis. The Macedonia Baptist Association planning meeting is set for Goose Neck Bend next Friday. A shower aided crops, grass revived, and Young county fruit and stock prospects look good. An advertisement warns that ten popular blood purifiers contained dangerous minerals. Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla is promoted as pure and safe.
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