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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1893
Page
3
A string of old advertisements praises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the best household remedy for bronchial and pulmonary troubles. The notes claim workers and professionals from police to merchants endorse the product, while other lines promote Salvation Oil for rheumatism and a note about a squeaking door guiding a curious boy.
An old advertisement touts Marsden's Pectorial Balm as the best investment against coughs and colds. It promises quick relief from the first dose, claiming a bottle cures ordinary coughs or colds and notes it is sold everywhere. It mocks men who drink or neglect the remedy.
A poetic scene unfolds as a narrator pleads over a rose given in joy. The beloved must explain why love turns sour and whether affection truly ends with betrayal. The speaker vows to learn how lives can part while confronting a heart once shared.
The Lone Pine station near Bad Creek and Big Rock becomes the focal point of western banditry as Mrs Hadley, a new agent from Chicago, uses a shotgun and revolver to repel marauding tramps. Her quick actions save the station while a broader wave of assaults tests railroad workers and settlers across the mountains.
A late night attack by about fourteen tramps on Lone Pine ends with a mounted rescue and a quick battle that leaves four dead and seven wounded. The little woman fires through the door, and the attackers burn a freight car as the engine races to safety. She is later said to have left Lone Pine for a Pacific coast life.
A caravan of witnesses from Texas Ohio Louisiana and Missouri attest to relief or cure from catarrh after using Pe-ru-na. Names include Mre M J Tamblin W D Williams and Rev J Randall plus Mrs Drey A Lewis and Mrs J W Reynolds. The letter invites readers to request a free illustrated treatise from The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus Ohio.
A long recounting of Mark Twain's satire on French dueling and Gambetta, with Twain's Paris visit and a comic clash over recognition. The piece traces reactions, heroism rhetoric, and Twain's wary misadventure as Hitt introduces him to Gambetta in ornate Parisian rooms.
A collection of brief items includes a note on a famed lady trim mer who tends flowers for the well off, a Maryland father of twenty seven orphans, a Philadelphia box with $280 turning to $240 in coins, wartime death tallies, a Patterson name spelling tale, a Seattle trolley accident with near drowning, and tide impacts on fatalities.
A historical note profiles George Graham son of Richard Graham of Blackhouse Cumberland England. Apprenticed to Thomas Tompion at 13 he rose to fame for clockmaking and inventions such as the mercurial bob correcting pendulum variation. He built Greenwich’s 1727 great clock and testing mural arch instruments. He died 1751 aged 46 and was interred in Westminster Abbey four years later.
In a playful family exchange papa asks why night shirts last longer than day shirts. mamma quips you don’t wear them out. Mr Bilkins notes a sad face of a woman who has loved and lost or loved and rejected. Mrs Wobble recalls an unforgettable proposal moment with Mr Wobbles admitting his own idiocy.
A dense collage of 19th century patent medicine claims touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Kemp's Balsam Brown's Iron Bitters Garfield Tea Syrup of Figs and other tonics. The text promotes cures for malaria dyspepsia rheumatism constipation and nervous debility while urging visits to druggists and sample bottles. Other lines boast teething syrups and bitters claiming strength and health benefits.
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