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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR note appears to cite a Gra ham Texas post office entry with Frank H. Bowron as editor and a 1.00 subscription reference. The readable bits suggest a local newspaper masthead and filing details for second class mail.
The text urges sanitation with fly swatting and cleaning on Clean-up Day and notes Dr Williamson health work. It also reports an election notice for a Democratic Postmaster primary in Graham Texas with dates May 17 and May 24 1913 and qualification requirements.
The report lists 1912 13 county school figures with 812896 white students and 204237 colored in Texas. It urges shallow cultivation for moisture and weed control and promotes public health teaching in schools to prevent disease and improve life expectancy. It cites Dr. North and a normal instructor urging teacher training in sanitary science.
The Graham Leader and the Semi-Weekly Farm News offer a year subscription bundle for $1.75 to any address. The notice claims wide readership across men women and youth in the Southwest and promises easy ordering and risk handling by the publisher.
A local note urges a public barbecue or similar event on July 4 to draw residents to town. An order from the post office requires rural route patrons to paint mailbox boxes white with two inch high black names.
A fragmented lyric line praises birds as farmers allies and urges stand by friends, pairing feathered songsters with agricultural labor. The page reads as a parlor rhyme about companionship and nature’s aid to farming.
The proposed tariff schedule under consideration by Congress could place wool on the free list. In Young County 793 sheep and goats are on farms and ranches, valued at $2,202, with an annual clip of about five pounds per sheep. Wool and mohair production is valued at $110 with 57 sheep and goats sold yearly for a total value of $158. The state totals show 1,808,709 animals valued at $6,301,364 and annual wool production valued at $2,267,308.
Mrs. Mary Teal age 92 of Flint Creek died last Friday at 3 pm. She requested burial beside a deceased sister in Comanche county, her body embalmed and shipped from Graham Saturday. She was a Baptist and lived with her daughter Mrs. R. A. Stephens, the only surviving child. Her husband Mr. Teal was killed in the war.
A report argues the old credit system must give way to business methods in crop financing, signaling a shift in agricultural finance practices and reliance on market mechanisms.
To those with brood mares seeking good males the up beaded kind that will sell at any age. I have the Black Spanish in duce this kind landing at my farm this season. Also have a saddle Stallion Denmark. Service fee to insure cost ten dollars. A P Stewart Loving Texas.
A brief complaint notes the phrase killosophy used in reference to swatting flies. The comment highlights a casual, almost philosophical tone about pest control and ethical considerations in a light, humorous register.
Ad copy highlights the American Beauty Corsets line offering stunning patterns for complete satisfaction. The piece emphasizes fit and style with bold claims of comfort and shaping effects.
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