03 May 1893
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1893
Page
1
Local notices list Knights of Pythias and Masonic lodge meetings with schedule details and officers. Notices include church events, land sale inquiries, product ads for salves and shoes, and brief social updates from Graham area, mentioning Rev Williams, Prof Compton, and local merchants.
Mixed local items report Graham area weather including showers on Saturday night and a dry season notice. Local business promotes Walter A Wood Harvesting Machines. Community notes mention a donkey tale and council actions with light humor. Classifieds invite buyers for land and animals while Morrison Street & Co introduces a patent cash carrier.
A call for peace and harmony in the city urges residents to set aside cliques and private interests, work for the town's welfare, and support fair municipal government. Notices announce new tinware arrival, city privy tax payments, a new barber shop, church meeting outcomes, and increased church unity.
Last Friday and Saturday Miss May Huey’s Art School held a wide exhibit in the High school room. The Leaner scribe praised the fine talent on display in charcoal crayon pastelle and some oil works. Subjects ranged from a lifelike donkey to a guardian angel with kittens and pups winning special notice.
Specimen cases describe H Clifford New Cassel Wisconsin treating neuralgia rheumatism stomach liver disorder appetite loss and weakness with three bottles of Electric Bitters. Edward Shepherd Harrisburg Dr. reports a chronic tunning sore cured by three bottles of Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Amnic Salve. John Speaker Catawba had five fever sores cured by one bottle Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's Amica Salve. Dr McClendon of Duff Prairie dies of consumption. Mabry and McJimsey families travel away after the death.
Accounts of banks and merchants show strong focus on collection efforts with personal attention from the collection department. Exchange rates and buying selling are noted across principal points.
Mrs. D R Akin improves after illness. Citizens discuss confederate reunion at Salt Creek, bridge contracts with Chicago Bridge and Iron Co, and Brazos bridge petition at South Bend. Commissioners court meets Monday to tackle district tax and school funding. Local ads promote hats and shirts at Jewell's and a spavin remedy from English. Community updates include parole of W. J. Berry to the post office, a phonograph trip, school institute timing, and drug store notices.
Local items note F P Brazelton visiting Graham on business and Squire J B Watson in town. Council appoints Jno B Crain as street commissioner with authority to repair streets. Ads list chums and household goods, groceries, tinware, fruits from J Lusk Co and Fort Bros specials.
A letter from a wary son recounts how a father confined by illness fears a patent medicine cure all. The writer and another try home remedies while exposing dubious claims and urging caution against sensational symptom lists.
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