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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1901
Page
2
The clipping references subscription rates, individuals like Hogg described as speculators, and various advertisements. It notes White's Cream Vermifuge claims, Graham Drug Co. as seller, livestock losses in Dallas County from infested grain, Hunt's Lightning Oil claims, and a Florida pineapple proposition near Corpus Christi with a hoped August start.
An advertising snippet hails Cheatham's Laxative Tablets as a quick cold remedy that is easy to carry and pleasant to take with a 25 cent price. A Butler County Kansas farmer advertises farm hand work offering $1 a day with Sunday off, feather beds, three meals daily, and a custard pie and milk bedtime lunch.
Advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with claim iron and quinine in tasteless form. Mentions Frisco railway opening a new line to Harrison Arkansas from Seligman via Eureka Springs. Promotes scenery and mineral lands as notable features.
An ad touts BAL LARD SNOW LINIMENT for neuralgic pains rheumatism lumbago and sciatic pains priced 25 and 50 cents sold by Graham. It notes Pecos Valley New Mexico planted 1200 acres of cantaloupes with yield near a carload per acre and Chicago as market with minimum $300 per carload. An appeal invites Dr Simcoe Sarsaparilla trials. A West Texas man reports a London expert on prairie dog hides finding low grade fur but leather valuable for linings and hats.
Moore's Pilots claim a tasteless cure for malaria forms, ague, chills, fever, bilious fever, jaundice, fetid breath, and weakness. They promise relief from rheumatic issues and blood-poisoning fatigue without arsenic or iron, priced 50 cents a box from De C C Moore Co in St. Louis or Gray Drug Co.
Men and women of good address are invited to represent our interests with travel or local work. Earn a guaranteed yearly income of 900 dollars plus expenses. Describes new lines and rapid opportunities from an established company seeking reliable agents at New Haven.
Vouchers carried over from last term paid in this term. May 1900 vouchers listed for T A Keith E O McNew J N Johnston Miss N Skinner Miss L Earnest Miss E Wilkinson. Expenses of present term include November 1900 entries totaling 2309.23. Approximate disbursements for May 1901 show various small payments and adjustments. Net May 1901 disbursements computed after subtracting overs etc and cash on hand.
A CLEAR HEAD good digestion sound sleep a fine appetite and a ripe old age are claimed results of Tutt's Liver Pills. A single dose is said to prove their wonderful effects and virtue. The ad asserts an absolute cure for sick headache dyspepsia malaria sour stomach dizziness constipation bilious fever piles torpid liver and all kindred diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills Deafness Cannot be Cured
Most women with female weakness suffer dreadfully from piles in addition to their other pains. They may be cured by using TABLER'S Buckeye Pile Ointment. Price 50 cents in bottles, tubes, 75 cents. Sold by Graham Drug Co.
The notice lists remedies like Bromo Quinine and Ballard’s Horehound Syrup. It records livestock taken up and reported by local assessors in 1901, including a ten year old mare branded JP and a red steer, with locations near Graham and Murray. The report dates are April 1901.
Abraham Lincoln vowed to his dead mother to avoid intoxicants. A friend questioned his stance during his Congressional days as he declined rare wines at a host’s table, saying the promise remained binding that day as when given.
Advertisement declares Hunt Lightning Oil treats rheumatism neuralgia sprains cuts burns bruises and insect bites with a guaranteed price of 25 and 50 cents.
Unseasonable weather and late spring have farmers in Parker County tilling corn while wearing coats. The unusual chill keeps fields wet and delays planting activities across the region.
A Meadowdale New York resident claims relief from rheumatism after using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The notice promotes the balm as a low cost cure and notes it is sold by Graham Drug Co.
Chills and fever symptoms are linked to Grove's Chill Tonic described as iron and quinine in a tasteless liquid. The ad promises no cure no pay for the remedy.
American travelers toured an old Italian cathedral and eyed a reliquary said to burn for 600 years. One man blew a puff and declared the flame out, prompting cheers from the group.
An old advertisement touts Hunt's Cure as a remedy for cu ban itch, claiming it cures and prevents all skin diseases with a famous reputation.
The Texas and Pacific Railway offers low round trip tickets for the Confederate Veterans Reunion in Memphis Tennessee from May 28 to June 4 1901. Sales occur at Big Spring and East Texas stations May 25 26 27 with extensions to June 19 upon payment of 50 cents and a ticket deposit by June 2. Details on rates sleeping and chair cars available from ticket agents H P Hughes Ft Worth or E P Turner Dallas.
Countless thousands have found a blessing to the body in Dr. King's New Life Pills, which positively cure constipation, sick headache, dizziness, jaundice, malaria, fever and ague and all liver and stomach troubles. Purely vegetable, never gripe or weaken. Only 25c at Handy & Matthews drug store.
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