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Newspaper

Graham Leader

Location

Graham, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1917

Page

5

Rain showers barely touch town in Sunday night events

South Bend area reports a light rain Sunday night with little effect. The old men begin drills Tuesday. Social at Walter Corbetts Friday night. Roy McBrayer and family return from Oklahoma City to settle here. George Burgess delivered three Buick cars to Newcastle. Leona McClusky improving. Ab Billingsley and family with Claud Akers at Lone Star. Mrs Corbett kin from Stonewall visiting. Will Burgesss family with G W Burgess. Dudley Ford and Leroy Britton went to Eliasville Friday. Blue Bird.

Leona McClusky Ab Billingsley Claud Akers Lone Star

Local Notes Highlight Community Visits And Prominent Notices

Community notes report visits from Newcastle and Markley figures including E C Stovall and J R Cox. Local events include Portwood Holland promotions and a fresh roof coat at the courthouse. Brevities cover farm products, chicken feed offers, cream pay rates, and residents visiting relatives in Eliasville and Murray.

Special sale of middies and seeds at street & co

Special sale notices show bargains on middies at 75e 45e 59e and 85e with call to see bar gains. Various local residents attend church meetings print picnic supper and seeding supplies offered by Louis Bower and others. Nearby Graham votes 25000 for sewer bonds. paint refreshes notable buildings. Local figures travel to Fort Worth Gulfport and South Carolina.

For Sale and community notes from Lamar County

For Sale items include wall framing, 2x gaged materials, and a cottonseed shed noted at 20x60 feet. I B Padgett is the contact. Artie Norman will graduate from Paducah High School on Thursday May 17, daughter of J H Lan and grandchild of Capt. and Mrs. Mabry. Rev A E White moved from Fort Worth to become County Missionary for the Young County Baptist Association. Lamar Smith of Bidian Mound joins The Leader's readers this week. Worries about rain in Jean country. wheat looks better with fair conditions ahead for a light crop. Mrs John B Wood hosted an entertainment at the opera house. about $35 was raised for the Cemetery Association.

Artie Norman Paducah J. H. Lan This c Ain R. E. Mabry A. E. White Fort Worth Young County Baptist Association Lamar Smith Bidian Mound Hwrth Mr. Smith Jean Country John B. Wood Opera House

New Barber Shop Opens in Howry Shoe Store

R J Howry announces a new barber shop on the west side of the square inside the Howry Shoe Store. Patronage is appreciated as the business opens locally.

Howry R. J. Howry

Kentucky distillers vow no whiskey during war

Sixteen Kentucky distillers announced they will stop producing whiskey for the war duration to preserve grain for food. They urge the government to close all distilleries and breweries during the war to prevent less patriotic competitors from taking advantage. The statement mirrors wartime calls for resource conservation.

Kentucky Graford Herald

Community Notices and Local Appointments in Loving

Residents attend church services and travelers visit relatives while a Rock Island line wreck delayed mail. Butter buyers advertise prices. several locals travel to Fort Worth for medical care and enlistments. A lost horse offers a liberal reward. a Newcastle address seeks information. Birth recorded for George Black family greeting a daughter.

Street & Co. Sells Men's Work Shoes At Low Prices

Street & Co offers a large lot of men’s work shoes bought last year at old prices. Shoes priced at 3.00 and 3.50 claim to be cheaper than current factory prices. The ad promises significant savings for customers.

Iwow Street & CO

Hogs Wanted and Local Community Notes

Hogs advertised for buyers in the 100 pound plus range with contact We Burns. Mrs Kimmons McCharen from Eliasville visits her sister Mrs Willie Riggs who is ill. A hail storm in Monument Friday damaged forty five acres of cotton on Mrs Ambersons farm. Ten wagons from Red Top hauled lumber from the old Christian church to build a Methodist church.

Kimmons McCharen Eliasville Willie Riggs Monument Red Top Old Christian Church

Cardui credited with curing long illness in Gonzales woman

Minnie Philpot of Gonzales Texas writes of years of severe left side pain and weakness. After trying Cardui she improved by the second day and two years later remains well, praising Cardui for permanent relief.

Gonzales Tex Minnie Philpot Cardus Cardul Carduil

Graham News Summary of Local Visits and Storm Damage

J W Davis visited from near Farmer after returning from Fort Worth and seeing new activities. A Sunday night Graham gale damaged property with tangled wires, blown trees, and damaged fences. Rev J Hall Bowman formerly of Graham Methodist and family attended district conference here and met many local church members and friends.

H. A. Boaz Fort Worth Moss Weatherford M. K. Graham Graham J. Hall Bowman Methodist Church of Hamilton Brother Bowman

Obituary Resolution from Baptist Aid Honors Mrs J W Hudson

The Baptist Aid and Missionary Society records resolutions on the death of Mrs J W Hudson. They praise her as a loyal, promising member and express sympathy to her husband and family, concluding with prayers and a copy for the record book.

J. W. Hudson Baptist Aid and Missionary Society Hudson Church and Society

Mrs Wrights Shop In Connor Creek Store Visit

Mrs Mariah Wright and daughter Mrs Alf Wright of Connor Creek were shopping in Grahan Tuesday.

Mariah Wright Daugter Alf. Wright Connor Creek Grahan

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Beckham National Bank South Bend News Ing Walter Corbet Roy McBrayer Oklahoma City George Burgess Newcastle Walter Corbett Willie May H. M. Ford Fannie Goode E. C. Stovall Leon Slaughter Mrs Fred Nance Portwood & Holland Court House Saley Graham Land Office Apoline Dow Oran Little Frances Hallam Louis Bower J. R. Cox Markley C. E. Donnell Murray Pink Brooks Mt. Pleasant J. W. Elledge Frank Lewis New Mexico J.F. Orrell A. E. Oatman Waed Lé ¥Ing Hattie Miller J. T. Rickman J. R. Reynolds G. W. Black R. Lindsey Fish Creek Mabel Flannagan Agnes Craig Camp Fire Mundell Stella Ida Watson Bob Gay Sudan Graham Stewart Small Son Seymour Banner A. W. Kay Mr. Kay South Carolina Mrs. Kay I. T. Gilmer Gulfport Mississippi Norris-Johnson Hardware I. B. Padgett Boee Ind Rollie Wouses Auto Service Graham, Texas Rs. A. P Rock Island R. G. Hallam Porfetd & Holland Lud Martin Jessie Martin Flat Rock Fred T. Arnold Mrs. Arnold Carl Louisier D. C. Leberman Sarah Hardy Vera Hardy Johnny Stringer True W. H. McCullough Throckmorton J. R. Thomas e _ Newcastle Texas George Black Lillian Hall Bryan Farmer de Laval Separators Motor and Arnold Washing Machines All Satisfac Tory Norris-Johnson Hardware CO J. W. Davis Worth Olney Wright McClatchy Mont Groves Parker Paschall Horace Stewart Laval Arwood R. Walker Anderson Henry Lewis Leberman Addie Johnson Oleia Bolding Elisha Griffith Lila May Myrick The Bell Telephone Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company VIA C. S. Wynns Geo. S. Pentecost G. P. A. Fort Worth, Texas Granbury, Texas Singer C. E. Turner
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