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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
2
The Leader notes Thursday publication, lists subscription rates for one copy, one year and six months, and records Graham Texas post office entry as second class mail matter.
A Mississippi statute requires every county with cattle ticks to start systematic eradication next year with dipping and inspections under the State Live Stock Sanitary Board. The plan aims to end quarantine by 1917 or 1918, aided by fed cooperation, inspectors, and penalties for noncompliance.
Dipping vats for cattle ticks are being built or planned across Jack County by multiple groups. Some aim to reduce ticks, others to clean pastures. most communities now host vats. Notable locals involved include J W Knox, L T Richardson, Henry Hensley, W R Green, Keith and Price, Lee Gowdy, Henry Lewis, Will Craft, W A Shanafelt, Andy Myers and more. Jacksboro News.
Ottawa Star Nurseries in Ottawa, Kansas seeks men to sell nursery stock. Steady employment paid weekly. All stock guaranteed. Established 40 years.
Eight hundred high school girls in Baltimore pledge never again to wear feathers in their hats. Miss Blanche Gilmore, a 20 year-old New York girl, supervises the construction of a $100,000 apartment house in Milwaukee.
The 1882 itemized notes describe brisk electioneering, emigration to Young County, candidates like Capt. A. T. Gay touring Jack and Wise counties, hog drives by Echelberger and Ely, and social events. It records peach size from J. M. McBrayer, schooling plans with Miss Kisinger, family moves of George Glasgow, and visits by Col. Barrett and Judge Haynes. It also notes stock men, marriages, drummers, and court activity.
Jacksboro Gazette notes the county plans its largest peanut crop ever, with hundreds of acres added to other crops. Farmers work hard after rain, planting early and pushing cultivation to secure a big harvest this season.
The British Government distributes over 5.9 million pounds weekly in allowances to wives and children of soldiers and sailors serving in the armed forces, reflecting ongoing welfare support during national service.
A Sunday night hail storm in Palo Pinto County damaged crops in Graford and nearby areas, breaking window lights and injuring wheat before most recover. Rain followed Tuesday night and a cold front Wednesday. damage considered recoverable with most fields sprouting head. Cattle dipping vats were built by listed stockmen in Graford Palo Pinto Gordon Santo Pickwick per A. T. Chaney.
The article highlights Miss Maud Meaghey as a leading masque writer. It notes women in Denmark Finland and Sweden outnumber men by more than 300000. It also mentions thirty girls funding Wellesley College through odd jobs.
An advertisement describes a dandruff remedy promising to stop itching scalp and hair loss. It mentions Chas A Favor & Co as manufacturers in Houston Texas, and lists Sanitary Barber Shop with W L Yancey as Graham Agent.
Picnic advertised for Saturday April 6th at Markley has been postponed indefinitely due to Decoration Day observances. In other notes a department store in Oregon pays a minimum wage of six dollars per week to clerks across four stores. A caterpillar is noted to consume twice its weight in leaves each day.
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