05 May 1882
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1882
Page
1
The Leader lists its office on Elm Street one block north of Public Square and notes publication is mailed as second class matter from Graham with post office handling.
In a long April 1882 correspondence from Mipi Tamaulipas Dean Leader details a 59 mile drive to Mineral Wells and 14 miles to Palo Pinto while noting dullness in Palo Pinto and Eastland. He describes collated travels to San Saba, Brady City, Mason, Slane Town, Fredericksburg, Boerne, San Antonio, Castroville, Frio Town, Carrizo Springs and Carrizo Springs, with vivid impressions of roads, rivers, German settlements, and local commerce. He mentions cattle prices, court debts, a falling courthouse, and a looming tax burden impacting development, plus scenic rivers, camps, and fishing episodes.
Five youths dressed as cowboys attempted to rob an eastbound passenger train at Ranger Texas. They faced the Rangers in a gunfight near the express car, escaping with about 460 dollars after shots were exchanged. A telegraph operator was lightly wounded. authorities pursue the suspects as three more are captured later.
A New York fair incident involved a person flashing a satin dressed figure described as religious. A youth seized the copy and caused a scene, shouting Get thee behind me Satin, creating a bustle and local comment.
A Texas Siftings column mocks an Eastern winter visitor who romanticizes frontier violence. He arrives with pistols and a hay knife, brags of scalp prizes, but finds schools, banks, and civility, ends up fined for carrying a pistol and returns home a boastful but inept desperado.
A Vicksburg boy calmly faces an accusation of stealing sugar from the peatry shelf. A mother teases that a school jacket will be dusted if the sugar is touched again while the boy boasts of watching and outfoxing the thief.
A Keokuk woman recalled courting General Ulysses Grant in the 1850s when his family ran a Portsmouth tannery. She described playful flower gatherings at a farm fence, his nickname Click, and a foreshadowed daughter named Nellie. She added her name Eleanor Brandon and family ties but refused to publish more.
A Chicago grocery house drummer lost his job after fishing from his hotel bed during a southern flood. He claimed lines were set Sunday night and fish bit Monday morning, but the firm rejected the excuse. The incident highlights the harsh penalties on traveling salesmen amid high water.
A civic appeal urges teaching children to read clean newspapers to build intelligence, taste, and patriotism. It argues newspapers connect youth with familiar local life and develop critical habits, guiding them toward broader reading and responsible citizenship.
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