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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1884
Page
3
The quarterly Methodist meeting ran into a protracted session last week with the Sunday meeting still in progress. Local notes mention J. Casburn building on South Oak street and various merchants and residents active in Graham.
In Omaha on May 2 the Asian Pacific shopmen and related crews walked out over a 10 percent wage cut. About 1500 workers participate with aims to block departures and possibly halt the line across Union Pacific including the Kansas division. A conference with General Superintendent H H Clark is planned, but the outcome remains unclear.
Gazette notes 828 total votes at the Republican national convention with 414 needed for nomination. Blaine already holds about 450 votes, more than ever, while several states await their outcomes. His prior convention highs were 291 in 1876 and 284 in 1880.
The Glen's Falls Republic argues that many assume newspaper bills are trivial to pay, noting collectors rely on small debts. It stresses readers should pay in advance, as aggregated small sums sustain publishing operations.
The author argues it would be wrong to endorse mob law yet notes that justice can fail through regular channels in cases like Adams, highlighting tension between formal procedure and public demand for swift outcomes.
Fragmentary verse depicts a donkey trailing a man, moving lazily over grass and along a backward track while nose and senses guide the pursuit before reaching him.
A Tom Green county citizen visiting Austin says the land board raised rents on school and university lands may push buyers away from the bulk of lands priced around five cents per acre. He notes Texas and Pacific lands fetch eight cents and urges short leases at the best terms to fund the university and aid its start. If the next session begins with strong income from leases, regents could expand the institution’s usefulness.
The piece reflects on the first strong impression of a mother in a child's mind and the lasting affection that survives death. It describes how memories of a mother hide in fancy as time passes, weaving her virtues into a garden of imagined graces.
A local note jokes about a Jersey cow that seemed to vanish and reappear as milk and butter after a family outing. The writer recalls leading the gentle creature home and finding a damp spot where she rested, then discovering the miraculous dairy transformation the next morning.
The Decatur Tribune argues that newspapers must charge for political and merchant advertising, ending free horse and campaign favors. Papers should adopt a cash basis to stay solvent and fair.
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