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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1889
Page
5
Items list bakery and meat market offerings in Chicago and Graham areas. Mentions orders, new goods, fabrics, dry goods, and discounts. Notes debts, credit terms, weather impacts on crops, repairs for Osborne machine and twine sales. Mentions visits by local residents and officials and upcoming work readiness.
The notice says Rickman & Co. will buy corn for 60 days to settle accounts not with cash or goods but by corn, asking customers to guess close at their lands. Revs Bond and Daniel fished with Tank Valley gentlemen and hauled about 5 pounds. H T Shumaker & Son advertise cheap French Kid and 50 percent cheaper shoes and a skeleton summer corset. There have been about thirty conversions at the Methodist revival altar.
L. P. Brooks visited Tuesday and described crops in his area as looking very wet, signaling heavy moisture in the fields.
McCarver & Co. touts guaranteed workmanship and cash terms. Prof. Stuart and Mr. Tripplett from Plum Grove visited Graham Tuesday. Rev. R. E. Sherrill shares results of town Christian ladies’ work and religious status info. J B Norris notes rain is desired while White Goods and Heabherte and swiss edging offered cheap at Shumaker Sons. Fishing parties grow popular though few catches recorded.
The Phi Sigma Society appears to have faded away without fanfare, joining other bygone groups. It is described as having "gone to that home whence no literary society returns," signaling a silent end.
RK L Rickman Co advertises 2000 bushels corn on notes and cash terms 85 in shock 40 helled. The Graham Bar endorsed C W Johnson for District Attorney of the Northern District of Texas calling him a man of integrity, law learning, and fearless prosecution.
Four Walking Cultivators remain in stock and will be traded for corn at 35 cents in the shack or 40 cents shelled. R. L. Rickman & Co. with Will Blair and Louis Starr, Commercial Missionaries, visited local merchants last week. Chas C. Bigham, Sheriff Collier and Robi Holman went on a fishing and hunting trip to Elm Creek last Friday.
From Canton Texas a fine lot of all steel Canton Clipper Cultivator cotton and corn planters with disk harrows plows and accessories will be sold at the lowest price Call at J C Short's Graham Texas for details and purchase opportunity.
The note from GREKO & JOWELL requests customers who owe money to come in and settle their accounts. It states Mr. Gorrissen has improved his store lot by fencing it and asks debtors to visit the store to pay what is due.
The notice states Maggie Broyles has been quite ill for several days, with no further details about condition or treatment provided.
A brief public notice from J. C. Short requires buyers to pay for goods within 30 to 60 days unless a special arrangement is made. Debtors are urged to call and settle promptly to maintain cash flow.
Col E. 8. Graham returned from Kentucky and speaks confidently on railroad prospects. He is regarded as a good authority. Graders report nearly forty miles of the road completed and ready for rails.
For sale a 160 acre farm five miles east of Graham labeled very desirable. Also listed a 320 acre farm ten miles from Graham on Brazos River with good improvements priced at 310.00 per acre. Broker Beryus, Agent.
Last Friday at the Bell House a young man Charley Haynes of Weatherford suffered a severe fit needing two men to restrain him. The attack was blamed on a rush of blood to the head and he recovered by Saturday. Also, Miss Margaret Cunningham, daughter of Rev. I. H. Cunningham, aged nineteen, was declared insane by the County Court and ordered to Terrell for treatment. Her decline began two months ago after a bright and lively youth. The paper expresses sympathy for the family and the afflicted girl.
One lumber wagon and set of harness and one horse offered for trade for cattle or young mares. J. E. Ryvn advertises. The Revival of Religion at the M. E. Church continues with many converts added last Sunday and much good is being accomplished.
Weather and crop reports show oats late wheat and Red May ready for harvest while corn millet and sorghum look good. Local shippers buy binders, Eliasville bridge opens, coal mining and roller mill planned, and a new Eliasville doctor. A primitive Baptists gathering, pasture fencing issues, rainmaking claims, and notable visitors are noted along with street and road updates.
In Graham Texas worthy ladies conducted a christiann visit to every family, gathering statistics on families, ages, church membership, and school attendance. The effort brought gratitude and joy, with many expressing readiness for similar work again as the town mourns J E Watson who died near the city.
The Rev R E Sherrill fell very ill during a Sunday sermon and had to stop services for the day. Commissioners Court meets next Monday for regular county business. A C and W I Gilmore were in Graham on Monday last.
Cattle prices show little change with heavy native cattle abundant and low prices. Market notes: calves 180 to 300, veal calves 400 to 600, yearlings 450 to 600, Texas sheep 60 to 100 pounds with varied bids, receipts not large and demand weak.
The Dallas Pacific and Southeastern engineering corps after reaching Jacksboro moved east to map the road for the graders. The construction progresses at roughly one mile per day.
In Clear Fork notes Deak Leaper reports wheat and oats thriving where not pastured and early plowing improves corn. The peach crop is expected to be the largest yet. Gage Creek school will close Friday after four months funding, triggering questions on education value and a call to reconsider school time. Maggie Darden returns from Plum Grove for vacation as term ends. Special wool market notice from J M Haman & Co. praised for Texas wool and hides dealings.
In pale moonlight a maiden and her lover wander toward a gate as a guard dog hides inside the yard. The dog springs, a scream erupts, police arrive, and the crowd finds a hysterical maiden a furious man and a maimed dog missing four teeth after a clash over a bustling dress.
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