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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
5
Local notes list service ads and visits including watch repair at B.8 Doty & Co and Blakeney's Pharmacy, St Louis meals, Queen of the Pantry flour, and property listings by J. C. Vaughan. Residents R. F. Short and family visited Fort Worth, Mrs. Gant and Mrs. Medlan hosts, and various visitors from Fort Worth Mineral Wells and Crim & Bain. Commencement prep at Graham public schools noted. local businesses advertise repairs, meals, and board offerings.
Mrs Lucy Harris of Jacksboro visited sister Mrs Jesse Allen last week. Queen of the Pantry Flour sold by Matthews Dowdle Co. Hon S R Crawford left for Austin recovering health. Young County Lumber Co offers lumber shingles and builders supplies north of post office. Salem visitors: W T Frncy T K Criswell Lawrence McLaren Jno Gilmore W I Gilmore. Graham Meat Market sells and delivers meat and kills beeves. Picnic and railway meeting at Belknap drew many locals. Weather warning: cyclones tornadoes wind storms season ahead. Norris Son insure property for a small fee. M F Mathis of Center Ridge visits Nebraska sister and son in Hutchinson County.
A man who understands blasting is sought. F Herron is the contact. A. J. Bryan was in the city last Saturday and called at the Leader office to renew for the Leader and Dallas News.
A customer asks for a floor paint that will endure two weeks. The response promotes Devoe's paint, claiming a beautiful gloss and two years of wear if properly applied, offered by Graham Hardware Company.
Mrs Omer Beckham and children from Tank Valley visited relatives in Graham on the first Sunday. D W Goodman and family from Oklahoma City spent a few days in Graham with friends. W T Finch, Manager, North of post office. Don’t delay insuring property against cyclones and windstorms with A O Norris and Son. Mrs S R Crawford went to Fort Worth to meet Miss Caroline Norton of Ironton Ohio, who will visit here and Ingleside.
Gra ham Hardware Co. promotes Devoe paint claiming it weighs 3 to 8 ounces more per pint than competitors and lasts longer than gloss carriage paint made. The claim highlights superior heaviness and durability as a selling point.
M A Stewart and Henry Prideaux of Markley visited Graham last Thursday and Friday. Prideaux shipped two cars of cattle to the Fort Worth market. Rev E V Cox returned from Shreveport Louisiana after attending his brother’s wedding. He aided Rev B R Wagner in a revival at Carbon Eastland county.
A bay pony mare about fourteen and a half hands tall is missing. It bears a brand 14 on the left shoulder. A liberal reward is offered for return to the owner.
A. L. Ramsey of Loving, a prosperous farmer, visited the town office last Tuesday and ordered three copies of the Leader to be sent to relatives living out of state.
A classified ad announces Black Mammoth Jack, once Walsh and Robinson’s, offering a season at a place 212 miles southwest of Murray Texas. Terms include 10 dollars to insure a foal and 10 dollars to insure the animal to stand, with pasturage at 75 cents a month. Written or telephoned inquiries to J W Ropinson in Murray Texas are invited.
Farmers urged to protect wheat and oats by hail insurance. J. W. Akin, agent for Fire Tornado and Hail Insurance, invites immediate inquiry at his office.
The notice lists unclaimed letters for Mrs M A Carpenter Mrs Grace Cheshier Noble Brydon J F Fitzgerald Mrs Minnie Hamilton Edd Holebee N C Moore Mrs M E Parsons Mrs Amelia Williams Mrs Felmore Willis Advertised when called. J T Cunnincham P M The Y S H MS of the Methodist church will soon host an entertainment titled Visit to the Nations. The program invites visiting Egypt England and Java for enjoyment.
A small gold breast-pin is missing and valuable to the owner as a relic. If found, please leave it at this office.
C H Webb and wife of Seahorn Baylor county came back last Friday from a visit to relatives in Northern Arkansas. Mr Webb called at the office Saturday and said the country from here to Arkansas is soaking wet.
C I Lawrence offers first class work and reasonable prices on cisterns chimneys flues cement walks concrete foundations and brick stone cement work. Contact 41 P L Lawrence for reliable masonry services.
Graham city ordinance forbids filling, excavating, or altering gutter, street, or alley grades without mayor or street commissioner consent. Violators face a fine between 1 and 100 dollars. Also notes ad for DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve and a local obituary mention of R. L. Reed's trip to Tenn.
John Bower and others joined the Bower tank Monday afternoon and captured about fifty pounds of fish.
A compact advertisement claims itching troubles are eased by Hunt's Cure. It promises one application relieves and guarantees curing, labeling it the quickest and most reliable remedy for itching diseases of any character.
T M Moore of Jean called at the Leader office on Tuesday. He is a new arrival who has completed an elegant home a gin and a business house at Jean.
I P Brooks, visiting Graham last Saturday, relayed late news from his son Preston in Mexico stating he has been quite ill for several weeks and recently underwent a surgical operation. Mr Brooks plans to visit him soon. The ad notes a back and shoulder pain remedy, marketed by B, 8, Doty & Co.
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