This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
5
Local notes list residents visiting Fort Worth and Dallas with short trips to Wichita Falls Brownwood and Thurber. Mentions include Miss Alice Stewart Miss Eula McCain Blakey Gallaher J. W. Akin Mr and Mrs W S McJimsey and others. An ad urges buying a Parr home and another offers 4 room rental near town.
Drs Gallaher and Duncan returned from San Antonio after attending the medical association. Miss Mary Mayes attends Lodge Pythian Sisters event in Corpus Christi representing Graham Temple No 86. Mrs S B Street and daughter Mrs H A Wadsworth return from Mineral Wells. Mr and Mrs H L Morrison and Mr and Mrs A A Morrison travel to Dallas for Shriners meeting. Mr and Mrs C W Staley and Miss Edwards attend Buckner's Orphans Home shower from Olney.
Three month old full blood Poland China cat offered at 0.00 dollars. Contact Finis, Texas for details and to arrange purchase.
Miss Maggie Taylor and J H W Mayes with wives and daughters joined the Presbyterian church crowd at Mother’s Day services in Flat Rock. W W Cunningham and McCharen from Eliasville visited church. Cunningham heads to General Assembly in Atlanta as Fort Worth Presbytery delegate. Lucile Crabb’s father’s class exercises noted. Price departs for Corpus Christi to attend Grand Lodge K P session as Corinthian Lodge representative.
A coal black Glenco and Morgan stallion, 17 hands high and 1472 pounds, known as the Carr Hunt horse, was sold to Jones and O Keith. The seller, C N Keen, asks mares owners to contact or write for arrangements. Community spirit pays big dividends.
Announcement lists nominees for Graham postmaster pending Democratic Primary May 17 1913. Several contenders named include Mrs Jonas Ely J T Vaughan Mrs Mary L Manning N S Farmer D B Woop F Herron Mrs Kate Schuster B B Garrett F M Burkett E E Haut Homer Mayes Blakey Gallaher L P Brooks.
Professor Lindsey has withdrawn from the contest for Graham postmaster. At his request his name will be removed from the announcement column and will not appear on the ticket Saturday. This action disappoints many local friends who favored his candidacy.
John W Fay and family visited here for Big Monday. W P Stroud of Jean joined the Big Monday crowd. Mrs Sam Criswell visited her parents in Jacksboro. Dr N B Blevins of Loving was in Graham last Monday. Henry Stephens and W D Moore of Briar Bend were here. A H Jones county commissioner was transacting business here Big Monday.
Mrs W Wilkerson and daughter Etna and son Oscar of Prooffitt shopped in Graham Tuesday. W A Tripp and J T Ainsworth of Bryson attended to business last Monday. J B Carroll has been seriously sick for days and cannot attend the studio. Mrs Jesse Ross and children of Bowie visit parents Mr and Mrs J H Davidson with C C Mayes and family and others in Graham.
The notice urges farmers to inspect and repair their grain harvest equipment now. VICK advertises available repair services and parts to prepare for the upcoming season.
The Texas Industrial Congress reports 11 066 demonstration farms across 215 counties in 1913. About 1 746 students from 161 counties helped promote scientific methods, seed selection, soil preparation, and crop rotation to lower production costs and raise yields. County participation highlights Meevar leading with 505 entries followed by Ells, Punt, Kaufman, Cooke, Nava ro, and others as shown on the county list.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.