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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
2
Entry notes second class mail status and subscription rates for one year and six months. The fragment lists price points and references Graham Texas.
In regular session the court canvassed school trustee election returns and levied local and county taxes. The tax collector’s report was approved, accounts and quarantine expenses were paid, and cash in the bank counted. Road ligants requested changes, but no road orders were passed. A bachelors’ reception is planned tomorrow evening at the Matthews hall by local residents.
Lel Nlage Opticians charge ten to fifteen dollars for spectacles as W F Gorrisson's on West Side Public Square offers better deals for less money. G W Black returns from the Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans with a pleasant, profitable report. Mr and Mrs R E Mabry hosted the young people last Tuesday evening for a good time. Mrs A J Broyles of Memphis visits Graham relatives. The Leader will now be issued on Thursday rather than Friday with all ads and notices due by Wednesday morning.
A storm of wind rain and hail battered Cabilene Cleburne Rhome Granbury Tiago and Joshua with four inch hail in Johnson county causing crop damage. The piece speculates Santa Fe may run trains into Mineral Wells reflecting ongoing railroad maneuvers per the Index.
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming it contains iron and quinine in a tasteless form. It asserts no cure, no pay and prices at 56 cents.
In Chicago May 11 the jury in the Driscoll vs Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway case failed to reach a verdict and was discharged. Driscoll, a switchman, sought 60000 dollars for alleged blacklisting after the 1894 railroad strike, charging a conspiracy by railroads to discriminate against strikers.
Horace Greeley quips about press and praise while an 19th century drug ad touts HERBINE as a blood purifier. It claims rheumatism stems from poisoned blood and that HERBINE cleanses the liver and kidneys, selling for 50 cents through Graham Drug Co.
A Nashville libel suit titled John C. Underwood vs 8S. A. Cunningham editor of the Confederate Veteran and the Southern Methodist Publishing House awarded a total verdict of 25 000 with 15 000 against Cunningham and the publishing house jointly and 10 000 punitive against Cunningham. The Confederate Veteran is printed by the Methodist publishing house.
Guaranteed $900 salary yearly with extra commissions and expenses. Men and women of good address invited to represent us, travel as agents or handle local work, secure pleasant permanent positions with liberal income. Old established firm TAFFORD PRESS invites earnest applicants at 22 Cugecu St New Haven Conn.
Chills and fever are claimed to be cured by Grove's Chill Tonic described as iron and quinine in taseless form. The ad promises no cure no pay and markets the tonic as the best prescription for malaria.
A dated aphorism advises forgetting neighbors faults and slander to gain happiness and lifespan. It urges overlooking friends quirks and past quarrels, focusing on causes rather than accusations, starting each day with a clean slate, and recording only what is lovely for memory.
Moore's Pilots claim a guaranteed cure for malaria and related fevers with a tasteless formula free of quinine arsenic acid or iron. Sold for 50 cents per box by Dr C C Moore Co in St. Louis and at Graham Drug Co.
Corpus Christi officials passed an ordinance allowing John B. Armstrong G R Scott and Stanley Welch to prospect for oil and gas on Artesian Square. The measure requires oil discovery or a well at least 3000 feet deep within one year from May 15 1901.
If troubled with scrofula humors boils or facial trouble try Dr Simmons Sarsaparilla. The ad promotes a fifty cent sample and fifty doses promising relief from various ailments.
Rev. John R. Morris presiding elder of the Weatherford district of the M E Church South suffered a broken arm in Mobile when a train door struck his elbow as he sat by a window on a side track. His recovery is awaited and his visit to his native state hoped to proceed with little hindrance.
G W Wescott of Meadowdale New York says rheumatism plagued him but Chamberlain s Pain Balm cured him after trying it. sold by Grahan Drug Co.
A leading German medical expert argues that alcohol abuse harms multiple generations. He describes first generation excess and moral decline, second generation insanity and paralysis, third generation hypochondria and apathy with murder tendencies, and fourth generation immorality and idiocy.
Notice invites all seeking sewing to consult Mus E J Trueblood before going elsewhere. She cuts and makes ladies and children's clothing and does plain sewing with first class finish and reasonable prices.
In Texas we confront political bosses resembling Billy Cain and the New York factions. The note cites Jo Bailey and the Waters-Pierce oil trust as local equivalents, highlighting concerns about entrenched power in the Texan political scene.
Advertisements claim Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day for 25 cents while Heepink promises to relieve biliousness with direct liver action at 50 cents. Also notes Mississippi Ohio and Wabash floods destroying Kentucky Ohio and Indiana wheat fields. Graham Drug Co. selling both items.
The Texas & Pacific Railway promotes round trip fares for the Confederate Veterans Reunion in Memphis Tennessee from May 28 to 30. Tickets go on sale May 25 to 27 at Big Springs and East Texas stations with a final return by June 4 1901 or extended to June 19 1901 upon payment of 50 cents and a ticket deposit by June 2 via a Memphis joint agent. Also notes to contact H P Hughes in Fort Worth or E P Turner in Dallas for rates and sleeping or chair cars. Additionally an ad touts Taplin's Buckeye Paste Ointment for piles with prices 40 and 75 cents sold by Graham Drug Co.
Farmers report boll weevil sightings in Brazos county while a patent remedy advertises White's Cream Vermitage to cure weak children. The Minnesota penitentiary board backs life parole for the Younger brothers, with Senator Filkins praised for aiding their release, citing Civil War gratitude.
Mount Calm Texas reports a new broom-handle factory now operating using elm and sweet gum timber. The plant has a daily capacity of 2000 handles and is the sole facility of its kind in the state.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It explains Eustachian tube inflammation as the cause, often from catarrh, and promises $100 for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Circulars offered free. sold by druggists. Hall’s Family Pills recommended.
The New York World Thrice-A-Week Edition delivers prompt news to subscribers 156 times yearly. Regular price is 1.00 per year. A combined offer with The Graham Leader provides one year for 1.65, vs 2.00 for the two papers separately.
Kidney and bladder remedy Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is praised as a civilizational medical breakthrough. The ad claims it cures lame back and Bright’s Disease and offers free sample bottles and an informational book by mail to readers who mention this notice.
W P Stinson Comr Prec No 2 reports a dark bay mare about 10 years old and 18 hands, branded JP on left shoulder and Low on left thigh left with W H Cloud near Murray. Also with A A Donnell a red steer two years old branded IK on left thigh, both notices dated April 15, 1901.
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