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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
2
The Leader lists subscription prices one copy one year and six months with origin at Graham Texas. Advertising rates include locals six cents per line per insertion and display rates 25 cents per inch for small runs, 15 cents for larger half pages, and 12 1/2 cents for full pages. Special yearly contract rates offered. Frank H Bowron, editor.
The thrift movement seeks to offset wartime waste through a congress at the San Francisco exposition in August. Organizers hope the event will spark a thrift curriculum in public schools and promote safer personal finances amid unemployment and relief efforts.
An article explains flies spread disease like typhoid and burden summer illnesses. It reports U S Department of Agriculture tests showing borax prevents 99 percent of fly eggs when sprinkled over horse manure without harming manure. Recommendation: ten ounces per eight bushels, sifted and watered. cost about one cent per horse per day.
A farmer with two horses can keep down flies from May to October for three dollars. Government Bulletin No 118 details this fly prevention method and is available from the Government Printing Office in Washington, D C for ten cents per copy.
The piece argues there is no cold business proposition as personality dominates dealings. It cites J Pierpont Morgan on credit, notes sales rely on personal trust, and warns against turning business into machines. It emphasizes honor in transactions and the value of the human factor in commerce.
Notice announces a meeting at the court house on Saturday May 22 at 2 p m. to raise funds for a monument in court house park in memory of Tom Cherry Holmes. Wm Higgins.
All members of Graham Lodge No 361 I O of PB are requested to meet at the lodge room at 2 o clock p m Monday June 7 1915. Very important business is to be attended to and every member should be present. W T McFerran N G that is how it ends with initials.
W. J. Bryan argues in The Commoner that predatory interests and subsidized media seek a return to “good old days” of corruption and special privileges. He credits Democratic reforms including the income tax, currency and antitrust laws, and rails against corporate plunder and protectionist lobbies.
A reflective essay argues that having no enemies is impractical and even harmful. Difficulties and opposition harden character much like rocks purify a river. A man should press forward with an aim, becoming indifferent to detractors as he flows toward the ultimate peaceful end.
You can’t own a too good watch yet there is a watch that ticks true Bring your faulty timepiece to our Repair Department and let Mr. Smith assess it He guarantees true tickets and truth tellers from even the worst watches or eyes Years of experience in watches and optics Formerly with B 8 Doty Co now serving J T Vaughan Co H M Smith Watchmaker and Optometerist Graham National Bank Building
Fort Worth Texas May 15 Dee Estes a lawyer and officer of the Texas Railway Trainmen's Brotherhood killed a prisoner named Gilpin in the county jail this afternoon. The prisoner faced charges of attempting to assault Estes daughter.
An old wartime style advertisement urges readers to take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic to drive out malaria and build up the system. The label proclaims quinine and iron in a tasteless form, priced at 50 cents.
A local note compares a job to a position and estimates a weekly difference of about ten dollars. The figure reflects typical compensation gaps discussed in employment roundups.
The message urges unwavering integrity and consistency, urging the reader to act in line with stated commitments. It emphasizes reliability and moral steadfastness as essential personal standards.
Sworn statement to the Texas Senate shows penitentiary indebtedness at 922,981.81 dollars as of April 29 1915. The total includes 756,807 in notes and 166,174 in open accounts with 232,009 spent on bacon for convicts and 19,092 on tobacco.
Father Philip J. Kline of Henrietta Texas was convicted of arson and sentenced to five years in prison. He owned the building used as a school and reputedly burned it to collect insurance. He denied being in the city and said he had no involvement. an appeal is planned.
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