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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1885
Page
8
Local demonstration invites farmers to inspect threshers engines hay presses and allied equipment. Attendees may compare models for efficiency durability and cost. Representatives from leading makers will present features and field performance data.
Anecdotes touch on a boy named Tommy Greatheart who offers ten cents to missionary work and misquotes scripture with a "fool on his money" line. The piece then pivots to Europe’s looming Russo-German tensions, praising Russian soldiers and predicting a shift in attention to Russia. A teaching candidate recalls a bracing exam question about curing the itch, earning a certificate after admitting ignorance.
The new tax law allows a 25 cent per $100 levy for general revenue and 124 cents for schools. Counties may levy 25 cents for general purposes, 15 cents for roads and bridges, and 20 cents under the district system for schools plus half the State occupation tax. Cities may levy an occupation tax up to half the State rate.
The federal court ruled for M. C. Harris today, awarding $1250 in damages. Harris, editor of the Hot Spring Horse Shoe in February 1884, was expelled from Hot Spring by a citizen's committee of fourteen. The trial lasted eight days.
A historical note lists home remedies for farm animals. It covers using lard to cure warts on stock, lard with lamp oil to destroy lice and vermin, sulphur for hogs, and feed mixtures to drive lice from poultry and stock. It also mentions blue vitriol for foot rot in sheep, wood ashes for intestinal worms in horses, vegetables for constipation, and arnica for garget and caked udders.
Denison Texas May 8 J M Starman jailed to answer a complaint by his former Dallas wife who claims he is her lawful husband and father of seven children The report notes cool weather and the comfort of overcoats.
The Palo Pinto News notes the scholastic census must be taken by school district trustees and returned to Austin by June 1. If pupils are not enrolled, districts lose public funds. Parents are urged to urge trustees to list children to avoid forfeiting money.
The Savannah News notes that doctors are increasingly earnest in protesting kissing as dangerous. They argue lives are sacrificed and diseases spread by intimate contact and shared breath, claiming many are afflicted with easily transmitted maladies.
The Panhandle threat to drive Southern Texas cattle through the region prompts a response from the Adjutant General. He says if Joe Collins acts lawfully he may seek civilian protection, and if needed the state military can be summoned by civil authorities. The Governor rejects using state force for private interests, citing constitutional limits.
The Gatesville Advance comments on candidates with degrees M A and Ph D proposing to establish a college in Texas. It says there are too many M A and Ph D holders in the state and urges allowing practical men who can farm and build to lead, while the professor aims are kept where they belong.
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