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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1884
Page
3
The county announces F A Mays as a candidate for County and District Clerk in the upcoming November election. The notice names the candidate and the election window, urging voters to consider the qualified applicant.
Reports describe injuries from a horse incident and a Tuesday storm with a downed tree and shattered windows. The scene covers local commerce, building booms, real estate gains, farm equipment sales, and public notices including school, court house, and church events in Seymour and surrounding areas.
J A Lafferty announces taking charge of Woods House and offers to accommodate travelers with tables furnished from the best the market affords.
A Philadelphia Call vignette shows a father questioning a son about cigar prices. The son notes twelve dollars a box and insists they are cheap. the father replies he cannot afford such cigars, citing support for mother and child.
The Philadelphia Call denounces educating youth for white collar roles while neglecting trades. It argues many young men end up in penitentiaries or unemployment because society treats labor as disgraceful and fails to prepare them for honest work. It urges a return to practical trades and honest toil.
Texas Republicans did not grant a unanimous endorsement or solid delegation for Arthur. Federal officeholders lacked expected influence while Black voters mobilized, elevating African Americans in Texas GOP, and shifting power dynamics after twenty years.
Not a death yet but arrangements are in place to cremate members. Bodies will be sent to Le Moyne's furnace in Washington, Pa, at a cost of 100 dollars. Dues vary by age: under thirty eight dollars, thirty to fifty five four dollars, fifty five to sixty six four hundred twelve. The society aims to build a crematory near Philadelphia.
An endorsement extols Ayer's Sarsaparilla for its concentrated curative power claiming it is the best cheapest and surest blood-purifier known.
The Society of Artists of Philadelphia opened water color paintings to the public at no charge. Following the Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia and Mercantile Libraries, visitors were numerous quiet and appreciative, proving the value of free access to art for virtue taste and good order.
An influential Manitoba farmers club urges the province to withdraw from confederation and establish a colonial government citing denial of its rights. The piece notes Canada may laugh, recalling early colonial defiance by a few farmers a century ago.
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