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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1890
Page
6
A narrator proclaims a white cold statue woman and declares her lifeless until touch awakens a heartbeat. A sudden transformation brings warmth as the speaker confesses love and the statue breathes and blushes.
A historical tale recalls Agnes Le Clerc, once a circus rider, who married General Salm Salm and lived in Atlanta. Known for bold dress and daring conduct, she faced ostracism yet stood by Horton's duel insult and aided him in Mexico under Maximilian's regime, earning a mixed legacy as a circus queen and princess.
Rats swarm the electric light stations in both dynamo and vile t rooms. Men joke about experiments that arc metal plates to shock rats and end their games, sometimes with nonfatal shocks. After a scare the rats return within forty eight hours, resuming their rat circus.
Three car loads of sugar were shipped from Conway Kansas to New Orleans recently. The New Hampshire Historical Society has received a gift from Gen. B F Butler of books and paintings on the early history of the Granite State.
A wide, scattered column reporting on 1859 freight life, a Colorado prospector, 40 pound dressed mountain sheep, royal Cuban and Spanish notes, gas lamp era gossip, a New Orleans gambling licensing debate, a Day family in Adelaide, Albert Gallatin anecdotes, a cork tree in Birmingham, Vanderbilt plans for a New York mission house, sea water purification by electricity, Kalidass Indian drama Lawantala, Maximina Peraja the foster mother, Dom Pedro’s travels, French reforms, undertakers banquet in California with exotic foods, a strange Parisian coffin story, and Norwegian polar hopes sparked by Pacific debris washed ashore.
A young man asks to view rings causing tension in a jeweler shop. James, the jeweler, shows this gentleman engagement rings amid nervous hesitation as he searches for the best options.
An old travel health blurb touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for sailors and travelers, claiming safety and efficacy for biliousness, malaria, indigestion, and kidney issues. It mentions a Fort Worth to St Louis fast train with 14+ hour service, Pullman cars, and connections from Dallas, plus testimonials and moral quips about self-reliance and travel tips.
A brief fragment shows a student mockingly reframing color terms during a school lesson. The dialogue contrasts racial word use with a child’s understanding, reflecting attitudes from a historical classroom setting.
A witty exchange features a humorist claiming jokes never age and a critic retorting they all die early, highlighting a sharp banter on lasting humor and mortality of jokes.
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