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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
2
The Graham Leader notes good rains across most of Texas last Sunday boosting crops, while a severe storm on the 18th damaged San Antonio and caused major losses to government property at Ft Sam Houston. Young County received substantial rainfall aiding agricultural growth.
A vintage ad claims the product stops coughs and fights colds in one day. It promises cure with no pay if not effective and lists a price of 25 cents. The wording emphasizes a quick fix and consumer confidence.
A cyclone struck Goliad last Sunday tearing a two block wide path through the town. Ninety people were killed outright and one hundred twenty wounded. Property loss is described as tremendous.
Montague county readies a heated local option vote scheduled for June 7. Both sides import orators to sway residents as the campaign heats up.
The Abilene Reporter urges citizens to pull together to build up their towns. It argues unity among Abilene residents and Graham’s people is essential to gain substantial benefits from new prospects, including the railroad, which can help only if the community acts collectively.
A historian notes that several years of Republican policy could ease peace negotiations in the Philippines if the current plan to kill first and negotiate afterwards is continued. The remark reflects concern over a hard approach shaping diplomatic talks and potential consequences for regional stability.
The bounty excuse rests on New England crews being available as war vessels, a claim tied to their state as a navy nursery. Records from the Spanish War show Chesapeake Bay fisheries, which receive no bounty, proved a better nursery.
The popular subscription library at Hawarden, in memory of the Grand Old Man, is nearly completed overlooking the Dee estuary. Trusts and tariff revision have become pivotal political issues, with elections likely to track public sentiment. the mood favors abolishing tariffs for crusts and opposing trusts.
Houston officials of the Rock Island railway inspected the city last week to oversee right of way through central streets and the terminal grounds. The system anticipates extensive future construction and aims to become a major development driver for the southern United States, following its northern prominence in Texas.
The passage critiques a Republican bid in a tight district to defend a 27 1 2 percent beef tariff. It accuses the party of endorsing an economic rule to pacify Filipino infants by removal, claiming future trouble with a full grown warrior. It also says the party has again pulled the bloody shirt from print to rally support.
The beef trust has found that extortion does not pay as it earns less from high prices than from low ones. Sales have fallen in an unforeseen manner, and the lesson learned by other trusts to set low prices and boost sales has struck the meat packers with a jolting effect.
A frontier excerpt recalls a notorious directive urging total destruction in indigenous campaigns. The line “Kill everything” is linked to a harsher policy era and reflects brutal practices described in historical reporting. The piece frames the phrase as a stark example of benevolent assimilation’s darker implications.
A leak exposing all Russian frontier post details to Austria and Germany caused the government to spend 3.3 billion to rebuild or alter fortifications. The funds aimed to nullify the leaked data and harden defenses against neighboring powers.
The ship subsidy bill mainly rewards New England fishermen with a bounty of $2 per ton to vessels and $1 per month extra for crews. The Chesapeake and Carolina coasts receive no similar provision, suggesting sectional favoritism.
The 450 ladies and gentlemen in waiting at the Italian court have struck due to poor board in King Victor Emmanuel's household. The royal cook pleads he is doing best with scant funds for the kitchen.
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes a money back refund if it fails and includes E. W. Grove's signature on each box. The price is 25 cents.
A Lloyds Register disclosure shows United States Steel Corporation as the largest vessel owner in the United States and the fifth largest globally, highlighting its prominence in shipping ownership.
The president declares he is qualifying himself to speak on his feet which may account for some indiscretions in public utterances. It notes that speaking off hand on matters of national import is a dangerous experiment for the President of the United States.
Secretary Shaw says he will improve baggage examination at the customs when steamship lines provide better facilities. He cites European frontiers where travelers wait in comfortable buildings, unlike the exposed boards used here during rain snow or sun.
A Romanic philology professor at the University of Copenhagen has authored a volume titled The Rise and its History. He catalogs thirty distinct kinds and devotes a lengthy chapter to the probable origin of the rite.
Coal Creek Tennessee May 19 175 to 225 miners and boys perished in a gas explosion at the Fraterville coal mine two miles west of town. Rescue efforts found all entered rooms empty of life. eight men killed in Atlanta riot also reported with police and civilians among casualties and buildings burned.
Stand Like a Stone Wall Between your children and the tortures of itching and burning eczema, scaldhead or other skin diseases. How? by using Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Quickest cure for ulcers, fever sores, salt rheum, cuts, burns or bruises. Infallible for piles. 25¢ at Edgar Matthews & Co.
President Palma forms a Cuba cabinet from Nationals Republicans Autonomists and Independents provoking mixed reactions at home while Uncle Sam warns against politics masquerading as war. A Viennese physician cautions about X ray overexposure in medicine and the futility of late court action after hardship in guarding against trusts.
Advertisement claims thin folks gain weight by using Dr King’s New Life Pills. It states the remedy tones digestion, expels poisons, enriches blood, improves appetite, and builds healthy flesh. Sold for 25 cents at Edgar Matthews & Co. drug store.
Ella Koenig, 19, shot and killed Pat Valentine on a Houston street last Thursday after claiming he promised marriage, ruined her, and deserted her for another woman. She surrendered to police and, if her story holds, may gain sympathy in court making conviction difficult.
An advertisement touts Ballard's Hoxke Syrup as a remedy for whooping cough asthma bronchitis or consumption with prices 25 and 50 ets. It notes sale by Graham Drug Co and includes a political aside about Mr Bryan as Aaron and the idea of a golden calf, reflecting public sentiment of the era.
Josh Edgar of Nermantown Cal says fourteen years of sciat ic rheumatism ended after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. He reports immediate relief and lasting cure and promotes the liniment sold by Graham Drug Co.
A fragmentary ad feature notes evangelist Sam Jones once started poor and now valued at about 500000. It cites a San Francisco sermon where he joked it takes grace grit and greenbacks to run him, with the Lord providing grace and others paying the grit and money.
A plan to print five dollar and smaller bills with blank spaces to be filled by payees, then stamped and endorsed, would turn currency into a negotiable instrument for safe mail remittances. Congress is urged to pass the idea as a lawful, convenient money order, with no policy changes. Also included: a brief joke about a newly married couple seeking train accommodations.
A campaign era column cites Champ Clark praising Electric Bitters as a cure for overwork and nervous strain. It quotes a Texas representative praising the state’s vast resources while noting the Philippines as a graveyard for U.S. honor, and includes a quip about young men vs old men.
The apologists for the beef true trade argue scarcity keeps prices high yet reject opening borders to foreign cattle. The Yoakum Herald argues publicly that letting in cheaper beef would cut costs for the masses, even if profits drop for beer interests. The text notes a spring of calamities with new 1902 casualties each day.
Mr. Lee Fairchild, a San Francisco visitor, paid Oakland cabmen five dollars to drive to Joaquin Miller’s hillside villa in Contra Costa. On arrival, the humorist learned the poet was not in California, but he mused about “seeing how his piece looks.”
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes camphor eating as a new fad among fashionable women. Regular small doses are said to brighten complexion, but the habit induces dullness, lethargy, and a craving to rest. Large doses have caused effects resembling intoxication and even a form of slavery to the habit.
President Roosevelt met five Ute Indians seeking mineral rights and tried to jolly them. With only one interpreter, the chief executive’s effort fell flat until he invoked his wartime regiment. The delegation, unmoved at first, finally brightened and nodded at the compliment.
A Philadelphia Record opinion mocks pretentious snobbery about furs and dating excess. A bounder boasts hiring seals and fur gear for an afternoon, implying showy displays win a girl, while mocking pretended connections to officials and distant places.
Dallas recorded near total attendance at bipartisan meetings across Texas in the year, with 90 events noted as ongoing or awaiting more. Local officials signal continued engagement to push agendas and coordinate with regional partners.
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