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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1901
Page
4
In a Capitol night session Senator Fairbank complains night sessions hinder senators and jokes about an old remedy for the grip from Indiana. He recalls whisky and quinine, which Senator Clapp warns spoils the whisky and poor quinine. The exchange echoes a Washington Post description.
Magh Huntington Howard recalls a boarding house memory about a woman who misuses big words. He mentions the Madonna of Bodenhausen exhibit and a table-side mispronunciation that amused fellow boarders in a Cleveland Leader feature.
A street car carrying congressmen and senators neared the District of Columbia courthouse where judges sit. A new conductor ordered all out for the police court and after stunned silence Mr. Sulzer of New York quipped Not guilty move on reflecting a mock trial moment.
Patrick Cane, an Irish witness, amused lawyers and spectators during a railroad damage suit in Macon. He deftly answered evasive questions, saying the boys looked east as the train arrived and that their backs faced west, provoking laughter in court.
President Patton of Princeton University spoke at the Fifth Avenue Collegiate church on faith. He contrasted blind faith in a lawyer and a doctor with trust in professionals, noting a ripple of reaction from the audience. The page also offers velvet cleaning tips, including methods to remove grease and restore pile.
From General Chaffee's diary recounting a July 1882 engagement on Mogollon plateau where about 150 White Mountain Apaches attacked a canyon. Major Chaffee crawled under heavy fire to recue a wounded scout, inspiring his troops to press the fight and rout the Apache force. he was brevetted lieutenant colonel for the day's end, later made permanent in 1897.
A historical note on turnspit dogs, citing Alice Morse Earle, describing small dogs kept in wheels near kitchens to waft roasting scents. They endured burning coal and leg injuries to learn their task, often working three hours for heavy meat, with tales from Newcastle and a New York tavern about Jesse awaiting roast orders daily.
A Vermont doctor reports in detail on opiates and other drugs sold in Vermont. He notes 8,300,000 monthly doses across stores, plus patent medicines, with a daily per person intake of about one and a half doses for all residents over 21. He cites a tiny town consuming heavy opium and morphine and warns of widespread habit formation. The piece urges self control of appetites and warns how indulgence harms health and finances.
Solicitor General Richards filed a motion in the Supreme Court seeking a writ of certiorari in United States v C E Lackey. The case raises whether Section 5507 of the Revised Statutes banning bribery to prevent Fifteenth Amendment voters from exercising the franchise is constitutional and whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review the appeals court ruling.
An offer of a small bounty for triplets in Kansas revealed 18 sets born within months after the order. The unusual match suggests supply responding to demand in a genuine case.
Report of missing animals listed by W P Stinson and J W Burgess with descriptions. Includes a dark bay mare about 10 years old, 13 hands, branded JP and Low on left shoulder and thigh. a red steer 2 years old braided 1K. and a town mare 10-12 years old, 13 hands branded LBP and O Loon on hip. Also notes a two year old colt and a stray horse description from Graham area. All dated April 1901.
All who see Mr. C. F. Collier of Cherokee Iowa, once confined to a chair by kidney pain, find him cheerful and vigorous after using Electric Bitters. Three bottles cured backache nervousness loss of appetite and kidney troubles. Only 50 cents at Handy Matthews' drug store.
A Washington newspaper man sues a circus for 25000 dollars after being unable to enter the show following his ticket purchase. He cites mental anguish as the damages.
More than 400 corporations in the Senate have forfeited their charters for not paying the franchise tax. May 13 was the last day to pay. They may be reinstated by paying the tax and five dollars per day for each day after the 13th.
WM Johnson advertises The Mammoth Jack S and Bt will serve mares at 38 in Goose Neck. Insurance paid when determined and mares traded or removed. Colt stands good for fees. SAM is a black 15 hands high 6 year old Goldston Jack from Kentucky stock. Call to see him.
Mineral Wells Texas hosts the Health and Pleasure Resort reached via the Weatherfd Mineral Wells and North- Western Railway known as The Mineral Wells Route. Excursion round trip tickets available with major Texas roads and connections to Texas and Pacific and Santa Fe trains at Weatherford. Information from L. M. Peurs and P. K. Bock, Weatherford Texas.
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered six months from a running leg sore. He claims Backlen's Arnica Salve cured it in five days and praises it for ulcers wounds and piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cents at Handy and Matthewe.
Wyandotte Michigan resident J T Weatherwax credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving his life after pneumonia and a severe lung ailment. He recalls two family deaths from consumption and reports a months long recovery with weight gain. Handy Matthews drug store offers guaranteed bottles and a free trial.
An author writes that eminent scientists including Arkwright and Newton once believed perpetual motion possible but all claimed devices have failed. He notes attempts using levers wheels Archimedean screw pumps siphons hydrostatic bellows hydraulic rams and similar ideas produced no sustainable motion or credible self running models.
A child asks a series of wonderment questions about nature and everyday things in a page from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. The pleads for explanations range from stars and moon to leaves, grass, milk, sugar, fish scales, rain, water, and celestial sky holds.
Fragmentary social venting notes describe a man arrested for wrongdoing toward his own mother as quoted in Harlem Life. Names Quin Yis Shea and Shea-Shure appear in dialectic asides amid a broader complaint tone.
In Worcester on May 13 a Methodist meeting heard an eyewitness claim President McKinley drank champagne on a battleship. Several ministers condemned the alleged act.
An advertisement advises cyclists to carry Batiano's Snow Lint for quick relief from injuries. It claims immediate use subdues pain prevents swelling and discolouration and aids rapid healing. The product is offered at 25 and 50 cents by Graham Drug Co.
The Chilten bill in the Minnesota legislature seeks to restrict marriages for persons with physical or mental disorders and has become the all consuming topic of state concerns.
A Boston man files for divorce claiming his wife sold kisses at charity fair for $100 each. The husband says the venture undermined their marriage and left him feeling betrayed by the price on affection.
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