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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1891
Page
4
A close connection is made among Texas and Pudbe tonnage at Weatherford, all linking with Santa Fe under P. McKAY, Superintendent. The brief notes collaborative ties and leadership oversight in the railway or shipping context.
In 1892 Harrison formed an alliance with a five-block figure known as Dudley to push a soap and boodle style campaign. The unusual duo mobilized support through local rallies and pamphleteering in the political scene.
The Prince of Wales remains in delicate health due to a wild youthful life, with a high chance he may die before any coronation. The old queen is in splendid health. Sackle reports Jerry Simpson making a strong impact at the Cincinnati convention.
A fragment describes poor souls living in East swamps who rely on quinine to survive. Some travel west to feel better, then live and die content, framing hardship with resilient mood.
Last Sunday edition called a literary gem with twenty pages of choice reading matter. The News is described as the paper of Texas and noted for its rich content.
The Weatherford Republic reports its first contact with this office for the week. J. W. Putman edited the six column quarto and the paper aims to be a welcome presence in the community.
In a bleak political editorial, poverty is linked to idleness, a sewing machine agent attacks an eight year old girl leaving her in precarious condition, with jail guards protected against lynching. Three black men are arrested in Waco for a white man's murder and moved to Austin amid mob fears.
The text criticizes the Peoples Party backing a sub treasury plan and near proposals for government ownership of railroads and telegraphs. It questions why the state would not extend to owning all assets and providing money and goods to citizens, likening to government interactions with Indians.
Barnett Gibbs urges every Texas county to organize for democracy and predicts a lively campaign in 1892. He argues Democrats must be prepared to meet any challenge, calling his plan practical and well founded in politics.
In Dallas the county attorney has passed the sale and distribution of the Kansas City Sun and will prosecute vendors of the time for criminal libel. The Sun resents the move and may reveal correspondents. public reaction ranges from fear of retribution to calls for reform as a new Peoples Party forms from Greenback and Alliance factions. An editorial note mentions a cough remedy and a Tennessee epidemic.
The convention chaired by Senator Peffer and Ignatius Donnelly launches the Peoples Party with a platform against national banks, calling for sub treasuries silver coinage income tax and public ownership of transport. It pledges popular vote for leaders and a June 1892 national convention. Weaver Taubeneck and Peffer figure prominently as founders.
In Weatherford Republic the morning session saw Judge Patterson admonish two lawyers, I W Stephens and Albert Stephenson, for heated arguments. A fine of 825 imposed on each for disorderly conduct halted wrangling and allowed the case to move forward smoothly.
A Holywood druggist publishes a testimonial from a customer who says Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured rheumatism after a bottle costing fifty cents. The user says they could not walk before using Pain Balm and credits its relief to the product. Mr Fox, a leading druggist in Holywood, f Orth confirms the statement.
A new group named Blackcaps has appeared in Alabama with stated aims of murder. Authorities view such bands as dangerous to society and favor incarceration in the penitentiary for members.
The Weatherford Republic notes that the enacting clause of the per diem and mileage appropriation bill was not left off suggesting legislative attention to the measure.
The Weatherford Republic notes the hailstorm across Cooke Denton Grayson and other counties destroys much of the wheat crop just before harvest. It contrasts farmers’ prior hopes with the sudden ruin and references the Ft Worth Gazette and a reaction from the Decatur News.
Governor of Texas issues proclamations to submit multiple constitutional amendments to voters on the August 1891 ballot. Amendments cover ballot voting integrity, voter registration in large cities, school fund allocations, usury limits, local liquor control, and broad judicial system restructuring including creation of Civil and Criminal Appeals and Supreme Court terms.
Governor J. S. Hoge proclaims a statewide election on August 11 1891 to submit joint resolutions amending article 5 of the Texas Constitution relating to the judiciary. Proclamation directs polling places to follow state law and instructs voters to mark For or Against the amendments.
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