Disastrous Storms Hit North Texas Roads and Dams
Last Friday and Saturday nights brought severe storms across North Texas. Creeks overflowed damaging crops and hindering mail delivery. Lone Oak and Blount schoolhouses were damaged. a residence near Graham was blown down. Floodwaters stranded mail routes, halted trains, and damaged rail lines from Bridgeport to Fort Worth. Eight dead in Fort Worth and thirty in Dallas reported as floods surged, with Trinity River levels rising beyond previous records.
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Texas
Coutch
Lone Oak
Blount
Graham
Olney
Coal Creek
Indian Mound
David Bird
Red Top
Bridge
Dakin
Bridgeport
Rock Island
Fort Worth
Dallas
Weatherford
Trinity
Cotton Belt
Graford
Ballard's Herbine Offered As Cure For Digestive Ailments
A short health advertisement touts Ballard's Herbine as a mild yet effective remedy for constipation and dyspepsia. The copy asserts it cures stomach and liver complaints and sells for 50 cents a bottle through B. S. Doty & Co.
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Ballard
B. S. Doty & Co
Married Men Defeat in Charity Baseball Game at Park
Last Friday evening a baseball game between married and single men drew a crowd and raised 53.10 for the cemetery. A rematch is planned for Thursday evening June 4 at the park with all proceeds again aiding city water for the yard. Citizens, especially country visitors, urged to attend and boost attendance.
May Build College in Graham With Local Support
Delegates from Cisco visited Graham last week to discuss founding a non-denominational college. Citizens extended strong encouragement and even more support than asked, signaling a promising new college in Graham if the project proceeds.
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Cisco
Graham
Two Crowns Near Palo Pinto Tragedy Claims Two
Jim Owen son of former Palo Pinto county sheriff and a Mr Statesman drown in the Brazos river between Palo Pinto and Mineral Wells last Saturday evening. The two young men were well known in the county. Mr Owen leaves a family. Bodies not yet recovered as a bank slid away under them during a scuffle on the riverbank.
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Jim Owen
Palo Pinto County
Statesman
Brazos
Palo Pinto
Mineral Wells
Owen
Hartland merchant backs Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy
In February our daughter had the whooping cough. Mr. Lane of Hartland recommended Cham berlain's Cough Remedy and said it gave his customers the best of Satisfaction. We found it as he said and can recommend it to anyone having children troubled with whooping cough. For sale by all druggists.
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Lane
Hartland
Chamberlain
A. Goss
Durand, Mich
Card of Thanks for Lillian Copeland
The Copeland family expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during their daughter Lillian's last illness. Sam Copeland and wife.
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Lillian
Sam Copeland
Boys will be Boys Snow Liniment Ad
Advertisement urging parents to treat boys scrapes and bruises with Ballard's Snow Liniment. Emphasizes prompt use to relieve pain and aid healing. Prices 25c 50c and 1.00. Sold by B C Doty & Co.
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Ballard
Doty & Co
Opening of the Summer Normal at Graham
The Graham public school will open the Summer Normal on Monday June 1 at 9 am in the Graham public school building. Citizens are invited to attend and welcome the teachers and others, with expectations of a large turnout and a record normal for Graham.
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Graham
Graham Public
Drowned Brothers Claud and Horace Cribbs in Brazos
Two Cribbs brothers Claud aged five and Horace nine were drowned while wading in the Brazos river near South Bend last Friday evening. Their seven year old brother, the sole witness, warned parents Walter and Mrs Cribbs. The bodies were recovered Friday night and laid to rest Saturday in the South Bend cemetery in the same coffin.
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Claud
Horace
Walter Cribbs
Brazos River
South Bend
Hunt's Cure Promises Relief For All Itching
Do You Itch is answered with Hunt's Cure as the king of skin remedies. It promises rapid relief for any itching trouble and guarantees a cure with one application and one box. It asserts applicability regardless of name or place.
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Hunt
Kirby Pettey wedding at First Baptist Church
May 24 ceremony at 7 45 PM united Miss Leila Pettey and Mr Polk Kirby with Rev T E officiating. Miss Lou McCommas played the wedding march as ushers Harry Pettey and Lucille Miller stood with the couple. The couple will reside at A M Pettey’s East Graham home after a postponed Abilene trip. W L Wheat of Memphis Texas visited relatives last Thursday night after arriving from Loving with brother A J Wheat.
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T. E
First Baptist Church
Leila Pettey
Polk Kirby
Lou McCommas
Harry H. Pettey
Lucille Miller
Arlington
Texas
Miss Pettey
Abilene
Mr. Kirby
A. M. Pettey
East
Graham
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Tev A
Sea Island
Grocery Department
Mabry, Short & CO
Kirby-Pettey
W. L. Wheat
Memphis
A. J. Wheat
Loving
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