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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1903
Page
2
Rates of subscription and advertising terms are listed, including prices for one year and shorter periods, along with local notices inserted at five cents per line per insertion. Legal notices are charged at one dollar per hundred words for the first insertion and fifty cents per hundred words for subsequent insertions. All bills due on the first day of each month.
Tremendous rains hit the Washita and South Canadian river basins from Fort Cobb to Chickasha. Bridges on the Mangum branch of the Rock Island line washed out and trains halted. A passenger train plunged into South Canadian waters but no deaths reported. Lowlands flooded, crops ruined, residents forced to move to high ground. Reported 7 inch hailstones. western Oklahoma saw window damage and deep water in cars. No lives lost in the area. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets advertised by Graham Drug Co.
Sunday May 31 1908 Epworth League program features Lesson 9 1 5 led by A F Stewart with comments from P A Martin and Geo McLaren Select readings by Miss Cornelia Jewell and Missouri Ellie listed as participants.
J A Guiledge of Verbena Alabama was twice in the hospital for a severe case of piles with 24 tumors. After doctors and remedies failed Bucklen’s Arnica Salve quickly arrested inflammation and cured him. It conquers aches and pains. 25c at Edgar Mathews’s Druggist.
Advert says White's Cream Vermifuge is the best worm destroyer and tonic for frail children, neutralizing stomach acidity, improving digestion and food assimilation, restoring vigor naturally in childhood at Graham.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal remedy for lung and throat troubles. A Virginia resident claims one bottle cured her Bronchitis after years of failed treatments. The ad lists cures for Croup Whooping Cough and Pneumonia, and offers trial bottles for fifty cents.
An Indiana chambermaid refuses to tidy a room slept in by Booker Washington, drawing denunciations from Reverend Dr Newell Dwight Hillis while critics warn of dangerous calls for social equality. The piece also notes a Texas railway commission decision blocking a rail traffic consolidation.
A nostalgic plea to escape busy life and weather forecasts. The narrator longs for riverbank camping, woodbine blooms, and the simple pleasures of fishing away from civilization. A call to laughter, song, and freedom through a primitive nomad retreat by the water.
The Dalles News reports a secret Boston based organization plotting to relocate southern African Americans to New England. Agents are said to be gathering negroes from across the South while fearing mob violence in the region. Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas backs the plan and may supply convicts, with other states expected to join if the effort proceeds.
An editorial laments errors in post session appropriation bills. It cites a $50,000 boll weevil remedy, misfunded San Marcos Normal School at $1800 instead of $18,000, and 50 cent wolf scalps instead of $2.50, plus only 10 percent of capitol water and light funding. It argues for competent clerks and better elected officials.
Operating Rooms at Hil burn's Jewelry and Optical is referenced in a fragmentary note. The text presents unclear, disjointed wording about procedures and a denunciation, with no identifiable people, organizations, dates, or concrete actions to anchor a factual summary.
An editorial argues public interest in politics wanes over a decade with tame campaigns and platform neglect. It cites Missouri and Kentucky examples of bribery and assassinations as warnings. The piece contrasts voter apathy with politician’s machine politics and notes Groves Chill Tonic advertising.
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