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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
2
The contract has been let for a 2857 building project in Wichita Falls. Officials announce the award to a selected contractor and note project scope and timeline for completion.
Dr. Stanley S. Warren of San Angelo asserts in phenal petroleum a sure cure for tuberculosis. He is described as a learned physician with degrees from several eastern colleges, lending weight to his claims.
Representatives of a large film concern were in Wichita Falls last week taking photographs for advertising. A large crowd of farmers visited the city while street scenes and shots of residences, business houses, factories, the big lake, and more were filmed. Wichita Falls may be the first Southern city to use moving pictures in a civic ad campaign.
After June 1 the new law gives married women in the state absolute control of their property without their husband’s consent. Under the old law a wife’s property became community property with the husband as the senior partner.
An amendment to be voted on July 19 would authorize raising money for building and improving Texas higher education institutions. It would allow bond votes on penitentiary real property to fund these schools, aiming to relieve the education department’s long standing funding deficiency.
Mineral Wells gears up for a large Fourth of July celebration featuring aviation exhibitions alongside usual attractions. A contract was awarded to repair the Archer City dam washed out by recent rains. In Austin the insane asylum reports tropical diseases among inmates, attributed to overcrowding and underfeeding.
Sterling White received a 50 year penitentiary sentence in Vernon district court for killing his sweetheart Miss Bula Lee near Petrolia last November. His lawyers sought a new trial, which was denied, and they plan to pursue an insanity defense.
J. A. Clopton of San Antonio killed Capt. White in Dallas last February and was freed by a Dallas county jury on self defense. He still faces trial for aggravated assault against White's partner.
Citizens of Fort Bend county protest a state plan to make the county the prison system headquarters claiming harm to welfare. A legislative committee weighing site for system extension had nearly chosen Fort Bend. The piece notes a global meat war among Chicago Kansas City packers versus California, Argentine and Australian packers, with foreign packers pricing 25 percent lower. The outcome on Texas living costs remains uncertain.
The two wings of the republican party seek ways to unite, a claim noted. About 50,000 acres in Reeves Ward Pecos and Crane counties are under irrigation. A H Buie is appointed postmaster at Ennis, replacing the primary winner.
Considerable damage to crops and property was caused by a cy clone in Fanin County near Wolfe City last Thursday.
Rumor says Mexico obtained a 25 million dollar loan from European lenders. The Katy system plans to extend 800 miles of telephonic dispatch lines for trains. The State Firemen's Association met in Wichita Falls and chose Victoria as next year’s meeting site.
Two crates of Texas cantaloupes brought $25.00 each in Chicago last week. A major hotel in the windy city paid the price, underscoring strong demand for fresh fruit from Texas.
About a thousand workers walked off in the Newriver coal field of West Virginia in protest after the dismissal of union men. The stoppage signals a widening labor dispute and could disrupt production at several mines in the region.
The National Corn Show will be held in Dallas next year. An estimated two million people attended the convention in Omaha two years ago.
J. R. G. Fisher, a Fort Worth boy, has been elected editor in chief of the Battalion, the weekly newspaper published by the student body of A. & M.
A claim notes that roughly twenty percent of Mexico's population can read and write, suggesting a link to internal troubles faced by the country.
Two men who sent threatening letters to President Wilson during the campaign were convicted in New Jersey courts last week. The cases drew attention to rising political intimidation as the legal proceedings concluded.
A ruling from the attorney general states that any railroad company receiving intoxicating liquor for shipment into dry territory on shipper’s order or C.O.D. consignment is liable to a 5000 dollar fine.
William Lorimer, the Illinois senator ousted on charges of corruptly securing his election, plans a public announcement of his candidacy for re election. He cites vindication as his motive and expects to return to the Senate.
Judge R. E. Braton, former Tarrant County judge, was indicted last week on taking a bribe from a county commissioner. He and two commissioners resigned weeks earlier amid an investigation rumor.
The Rice Hotel in Houston, costing 3 million dollars and housing 250 rooms, opens for business as the finest and largest hotel south of Chicago. The Southern Baptist Association held in St. Louis last week chose Chattanooga as next meeting place.
Pure Food and Drug Commissioner Abbott proposes strict monitoring by sending a department representative to visit every incorporated town and city in the state at unscheduled times and report the conditions found.
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