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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1901
Page
4
A Chicago Record feature describes Maggie the dog who drives a mail wagon along a 25 mile daily rural route except Sundays. The Dresser couple built a glass front wagon with pigeonholes and Maggie guides the driver by signaling when carriers reach mail boxes.
A five year old boy Tommy loves his pony more than his dog. When a visitor asks for the dog he offers the pony instead. His mother asks why he won’t give the dog, and he reveals his plan to unleash the dog on the visitor when he reaches the pony.
Description of an elephant’s mouth notes its empty front teeth and eight large molars. The text explains elephants never eat flesh and detail the size and arrangement of tuskless jaws and molars. The piece emphasizes the creature’s remarkable mouth structure as a feature of its biology.
A Ypsilanti man creates giant kites that soar hundreds of feet and lift a man when flown with 7 and 14 foot box kites. Nearby farm animals react as the kite drifts over a farmhouse, prompting women to call it a hawk and a hawk. The farmer spares a shot after spotting the airborne spectacle.
In Washington the late William M. Evarts then secretary of state greeted a popular young writer seeking a consulship. He congratulated the author on his fame and quipped that although the laurels are on his brow he cannot browse on them.
A satirical note from the Washington Star depicts a fabled natural boy uninterested in statesmanship, mocking a senator named Sorghum. It parodies political apathy toward trusts and wealth, with a quip about not having done anything to discourage big money.
A young man seeks an interview with Russell Sage and follows him to a Broadway meeting. On a crowded streetcar they fumble for change in a comic standoff over fares, Sage finally paying nothing while the other man sighs of a nickel, a humorous New York Sun tale. Also a note on Dr Vogues praising napthalene as a cure and preventive for mosquito bites in Argentina.
Murat Halstead and Senator Depew, both gray and hearty, start up the White House stairs to meet the president but halt when reminded the building uses derricks for old men. They kid about age and air, then proceed upstairs arm in arm to see the chief magistrate.
Indiana constituent asks Congressman Brick for a pension or refund after paying $300 for a substitute who was killed in action. He claims age and feebleness justify a pension and seeks government support as long as he lives.
A German New London reader praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm as life changing for his wife after eight weeks of back pain. The item notes the Gra ham Drug Co. advertises the remedy. It also cites Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a testimonial from W E Bosworth of LaFayette Ala. The piece mentions Judge Logan and Texas oil refinery debates and comments on tariffs and coffee trade with Porto Rico and the Philippines.
Urges readers to keep Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand for bowel complaints. Claims universal acceptance as the most successful medicine for both children and adults and warns no family can afford to be without it. Sold by Graham Drug Co.
Dr. E. W. Fritz, owner of extensive wheat land west of the city, says the county's wheat crop looks better than expected. He believes the scattered good yields will offset poor areas and average out across the county, with some fields reaching as high as 16 bushels per acre.
It saved his leg after six months with a running sore in LaGrange Ga. P A Danforth says Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it in five days. The product is advertised for ulcers wounds and piles with a cure guaranteed. Available at Handy Matthews.
The late George Q. Cannon of Utah is praised as a wonderful financier with four wives and thirty two children, accumulating a fortune of more than a million. The Houston Post questions who would claim marriage is a failure.
The letter from H J Strick of World-Herald Fair Haven Wash credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with preventing pneumonia and multiple croup attacks in his son. The note promotes the product for sale by Graham Drug Co.
The Eldorado Republican warns of an imminent cold wave and financial distress for every businessman. It predicts a revolution like upheaval as inflated balloon trusts collapse, with billions swallowed and a national panic greater than past crises.
New York May 23 reports from R G Dunn & Co correspondents indicate an unusually good yield for winter wheat. Conditions have improved, especially against the Hessian fly which had threatened disaster in several sections weeks earlier. grain now shows progress sufficient to prevent actual losses from the pest.
The report notes smaller acreage planted in many states with generally better conditions indicating a strong yield. Texas faced drought and replanting reducing final acreage to about half of last year, but the state's overall impact on the national winter wheat crop remains limited.
A St. Joseph Missouri girl survived a shooting when metal in her corset and wire in her bustle differently protected her. The Karmersville Times questions dress reformers about beauty and safety amid such danger.
England’s population has risen about twelve percent over the past decade according to demographic estimates. The report highlights steady increases across major regions and ties growth to birth rates, migration, and aging trends observed by census authorities.
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