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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1902
Page
4
A Wag in a New York Tribune reprint tells how Mrs Wesstbie Perilina Whistle, wife of a Barings associate, tried to summon her coachman in Berkshire hills. A passerby declined and joked about his new teeth. Also a local ad notes free samples of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets at Graham's drug store.
ae de Camondo displays a white marble clock valued at about 250000 dollars at the Paris Exposition. Titled the Clock of the Three Graces, it features the graces linked by flower festoons around a broken pillar base and a two handled vase with oak leaf festoons. One nymph points to the dial. The count plans to bequeath the clock to the Louvre.
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with a bold claim that the tonic contains iron in a tasteless form. It emphasizes no cure, no pay and a price of 50 cents per bottle.
A Massachusetts town with thirty five residents spends nine months of winter with few visitors. To combat dullness they hold experience meetings about their summer boarders. They meet three or four times weekly and share anecdotes of summer guests to keep winter lively.
Alfred Bee of Welfare Texas writes of illness and exhaustion from biliary trouble and sleeplessness. After using Electric Bitters he reports better sleep appetite and strength and says they give vigorous health to weak run down people. Only 50c at Edgar Matthews & Co’s drug store.
Professor Simon Newcomb, famed astronomer, writes a entertaining short story about an American innovator who builds an airship capable of ninety miles per hour. The tale imagines how this craft could shift global destinies and elevate the nation’s power.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic advertised as the best remedy for malaria uses iron and quinine in a tasteless form. It promises no cure and no pay, priced at 50 cents.
The piece notes well dressed young women selling papers near the Casino on upper Broadway as of a prior time. A crippled runaway girl previously sold papers there and remained present most evenings until 10 o'clock, with many others following the same pattern.
Look with horror on skin eruptions blotches pimples and sores. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures eczema salt rheum sore lips chapped hands chilblains and piles. It glorifies the face and vanishes skin complaints. 25 cents at Edgar Matthews & Co's drug store.
New York summer cars have fire risk as society women are told to avoid smoking sections after a society woman suffered severe burns when a man nearby dropped a cigarette. Conductors are instructed to keep women from the smoker seats amid several recent accidents.
Marshall Bishop of Aroostook county Maine, the oldest man in the county, will be 100 next Christmas. He recently walked fifty two miles from his home to Fort Kent, declining a ride for ten miles. He said walking is the only perfect exercise and he wanted to see the crops along his route.
Advertisement seeking five young men from Young county for positions in railway air clerks letter carriers customs house and departmental clerks with placement through Inter State Correspondence Institute Cedar Rapids Iowa.
A historical school scene shows the third class reciting two syllable words then moving to the abc. Young pupils endure gentle penknife taps for pen repairs while requests for water or ink break the rhythm. The second class repeats spelling then reads aloud with manners on display.
J M McHany of Greenville Texas writes that after six weeks of bed rest with rheumatism a partial bottle of Ballard's Snow Liniment cured him and he has not suffered since. He recommends the liniment for rheumatic sciatic or neuralgic pains and notes price ranges of 25c 50c and 1.00 at Graham Drug Co.
A Durham North Carolina man P Muse credits Dr Kings New Life Pills with saving his life after years of stomach and liver trouble. He praises the pills as the best on earth and notes they cost 25 cents at Edgar Matthews Co.'s drug store.
A vintage patent medicine advertisement touts Hunt's Lightning Oil for pains including catarrh neuralgia rheumatism cuts burns diarrhea and cramps. It promises satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded with 25 and 50 cent sizes.
Moore's Pilates claim a guaranteed cure for 91 forms of malaria fevers ague chills swamp fever malarial fever jaundice biliousness and related symptoms. They promise no quinine no arsenic or iron and warn against stomach or teeth rain. Price 50c per box from D C C Moore Co 310 N Main St Louisa Mo or Graham Drug Co.
A luncheon dish replaces meat using macaroni and apricots. Parboil macaroni, simmer in sweetened milk, stir to prevent sticking, then add apricot juice and finish cooking. Layer macaroni center with apricots for serving, letting flavors meld.
An advertisement for White's Cream Vermifuge claims it kills worms and removes the mucus and slime they nest in, restoring a healthy body where worms cannot exist. Priced at 25 cents and sold by Graham Drug Co.
A descriptive note explains using moldings instead of poles for window hangings. A short sheer valance in figured design drops from the molding across the frame with straight hanging sides to the floor. Under the sash, matching plain tinted curtains finish the arrangement.
The plate rail remains a popular modern room decoration. It complements plain wall coverings, whether the china is of modern or antique design, by showing best against solid color walls.
A Salt Lake City complainant touts Ballard's Horehound Syrup as immediate relief for coughs colds and throat irritation. The ad cites J A Anderson of 354 West 5th Street praising its pleasant efficiency and urges others to try the remedy. Available at Graham Drug Co in 25 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes.
The incandescent lamp at the dining table gains acceptance as a decorative centerpiece. A silver gilt pedestal supports a center lamp, with French bisque figures and rose tinted glass globes softly shading the glow. An advertisement offers Chamberlain's stomach and liver tablets at 25 cents per box.
In Lansing Michigan last week J A Greenough married the same woman he wed twenty five years ago. After his first marriage he left for the Black Hills seeking gold and stopped writing. His wife later divorced and wed E A Timmerman who died three years ago. Last spring she learned Greenough was alive and they have now remarried.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a true specific for kidney bladder and urinary troubles claiming it cures thousands of hopeless cases after other efforts fail. It urges readers to obtain a sample bottle by mail and to mention the paper.
Noah Brooks notes in his Lincoln biography that before the 1860 election Lincoln surveyed Springfield Illinois and found that of twenty local clergymen only three would vote for him. The biographer depicts Lincoln’s marked disappointment at the clergy’s stance.
A traditional bread method uses one quart warm water and half cup warm water to dissolve a compressed yeast cake, then two quarts graham flour with salt and warm water, mixed to form dough. After rising until double, mold into loaves and bake. Substituting half entire wheat flour yields more porous bread. optional two tablespoons molasses can be added.
A. A. Johnson administrator of the estate of B. Johnson files final account and application for discharge. Citations require twenty days publication in Young County to notify interested parties to object by the January 1903 term for Graham County Court. Judge Geo McLaren seals the notice. Sheriff MALAMS to publish.
Davis Kentucky druggist C. T Smith reports the fastest selling article in his store Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. He claims it cures and has saved throat and lung patients when other remedies failed Moth ers rely on it best physicians prescribe it and Edgar Caithews Co guarantees satisfaction or no price Trial bottles offered Reg sizes 59c and 1.
An advertisement promoting Herbine as a purifying tonic for the bowels liver and kidneys to improve skin clarity and reduce pimples blotches and blemishes. Sold for 50 cents at Graham Drug Co.
Notice is given that original letters of administration for the estate of A P Hoge deceased were granted October 13 1902 to Fiora L Hoar Adm x of the estate. All persons with claims must present them within the legal time. Residence and post office address: Graham Young County Texas.
The Rock Island System advertises a $376 cash and transportation reward for letters about experiences since settling in the Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico region. Letters must detail initial finances, first actions upon arrival, and subsequent success, range 300 to 1000 words, and aim to promote southwestern advertising. John Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island, Chicago Ill.
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