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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1895
Page
1
Dp R N Price physician surgeon and obstetrician based in Graham Texas. Galls promptly attend to in town or country with an office at Graham and Co's drug store.
Young County Library announces sales of trees and plants at unusually low prices to clear grounds for next season. Stock comparable to top nurseries, with emphasis on affordable options for households to grow fruit at home. Manager Gro. B. Clark invites customers with surplus corn meat flour or edible goods to trade for stock.
A fragmentary advertisement advice urges merchants to target farmer wealth. It notes money follows crops and circulates among country people who buy with ads in newspaper columns. Emphasis is on using advertising to capture rural spending.
The piece cites claims of gold ore north of Hot Springs yielding thirty dollars per ton, assayed by a Denver expert. it critiques politicians and parties on monetary policy, free silver advocacy, and national elections. It includes remarks on Cleveland bonds, Populists, and Turkish affairs, concluding with a regional note on the Luling Signal.
A child born in the city limits shows a striking two tone complexion with half the body very fair and the other half as black as an Ethiopian. The father is described as a mulatto and the mother as an octoroon, highlighting a remarkable odyssey in this case reported by Maa kato News.
The Henderson Times argues the public will back the consistent party. When voters seek sound money, they will turn to its source, the Republicans, as the rightful owners of that doctrine.
The Dallas county review laments the Paris and Williams criminal appeals, arguing the main issue is judicial method not guilt. It calls for statute changes to allow courts to ignore technicalities when guilt is clear, condemning delays and costs.
The article contrasts two kinds of farmers, one working the field from dawn until sunset and another perched on a top rail, lecturing about government while his family toils in cotton. This vivid regional depiction appears in the Denton County Record.
By joint resolution ex-Speaker Crisp spoke to the Georgia legislature on political issues. He focused on finance and argued for free unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1. He urged Georgia Democrats to push for a platform created by the people who elected the president.
The Railroad Commissioners grant permission to issue bonds totaling 88,245.66 dollars for 29 miles of grade from Henrietta to this area. The small per mile cost allows start of work and ironing of several miles, with plans to bond the rest to finish the grade.
The Valasco Times urges readers to avoid worry over unchangeable issues and focus on doing their best today. It argues worry dulls business sense and ages a person, recommending a practical, cheerful demeanor instead.
A terse McGregor Observer line notes friends flock in good times but abandon one swiftly in hardship, illustrating shifting loyalties and the strain of adversity.
The text quotes T. De Witt Talmage on the hardships of journalism. It notes editors and reporters encounter all forms of world shams and vanity daily, leading to skepticism about God, man, and woman. It reflects on the temptations to distrust nearly everyone.
A Texas merchant visiting Houston told a Post reporter he had been in a train gang for arson and murder and claimed a rival shopkeeper in his town poaches customers. He alleged smothering three people and two more in Ohio, and demanded the paper publish his boasts to regain confidence. He claimed to be a prize fighter with delirium tremens inheritance from an aunt.
The Ellis County Democrat urges Texans to reduce imports of farm implements machinery furniture cotton goods leather and woolen goods and to end the large outflow of money to outsiders. The paper highlights insurance costs as another vast drain and calls for serious statewide consideration to stop these drains and spur Texas development.
Col Ingersol says investigation found forty ministers last year in penitentiaries or guilty of gross immoralities, implying the nation has 111,036 ministers. He notes ministers are men and may err, while questioning why infidels escape similar scrutiny and why crimes by infidels draw less attention.
A William Street Mugwump Club pamphlet promotes the gold standard with front page drawing “A Call to Arms” showing President Grover Cleveland leading foes of silver. The piece accuses Cleveland and bond buyers of opposing Democratic ideals and aiding special interests. It also retells a morality quip about a wife’s elopement and duties.
A remark from Tal Mage contemplates a Ohio courthouse as a divider where rain on the north flows to Lake Ontario and the Gulf of St Lawrence while rain on the south heads to the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico. A light wind could steer a rain drop across two thousand miles and mirror how small actions may guide a person’s life forever.
The quote argues that continued Republican wins would teach the Democratic Party a punitive lesson about unity, asserting that divided groups fall apart if they fail to unite.
A farmer calculates his journey to plow harrow and cultivate forty acres of corn. He walks 350 miles to plow with a sixteen inch plow, 50 miles to harrow thoroughly, and 350 miles to cultivate, totaling 750 miles plus gathering.
A Detroit Tribune snippet notes the remark about improving a woman's chance to marry, with the playful line that she sent her little brother into the country as part of the opportunity plan.
The country prefers straight Republicans over a Democratic party with Republican perks. The late election shows the masses will not endorse the gold standard policy with its bond issues and other worse than Republican measures.
The Weatherford Leader argues the People's party is the only arty that is growing while populism is in decline. It cites states like Colorado Kansas Alabama Georgia Indiana and Mississippi to illustrate political decline and compares the Leader to a boy whistling past a graveyard.
The article contemplates a nationwide popular vote on Cuba policy, suggesting a decisive and unprecedented majority support for a Cuban republic within the United States. It presents a speculative public sentiment scenario and emphasizes a major shift in opinion.
The quotation credits education as guiding human souls toward their best, attributed to Ruskia.
W F Garrison undercuts traveling agents with prices under half the usual $45 to $60s. Stocks Domestic New Home White Empress New Crown New Cottage Union 22 to 32 dollars. R G Graham Drug Co opens Dec 1 with a broad Holiday Goods line including silverware pottery chinaware novelties and toys at unbeatable prices.
A promotional pitch offers The Leaner Fort Worth Weekly Gazette and the American Farmer for one year at 1.25 in advance, plus the New York Thrice-a-Week World for 2.00. A total of 272 papers for 2.00 is advertised, with the deal expiring after sixty days and urging immediate orders.
A Dimondale Michigan pastor quotes a letter from Rev J Gunder man describing Dr King’s New Discovery as nearly marvelous for his wife who suffered pneumonia after La Grippe with terrible coughing fits. The letter says the remedy worked quickly and well. Trial bottles were offered free at D R Akin & Co’s Drug Store with regular sizes priced at 50c and $1.00.
Coming, Coming, Coming. A well selected stock of gents hats over shirts under shirts neck wear and a thousand other items at The Leaper. Also three furnished rooms for rent apply to Mrs M E Beckam.
The T E L Co surveys Nos. 9 106 619 406 30 1157 2869 4 1648 and will divide them into small tracts for sale with small down payments and terms of one to ten years. McPhatt Graham Texas.
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the New Great American Kidney Cure. It relieves bladder and urinary passage pain in men and women, stops water retention, and acts almost immediately. Sold by R. G. Graham, Druggist, Graham, Texas.
English Spavin Liniment removes all hard and soft lumps blemishes from horses including blood spavins curbs splints sweeney ring bone stitles sprains and swollen throats. Save 50 by one bottle. Warranted the most wonderful blemish cure ever known. Sold by R G Graham Druggist Graham Texas.
An old notice promotes a plan to give away a household article for five dollars daily. It promises equal opportunity and easy winnings, with sample freebies and credit for participation.
Porter and Eppleman announce they have engaged Mr J T Rickman to collect all notes and accounts due them. They request prompt payment and express appreciation for settling the amounts owed.
Advertisement lists a wind mill with a twenty to thirty foot tower, pump attachments, a twenty foot trough, ninety foot pipe, and twenty two foot lead pipe. An inquiry should be directed to Gus Egarss or Gertrude at this office.
A second hand coal stove offered at a low price is available for purchase with contact via Tae Leapey office for details and price.
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