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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1913
Page
2
The Leader announces weekly Thursday publication with subscription rates including one year and six months options. The notice lists Frank H. Bowron as editor and states Graham Texas postal handling as second class matter.
Weather observers report September rainfall surpasses all prior records in about twenty three years of data collection. The tally exceeds the previous high as more rain fell this month than any September on record.
The Palo Pinto County Fair will be held at Elmhurst Park in Minera Wells on October 8 9 and 10 according to last week’s Index announcement. Big preparations are under way and the event is expected to be one of the county’s major innovations in some time.
Mexican authorities ask Porfirio Diaz to return and aid pacification, but the old dictator declines. He says only outside military or political action would compel his return, voting against involvement and stressing nonintervention.
Frederico Gamboa, Catholic party candidate for Mexico's presidency, launches active campaigning with party leaders. Constitutionalists threaten to execute any man accepting the presidency under current conditions as the election nears and internal conditions worsen.
Lieutenant Governor Will H. Mayes, Acting Governor, announces bid for governor next year. He edits the Brownwood Bulletin and says he will take no campaign funds, pledging independence. Several other contenders have announced, including Hanger Terrell and Thomas Sparks Willacy.
The Throckmorton Times notes five inches of rain fell last week. Local conditions show the backbone of the breuth broken in the middle, but prospects are looking up.
Tarrant county invests over a million dollars to build more than a hundred miles of cardinal roads and over three hundred miles of improved thoroughfares. The road program raises property values across the county and persuades farmers not to sell. Improved roads cut marketing costs and bring merchants closer to rural trade. Homeseekers from the North and East, attracted by better highways, will buy land, boosting the county’s growth.
160 acres on the Brazos river near the McCan Bridge with 50 acres in cultivation and room for more. Property includes a two room house, cribs, fences, usable wood and tanks, good mesquite grass, Johnson grass for hay, and is on a public road. Possession available now or January 1 1914. if unsold then, it will be rented. Price ten dollars per acre. See me at once.
Notice by publication in Young County Texas of final account of guardian D L Higgins for minors Jesse Grimes Frank Grimes Joseph D Grimes Noah M Grimes and Lucy Grimes and application to resign. Objections due by October Term 1913 to be held October 13 at Graham County Court. Witness D D Casenbary Clerk.
The State Fair of Texas at Dallas marks its 28th anniversary from October 18 to November 2 with richer prizes totaling 75 000 dollars to attract superior school child works. The event centers on art domestic science and crafts with medals, cash prizes and special displays, plus a renowned art gallery featuring works by Onderdonk Cooper Haslam Henri and others.
Dallas announces state fish hatcheries at Fair Park to operate from October 18 to November 2 during the State Fair of Texas. The project, costing over 20000, uses eleven 59 by 150 foot ponds and two large triangular pools for bass and other species, with water from a 100 foot diameter reservoir.
Hon. C. B. Colquitt governor of Texas will preside at the opening exercises of the twenty-eighth annual State Fair in Dallas. Opening day is Saturday Oct. 18 with the fair closing Sunday Nov. 2. The message promises prosperity and the greatest agricultural exhibit in history with top entertainment features provided.
National Mohair Growers Association to convene October 28 at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas Convention Hall No 1. The two day session will discuss key issues with participation expected from the Angora Goat Breeders Association. Prizes announced for Karaline, Angora, and other stock exhibitions and cups from Dallas Chamber of Commerce and associations.
The 1913 State Fair of Texas runs Oct 18 to Nov 2 with a featured Implement Machinery and Vehicle Dealers Day on Oct 29. Director J C Duke notes the event will showcase irrigation equipment and large permanent exhibits, underscoring Dallas leading the world in agricultural implements and the fair’s educational role.
More than seventy manufacturers display at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas with a new 140 by 290 foot automobile building. The twenty eighth annual show runs October 18 to November 2 and features brand new cars, trucks, accessories, and the latest designs.
The 1913 State Fair of Texas in Dallas runs October 18 to November 2 with three big Saturday football games. On opening day Trinity University faces Polytechnic College, followed by Texas vs Sewanee, and A and M College versus Mississippi. The field in front of the grand stand will be prepared for ideal viewing.
The State Fair of Texas at Dallas announces a premier Coliseum program from October 18 to November 2 featuring a top American ballet company led by a premier dancer from Austria Hungary. The bill also includes Thayiu and his orchestra with planned vocal soloists, plus vaudeville acts The Three Duttons Tetsuwari Japanese Troupe The Castrulians and Santuci.
State Fair of Texas at Dallas cultivates sorghum on twelve acres of the race track infield for silo demonstration work at the twenty eighth annual exposition opening October 18. Silos connect to the new $40,000 livestock barns. silage feeds exhibit cattle horses and sheep.
Dallas announces the 1913 State Fair of Texas dairy division opening October 18 and running to November 2. A model dairy farm with twenty cows will be mechan ically milked, silage feeds, automatic litter carriers and silos. Butter entries restricted to one per herd. premiums raised. expert judges from the U S agricultural department.
The twenty eighth annual State Fair of Texas opens October 13 in Dallas with seven rest rooms and cottages for women visitors and children. A new 25 by 42 foot concrete building houses seven lavatories and woodstands plus a nursery with trained attendants. Benches, drinking fountains, flower beds, and shade trees enhance Fair Park.
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