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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1922
Page
2
Notice of correction policy appears for any erroneous reflections. An Unity meeting is planned at its school house, and Saturday features The Great Outdoors and a talk on Conservation and Development of Forests, Soil, Roads and other Resources.
The Leader notes The Circuit Rider monthly paper published by Rev. Frank H. Stedman in Cisco. The eight page issue serves churches in Cisco Eastland Ranger Thurber Graham and Breckenridge aiming to reach all congregations monthly and assist spiritual welfare.
Readers learn that American Education Week runs from Sunday November 18 to Saturday November 24 with two days focusing on rural problems. The program designates days from God and Country to Physical Education Day and promotes equality of opportunity and a public library in every community.
The article argues that frequent fires ruin homes while residents are away and often without insurance. It urges securing home contents health and property with insurance as a safeguard to prevent destitution and heavy hardship. It notes neighbors and relatives help after losses and urges precautionary coverage.
The Chicago Automobile Dealers Association issues a pedestrian safety code urging alertness and patience when crossing streets. Do not dash across blocks or rely on drivers. emphasize personal responsibility and note courts do not always favor injured pedestrians.
A Wide World writer notes Portuguese women as unusually strong. They balance heavy loads on their heads such as trunks and umbrellas, carrying weights over a hundredweight for long distances. The account highlights peasant women performing feats of balance and endurance on steep streets.
A woman balances a small round basket with a sleeping infant on her head. She uses one hand to steady the basket and the other to hold an umbrella, shielding the child from harsh sunlight as she walks.
A columnist extols thrift and saving among Southerners urging every pupil to start a savings account. A circular from The Progressive Farmer illustrates how investing $300 yearly at 6 percent compounds over 5 to 25 years, showing substantial growth and a path to financial independence by age forty-five.
A satirical verse describes a perpetual grumbler called a Pickle Eater who dislikes everything from music to fashion and news. The speaker imagines sending such a sour character to an isolated island where sandcrabs await. The piece blends humor with sharp social critique through exaggerated quirks and complaints.
National Geographic Society data compare global religious populations. Jesus followers total about 576 million, Confucianism and Taoism exceed 300 million, Prophet Mohammed’s followers surpass 227 million, Hinduism exceeds U S population twice over, Jews number 14 million, and animists reach about 200 million mainly in Africa and parts of Asia.
The film Scars of Jealousy directed by Lambert Hillyer from a story by Anthony M. Rud stars a Cajun hero and a Southern family in a tale of intertwined fortunes. Forest fire sequences and a lynching confrontation drive the suspense as the National Theatre screens it Monday and Tuesday October 8th and 9th.
A Methodist bishop and circuit rider shared a tale about his first sermon and a widow who invited him to dinner. In a single room under a tree she offered a meal of tough old hen, corn bread, and molasses as chickens chirped nearby while her young son yelled a biting line about the preacher eating his mammy.
Nineteen men and six women are invited to apply for specialized training under contract for $1,000 to $1,200 a year, targeting bookkeepers, bank clerks, and stenographers. Write for Guarantee Contract and catalog in the South. Special offer includes two locations.
The Jewish Year Book for 1923 estimates world Jewry at 15,400,000, with some figures reaching 17,000,000. A commentator notes rapid growth from 3,000,000 in 1790 to 7,500,000 in 1881 and about 14,000,000 in 1914, now over 15,000,000 eight years later.
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