05 Oct 1895
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1895
Page
1
A reflective piece on time and aging, contrasting sunrise and sunset with life’s vitality. It urges embracing maturity without artificial youth, notes colonization pitfalls, and recalls a humorous naming anecdote about twins Pete and Repeat.
A rural editor tells a barber he lost his scissors last spring and asks for another rake while hoping to locate his ink bottle and oil can, in a playful exchange that mixes country humor with everyday newsroom chores.
A Fort Smith Arkansas judge with jurisdiction over the Indian Territory is famed for sentencing 151 murderers, the highest national total this generation. The note links fugitive cases from surrounding states seeking refuge there and omits crimes within Arkansas.
A Philadelphia man with a discreet name was asked to lend his parlor car seat and pass on a Reading express. Two women posing as a gentleman and wife sought his ticket for one, and he escorted the younger woman. He regrets any home-made story getting out but found his travel companions jolly in this odd swap.
The Clarksville Times questions a Denison paper’s claim that Sherman officials tickled Mrs Lease with the freedom of the city. It calls for the facts and denies the sensational report as libel against the mayor and council.
The first white man hanged in Central Africa was Stokes, a renegade missionary who made a fortune in trade. He was executed in the Congo Free State for supplying military arms to the Arabs to fight his own people.
Miss Lizzie Buckwalter of Lebanon Ohio stands as defendant in two slander suits totaling 1,450,000, drawing attention from attorneys. The actions allege defamation related to statements about the plaintiff.
A princess, a countess, a duchess and a daughter of the reigning prince were among about 4000 thieves, both professional and amateur, arrested in Paris during the first six months of this year.
George Francis of Royersford Pennsylvania misrepresented himself as his deceased brother Herman Francis to collect a pension. Herman served in the 97th Pennsylvania and deserted. George used his name after a Petersburg mine explosion injury in 1865. The pension will stop and Herman’s widow loses eligibility. An elderly veteran at the Washington Home saved 6500 from a 20 dollar monthly pension.
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