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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1900
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text references advance pricing and payment for a 7 unit, with garbled phrases about being paid in advance and a person named GEO L RHEA. The passage is incomplete and contains multiple unclear terms.
The piece warns that trusts and money power may trigger a panic to influence voters. It recalls the 1893 repeal of the Sherman act and 1896 bank coercion fears. It argues monopolists could sway the financial system with a single bold move and urges readers to prepare for political warfare.
The text foresees promised rapid prosperity after McKinley’s election but notes a wave of bankruptcies driven by natural forces, not politics. It argues financiers and trusts may threaten, yet cannot permanently crush national industries. their worst must occur before the election, lest the people gain control and resist future coercion.
El Paso school officials order all female teachers to wear skirts short enough to sweep the sidewalk and prevent contagion among pupils. The measure aims to protect students from winter illness as the city fills with invalids.
State Superintendent issues notice to public school superintendents about the upcoming teachers' certificate examinations. The monthly exams for all counties will be held Friday and Saturday October 19 and 20. Additional questions for permanent primary and permanent third grade certificates will be included.
The Railway World notes passenger service is essential to cover actual train costs and subsidize less profitable routes. It claims only about one fifth of railway earnings come from passenger traffic. Grahams Drug Co advertises White's Cream Verminvor as harmless and restorative for pale cheeks at 25 cents.
Count Isaac de Camondo owns a white marble clock valued at 250000 dollars shown at Paris Expo. Titled Clock of the Three Graces, its ornament includes flower festoons and a two handled vase base. He plans to bequeath the clock to the Louvre.
In Eclectic Alabama a mob hanged and burned a Black man identified as Townsend after he attempted to assault Mrs. Linnie Harrington. The mob, aided by bloodhounds, gathered from nearby towns and executed the man at a large oak in Eclectic amid chants and fear. The incident follows a recent lynching of Zeb Floyd and ties to a prior assault on Miss Kate Pearson. Three suspected conspirators are jailed in Montgomery with more potential trouble foreseen.
A report to trustees lists the amount of funds allotted and set apart for the schools of Young County. The statement details the named schools and the total sums designated for educational use.
Statement asserts deafness cannot be treated by local applications and claims hall's catarrh cure can cure deafness caused by inflamed Eustachian tube. Offers one hundred dollars for any case of dulness proven cured by the remedy.
A Cherokee Iowa man named Collier survived a severe kidney attack after a back ailment left him unable to bend or sit without aid. He credits Electric Bitters with a miraculous recovery, saying the remedy cured his kidney pain purifying his blood and boosting his health. The medicine is sold for 50 cents at Handy and Matthews Drug Store.
Farmers scramble to remove cotton before floods worsen as corn and cotton crops suffer storm damage. Willie Fickling praised as Bend’s top cotton raiser. Local illnesses noted, Miss Bettie Scott leaves to teach in Eliasville, and Victoria Keeter recovers from illness. Eld. H J Parker from Graham visits. Social visits continue at Mrs. Powers’ with Miss Annie Harrell.
Ireland Hampton, agent in Henrietta Texas, advertises the Chicago Livestock Commission Company unlimited funds to lend on cattle with service across Chicago St Louis and Kansas City.
Italian and American marble monuments with guaranteed workmanship at low prices. Compare designs and prices before ordering. W L Graves offers money savings in Graham.
Advertisement notes Stark Bros Nursery in Louisiana Missouri sells the best fruit trees in Texas. Jas M Wood is listed as agent for Stark Bros Nursery and Orchard Co. to obtain trees that bear fruit.
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