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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1890
Page
4
The article notes that the Dallas court house will be the finest structure in Texas aside from the capitol at Austin with a cost of 330000 dollars excluding furniture. It also mentions other items including a large appropriations total and a railroad accident with many deaths.
The Texas Western announces a shift to a triweekly schedule to match the growing demand in Jones county and nearby regions. The Mississippi suffrage section, approved by committee and reported to the convention, sets educational qualifications to take effect in 1896, allowing voters six opportunities to qualify.
The Reverend Dr. Mitchell, a Fort Worth forger, claims prior asylum confinement in Massachusetts and plans to rely on Texas doctors to testify he is non compos mentis. He aims to sway a jury and seek acquittal.
The report notes rapid steps from trial to sentence and an early date set for Bir phall’s execution in a Canadian court, praising swift English justice and warning against delays through technicalities.
Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson outlines a vision of a redeemed world with capital punishment for murderers, execution by electrocution, thieves jailed, and corrupt politicians banished or confined. He condemns present day statesmen as unworthy and calls for sweeping reform and safety measures.
Mrs W. Pendleton of Fort Worth wins a divorce from William Pendleton granting her custody of the children and control of the couple’s Texan real estate. The item touts Dallas fair prospects for Young County and offers a rapid historical note on American woolen industry.
Like wine the Texas state fair grows with age and will be larger than ever. Expected attendees include ex President and Mrs. Cleveland and numerous dignitaries such as Gov. John B. Gordon and Gov. Humphries, with October 22 set aside as editors day for the nation’s leading copy grinders.
Amid cross filings and partisan urging, Denton Monitor highlights B L Webb Flanagan as gubernatorial hopeful opposing a commission amendment, backed by 7 County Cook Hall leadership. The Mangum Star and Temple Times recount editorials cautioning partisan zeal and odd ad barter proposals, including ads paid in cats.
Reports from Moulter Idaho describe settlers within fifty miles organizing to wipe out Nez Perces Indians seen burning towns and attacking civilians. The group near Mullen includes participants in the 1877 Nez Perces massacre with ponies and families as they claim whites must leave their ancestral camping grounds near Lewiston.
The article urges clear full addressing including state names and counties for small offices, and to add street numbers or P.O. boxes where possible. It emphasizes printing the sender’s name and address on envelopes, using transient or general delivery marks for city dwellers, and requests for return in undelivered or underpaid items to avoid the dead letter office.
Hospital Gazette warns readers with a grim sampler of accidental passing schemes culled from daily press. It describes methods using strychnine, laudanum, carbolic acid, and adulterated bread as tempting hazards, urging caution and prevention.
A short vignette from Youths Companion shows Katie’s mother threatening punishment, Katie crying loudly, and her father asking the reason. Katie finally answers she does not know since mother has not yet announced the punishment. Separately a Colorado attorney general hopeful named Hogg is noted as a candidate, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox is quoted on the mark of a successful man.
The Beckham National Bank of Graham Texas has met federal requirements and is authorized to commence banking under the United States Revised Statutes. Edward S. Lacey, Comptroller of the Currency, signed the certificate dated September 19 1890.
Comptroller of the Currency certifies that The First National Bank of Graham in Graham Texas, No 4301, is authorized to commence banking under the Revised Statutes. Seal dates August 11 1890.
Austin reports Governor expresses sympathy with New Orleans committeeman Charles Parange and vows renewed enforcement of Texas lottery laws. Utah national building and loan association charter filed with capital of 10 million dollars. Leases of school lands total 800000 acres for September. Polk county tax assessment up from last year by 2307 dollars. About 265 university students registered. September land sale receipts show 80000 interest and 50000 principal.
An exodus from western Kansas as crop failures push residents to flee amid winter. Railroads recruit agents, hotels see declines, and farmers sell assets or abandon mortgages. Many head for Louisiana, some seek Oregon, with emigrants citing bleak harvests and no work.
Edward Pearce reports clash between homesteaders and logging crews near Beachwood Michigan. Homesteaders claim to have shot at loggers. both sides arm themselves amid land rights battles across several counties. Authorities threaten intervention as the timber dispute risks further loss of life.
A Detroit bankrupt explains how heavy social spending led to zero assets. He recalls marrying two years earlier and notes his league of expenditures from a $12 bonnet to $250 church gifts. The postmaster’s rise and a risky drift pushed him toward financial collapse.
United States Marshal Dickerson with five deputies and City Marshal Terrell arrested Chas Pierce Geo Wilson Minor Turner Melvin Laster and Will Warren on counterfeiting charges. The Lake Fork farmers had good reputations and the arrest surprised residents. Dickerson’s team seeks three or four more suspects. Tom Edwards and George Bryant, earlier captured in Kansas City, received long penitentiary terms from a Grayson county jury. Victims live in Dallas.
The Gonzales Inquirer argues the road question affects individuals most, warns against tax aversion, and urges voters to approve a local option amendment in November so counties can fund public improvements if necessary. It contends fairness requires allowing counties to choose and improve roads for households and growth.
A Fort Worth file recounts Mrs Smart living with her ninth husband in Grayson county near Tom Bean, age 51 and once famed for beauty, plus a stray note about a magnetized artesian well at Tucker's hill and a comic scuffle at Sipe Springs where Mr Hickman defends his home against a Mexican badger with his wife and a broom.
A lecturer on workers rights challenges men to prove they share housework, asking who has risen to claim burden sharing. A mild man in the audience, husband of the speaker, timidly stands. Journal notes add a remark that Judge Gustave Cook is viewed as a dull political figure.
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