County Official Candidates Listed
For County Judge Eugene W. Fry and County Attorney Fred T. Arnold. Also listed is County Commissioner Precinct No. 4 candidate A. C. Casey.
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Eugene W. Fry
Fred T. Arnold
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
2
Postal notice on renewal for overdue subscribers
The LEADER will not be mailed to anyone in arrears beyond one year. Check your label date, and if you are approaching one year in arrears, call or send in your renewal to continue service.
Laws for homeowners to aid crime prevention and justice
Homeowners are urged to ensure case laws are not violated and, if breaches occur, to assist in detecting and convicting the criminal. The message stresses civic responsibility and cooperation with law enforcement.
Civil service warns employees against political activity
The civil service commission issues its regular quadrennial warning to government staff to stay out of politics. The note adds that civil rules do not apply to Mr. Roosevelt, implying a political exception or remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Roosevelt
Reporter remarks on life insurance premium and undertaker
A reporter notes the implications of saying what one thinks about life insurance costs, remarking that premiums would be higher and the undertaker would have no dull times to complain of.
Fort Worth Star Quote on a Preacher and an Idiot
A Texas preacher rebuked a young man for disturbing the congregation and faced a retort from an official member who called the offender an idiot. The piece argues that anyone who mocks preaching is a ruffian or mentally unbalanced, deserving pity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Fort Worth
Indolent Farm Labor Belief Challenged in Opinion
The article argues that farmers are unfairly labeled as indolent and wasteful while others share the same trait. It contends that even hardworking farmers receive inadequate rewards for their labor and investment, due to unfair conditions that enable others to profit more from farm products.
Cold Weather Health Advice Promotes Horehound Syrup
The notice warns of coughs and colds becoming pneumonia or pulmonary troubles if neglected. It promotes Bal larde Horehound Syrup as a safe, standard American remedy for treatment and prevention, available 22c, 50c, and $1.00 per bottle from B.S. Doty & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
B.S. Doty & Co
Shameful senate betrayals by Great Oil Power Agents
Mt Pleasant Times Review denounces Senators Foraker and Bailey for serving Standard Oil as agents while in office. It warns that many others have betrayed public trust and calls on the people to act to end the disgraceful influence of corporate control over Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roe
United States
Standard Oil
Senate
Senator Foraker
Bailey
Mt. Pleasant
Hamlet’s Melancholy Billed as Liver Remedy
An old advertisement links Hamlet like mood to an inactive liver and promotes Ballard’s Herbine as the perfect liver regulator. It claims the remedy cures bilious headaches constipation chills fever and various liver complaints, urging readers to buy today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
B.S. Doty & Co
Bank closures under panic reveal legal gaps says Vernon Call
Vernon Call argues that the National Bank of North America paid dollar for dollar with six per cent interest after the panic, showing the unnecessary closure of solvent banks and exposing weaknesses in national bank laws. He urges a provision allowing banks to realize assets during stringency to protect depositors and stabilize business conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank of North America
Vernon Call
Ballard's Horehound Syrup Ad Promises Quick Cough Relief
An old advertisement assures consumers there is no need to worry about a cough and claims Ballard's Horehound Syrup stops coughing at once restoring lungs and throat to health. Sold by B.S. Doty & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
B.S. Doty & Co
Fraudulent Solicitor Preyed On Generosity Says Farm and Ranch
In a blunt note Farm and Ranch criticizes a flashy-dressed black man who visits offices to solicit funds for a supposed eleemosynary cause. The piece echoes a Saturday Evening Post squib, warning that appearances mislead, while noting some blacks imitate white scammers. It calls for moral education for blacks and strong action against white grafters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Where Bullets Flew Civil War Veteran Credits Electric Bitters
David Parker of Fayette New York a Civil War veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg says Electric Bitters cured his stomach trouble and now keeps him strong and well He paid much for doctors before trying Electric Bitters which he calls worth more than five hundred dollars The product is sold for 50 cents at Soan's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Parker
Fayette, N. Y
Gettysburg
Soan
A Democratic Year in the Taft Campaign Scene
The piece argues the 1908 election favors Democrats as Republicans defend Taft with apologies. It cites Maine and Arkansas as signs of shifting loyalties, notes Republican hypocrisy on trusts and tariff policy, and calls for voters to see through party pretenses and finances supporting Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Maine
East
New England
Taft
South
Arkansas
Banks and Advertising at American Banking Association
The Denver speech urges banks to advertise to reach customers and build closer ties with the public. President Wilson argues banks should welcome deposits and pursue business openly, saying advertising benefits both banking and commerce and reduces an assumed aloofness. Fort Worth Telegram reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iimue
Denver
American Banking Association
Wilson
Fort Worth
Meat and Cotton Prices Stir Tyler Markets
A Tyler Courier item notes common smoked bacon selling 14 to 15 cents cash and 20 cents on time in East Texas, cotton at 9 cents. It claims a man can grow 5 pounds of meat as cheaply as one pound of cotton, with $80,000 monthly paid out in Tyler for meat and lard, much of it sold to nearby cotton growers within fifty miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
Tyler
Fifty Years a Blacksmith Shoeing Horses in Virginia
Samuel R. Woriey of Hixburg Virginia reports over fifty years of shoeing horses and praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm for relief from lame back and rheumatism calling it the best liniment he has ever used with All Druggists as the sale point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel R.woriey
Hixburg
Chamberlain
Ruling Taxes Circuses for Each Performance in Texas
The Attorney General department rules circuses must pay a separate tax for each performance. Previously one tax covered both day and night shows, but the ruling treats each performance as a separate event. As a result, one large circus has canceled several Texas dates citing the new tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney General's Department
Texas
Remarkable Relief From Chronic Diarrhea With Remedy
In 1863 while in the army I suffered chronic diarrhoea. Many remedies failed to help until A W Miles urged me to try Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. One bottle stopped the symptoms at once. For sale by All Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Felton
South Gibson
Iava
A. W Miles
Chamberlain
Sheriff’s Sale of 143 Acres in Young County Texas
The sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in November 1908 at Graham Court House between 10 am and 4 pm the right, title, and interest of W C Corbett in 143 acres out of Moses Barnes Survey Abstract 14 Cert 1191. The sale is to satisfy a state judgment for 16.75 plus costs 9.60 with two year redeemable conditions by double purchase price. Proceeds applied to judgment and costs. Graham Texas Oct 3 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Young County
30Th Judicial District
State of Texas
W. ©. Corbett
Texas
31Th Judicial District
Court House
Graham
W. C. Corbett
Moses Barnes
Varas
Brazos River
Powell & Henderson
State of
M. A. Wallace
Oct
Farm for Sale in Young County Texas One Vintage Ad
Good land cheap. I have a farm for sale near Mesquite Jane Jean in Young county Texas. Land is 35.00 per acre for 160 acres with house barn stern 125 acres cultivated 55 acres in cultivation tank fences and cross fences. Also another 160 acre farm with good house well cistern wind mill for 22.50 per acre. See me at Graham Texas J H Fisher auth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesquite Jane
Jean
Young County
Texas
J. H- Fisher
Graham
For Sale Second-hand Household Items
For Sale a good second-hand organ, a first class cooking stove as good as new, two coal-heaters, center table, bed-stead and springs, and a 60 gal oil tank with a good pump. These will be sold cheap for cash. See or phone C. W. Rasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Rasure
Ready for Your Cotton at Farmers Union Gin Company
The Farmers Union Gin Company announces readiness to gin cotton and thanks patrons for last year's support. A. H. Jones invites continued patronage and business this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Union Gin Company
A. H. Jones
Pulpit Plans for October at Indian Mound and Mt Pleasant
The speaker will preach on the second Sunday in October at 11 a.m. at Indian Mound and on the third Sunday in October at 11 a.m. at Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Mound
Mt. Pleasant
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P. A. Martin
E. B. Norman
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R. L. Tankersley
W. E. Crim
Yor County
Red River
McIntyre & Simmons
W. S. McJimsey
Cicero Smith
Dno
C. Kay
W. O. Clark
Chas. Gay
Luther I
C. Clark
Graham National Bank
Rk. J. Johnson, Chas, Gay
Jno
W. O. Clark, A. A. Morrison
Rob McLaren
Edison
Victor
Singer
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THE
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GEO. H. Lee Co
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H. L. Leberman
J. C. Miller
C. C. Crewe
GC. Bey
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Jacksboro
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J.T. Brickell, Ag’t, Graham
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