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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1924
Page
4
In New York City 28 high schools enroll students in language programs. About 33 000 study Spanish, 24 000 study French, and 2 750 study German, reflecting growing demand for language education in public schools.
The Massachusetts Forestry Association launches a Town Forests program to plant fifty thousand young trees in one year. It engages local children to learn tree planting and the value and beauty of trees within their communities.
An Adlerika based formula uses simple glycerine buckthorn bark and similar ingredients to relieve stomach gas in ten minutes. It claims to affect both upper and lower bowels, removing gases and poisons and aiding obstinate constipation while guarding against appendicitis.
October 11 to 26 inclusive mark the State Fair of Texas at Dallas this year with changes in buildings and new features. Thirteen days of horse races on the mile track Tokyo fireworks nightly spectacle The Passing Parade of 1924 a grand musical show in a special theatre Livestock and poultry displays automobile exhibits and implement demonstrations promise wide interest. The Coliseum becomes a new agricultural building and the main exhibit hall interior will resemble a Spanish village with red tiled roofs and new booths and broad aisles for easier visitor concessions.
Mrs L I Massengil of Lawrence Texas plans a motor tour through West Texas and Yellowstone country to promote the State Fair. She asked for several thousand copies of fair literature to distribute starting July 15 from Dallas. The State Fair publicity department supplied the literature and thanked her for the offer.
The Denton Interurban will be in operation well before the State Fair of Texas in Dallas October 11 to 26. The Terrell line into Dallas opened just before the 1923 fair. By 1925, indications point to Dallas and Gainesville connected by trolley.
Thirty premiums are offered for the best county exhibits at the 1924 State Fair in Dallas. Exhibits will be displayed in the new Agricultural Building at the grounds entrance. The poultry show runs ten days from October 11 to October 20.
Open meeting set for October 14 at Mrs. E. H. Morrison's residence. President Mrs. H. E. Griffin heads a house committee including Mesdames Hin son Griffin Miller Hockaday Snoddy. The club, organized in 1911, honored past presidents with a program of piano solos talks and vocal numbers by members and former presidents. The next meeting is October 22 at Mrs. C. E. Hinson's home.
At the Dallas State Fair in October the farm club encampments will occupy the 420 capacity dor mitory. S. C. Evans of A&M College leads the setup with 400 girls expected and 300 usual, while boys encampment runs Oct 14 to 16 and girls Oct 20 to 22 under Miss M Helen Higgins and assistants.
The United States Government will run an informative exhibit at the State Fair in Dallas October 11 to 26. It will feature pictures and free guidance on dairy farming from milk quality to cattle rationing, care, pasture management, and more, plus a dairy calf club for farm youth. Raymond Leslie visited Fort Worth on Sunday.
Next Sunday at the National Theatre the Presbyterian Sunday School holds Rally Day with services at 9 45 a m 11 a m and 7 30 p m All members are urged to attend and those who miss Sunday School will be welcomed with cordiality The aim is the largest attendance in the history of the school
A Canadian sunset lines up a series of guiding ideals. It lists three loves courage gentleness affection, three fights honor country home, three thoughts life death eternity, three delights frankness freedom beauty, three govern temper tone conduct, three hates cruelty arrogance ingratitude, three wishes health friends cheerful spirit, three avoid idleness loquacity cheerful spirit, three admirations intellectual power dignity gracefulness.
Mr John R Elledge was a business visitor in Olney Monday. The brief item notes a routine professional call by a named individual in the city during the week.
In a letter to The Leader, veteran Democrat L. P. Brooks declares he will vote for Dr. Butte for governor on November 4. He argues the pledge to support the nominee is void after Mrs. Ferguson admitted incompetence and a husband’s aid, and he emphasizes voting for the candidate he believes serves the state best.
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