A Sensitive Stranger Stirs Small Town Gossip
A drunken stranger in a Texas town argued with Sheriff Wallace who warned him bluntly to sleep it off. The man claimed to be Sheriff Wallace’s county boss, then traveled to Fort Worth and Graham, proclaiming ties to Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas. He denied the dry climate and talked of Tennessee as a source of spirits, while lingering in speculation about his identity.
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Wallace
Fort Worth
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Graham
Old Tennessee
Uonene
Gottin
Sam Jones Dies on Rock Island Train Near Perry Ark
Renowned Georgia evangelist Rev Sam P Jones died of heart failure aboard a Rock Island train near Perry Arkansas. He was with his wife and two daughters and had just preached a successful Oklahoma City meeting on the way home for a family reunion on his fifty ninth birthday. News of his death prompts wide mourning across the south.
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Sam P. Jones
Georgia
Rock Island
Perry
Ark
Oklahoma City
Sam Jones
South
J H Lewis Acquitted in Georgia Court
Sheriff Wallace reports that J H Lewis arrested last August and sent to Georgia has been tried at Moultrie and acquitted. The trial held that the killing stemmed from the deceased’s conduct toward Lewis's wife and the jury followed the higher law in the acquittal.
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Wallace
Georgia
J. H. Lewis
Moultrie
Lewis
Graham and Mabry Short advertise cotton and poultry
The notice promotes Graham and Mabry Short as buyers of cotton and all kinds of poultry. It touts high stock quality, right prices, and urges sellers to visit before selling. The slogan The Price is the Thing is included.
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Mabry, Short & Co
The Malarial Scourge in Graham This Year
Doctors in Graham report an unusually high malaria level this year. They attribute the spread to malaria carrying mosquitoes and urge residents to eliminate them using screens on doors and windows and methods to kill them in cisterns and water barrels.
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Graham
Prairie land listings near Graham offer long term deals
Advertisement notes 320 acres 25 miles NW of Graham with 160 acres tilled and rest grass at 6 per acre with 8% interest on deferred payments. Also 248 acres 8 miles north of Graham near Loving, 200 tillable with post oak and fenced two sides at 10 per acre with 8% interest and payment over 1 to 5 years.
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Graham
Loving
New Cotton Exchange Planned For Local Investors
A report indicates Graham may host a new cotton exchange allowing local investors to buy cotton on the Kansas City market, obtain quotations, and trade on margins. It aims to give the so called plunger a chance to operate locally without traveling to Fort Worth Dallas or using mail and telegraph lines.
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Graham
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Dallas
Money to Loan on Land with Low Interest Terms
R F Arnold attorney advertises long term land loans at a low rate and vendor’s lien notes or up to 1 2 of the purchase price on improved farms. Call for terms.
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Ien
R. F. Arnold
Atty
Wanted Laborers for McCan Bridge Work
Laborers needed to work on the McCan Bridge. Apply to R. L. Puckett at bridge site.
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McCan Bridge
R. L. Puckett
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