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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1893
Page
4
Rail road timetable notes Weatherford and Mineral Wells connections with Santa Fe trains. The column also discusses silver coinage politics, President Cleveland's plans, and the Dallas State Fair amid calls for subscription payments and local civic actions.
Wich Fa ls leads a push to open the Kiowa Comanche and Wichita lands for settlement. Secretary Smith considered opening the reservation and selling to bonafide settlers at public sale, avoiding rushes like in Oklahoma and the Cherokee strip. The article notes a Senate report of a compromise to repeal the Sherman act purchasing clause by 1894 and mentions silver seignorage. Subscription plea follows.
A political letter defends Cleve land and the national democracy against the Leaper third party, arguing for repeal of the Sherman silver law, and urging Texans to stand by the president and the Democratic ticket. It contrasts gold and silver coinage, warns of free coinage risks to trade, and cites Texas electoral loyalty and local readers.
A Grand Trunk engine violated orders and pulled out of town causing a wreck with a passenger train. Dozens killed or burned, many wounded, and the engineer jailed on criminal carelessness charges after escaping the wreck. The piece also notes Texas finances and a county fair weathered by hard times.
The Georgetown Democrat tells of a minister who preached the funeral of a man named Henry by mistake. He did not know the deceased was not the Henry he knew, and afterward met the living Brother Henry on the street. He could only exclaim in shock and relief at the unlikely mix up.
A health themed item touts Electric Bitters as a tonic that improves skin, liver, stomach, and kidney related looks and ailments. It claims to cure blemishes and boost complexion, with sales by local drug firms. The passage includes a separate anecdote about a preacher and a police incident report on western freight train passengers in Texas.
Bishop Atticus G Haygood writes from Oxford Georgia praising Tom Edwards as a thrifty foreseeing farmer. He describes Edwards twenty acre home with cotton fruit trees grapes bees cattle ponds and well kept barns, praising his character and stating such men are a state’s mainstay.
A poor widow Mrs Anne Kavanagh and her daughter in a lonely County Cavan glen report a remarkable cataleptic trance lasting since New Year. The girl, about 19, has eaten little while remaining rigid and motionless except for minor movements. The piece notes prior health, family consumptive history, and a rare ophthalmic frog skin graft anecdote alongside broader mathematical and financial panic curiosities.
The article notes uncertainty among scientists about destroying disease germs and stresses that a well nourished body and ozone hinder their growth. It suggests patients consider Comp and Oxygen as a germicide and vitalizer while doctors seek answers.
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