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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1906
Page
2
The Dallas Fair features the famed educated horse Jim Key as a top pay attraction. The Leader notes subscription rates and post office details for Graham Texas, while commenting on the Hearst campaign and Senator Burton’s prison sentence.
An admirer of Bailey stabbed a man opposed to Bailey during a Dallas meeting last Thursday night. Police are investigating the assault as part of Bailey related activity.
The Mineral Wells Railway invites builders to Graham to aid Rock Island in moving the cotton crop. The message emphasizes the need for another rail line to support the transportation of cotton and bolster regional commerce.
A Taciturn Texas angered by harsh remarks from Senator Joe Bailey provokes a public letter calling his rhetoric ill suited for the Senate. The piece argues young readers imitate his attacks, and condemns vulgarity as harmful to national dignity and local youth. It also highlights Graham Texas prosperity with cotton, banks, and labor pride.
The Fort Worth Record notes the death of Mrs. Jefferson Davis bowing in loving remembrance to the widow of the Confederacy president. It honors her as a representative of Southern women who endured war and reconstruction with silent suffering and steadfast devotion.
A telegram recounts evangelist Sam P. Jones dying on a train after Oklahoma City meetings. He reportedly wished to die peacefully at home surrounded by family, as he had once described in a sermon, and would kiss his wife and children goodbye before entering the river of death. The piece notes he died alone in darkness while his wife and daughter slept nearby.
General Viscount Wolseley of the English army remarked that Robt. E. Lee stood apart and superior, ranking above all others he had met or read about. He said Lee embodied ideals that few others matched, with contrast to Charles Gordon as another notable figure.
For twenty years Cheatham's Chill Tonic has remained in demand while other remedies rise and fall. It is touted as actually curing chills and fevers, unlike many that only promise a cure. Each bottle is guaranteed to cure any one case.
Bailey refuses to meet Cullen Thomas of Waco in a joint debate or to receive his communication. Thomas, a clean bright lawyer, was county attorney at Waco during the Waters Pierce Oil Co. ouster case six years ago, per Hall County Herald.
An antique ad promotes antiseptic dressings to wounds bruises and burns promising faster healing without inflammation. It claims Pain Balin speeds recovery, reduces pain, and prevents blood poisoning. Sold by all druggists with home use benefits highlighted.
Denison Oct 18 In two Katy Flyer sections about 1200 homeseekers bound for Texas farming land were aboard sleeping cars. The first train carried 700 passengers across eleven cars seven sleepers while the second held 500 people in twelve cars seven sleepers. Homeseekers tour Texas seeking farms with land agents and real estate men guiding decisions to preferred areas and other regions for evaluation.
The intense itching of eczema and tetter is eased by applying Chamberlain's Salve and many severe cases are permanently cured. For sale by all Druggists.
In a reflective, high diction passage, W C Brann laments the limits of human knowledge while asserting belief in a transcendent order. He describes God as the unseen master behind creation, and narrates a personal vignette of his young son waking at night as a sign of divine guardianship. The piece contrasts fear of death with steadfast faith through celestial light.
A Forest City Maine resident reports Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds as a godsend in climates with frequent coughs and colds. It allegedly ends illnesses prevents pneumonia cures LeGrippe relieves asthma and hay fever and strengthens weak lungs. Trial bottle offered by B S Doty Co drug store with guarantee and price range 50 cents to 1 dollar.
The Rock Island will run a through sleeping car to Denver daily from June 3, leaving Dallas at 7:00 p m and Fort Worth at 9:00 p m, arriving Denver at 8:30 the next morning. Very low tourist rates apply on this route. Details available by addressing Pum Auer.
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