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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
2
The Hartford Post advises readers on buying Liberty Bonds via banks with installments or full payment. Bonds valued at 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000, and 10000 carry tax-free status for most earners, with interest at 4 percent paid twice yearly. The piece outlines payment schedules and notes bonds may be redeemed after November 15 1927 and compares the bond to equipping a soldier, listing approximate costs for gear.
Doctor L. W. Price, M. D., announces his return to Graham to resume his medical practice. He requests patronage and notes his office is over Sloan's Drug Store with both telephone lines available.
Notice forbids hunting or trespassing on the C. W. Johnson property. Violations will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Olney notes show W H Steen visiting from Graham and Virgil Tidwell from Graham in town. Luther Clark from Quanah visits his brother W O Clark, while Graham group attends Liberty Loan Rally at the Majestic Theatre. Clyde A Haire and Wilbur Hunt return from Camp Travis with discharges and praise military training amid Young County support and welfare.
The report notes minimal infantry fighting in the war area last week with ongoing artillery and raids in Flanders. German efforts fail to gain on the Verdun Aisne fronts while British forces press along a twenty mile Ypres front. In the Baltic region the Germans seize Oese and Dago Islands as a spring campaign base, with submarine losses easing and Russian fronts quiet.
Tax collectors will visit Oney Newcastle Loving Eliasville on scheduled dates in November and December 1916 for local tax payments. Residents are urged to pay taxes at home as campaign year approaches and a poll tax receipt will be essential next year.
Only one in twenty appeals to President Wilson for draft exemption on industrial grounds has been decided in favor. The Provost Marshal General’s office said 8,000 appeals have been received and most rejected, with direct boards upholding non dispensable status in war industries.
A brief notice advertises scholarships offered by a western commercial college for sale. Readers are invited to call The Leader office to discuss enrolling in a business course and explore the opportunity.
Mr. Laurie to install eighteen feet Good year West Shoe Repairing Machinery to speed work and avoid price increases. Men's Shoe Sales one dollar. Men's Boot Soles 1.25. Ladies' Soles 75 cents. Children's Soles 50 cents and up. Good material and workmanship.
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