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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1924
Page
5
Local items note attendance at the Dallas State Fair by Will Babb Edna Bowron Mary Wood and others. People host new births and visitors while Miller's Studio promotes Christmas photos and a 10 percent discount. A Ford dealer and Bible sellers visit. a stolen Ford is recovered and a Breckenridge football game attracts over four thousand fans.
A crude remark blames gasoline as the cause of a cargo issue rather than the fat wife in the rear seat. The line reflects a controversial, misogynistic slur attributed to a speaker in a historical report.
The advertisement lists Liggett's Gum two for 5 flavors and Liggett's Mints five flavors two for ten cents. Almond and Chocolate Bars appear at two for six or similar pricing, with reference to cherry liquid cream and a candy display at Fenway.
In Bomarton on October 25 eleven baby guineas hatched from eggs rescued from the stomach of a seven foot chicken snake. After Mr. Bledson killed the snake and washed the eggs, they were returned to the mother guinea and all eleven survived.
The renowned home-run king started the season with a strikeout but did not quit. He returned later to surpass his own record, urging perseverance despite early failures.
Belton Texas Oct 30 Miss Mildred Tidwell daughter of Mr and Mrs R V Tidwell Graham has been elected house chairman of Burt Hall Baylor College for Women for 1924 25 session. She is a senior in college and will receive the A B degree in June. She earned a Kindergarten diploma in 1922 23 and led the Kindergarten Club as president. She serves as senior representative to the Legislative Assembly and is a member of Royal Academia Literary Society and Education Club vice president. She has appeared in musical recitals and studies voice with Ethelyne Morgan.
A new gasoline self starter for aero engine use starts a cold five hundred horsepower motor in seventeen seconds. Weighing forty pounds, it is mounted in the fuselage and operated by a pilot reachable lever. The starter provides both gas and ignition to the engine.
A review promotes The Fifth Horseman at Liberty, praising its dramatic moments and American moral theme. It notes a modern American story inspired by the apocalyptic vision, with a cast chosen for fit to role rather than star names.
A professor laments a forgotten debtor student after granting two memory cultivation courses. He cannot recall the pupil's name, highlighting a missed payment and an anonymous financial lapse.
Women appreciate the quick action of simple glycerine buckthorn bark etc as mixed in Adlerika. Adlerika acts on both upper and lower bowel and removes gases and poisons. Useful for obstinate constipation and to guard against appendicitis. Relieves gas on the stomach in ten minutes. Davis Drug Co and Nelson's Drug Store Eliasville carry it.
Advice for parents of backward or indifferent children urges eye examinations to detect latent vision issues. The Woods Optometrist advertises decades of experience in detecting and correcting pediatric eye defects, inviting visits to City Drug Store.
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