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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1890
Page
2
The Galveston market week ends with spot cotton quotes and a stock statement. Financial notes show money at 6 percent with New York and London exchanges cited. Local quotations list grocers prices and varied commodities, including wool and fruits, amid busy trade and new business developments in Texas markets.
A detailed crochet instruction set outlines stitches from basic knit and purl equivalents to make complex shells and scallops. It covers making ones, seam operations, chain and treble work, and finishing with edge joining and repeated scallop patterns for a decorative border.
A domestic guide explains using canned images to create a pyramid picture display on cardboard with transfers for a connected look. It also suggests transforming spools and cigar boxes into dolls and a miniature dollhouse with simple materials and basic furniture.
The report mocks the execution of Kempler criticizing the electric chair setup and imagining a simple lethal device. It notes a new Methodist church in Tyler will be grand when completed. A freight rate war between Mallory line and Southern Pacific cut rates to 10 cents per 100 pounds but is near resolution. George Blake, Dallas train engineer wounded in a wreck near Howe Station, died August 13.
A reader surveys New York housing costs and vacant land near Central Park noting high prices from 30 000 to 100 000 for homes and 385 000 for a 24 foot lot with excavated cellar while predicting scarce vacant ground within five years and rising rents and construction pressures. An Innocent Man Twelve Years in Prison. The governor pardons A P Gipson, jailed since 1878 for a murder tied to a broader conspiracy, with support from Shasta county officials and judges who believed in his innocence.
An Indiana well drilled for natural gas at 250 feet struck a vast water vein then at 900 feet produced a tremendous gas flow that lifted the casing and water into a geyser. Days later a worker struck a match, blasting an explosion that narrowly saved him. Despite efforts, the fire and water continue to erupt from the same pipe, the column roaring to about 100 feet.
A Philadelphia reader laments arson against George W. Childs property and recalls his public kindness at Wootton. Articles describe a massive Corliss engine planned for Homestead steel works, a Boston dog scare, a Nuremberg royal museum sale, Hepner’s carved cherrystone heads, and reflections on true friendship versus social ties.
A Pullman porter describes humorous tests to identify newlyweds on trains. He recalls testing couples with sample books and rice clues, noting reactions and a few comic scenes. He also cites a clergyman losing a call over a pronunciation slip in New England.
A humorous tale from Belgium's Tournaisis describes villagers in Voz moving a church ten yards by piling jackets as a measuring joke. Peter Corbeau, a self styled lawyer, presides as the church is shifted then the players resume their ball game unaware the church had been moved back.
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