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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1923
Page
3
The largest oak tree in the world is in Chico, California, per the American Forestry Association. It rises over 100 feet tall with a branch circumference of 450 feet and a trunk girth of 24.5 feet eight feet above ground. General Sherman once estimated 7,000 soldiers could stand beneath its shade at noon.
Rosewood, a decorative hardwood from regions south of Bahia, Brazil, has been used for furniture frames clocks and various instruments for centuries. About a thousand tons of true rosewood logs and around two thousand tons of substitutes are annually shipped to the United States from Brazil.
The article explains the September 10 1928 partial solar eclipse visible across parts of the United States and Mexico. It notes the path in the southwestern US and through California to the Caribbean, with totality in a narrow zone and observation plans including cameras telescopes and spectroscopes. It also mentions educational clubs as part of school activities.
Public notice from Graham Texas September 1 1923 commands the Sheriff to publish a citation for four weeks in Young County to appear December 3 1923 at the 92nd District Court in Graham. Plaintiffs North American Oil and Refining Company sue Y O McAdams et al defendants over oil lease on John J James survey eighty acres in Young County alleged breach of contract and damages of 80000 dollars with request to cancel contract and reassign lease.
A London dinner featured Nightingales and blackbirds whose songs were captured by a phonograph and relayed to the gathering via radio telephones while Viscount Gray attended as a distinguished guest.
Weather swings with rain and sun affect cotton and wheat plans. Sunday School reports 53 attendees, 181 chapters read, 38 quotations, and 2.55 dollars offering. Families visit relatives in Graham and Oklahoma bound moves. Buckner's Orphan Home receives ten dollars from the Sunday School. Local social life includes ice cream, school preparations, and multiple visitors at McCombs and Walker households.
Jimmy Green writes to his mother visiting in the next county. He mentions Archie Metsgar injuring his neck while fishing, a past injury from Thursday, a man in a car turning over near the aquarium, and a gas leak in the kitchen being dealt with after placing a pan under it.
A mother asks Tommy why he cannot play outside with a new neighbor boy. Tommy replies the boy is not well enough to be out yet, noting they played yesterday. The exchange highlights concern over a child's health and social contact.
Rev H H Nance of Olney assisted Rev P E Cantrell in a Tank Valley meeting last week. The Leader was delighted to have these two good men as callers at our office.
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