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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1901
Page
2
Yale College authorities yield to Southern sentiment and decide not to confer a degree on Booker T Washington, despite his prominence.
An amalgam of vintage clippings shows Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic touting malaria cures and blood purity claims, along with ads noting a 6000 acre rice farm in Wharton County selling for 200000 dollars. Also mentions Cleveland messenger boys losing jobs over cigarette use and replacement by girls, with a warning about a gum habit.
An old trade ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tone as making clear blood and contrasts muddy complexion with clear complexion through a medicine claim. It presents Pure blood as a result of using the product and frames the issue as a proof of efficacy.
William L Willis offers a wide range of nice useful and cheap books. He invites customers to call on him and to buy when he visits.
Chills and fever are claimed to be treated by Grove's Chill Tonic described as iron and quinine in a tapeless form with the promise no cure no way. The ad markets the product as the best remedy for malaria symptoms.
Leon F Czolgosz the assassin of President McKinley died in the electric chair at Auburn state prison at 7 30 am on Tuesday. He showed no fear and declared he killed the president as an enemy of the working people. His body was burned in the prison yard with quicklime and acid after burial near Ft Hill cemetery. He refused chapel service but mourned not seeing his father.
A short item notes how malaria weakens the body and drains strength, with emphasis on illness reducing vitality and stamina in affected individuals.
A Washington dispatch reports that McKinley postal cards will be issued by the Post Office Department. Assistant Postmaster General Madden has decided to print cards bearing the late President's profile under a new contract soon after December 1. The design will include McKinley’s name, birth and death dates, and Series 1901. The card will display U S Postal Card and space for the postmark above, with space for the address below.
An ad style note promoting Sim mons Liver Parifier claiming it cleanses the liver aids digestion and improves complexion. It asserts the product is moisture dust and insect protected in a tin box and suitable for constipation relief.
Farmers and ranchmen are urged to save money on barbed wire and harness at Denman and Sons with special offers and discounts announced in the notice. The ad highlights bulk purchase prices and seasonal sales for rural customers.
A note compares Grove's Tasteless Chill Tone possessing twenty percent more doses than Bitter Chill Tonic, highlighting a stronger formulation. The claim centers on dosage increase and product comparison.
Hale County Herald reports Mrs. Carry Nation jailed in Wheeling West Virginia after entering a saloon with 400 women. It notes the growing view that saloons are unnecessary and that towns like Colorado Springs lack them, suggesting such absence is valued.
A. T. Headley of Tilden Indiana, once crippled by ten years of rheumatism, reports a full recovery after two bottles of Electric Bitters. The tonic claims to regulate kidneys purify blood and treat rheumatism neuralgia nervousness and digestion. Available at 50c a bottle at Slandy & Matthews drug store.
The New York Evening Post reaches its hundredth anniversary on November 16. The celebration will feature the first illustrated edition of the paper. The journal is praised as a publication of high character and a strong force in political education and civilization.
A report states there are forty six thousand Tammany office holders in New York, indicating a broad network of party appointments across the city and state.
A Kansas farmer notes a historic change as a bushel of potatoes tops a bushel of peaches or apples in value. The piece mentions quackery lines about Cheatham's Laxative Chill Tablets and urges readers to seek genuine remedies from druggists, while Minister Conger in Pekin speaks on reform determination.
Twelve St. Louis bachelors plan a modern retreat on Washington boulevard with a projected cost of 22000. The project promises a cure for skin conditions while advertising a guaranteed outcome.
The Quanah Tribune Chief notes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic shows a printed formula of Lion and Quinine on every bottle with a No Cure No Pay claim. It praises merchants who advertise openly and contribute to their towns, as reflected by a Vernon Sun endorsement.
Dr H O Sappington of Las Esparantes Mex arrives to assume charge as superintendent of John Sealy Hospital succeeding Dr Kenneth H Aynesworth who resigns and departs for Bremen Germany aboard the Hannover. Sappington, a Texas State Medical College graduate of 1898, is well known in Galveston.
A visitor from Troi Australia in Washington comments on American government spending. He notes salaries and elections cost millions, yet argues the president should live modestly while comparing private wealth and public pensions. He claims most things in the nation are large scale except in how expenditure signals greatness.
Two New York businessmen order whiskey and water near Cortlandt Street. The bartender serves an unlabeled bottle marked poison with skull and crossbones. Waited patrons realize the label under the bottle, and the bartender declares the bottle is poison used to deter new customers while offering the term poison for that drink.
A plumber sent to a stockbroker’s house begins work when the lady orders him to remove the silver from the sideboard and lock it away. The contractor tells his apprentice to take his watch and copper coins home to his wife, noting possible thieves in the house.
A Sunday school story about the boy Jesus being separated from his parents leads to a sharp student retort. John suggests heading straight to city hall as a solution, ending the discussion abruptly.
Six wrought iron girders in a Chicago building were cut during repairs to clear space for a steel column. Electricity replaced sawing, 225 holes were melted in the girders, each 14 inches deep with a one inch web, and the total cutting time was about three and a half hours.
The British acting consul at Zanzibar reports a sale of a matched pair of tusks weighing 239 and 224 pounds, measured 10 1 2 feet long from base to tip. The tusks are described as probably the largest found anywhere. The purchaser paid 5000 dollars for the pair.
A Georgia era advertisement warns neglect of coughs leads to consumption and touts Mexican Syrup as a safe unfailing cure costing twenty five cents. It claims to heal lungs and breathing passages and urges readers to obtain it from their druggist and read the testimonials on the wrapper.
An old advertisement touts Mother's Worm Syrup Mexican Root Pills and Govell s Quick Relief claiming to expel worms cleanse the system and relieve cramps and pain. It promotes Govuch s Sarsaparilly for blood purification and promises refunds for the cure with a note about ague and chills and fever.
A railroad wreck destroys one hundred of Buffalo Bill’s trained horses, jeopardizing his exhibition show. Moore’s Pilies claim a universal malaria cure, listing many fevers and illnesses with a tasteless remedy priced at 50 cents per box from Dr. C. C. Moore Co. and Gra ham Drug Co.
A notice offers ten days of discounts on pianos and organs. Forty dollars off pianos and fifteen dollars off organs for cash or note purchases. Trade-ins not accepted. R C Adams.
A clipped item notes West proving best amid a Grove contest with a puzzling remark about a tasteless chill from Tonie.
Reports list several stray animals and seizures in Young County near Graham. Entries name R. J. Johnson, J. B. Starrett, and W. Robertson as keepers or reporters, detailing a mouse colored mare with no brands, a sorrel mare branded b7, and a bay horse branded RSW with ages from 6 to 8 and heights around 14 hands. Dates range Sept to Oct 1901.
An old practitioner touts Smuffles as the sole effective catarrh remedy that reaches the affected parts. Claiming permanent relief and quick hay fever cure, the ad urges sending one dollar to Ed win B. Giles Co. in Philadelphia for a month’s treatment with instructions.
William L. Willis of Center Ridge promotes Day Spring Washing Fluid as a new business chance. It invites energetic men to work on reasonable terms with a small capital outlay. The product has been tested by over 1,000 people with high satisfaction.
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