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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1908
Page
2
A Wichita Falls wife shot and killed Lily Wheatley after catching her husband with the soiled dove. The husband escaped harm. jealousy drives the tragedy as the wife faces probable legal action and public sympathy for her distress.
Capt and Mrs McElreath of Dallas visit Newcastle and recount a 1861 messenger trip from Fort Cobb to Fort Belknap. They report coal prospects at Mine No 2, townsite development, new lumber sheds, a growing business district, and a proposed post office move from Belknap to Newcastle to create a northern market for fruit and vegetables.
Instructions for corn contest judges and contestants outline methods to choose prize ears. Steps include field selection, hand grading to ten ears, and a detailed 100 point score card covering ear length, circumference, weight, row count, grain count, varietal fit, ear shape, butts, grain shape, cob and grain color, row spacing, corn to cob proportion, and tip size, with emphasis on uniformity and seed viability.
Public notice commands Sheriff or Constable to publish weekly for four weeks Abner W Thresher and Lillie Thresher in case No 1119 in Young County Texas to appear September 7 1908 in Graham to answer a petition filed July 31 1908 seeking divorce and child custody based on abandonment and lack of support with details of marriage daughters and son and request for dissolution and custody plus costs.
A local ad offers S. C. R. 1. Reds, Columbian and White Wyandottes from top county strains. View a few specimens on the street next Monday and book orders for eggs. Fall is ideal for hatching.
Texas, Young County administrator F. L. Conally publishes a creditors notice after appointment by Judge Geo. H. McLaren. Claims must be presented at Graham, Young County, to the administrator, August 20, 1908.
J W Grey president calls the County Union to convene at Ming Bend school house in Young county on October 2 and October 8, 1908 at 10 o clock for transacting business. He urges all locals to send a full delegation.
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