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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1891
Page
3
An extended column fragment discusses the idea of the Czar traveling to broaden mercy and tolerance across nations, urging safe passage and civilizing influence. It reflects on political trust, voter dynamics, and migration patterns, asserting that educated leaders and informed voters shape reform and society, with scattered reports from Greer County and Texas touching on local violence and accidents.
Tex Sept 5. Sheriff lodged in jail W D Meador indicted in 1876 for murder of Dr Philip Brazell and George Brazell. Venue moved to Bexar due to prejudice. Meador lived under an assumed name in Oklahoma, serving as deputy sheriff. He surrendered in Cuero after authorities tracked him down, likely reopening the long-dormant case.
Mrs McMurray of Seven Miles South of Jo Texas shot and killed her son-in-law Thomas Stocks yesterday afternoon after he demanded the wife return from Wise County. Stocks had threatened her life in letters. She faced by firing then killed him in the room. She is in custody of law officers.
Waxahachie Tex Aug 31 Mr C A Arnold of the firm Arnold Petit was thrown from his buggy at Waxahachie creek crossing south of town Saturday night and severely injured internally. The horses ran wild down the embankment then up into rows across the square and around several blocks before they could be stopped. The other gentleman with him escaped injury.
A Mississippi native living in Texas known as a capable man. He served the Confederate cause in the war as a colonel. He was speaker of the Texas House in the sixteenth legislature after earlier terms as a state representative. He, with his brother J H Bonner, ran Bonner and Bonner, a prominent Texas banking house for years.
At 3 o clock yesterday morning burglars entered the residence of A B Patton through a rear window. Patton grappled with one burglar and was shot through the head. He died before sunrise as neighbors sought help and the sheriff's bloodhounds tracked no suspect.
Five men held up a west bound passenger train near Samuels amid Pecos county. after blowing the door and forcing the messenger to open the safe they escaped with about 2000 to 3000 dollars and mails. A Del Rio sheriff, Capt. Jones, rangers and local posse pursued the robbers, but no further word has come.
News arrives of MecCalliers Knox killed near Millican on Saturday night. Sheriff Nunn investigated and found Knox shot in the back by an unknown assailant while returning home. Strong evidence points to a Black suspect who was jailed yesterday evening.
Dallas Tex Sept 2 Halley Smith a day dynamo man at Dallas Electric company power house was killed when he touched one wire in each hand while showing a change in the circuit to night man E Beeler. The fatal shock occurred about 6 30 PM as he prepared to leave. A second brief item from Gippings Tex reports a mangled body found near the Houston and Texas Central railroad with inquest held and suspicion of a train ride gone wrong.
Galveston reports a push from Denver commercial bodies for Senator Reagan to take the Interstate Commerce Commission seat. J M Beverly, chairman, asks if he will accept. Texas and Denver officials exchange notes on the vacancy and potential appointment.
Weatherford Sept 4 The Commercial hotel at Millsap blew down Tuesday night and fell onto the F D Pincham drug store, wrecking the building and badly damaging stock and fixtures. Loss estimated at 1400 dollars.
A wide array of alarming items from Sept days show disasters and crimes abroad and at home. Droughts and frosts hit North Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota while fires floods and accidents claim lives. In Illinois Alabama and Mississippi violence and political clashes surface amid counterfeiting wrecks and legal actions. Notable figures include Sara Bernhardt arriving in San Francisco and various murders bank robberies and shipwrecks.
A condensed roundup notes the Pecan Valley fair opening Sept 28, Dallas cable road work to resume, rain tests by rainmakers in El Paso, Cole man cotton prospects, Hillsboro Seventh Day Adventists meetings, Belton artesian water, and a broad swath of Texas items from storms and crops to crime and public notices.
The article surveys sleep habits of zoo animals at Lincoln Park, noting elephants often appear awake with eyes open, while seals lions and tigers show distinct resting postures. Bears are seen perched in trees, gripping branches with claws. It also mixes in antiquated vampire lore and superstitions about the dead, including exhumation practices and beliefs about protecting the living.
A fragmented dialogue shows a couple arguing about feeding cats and sharing meals. One laments losing spouses while the other suggests feeding the cats as a remedy, hinting at household friction and a rough domestic rhythm. The exchange evokes a strained, intimate domestic scene.
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