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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1884
Page
4
The notice outlines advertising rates with first insertion at $1.00 and subsequent insertions at 1.00 per line. Tribute notices and remembrances cost 5 cents per line. Candidate announcements require advance payment with rates varying by level of office. Personal notices incur a 50 percent surcharge.
The article argues Texas cattlemen must cut home range stocking by about 75 percent and separate breeding stock from beef animals to avoid overgrazing. It urges moving toward distinct pastures for breeding and beef to support future prime beef and profitable markets.
An August incident in Hancock County Pennsylvania unfolds a romantic tragedy begun three years earlier in Shannon. A shoemaker and a lawyer’s wife eloped with the latter’s baby, prompting hardship and a long search for the child. A letter from the husband prompts a dramatic reunion, leading to the wife and baby disappearing and later two bodies found near Fairview West Virginia.
A Bismarck observer describes a unique two cloud display with rain falling from the upper cloud into a lower feather cloud. The rain appeared to be captured by the lower cloud and evaporate into a luminous shower of pearls as sunlight generated prismatic colors. The phenomenon moved southeast after several minutes.
A Brooklyn physician links canned food poisonings to caps sealed with a zinc muriate amalgam. He notes soldering iron fumes may drive zinc salts into the contents, where acids convert them to toxic compounds. He urges canning plants to stop this sealing method or consumers will stop buying canned provisions. Rochesles ost
The article describes cremation in detail starting with the body placed in a catafalque in the chapel and lowered by elevator to an incinerating chamber. Air is heated to about 2000 degrees Fahrenheit, then cooled by incoming air to a rose tint as the body decomposes within an hour, leaving about four percent of the original weight as ashes. The ashes are placed in an urn and stored in a columbarium or given to friends.
A Leadville note claims no cats survive two weeks in the town, despite many imports of various colors and sizes. The St Louis paper notes cats die after arrival, with locals puzzled by the phenomenon. It also references Robert E. Lee’s salary as a schoolmaster and a lottery ticket scheme exploiting his name.
In Chicago the senator chats with Roswell G Horr near newspaper racks at the Grand Pacific. A young man, claiming to be editor of the burg Enterprise, seeks a private briefing. The senator dismisses questions and withdraws to a secluded corner, saying he knows nothing of the matter.
A Maine to Utah return tale features Goodwife Pinkham and her husband Israel contrasting years with Mormon pressure and their resolve to return home. The report also covers a brisk Texas wool market with prices from 13 to 25 cents per pound, a Dallas gathering with officials like Governor Hubbard and others, and political discourse on tariffs land policy and party prospects.
A Kentucky man rebukes a moving to Cincinnati by quipping about drinking water. The Kentuckian protests, asks if he drinks water, and storms off claiming insult over the remark. The exchange centers on weather and water quality in Cincinnati versus Kentucky.
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