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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1889
Page
5
Seaham headar announces that subscribers who pay arrears and prepay one year will receive the American Farmer mailed free to their address. New subscribers paying a year in advance also qualify. The 16 page national journal covers agricultural economy and education for farmers and families. The offer includes agency opportunities and sample copies.
An assortment of notices and ads includes medical cure claims for microbe diseases at Akin's or C W Townsend, notice of the Graham school principal J D Dowell arriving to take charge, a moved post office near Stafford's Hotel, ads for cook stoves and men’s boots, local weather and sowing advice, and a land and drilling equipment trade listing with contact marshal signature.
Rates maps and time tables available from G. F. Thomas ticket agent Henriett Texas. Master George Daniel, long connected with this office, has quit the art preservative and retired to a private life. He now herds sheep for W. C. Bell.
Prescriptions filled at any hour day or night. Mr Handy at residence first door east of Methodist church after 9 p.m. R G Granam Co S A Thomas moved to town at Baily Allen house sending children to local school. Bread cakes and pies at Twaits next to Federal Court House. Mrs Guy of Dallas county sister of Mrs John Taylor visiting Mr Taylor’s family. Why had you between two opinions. More money in one county on the Mandeville Quilter than in a farm in Young county. Alliance gin work progressing rapidly. See new dress goods Henrietta Cloth Worsteds at MAKER & Sons.
The Graham lawn tennis club remains in operation and will continue. H. T. Shumaker & Son have just received a large shipment of new goods and will offer them at low prices. Visit to see the bargains.
Buckle riding resurges in Graham as residents embrace Western fashion trend. Local shops report rising sales of belts and buckles and riders gather at events around town.
Akin's store offers a claimed remedy for various microbe diseases attributed to C. W. Townsend. The notice presents the treatment as a universal cure advertised by Townsend and sold locally.
Notice dated Sept 10 1889 by clerk B H Payne announces Macedonia fifth Sunday meeting in connection with a camp meeting led by Rev W C Manning at Eliasville. Delegates and board urged to attend. The D R Akin ad offers Germ Exterminator. Aware reader note follows about county paper criticism and odd anecdotes from Bob Hollingsworth and Holman game chickens.
A man purchases a state on the Quilter, setting him on a path toward wealth. The unusual deal signals a bold venture in regional commerce and prospects of rapid gain.
Young County reports a harvest sufficient to meet the needs of its people for three years, indicating robust agricultural production and food security for the region.
A call urges public support to finish the Salt Creek bridge project and clean Oak Grove Cemetery. It warns of accidents and urges petitions to fund restoration, noting Ryus’s insurance role and urging leadership to raise money for the departed’s resting place.
The article criticizes Young county roads and bridges as illegal, poorly maintained, and inadequately funded. It accuses overseers and authorities of misusing the Road and Bridge Fund while urging citizens to petition or vote to demand proper roads, bridges, and public spirit.
A county judge narrowly crossed Salt Creek last Tuesday with horse and clothing lost. Neighbors say the incident would have spurred a strong vote for the Salt Creek bridge if the Commissioners Court had met beneath the trees by the creek.
The article notes a large pecan crop and many squirrels in the woods, then describes boxing catching on in Graham as boys use a set of gloves to spar in a Sulllivan-style style.
Illegible notices blend with a local ad roundup. A terse call for debt settlement lists J B Norris demanding payment and J B Harris urges attention to an office matter while garbled lines advertise medicines and a sale.
On August 11 1889 the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway with partners Houston and Texas Central and Burlington Route began a quick through train service with Pullman sleepers and day coaches linking Galveston Austin Dallas Sherman Denison Parsons Fort Scott Sedalia Hannibal and Chicago arriving 9 15 a m. Eastbound connections and time savings noted with return service leaving Chicago 5 45 p m reaching Texas next day. Local notices cover commerce storms and regional business from Mandeville Quilter trading and area happenings in Graham with various updates on weather and markets.
Chas. C. Bigham and Robi. Holman returning from Archer last Saturday had a runaway that wrecked their buggy. The horses dashed into a wire fence and were cut, but the men escaped injury. Good full stock Brogans priced at $1.00 for men and 75 cents for boys.
The Alliance mill will gin the immense cotton crop if roads are repaired, allowing farmers to haul to the gin. A new Salt Creek bridge would enable crossing, pending commissioners approval. The piece argues that strong, competent women attract and keep desirable men, praising firmness and resilience.
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