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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1901
Page
4
A large spider spans a wide space by using a silken cable stretched from a decaying tree to a telephone wire. The thread floats out and adheres via its glue, enabling the spider to cross daily and carry insects along the path.
An odd social scene unfolds on Chocolate Street as Mr. Stick Candy and sister Mandy host a gathering. Guests arriving include Mesers. Cumdrop, Carrie Mell, and Salle Lunn, but the tale turns to a comic mischief as a customs of joking deception surfaces.
Certain prawns along England’s coasts vary their color at least every twenty four hours to match surface or deep water light. As evening comes they lose their colors and take a pale azure hue. The hue shifts begin with a reddish glow, then a green tint, and finally a blue.
A fragmented column mixes poems urban legends and a medical ad. It mentions Meg a three year old girl vaccinated and recounts a nursemaid tale about a bird and water. The Cornflower is linked to a Kaiser story while a Nonsense Song wanders through playful verses and a Buckeye Pile Ointment advert concludes.
Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister, admires Gillette's Secret Service and asks to meet the author actor in his dressing room. Gillette replies with a wry remark about writing first and placing characters where they harm the fewest. Mrs. Sidney Lanier recalls Bunner and the charm of a secondhand shop tale of old books.
A worker on the Severn fell into the river while dealing with logs. He clung to a log as the current pulled him under. He urged rescuers to save another man who was head first in the water.
A Columbia University history professor, H A Cuching, asked a long question to a young lady in a summer class. She asked for explanation and the professor continued, but she could not grasp the drift. A sneeze attack interrupted as she laid a book on a friend's desk where the word help appeared.
A bottle of Hexpine promises quick relief for indigestion and dyspepsia, claiming to provide prompt and permanent cure with a few doses. Marketed by Grahem Drug Co at 50 cents.
The author urges forgetting neighbors faults and slander while focusing on causes, forgiving quarrels, and remembering only the good in friends. By blotting out yesterday’s disagreements, one should start fresh today with memory of what is lovely.
Elder John W. Rogers of Filley Missouri testifies that his infant’s violent croup attack was cured by a few doses of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy. He notes the medicine is safe for babies and can prevent future attacks when given early. Graham Drug Co. sells it. The piece ends with a critique of ignorant farmers ignoring local papers.
A Forkland Virginia merchant M Powell's daughter stepped on a ten penny nail inverted rake and drove two nails through her foot. Chamberlains Pain Balm was applied and pain vanished in five minutes with no further suffering. The child wore shoes in three days. The ad touts Pain Balm as an antiseptic that heals faster than standard treatment.
For all fresh cuts or wounds on humans or animals Ballard's Snow Liniment is excellent. It is highly commended for corn huskers' sprained wrists barbed wire cuts and sores on working horses. Price 25 and 50 cents. For sale by Graham Drug Co.
M A Harrison a farmer twelve miles from West Point Georgia hauled sixteen bales of cotton weighing 8000 pounds to town on a four mule wagon a few days ago. The trip was trouble free on a good road. How many bales could he have hauled over an ordinary Texas road.
An old Graham Drug Co. advertisement claims Herbine sweetens the breath brightens the eyes and clears the complexion without ill effects and assures natural bloom of health with price and meeting details.
The ad warns neglect of a cough or cold can lead to consumption and claims Mexican Syrup as a safe, unfailing 25 cent remedy. It urges readers to ask their druggist for the product and read testimonials on the wrapper for proof.
A block of vintage patent medicine claims cures for worms stomach distress headaches and general illness. It advertises Mexican Root Pills Cust Pain Cure Cinoehs Quick Relief Gooebs Sarsaparilla and various tonics with prices like 25 cents and promises “money refunded” if not effective.
The Breckinridge Democrat lists five prominent contenders for the Democratic nomination in the district: Judge W. R. Smith of Colorado City Albert Stephenson of Mineral Wells Dan M. Jones of Anson Senator Turney of El Paso and ex Senator R. D. Gage of Pecos City. More candidates may enter later.
A blaze at a house ends with firefighters pulling sleeping inmates to safety amid dangerous conditions. The report mentions neglect and warnings about preventing illnesses and urges use of a medicinal product. Observations include Lawton having 86 saloons and 200 lawyers and notes on local building activity.
An old advertisement touts BaLtard's Hore nounD Sykup as the universal cure for throat troubles. It claims two sizes priced 25 and 50 e and notes sales through Graham Drug Co.
The Commoner announces a six month circulation of 100000 copies, a record for American periodical literature. It highlights Mr. Bryan's contributions and notes a combined offer with The Leaper for one year at $1.65, versus $2.00 when subscribed separately.
Mineral Wells Texas offering excursion round trip tickets all year via the Weatherford Mineral Wells and North Western Railway. Close connections with Texas and Pacific and Santa Fe trains at Weatherford. For information contact J. M. Fouts or P. E. Bock, Weatherford Texas.
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