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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1891
Page
3
Report describes orderly polling despite region’s tension with foreigners. A gray haired lady pressed for a yes vote while a non citizen faced exclusion. A North End drunkard challenged ballots and a well dressed man theatrically mixed tickets to expose guard defiance.
An old newspaper fragment touts patent medicines as cures for chills fever dyspepsia and liver complaints. It extols Hostetter s Stomachs Bitters Be White s Dandelion and Brown s Iron Bitters as dependable tonics with medical claims. It mentions widespread use from Maine to Oklahoma and Victoria to San Juan with testimonials supporting efficacy.
The verse urges tempering speech and avoiding judgment, noting that words shape a kinder world. It compares harsh talk to glass houses and calls for charity toward others, admitting personal faults before casting blame.
A reflective essay urges making the domestic fireside the center of children’s training for life. It warns against anger and emphasizes consistent kindness, sympathy, and praise to shape resilient, compassionate youths who remember home fondly. Early affection prevents later remorse and keeps family life cherished.
A 70 year old Brooklyn clergyman Rev John D Wells saved Henry B Cochelu from five feet of water at Bayside Park during a Sunday school event. Cochelu swam beyond life lines and was nearly exhausted before Wells dashed through waves with a pole to pull him from the sinking quicksand beneath. Rest of text quotes John Wesley on wealth and giving.
From creation to 1879 hidden in the earth lay a beautiful sight the Luray caverns discovered since then thousands have viewed their wondrous drapery. The author muses on biblical symbols and how scriptures and ancient stones reveal new treasures as humanity deepens its understanding.
Rev Z Grenell recalls visiting a grand Detroit church with impressive architecture and a welcoming Bible verse at the entrance. Yet he notes the lifeless mood caused by a hostile lawn sign reading KEEP OFF THE GRASS, highlighting drama’s law of contrast.
An undertaker in Detroit recalls dressing a man who died violently and bore a serene expression. On the forearm, lovingly written in India ink, was the Lord's Prayer tattooed as the late man’s source of comfort, suggesting a peaceful fate.
A Seattle Post item recounts a young man’s audience with the Jesuit general in Rome. The general points to Africa on a map and says twenty missionaries were killed there last March, then declares new missions will be sent.
The text argues that a devout Christian should eagerly promote the expansion of Christ’s kingdom not only out of gratitude to the Lord who bought him but also from a sense of justice and the belief that he must not withhold from others the privileges and prospects that bring joy to his own life.
An 1890s miscellany lists clergy moves in England and the United States, church funding shifts, Jewish population estimates, and a New York YWCA lodging project. Highlights include Bishop Walker’s cathedral car, Archdeacon Farrar on clergyman pay, and a 1902 date warning from Rev. Carswell.
Dialogue frames a skirmish scene where a captain reports no cart ridges left, prompting an abrupt halt to firing as supply lines collapse and casualties loom. The terse exchange underscores shortages and the tense halt of combat operations.
A veteran soldier and newspaper man recalls being wounded and captured at Bull Run and incorrectly reported dead. He agrees he read his own obituary in multiple newspapers while held at Libby Prison, thirty years after the event.
Practical tips segment on egg collection and storage, incubation, and packing. Discussion of dog impacts on New England sheep farming, need for dog laws, and farmer cooperation. Adjacent pieces urge attentive, hands-on farming, feeding for hens, phosphate supply, and coffee as a health aid.
The piece urges better road construction funded by地方 needs, warning poor work harms prosperity and prompts avoidance of local supervisors. It presents farm tips on livestock feeding, manure use, alfalfa forage for hogs, and general home economy with practical, old-fashioned advice.
A Lewiston correspondent recalls a cat that sacrificed for her kittens by dying after delivering two to safety as men left. The tale also notes a tame crow in the same family that outwitted hens by hoarding food under a lounge, then enjoying the hens’ absence.
A Washington Star report quotes an elevator conductor about riders' nerves in the monument car. He notes some passengers grow anxious, especially certain men, while women appear less fearful, and recounts a nervous first visitor who was escorted to the top with help from a young bystander.
A massive wave of wild ducks and geese migrated across Mahoning Creek and its tributaries within a ten mile radius of Punxsutawney. Birds gathered around coke ovens during a dark snowstorm, with many ended up in furnaces. Locals with guns hunted the birds the next day, noting the migration from the south toward the Great Lakes. The incident drew wide attention, described as an unprecedented deluge that may not recur.
A proverb-like line notes how a single man’s trouble stirs nine others to feign awareness or concern. The saying reflects social anxiety, half-formed bravado, and public theater in a close community.
A mix of scattered ad copy and oddities features a word puzzle offering a prize from Gedicive Co and mentions cures for cancers lupus and malignant sores by Harwell Richards. It also promotes Dr Bull’s Worm Destroyers for children and warns of deceptive wolves in sheep’s clothing among sheep.
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