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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1891
Page
4
Railway timetable fragment mentions J W Graves proprietor and connection with Pacific trains at Weatherford. McKay is superintendent. Details are fragmentary but indicate alignment with Santa Fe routes and Weatherford connections.
The article notes ex-president Balmaceda of Chile shot and killed himself in the Argentine Legation rooms in Santiago on the 19th, after a failed escape attempt, with public sentiment rejoicing at his death. It also mentions Aravas trains and a sense hemp could curb illicit activity, Balmaceda disguising as a sailor in Valparaiso, and a new paper named National Reformer joining exchanges.
A Georgia legislator proposed a bill to punish lawyers who attack witness credibility in court and the measure was referred to the agriculture committee. The remark follows a satirical comment about the legislature.
A young man painting a pole in San Antonio was killed after touching an electric wire and being thrown across it as a fire broke out. A nearby doctor noted death was instantaneous. The column also notes Midland county experiments, El Paso weather jokes, a mock marriage case in Henrietta, and various legal and political items from across the region.
A polemical take denounces a government recruitment notice offering pensions to deserters and dependent widows, calling the pension drive a plunder by the Grand Army of pensioners. The piece also reports Senor Garza’s marauder group crossing into Mexico and Texas concerns over Rio Grande protections, plus a hotel fire at Fort Worth and threats against a San Marcos resident known as A. B. D.
The 1889 Williamson family murder case ends as Dick Duncan is executed after two years of legal battles. Landers an accessory fled. Tap Duncan released for lack of evidence. The article notes a failed cotton pickers league and wheat price drops to 60 cents at Wichita Falls. It ends with a jab at the Waco cotton picking machine inventor.
In East Tennessee old man Tate, a lifelong Democrat and former Confederate, galvanized veteran pensioners by pledging $200,000 from his own funds for a reunion. About 100 men gathered at his house, receiving portions of the wealth set aside to aid peers who fought in the Civil War and who felt the era’s inequities.
The San Antonio Express reports a new Alliance faction decrying sub treasuries as unnecessary. It seeks moral social and financial improvement for agricultural classes while excluding religious and political debate. Some members may align with the Democratic party. The Des Moines account promotes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy by D B Akin Co.
A fragmented column notes a notice to contractors to sublet to the lowest bidder for shelving the Jia Hog project. It cites times, names, and generic political jabber including a Kansas farmers meeting, a quote from Mrs. Lease, and remarks about wheat, corn, and “more hell.”
Abilene Kansas Reflector quotes a satirical creed advocating expansive federal debt for railroads, government ownership of transport, universal fiat money, direct taxation of Americans, and control of the judiciary by a secret party, lampooning shifting party allegiances and platform zeal. The piece ends noting the author’s claim to have moved past nonpartisan ideals.
F. M. Allen, a Burneyville, I T farmer, faced U S Commissioner Fleming for seducing Inez Lawther, a sixteen year old neighbor. She now awaits motherhood after Allen wed another woman. Allen posted a $1000 bond for his Paris appearance.
Advertisement from B.S. Peale & Co. Chicago promotes a 25 volume Britannica reprint at 1.50 per volume with easy payments. It claims page for page Fourth edition quality, includes updated American articles and maps, and offers Volume I at 60 cents with 40 cents postage. Volume I credit applied to full set.
L. J. Bower of Young County Nursery promotes fruit and ornamental trees and fall and winter planting. He guarantees his stock and invites autumn deliveries while fruits and flowers are prime. A Connecticut weather prophet predicts a long cold winter with a large nut crop.
Specimen cases from New Cassel Wisconsin Harrisburg Illinois and Catawba Ohio show rapid recovery using Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve. H Clifford troubled by neuralgia rheumatism stomach and liver issues recovered after three bottles. Edward Shepherd's eight year leg sore healed after three bottles and seven boxes. John Speaker's five fever sores cured by one bottle and one salve. Sold by RB G Graham & Co.
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