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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1903
Page
5
The Leader lists subscription prices with Mevear at 1.00 and six months at 0.50. The notice notes Graham Texas post office registration as second class mail matter.
Advertising rates listed for space and local notices charge five cents per line for reading matter. Legal notices priced at one dollar per hundred words with extra charges for insertion. Invoices due on the first of each month. A note on Bulgaria’s representative in its capital and recent diplomatic relations amid tensions with Turkey.
A young child identified as Aunt Mandy Weldon, described as colored, died near Paris. The report notes the age as ten years. Further details are limited in the readable fragment.
The Texas State Fair in Dallas begins tomorrow with high expectations. Next Tuesday is Woodmen's Day and Wednesday is Farmers Day, drawing many local attendees. The Thurber strike has ended with union recognition by the Mining Company, bringing a peaceful change to the area.
Croup symptoms start as a cold with chilliness sneezing sore throat hot skin pulse hoarseness and difficulty breathing. Give small Ballard's Horehound Syrup doses as child cries for it and apply Ballard's Liniment to the throat at first sign of croup. 50c at Graham Drug Co.
Wanted faithful person to travel and supervise force of salespeople and make collections for manufacturing house. Straight salary $2000 per week and expenses, salary paid weekly, any expense money advanced. Previous experience unnecessary. Local territory, permanent position. Enclose self addressed envelope. Superintendent, 324 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.
The Oregon dispatch notes Senator Clay of Georgia suggesting Georgia and other Southern states may send German delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The piece compares past Texas senators Gorman support and the chilly reception that followed. It mocks misreading quotes and urges Georgia lawmakers to avoid becoming fools in print.
A banquet in Ottawa drew strong applause as a speaker recalled a joke about a boy named Willie. The speaker compared the reception to a boy peeking from a barn door after repeated calls and asking if anyone wants him or if they are just hollering.
The Greenville Herald notes that low voter interest allows extravagant appropriations and corporate domination. It says the public is waking up to the issue and that future prospects look brighter if civic action continues.
A reflective proverb notes that the world assists those headed upward, boosts progress, and punishes decline, suggesting social response mirrors a person’s direction in life.
A fragment notes a product named Castor bearing the familiar brand identity The Kind You Have Always Known. No dates, places, or additional details are readable from the text.
The week saw M J Benson and wife visiting Graham while Mr Knox from Jackshboro drove about four hundred cattle to Throckmorton county pasture. Lila Tedroe of Lacy suffered a fall from an unruly horse but escaped serious injury after a Sunday evening incident. J C Chance and wife attended Farmer Monday as locals held a social at J M Keen’s residence. The Farmer gin began operations last Friday producing four bales of cotton. W R Drum sold wheat in Graham on Tuesday. Water scarcity looms as rain was insufficient last week, threatening stock herds and prompting rustling for dwindling supplies.
Panhandle newspapers dispute the Baptist College site location with Canyon having won the bid but failing to raise the promised bonus.
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