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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1909
Page
4
The Graham Methodist church hosts annual Womans Home Mission Society prayer services starting Monday October 4 1909 at 430 pm with leaders for each day from Monday to Saturday and a Sunday morning sermon on the society by the pastor.
An old advertisement for eHealth and Beauty Aid Cosmetics touts nine lotions that claim to clear pimples and aid digestion. It references Foley's Urine Laxative for digestion and liver health, offered by Graham Drug Co.
Pastors of Graham met at the manse forming the Ministerial Association with Rev. J. Murray as president and Rev. F. Singleton as secretary. Active members are Graham's regular pastors. associates may include any regular licensed or ordained ministers. Regular meetings set for 10 a.m. on the Mondays after the first and third Sundays each month. special meetings by request of two members.
The Priscilla Club announces a fine lyceum course for the season at the opera house. Featured acts include The Quaker Male Quartette, Tom Corwine, The Morphets, The Peterson Sisters, Willard Gorton, with strong endorsements from Chicago and Lawton venues. Season tickets for five attractions and one reserved seat are offered at $2.00, far below other Texas towns. Proceeds fund improvements to the courthouse park and shade trees.
The fragment mentions remedies and injections, says patients suffer pains, and hints at a shipment of wagons or parts from Kipwens & Cooper. Entities include Kipwens & Cooper and a vague reference to medical treatment and injury. The text is garbled with nonsensical phrases and missing context.
Norman and Stovall offer vendor lien notes and loans with no delay call write or phone. Justice court for civil business in session this week disposed of several small cases.
A listing notes breakfast cereals and staples including Grape Nuts Cream of Wheat Oatmeal Post Toasties Kellog s Corn Flakes Shredded Wheat Biscuit Puff Wheat and fresh Graham brown flour available at W I Tipwell and Sons.
The County Union will meet at Newcastle at 10 o clock on Oct Sth 1909. All locals should be represented. J P HYDEN President.
Miss Nina Hall left last Thursday for Fort Worth to attend Nelson Craughan Business College and study stenography. The move follows her plan to secure a business credential and advance her career.
A spoof warning portrays a burglar named bad cough who targets health not treasure. It urges arrest with Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a cure for coughs and chest troubles, selling at 2e, Xe and 1.00 per bottle by all druggists.
Mr and Mrs H L Morrison and Mr and Mrs A A Morrison travel Monday to Dallas for a Scotish Rite Lecture and Banquet.
An advertisement touts Hunt's Care as a guaranteed cure for skin diseases. It promises immediate relief and permanent cure for eczema ringworm and related conditions with a single application, asserting a one dose cure.
An advertisement outlines a grand auto voyage through Mexico, Japan, Africa and more with meals provided, scenic views, and courteous hosts. It lists participants and travel terms, promising an all expenses paid trip including meals and occasional extra charges. The piece mixes travel lure with unrelated medical and product pitches in a fragmented historical ad page.
A Friday gathering at the Misses McCain home brought many young ladies together for an afternoon of social games. Guests used score cards shaped like tiny suitcases across five tables on a faux train journey from Graham to several towns, with prizes for top players and an auction in the parlor.
J J Firestone of Allegan Michigan reports feeling fifty percent better after taking two Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for biliousness. The ad notes the product is a fine article and available for sale at Sloan Drug Co with samples free.
Local farmers report cotton yields are about half of last year while Young County shows strong crop diversity and optimism. Visitors from Jones and Brown counties recall Young County fields as superior, with Will Mayes adding four new residences and neighbors sharing a social visit trail through the valley.
No smoot or inferior corn in the chops see the Graham Mill and Elevator Co. Seed Rye at W Tidwell and Sons. Miller and Son at the same stand keep everything. Kidwell and Coopers offer hardware granite and tin ware stoves guns and munitions. Complete line of first class buggies and hacks.
Pure bred Scotch Collie pups for sale at ten dollars each. Contact Addidas J. W. Cusenbury in Murray, Texas for details.
Lost last night the bowl of my automobile lamp finder please return to me Cuz3 WIDMAYER We will have in snotyggmana load of Pittsburg wire in a few days The best wire on the market LYON HARDWARE Co Kidwell and Cooper's is the best place in the town to get your tin work Windmills tanks and all kinds of plumbing We refuse to get excited over Dr Cook's discovery of the north pole unless he brings it home with him Bon Ami will clean your windows etc mt W J TrpWett & Sons Buy a double disc Maine plow and get your navy one early and at a very little expense Call for feed manufactured by the Graham Mills Elevator Company their ban is rich and their chops as pure as can be made from the best cleaned corn We have just unloaded a car of corrugated roofing in both painted and painted Let us fill your bill Lyon Hardware Go
A good second-hand typewriter is offered at a bargain in the office. Hurry to see this snap as it won’t be available long.
An advertisement notes a money back guarantee for Dr Cox’s Barbed Wire Liniment offered by B S Doty & Co. The item mentions Misses Annie and Maynelle Morrison leaving Monday morning for Milford to attend Dallas Presbyterian College.
A dated fragment notes a gathering at the Weatherford school house for an election salem event. It mentions Miss Amanda Perkins as a representative and lists various names and dates around an October 1900 timeframe.
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