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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR text from Jackson Herald appears to be an official notice or court matter from Cape Cherdean County with garbled names and dates. The legible elements mention Jackson, MO and a date around April 2 1004, but many phrases are indecipherable. The record cannot determine a specific action or parties.
Authorized notices announce F. A. Kaye F. J. Tanke B. M. Selvally Wilton and Lewis Daugherty as sheriff candidates and assessor candidates T. P. Mitchell and others with August 4 Republican primary deadlines. Also listed are B. F. Luk and TR M. Sawyer for county treasurer and prosecuting attorney respectively.
We are authorized to announce L. R. Johnson as a candidate for Representative embjwt to the Republcan Priney Ataguse 4. Ls. Next Tuesday is city election day. We must elect four council men and two school directors. Taft holds for the presidential nomination and Hughes is a close second.
An article extols a good natured rivalry among progressive towns fostering a desirable community. It highlights drainage, mild winters, dry conditions, moderate summers, and cooling night breezes as factors contributing to healthful living and overall livability in the area.
The text extols a healthful climate and pure water supporting a beneficial sanitarium image. It notes contagion is unseen here and credits water purity with this condition. It mentions the Aldrich bill has passed the senate and is expected to pass the house in some form to aid the country’s finances.
A meeting in Jackson organized a Cape Girardeau Farmers and Stock Breeders Association to promote county agriculture and livestock. It will offer prizes for grain and stock exhibits and run a Boy a Corn Growing Contest. Fifty or more petitioners enabled incorporation with nine directors and officers. Membership is 50 cents per share to expand participation, with prizes for best corn exhibited next fall in two age classes.
Drum shop license issued to Anton and Laula Ponder with $50 each. Treasurer and collector reports totaling 1302.92 in various taxes. Appointments include road overseer in district 22 replacing A B E Pointsett. Local ads promote tailor made suits at Hoffmeister, photo studio specials, new buggies, and a plant exhibit in Jackson on April Lath with Rev T W Shannon. Meetings note Lina Cosgrove and Lillian Armstrong visiting Misses Short near Fruitland.
The track team and the oratorical contestants at Springfield High School faced a word test. In 1246 the pupils were given a twenty word hat on examination with 40 percent class average. The same test reappeared in 1905 with a per cent average, then another test on a Monday yielded 4 percent.
KN Hedricks warns that any sale or giving of intoxicating liquor to his son Ray Hedricks, 18, will lead to prosecution. He states saloon keepers have been notified and extends the notice to all others in a formal public proclamation.
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