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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
3
A fragmented line from a Jackson Missouri notice mentions one dollar and a date August 10. The readable text lists a monetary figure and the location Jackson, Missouri, with no further context or names clearly identifiable.
Directory listings include Fred Fe Klos Reinhard and J F Caldwell among county officials such as Treasurer and Probate Judge. A Jackson note says electric lights will arrive by year end and the courthouse vote shows 3507 for, 453 against, 43% doubtful with editorial stance backing the new courthouse and Cape Girardeau County as banner Southeast Missouri.
A public notice from B. F. Lusk instructs subscribers and former subscribers to disregard any duns from the Publishers' Reporter of New York as they have no authority to collect for the issuer since May 1. Readers are urged to bring any such letters to Lusk to pursue prosecution of the issuing company.
A fragmentary letter discusses rejection of a New Jersey ad and not receiving wine, argues game law requires a license to hunt on one’s own grounds, and critiques invoking church membership. It mentions property rental, a pool room, and laws not regulating all behavior, urging consistency in enforcement and restraint.
Cape Girardeau County Court schedules a special election on August 26 1905 to vote on issuing bonds for 75000 to fund a new courthouse and jail and adjacent land. Ballots propose yes for bond approval and no for rejection. Notice provides confirmation of tax levy and interest terms 4 percent for twenty years with redemption after ten years and publication details in local papers.
Health is poor with chills and plentiful mosquitoes. A long wet spell is ending with dry weather. Wiley Cox returns from Illinois and talks of moving there. Thomas Farmer trades a watch for a Jersey cow with Henry Daniel. The Arbor store is now owned by Hitt and Kidd. John Frank Rees left for Coxs Switch to start a business there. John Kight waters off his corn and goes fox hunting. Neighbor John Rayer plans marriage. John Hitt and A. J. Fields prosper in fishing. Adam Cox buys old hens for cents. Ed Miller, road boss, breaks things. Rumors swirl about a new court house. Most support the new jail and court house to be voted August 26.
Fraudulent imitators have recently tried selling imitations of Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds and other medicines defrauding the public. Protect yourself by seeking the Bucklen name on the wrapper. look for Dr King's Bucklen's remedies only, as others are imitations. H. W. Bucklen & Co. Chicago and Windsor Canada.
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