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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1905
Page
8
The passage critiques overcrowded high school courses and large lower departments. Dr Talmage cites children as young as ten studying algebra and twelve-year-olds tackling trigonometry, lamenting the loss of language and vivacity as education is allegedly finished rather than nourished.
County and probate court schedules listed for Jackson and Cape Girardeau Missouri with first and fourth Monday dates in February May August November January May September for various courts. A Treasury Comptroller notice certifies The People’s National Bank of Jackson in Missouri is authorized to commence banking. Also an ad for a guaranteed cure for piles with Paris Medicine Co. contact.
Fine blue turkeys and Silver Spangled Hamburgs offered by Arthur PrizeLie of Jackson Missouri and Rev Carlisle P. B. Martin of Waverly Texas. They report raising 124 turkeys from five hens this year. Endorsing Ballard's Horehound Syrup for coughs and throat trouble is Rev Martin's testimonial. Available through Dr S L Woods, Druggist.
The message touts the Southwest as the most prosperous area with cheap lands and a mild climate. It urges readers to write for descriptive literature and mentions very low round trip rates via the Cotton Belt Route, with special fares on first and third Tuesdays to points in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. J. J. Dunn is the Delta Missouri agent. E. W. LaBaume is G P and T A for the Cotton Belt Route in St. Louis.
A London style column reports on medical opinions praising the appendix, noting its experimental use by surgeons. It discusses liver and digestion effects and mentions a patent medicine Herbine offered by Dr. S. E. Woods. Also includes a London architectural sketch contrasting rich and poor housing in England.
An old advertisement promises a refund from druggists if the medicine fails to cure. Each box bears I. W. Grove’s signature. The price is 25 cents.
The Passenger Department of the Illinois Central Railroad Company issued Circular No. 12 describing methods for growing early strawberries and vegetables. Dealers are urged to request a copy by sending a postal card to the undersigned in Dubuque Iowa. J. F. Merry Assistant General Passenger Agent.
The latest Paris gossip reports a diamond cure for consumption. W. T. McGee of Vanleer Tennessee touts Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds as instantly relieving and permanently curing his fourteen year cough. A promise of rapid relief for lung trouble with trial bottles free. Sold by Dr S E Woods druggist.
Mrs Annie Hunter of Pittsburg credits Electric Bitters with restoring her health after four weeks of illness from typhoid and kidney trouble. She describes prior weakness, bent posture, and now walks straight thanks to the remedy. Sold by Drs E Woods.
An old advertisement touts Lax Fos as a breakthrough cure for constipation kidney and liver trouble promising quick relief. It stresses enterprise ingenuity and originality while asserting money back guarantees and widespread availability through Dr Woods and other druggists.
A sequence of train numbers and schedules appears with destinations from St Louis Memphis and Chicago plus intermediate stops. The text names No 21 No 11 No 12 No 112 No 108 No 212 and No 214 along with routes through St Louis Memphis Caruthersville Sikeston Hoxie Walnut Ridge Pocahontas Naylor Poplar Bluff Puxico Bloomfield Delta Leachville Kennett Malden Morehouse Morley Commerce and Benton. Bryan Snyder and J F Neal are listed as general passenger agent and ticket agent respectively with a 6 30 A M time.
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