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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
2
The Jackson Herald lists publication details for Jackson Missouri with rates and deadlines for legal advertisements and display notices. It notes second class mailing, rate cards for subscriptions, and advertising rates for locals and professional cards.
Rev M T Haw preached a sermon on gambling quoted elsewhere in the paper. The piece urges church members who gamble to quit. asserts the town has ample water for fire protection, lawns, and dishwashing rather than medicated springs. The editor apologizes for past errors and argues moneyed citizens have a duty to support communal improvements through taxation or voluntary gifts, noting public ventures repay society.
The readable text discusses how a town grows through its people and business activity, noting gradual accretions or rapid expansion driven by the business element and referencing the United States as a young nation.
The passage extols a country increasing production and commerce, citing higher factory output, expanded merchandise, more labor, higher wages, greater comfort for citizens, and a rising number of happy homes, framing economic growth as national superiority.
A critique argues against penal labor policies that separate a jailed father from his dependents. It contends the state misuses a convict’s labor, leaving families to destitution and prompting future crime, and calls for punishment of the guilty without harming the innocent. The author laments taxpayers funding and endorsing such “blood money.”
The Jackson City Council met Tuesday night with Hiram Phillips and considered bids for finishing the Water and Light Plant. Two bids were received. Electric Steam Engineering Co. of St. Louis won the contract at about $24,000, covering work the city can afford at present. A mutual consent release noted with Taylor-Morton construction, old firm to assume prior contracts and liabilities. Also notes a social event at Miss Imgene Vineyard’s North Jackson home on July 7 with many attendees. A birth announced for July 2 to Dr. F. Barse and wife.
County Textbook Commission of Cape Girardeau county Missouri invites bids from publishers for five year textbook contracts for public schools with certain exemptions and renewal rules. Bids due July 18 1907. Sessions July 16 17 at Jackson to hear representatives. Guardian notice for John Wilkinson insane appointed June 18 1907. Property sales and local notices follow.
Burfordville residents stayed away to tend crops while July Fourth events drew families to town. A big town hall ball is planned for Friday night July 19. The day featured a picnic, a balloon ascent, and a fireworks display after a brass band concert. Local businesses advertised sales on clothing, shoes, and housewares at Hoffmeister and Heinberg. Community updates note visitors from Columbia and Alabama, a new court house architect in town, and plans for an electric line from the Cape to Jackson.
For sale a good lot in Morton's addition to Jackson Missouri. Apply to W H Amnett at Jackoon Mo. The note mentions Methodist Church service next Sunday morning and a reminder to check the paper date and margin stamp for continuation. Also Hoffmeister and Heinberg announce shoe reductions and clothing specials to clear stock. J L Morton, Jackson Mo, lists own house and lot for sale near the courthouse with outbuildings and improvements. Miss Cornelia Trickey and Miss Marie Warner host a West Jackson party with music games social conversation and refreshments for various guests.
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