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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
4
The Jackson Herald, official county organ, issues notices from Cape Girardeau County. Editor and publisher Lusk presides at the Jackson, Missouri office with standard per year rates and local notices published for public posting.
A garbled 19th century political note references W. H. Taft as presidential candidate. It mentions congress and a district primary, with unclear party alignment and a call to action amid noisy text.
The text presents a messy election notice announcing multiple candidates for the Republican primary. Names such as J Mele Ty Mo, Lewis, P B Mitedaeibiiw, frisseissoy, BR OF Leski, and others are referenced as declared or proposed candidates subject to the Republican primary.
The fragmentary OCR appears to list multiple candidate names and party affiliations with many typographical errors making interpretation uncertain. It references Otis Attorney and Br M Sawyer as candidates, mentions prucbid fevnyy pordieane and offices of prisecuninge, with additional names like Wilron and Chie Hepaaliean.
Protesters assembled to demand divorce of Cecily Gert amid a meeting debate. Charis Seivers cited as candidate for a deputy position under the Republican party. August 4 notices referenced for primary and court concerns in Girardeau and neighboring districts.
The writer praises John Putz as a fine county man and treasurer but argues a third term would violate Republican party policy. A third term could set a precedent allowing repeated terms, which the piece suggests may not work well in the future.
The piece argues primaries loom larger than general elections in many counties. It contends participation defines who will set county policies, and those who skip the primary lose their best chance to influence outcomes and prevent problems later.
The saying stitch in time saves nine reflects politics as well as economics. Conscience and concern in the primaries is the first opportunity and duty. If conscience and public welfare are trampled in the primary, the one who votes is at least as well off as one who abstains.
To the voters of Cape Girardeau County Missouri Tam a candidate for the office of county surveyor subject to the decision of the Republican primary August 4th I am too well acquainted with the voters of this county to require a personal canvass Your support I respectfully ask and will appreciate your votes.
In a campaign note Cam urges voters to consider Sam as a qualified sheriff candidate. F A Kage recalls his 1906 primary defeat and respectfully asks support for the sheriff post at the August 4 primary as Mr Gockel declines to run.
Republican voters in Cape Girardeau County are urged to consider John A. Snider for Judge of the Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas. He recalls serving as judge from January 11 to January 1, 1195, and asks voters to weigh his record and vote in the upcoming primary on Ausath.
Southeast Notes reports Clarence Johnson and Dr. A P Haw in the city en route to Sikeston on business announcing Benton will launch a new Democratic party paper with capital stock of 32 501. Will Henderson shipped the first carload of watermelons to Cairo over the Missouri Rainey Mountain route. Belled buzzard seen near Russellville, tale recalled from Movein Pioneers. Mesdames Haw and McCombs from Jackson visited Charleston to inspect a pipe organ.
Late items describe a lawn party at G W Holloway’s home to greet visiting ladies and a Miss Boone organ recital at the new church. Other notes include a mentally ill patient escaping a St Louis asylum, a hot air gust at Rockport, a Kendall’s opera house matron contest, a timber worker losing a finger to a cotton mouth bite, and a dynamite cap accident near Sikes ton with injuries to Charley Burroughs and Mrs Burroughs.
The probate docket lists daily entries from Monday August 10 through Saturday August 15. Names include guardians for minors, administrators and executors of deceased relatives, with multiple entries per day under the headline Probate Judge Edw. D. Hays.
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