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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1902
Page
3
Community notices from Jackson and surrounding areas recount church resignations, weddings and births, market prices, seed and farming supplies, school events, and local business updates. Key figures include Eld J O Willett and Mrs J O Willett as well as various merchants, farmers, and residents with frequent references to McAtoo Buerkle's, Cape County Savings, and Walters the tailor.
Fragmented ad style copy touts Scott’s Emulsion as awakening a thin body by making it hungry. It claims the product reactivates a dormant appetite and converts food to new flesh, urging readers to request a free sample. The text is garbled and filled with misspellings and stray phrases.
A fragment mix of market prices for flour, butter, potatoes and livestock with an advertising blitz for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a universal cure and a $100 reward for failure. Includes testimonials and a sales pitch for other pills.
Breeders attention for horse and jack breeding includes S88 Kentucky Unbestatlion, Poln Hester Squirrel No 88, Puludemter Squirrrel No 68, Mike Ford No 22, with noted sires Red Wilkes No 1749 and Delaont No 64. Ads mention exchange offers, tailoring services, garden seeds, and farm equipment, plus a milling wear sale ending May 15.
Health is generally good. Mary Wallman died from burns suffered while playing near burning corn stalks on the 7th. The child, age 4 years 2 months, died 25 hours later after its mother failed to extinguish the flames and the brother brought water. Mrs. Wallman’s hands are healing. A young cyclone on the 25th caused fencing and timber damage, followed by a fine rain.
April reports from Kurreville describe a rainy night, corn planting in progress, and a brush fire that threatened a barn. The piece notes large crowds at church services, a Millerville convention, a 12 pound birth, swift streetcar rides with reduced fares, illness, and humorous tales about local couples and village life. It also cites stock questions, a planned divorce, and local notices for sale and medicine.
Last Tuesday evening at the house of Mrs. Nevapritatyle Mra, the W C T U held an informal reception for thirteen new members led by Mrs Berger. A short program featured Miss Alia Hoofmvnster in a humorous recitation and a talk by Miss Shaner on the object of the W C T U. Refreshments followed as guests socialized. Also appearing: Berkshire pigs for sale at Plainview Nursery and various local notices on farm equipment, real estate, and guardians sales. Final settlement notices and court week details for Cape Girardeau County are listed with dates in Jackson.
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