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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
2
The piece surveys several local items including county records, a change of venue denial in the John A. Lee bribery case, and bids for Sollinger county printing. It notes Folk and Hadley over Mississippi county lynching, criticizes Jackson ladies, and discusses railroad rate views amid a Belmont hanging of Tom Witherspoon.
A four year penitentiary term for assault to kill ended with a black defendant abducting Judge Hess’s wife and infant near Belmont. Hess raised money to satisfy the offender who threatened murder if not paid. The mob then killed the suspect, justifying mob action as a response to the crime, while reflecting on law, motive, and justice.
A promotional note claiming a disastrous calamity from indigestion and constipation. It touts Dr King's New Life Pills as prompt relief, saying they build up digestive organs and cure headache dizziness colic and constipation, guaranteed at Dr S E Woods' drug store for 25 cents.
Jr M A Entertainments reports. Four contestants from New Mexico Ohio Cape Girardeau and Jackson performed Nydia the Blind Girl of Pompeii. Judges awarded the gold medal to Miss Elsie Duffield of Cape Girardeau.
A descriptive notice lauds Miss Prejava and Miss McCune for recital excellence at the Jackson Military Academy. The piece praises the academy for producing skilled music and elocution graduates and urges local patronage to sustain the public school and academy, envisioning Southeast Missouri’s best schools with strong local support.
R N Andrews editor of Cocoa and Rockledge News endorses Herbine claiming it overcomes indigestion and dyspepsia, regulates bowels, and purifies the blood. It is advertised as a purely vegetable, harmless tonic available through Dr S E Woods in Cocoa Florida for 50 cents.
A long list of deeds, lot transfers, and considerations across Cape Girardeau, Jackson, and surrounding townships. Transactions include numerous acreage and lot sales, ranging from 40 to 26,664 acres, with prices from 40 to 3,000 dollars, plus filings for the Jackson Lime and Quarry Co. and related incorporations. Names include Ramsey, Hobbs, Thorpe, Ginter, Blumenberg, Horrell, Flentge, Petzoltd, Christian, Ulrich, Hink, Baugh, Quirk, Hahn, Dean, Van Amburg, Kies, Marston, Campbell, Flentge, Wingerter, Frey, Umbeck, Tobler, Lape, and Smith.
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