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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1904
Page
2
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a great kidney liver and bladder remedy claiming it fixes kidney trouble and benefits overall health. It urges readers to try a free sample and cites testimonials and endorsements while detailing symptoms treated and bottle sizes and prices.
Editorial note urges readers to request a free sample bottle and a book of testimonials for Swamp hot kidney remedy by sending name and address to Dr Kilmer Co at Binghamton New York. Readers advised to mention paper and coupon. genuineness guaranteed.
A 1900 Kirkeville article extols the American School of Osteopathy and A. T. Still Infirmary as shaping the town. It notes 700 students, 1000 graduates practicing nationwide, and a clinic offering free care to the poor. Also references Pine’s Cure and a local quip about a “Democrat.”
For sale multiple horse and mule drawn vehicles including baggage wagons hansom cabs and four wheel coaches. Pur chased for the World’s Fair. Contact D Jamison superintendent passenger and baggage department at 1 Loula Transfer Company Broadway and Bruco street St Louis Mo.
Storekeepers note Defiance Starch outsells rival brands due to quantity and quality. They highlight a 16 ounce package sold at the same price as 13 ounce rivals. Also mentioned are a finest rock crystal ball and a tiny flowering plant Wolffia microscopica with two flowers for contrast.
An OCR fragment gathers several ad blurbs urging readers to ask druggists for Allen's Foot-Ease claiming foot relief, plus assorted lines from Defiance Starch ads praising 16 oz packaging and chemical free formula. Also includes stray bits about water transport in England and tobacco prices from Lewis' works and Puck quotes.
The Troy Times cites Hon. J B Sullivan arguing for free trade with Canada and a free tariff system while noting wheat prices reflect Liverpool rates after transport costs. It mocks Democratic tariff reform as a renewed threat and recalls past distress under a Democratic administration.
The Philadelphia Press comments on reciprocity as a practical problem for the tariff system, noting approaches by treaties, a maximum and minimum tariff, or executive discretion within limits. It argues earnest entry into policy is key and questions who benefits from the Massachusetts declaration.
Iowa farmers face tariff limits on Canadian imports while domestic prices for milk butter and cheese remain driven by home markets. The Des Moines Capital argues that Liverpool cannot fix prices to protect farmers and questions Sullivan’s stance on free trade with Canada and its impact on feeding New England and manufacturing states.
The piece argues that Democrats dodge proof by insisting that protection is robbery. It claims workers faced negative trade conditions during Cleveland’s era and that Democratic threats to home industries pushed working people to withdraw large sums from their savings.
A terse political note claims a force threatens to destroy protection and with it the Republican party, signaling a volatile confrontation over policy and party fate. The statement suggests a broad, disruptive stance with potential implications for governance and party unity.
A farmer with a large pasture but no wood lot and a neighbor with a wood lot face a choice. Reciprocity would trade grazing rights for wood access, but the Democratic free-trade aim is to remove fences around A’s pasture and allow unrestricted cattle access.
Washington Post commentary argues Democrats should attack tariff abuses rather than protection policy. It decries the "protection is robbery" line as a harmful blunder that severed Democratic ties with Republican tariff reformists and aligned the party against its own majority views, noting conservative responses in the platform and Judge Parker.
The Wilkes-Barre Times quotes Parker and his party arguing against tariffs and major actions including the Philippines and Panama. It contrasts voter desire for constructive statesmanship with the party’s “cannot” stance, claiming obstruction harms national well being.
Norman M Vaughan manager of the Elks Publishing Company posted a $2000 bond after being held at the Four Courts on the charge of killing Hayden Y Loring proprietor of the hotel at 4219 West Belle Place in a quarrel over a boarding bill on November 2 The hall was approved by Judge Cum inghoe in the absence of Judge Moore of the Court of Criminal Correction.
In Mitchell Nevada Mo Colonel Harry Mitchell proprietor of Hotel Mitchell and 2d Missouri National Guard married Mrs Myra Falor at the bride’s home Thursday morning. Fatal shooting at a dance near Oran Mo left Ed Hollingshead dead and Mattie Manz badly injured after a confrontation. Hollingshead sustained broken ribs and a battered face.
Fred Stiermann 28 of 4403 Clayton Ave died at City Hospital after a quarrel with Pel Murphy of 4914 Clayton Ave in a Newstead and Clayton saloon. Shots at close range set his shirt afire. bullets hit neck abdomen and hip. Murphy fled by streetcar and remains missing. Embezzlement warrants issued for Charles W. Horton of 16 North Sixteenth St from four World’s Fair visitors who say he kept funds for tickets.
Report from St Louis dated November 10 says Republicans will hold a fourteen seat majority on joint ballot, ending Senator Francia M. Cockrells thirty year term. Democrats lose ground in both House and Senate, with a large landslide shifting control on the joint ticket.
Jefferson City Missouri November 1904 Gov Dockery issues Thanksgiving proclamation urging abstinence from work and appropriate celebration as President designates the day for prayer and thanksgiving The text is signed by A M Dockery with Secretary of State Sam F Cook Also reported farmer Nicholas White drowned in the Mire near Hall's Station after getting intoxicated and a bankruptcy petition filed by W D Ham president of American Realty and Finance Company in St Louis bankruptcy court
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