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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
3
Local notes from Jackson cover shop deals at Meier Bros and Hutchison Co with new stock in stationery fashions and holiday lines. Announcements include births, visits to Brookfield and St Louis, clothing and accessories sales, and social events. Transportation, weather, and small town sightings fill the page with community updates and upcoming sales.
Oak Ridge firms drove to Jackson last Saturday with 1000 turkeys and sold them to local poultry dealers. Several shipments of poultry and head of poultry were sent from Jackson last week. Go to Meier Bros for Christmas goods in this issue. Postmaster C. A. Sawyer and Ed Howard went to the Cape Tuesday for a banquet hosted by Missouri bankers, with nothing but a good time.
Grant and Elbrecht announce the opening of an immense stock of holiday goods this week, touting the largest selection of the nicest items ever seen in Jackson.
Literary entertainment linked to Mrs. Morgans address in Workman Hall Saturday night invites all to attend. Note mentions a Mountain Medicine Co product and a bird dog returned to its owner, plus advertisements for Grove tonic and Luxative BromoQuinine tablets with standard claims.
Miss Mahan of state W C U will give a recital at Oak Ridge schoolhouse this evening and lecture at the Baptist church on Friday. She also lectures Sunday morning and gives a recital Monday evening at Frostland Methodist church. An Estey piano is sought via Miss Anna Boyd Jackson Mo. The Cape County Sayings Bank occupies a new building praised for its interior and heating. Foley's Honey and Tar is recommended by Ben Traggerson of Hatton Ind for restoring voice. A football match in Pulenwider field between Jackson and Farmington decides the southeast Missouri championship. admission 15 and 25 cents. Additional notes cover local business moves, groceries, and a court-house recital next Thursday by Miss Permelin C Mahan, with public invitation.
During December Grant and [1 brecht promote a raffle with every dollar spent. Visitors can hear the music box and preview a display of Christmas presents as part of the store’s seasonal event.
The readable portions reference a date wall number 18 and names Perera Wall. The source text is fragmentary and contains numerous garbled words making it impossible to identify a coherent event, persons, or organizations for a proper two line card.
Real estate transfers listed include multiple quit claims and parcels across townships, ranges, and sections with numerous names such as Julius Hofman Rudolph Walther Mary M Probat William Bodenstein Abraham D Ervin and A D Ervin. An unrelated testimonial ends the excerpt praising Poley’s Honey Wool Tar as a cough remedy.
Marriage licenses listed for Theo Floyd and Martha Haman and other pairs. Various postal and healing product advertisements mix with legal notices about estate, probate, and court actions in Missouri. The fragment includes a dental notice and a lengthy chancery court copy from Cape Girardeau with dates and official terms.
Getting Braden is presented as a health ad claiming excess or deficiency in body weight can be helped by Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. It warns against over work and under digestion, promotes activity, and offers samples and pricing from Scott & Co at 409 Great Street, New York.
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