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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
5
A list of premium categories and prizes for crop, livestock, and craft divisions at the county fair. White and yellow corn, oats, peas, potatoes, and produce categories offer cash or scholarships. Women and youth divisions include best papers, sewing displays, and butter or bread premiums with named prize amounts.
A list of attendees from multiple towns gathers for medical talks in Charleston. Dr Bondurant presents on Bony Tumor of Pelvic Region with specimens. Dr Wynn delivers two lectures on bacteria in milk and sanitation. Dr Lee reports on Corea. Dr Sparks discusses neurasthenia. Dr Henderson covers placenta previa. The meeting succeeds with musical entertainment, a welcome address by J J Russell, and a luncheon and smoker. New members join, next meeting at Morehouse.
A 3 prize is offered for a girl or woman’s paper with best candy. I Ben Miller of Cape Girardeau sponsors the award, details indicate prize money of three dollars.
Corn judging for boys under 20 offers first prize scholarships with many merchandise prizes of equal value. All entries must be this year's growth raised by the exhibitor within the county. No bought borrowed or non-local produce. Meritorious efforts rewarded. Written papers judged by facts, not grammar. Trophy cups rewarded after two consecutive wins become property.
Cape Girardeau and Jackson butchers offer the largest premiums for a single class at a county fair level, rivaling state fairs. The program rewards stock quality and progressive breeding aimed at better meat for customers, encouraging local cattle and hog growers to compete on points rather than fat.
For the county first, written papers will be shown at a farmers show to display practical learning. Directors urge participants to write about home experiences without worrying about grammar. Contestants have little time but can complete a paper in one evening and still win prizes. Read topics carefully and begin now.
Four, and probably five, scholarships will be given by county banks whose directors back agricultural progress. Each boy may win once, to maximize number of recipients. A scholarship funds an all expenses paid trip to the State Agricultural College at Columbia for a short course designed for boys. The trip promises lasting learning benefits.
A client desires placing money in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois on well-improved farms with clear titles at six percent for large sums and six percent for smaller amounts. Write or call on Orren Wilson, Attorney at Law, Suit 205, Second Floor Harrison and Himmelberger Building, Cape Girardeau.
A Portola Week correspondent from the Pensacola notes the huge naval spectacle in San Francisco Bay with seven foreign cruisers and U S ships at anchor. Thousands visit the ships as Major Taylor welcomes Captain Fitzherbert aboard Bedford. Uniformed sailors enjoy free streetcar rides and nightly balls while apprentices from Pensacola and other ships prepare to march in a parade.
A playful Halloween notice invites all to a Fruitland High School event. Witches with a tent will offer fortunes, coffee, and treats on Saturday night, asking visitors to bring pennies nickels and dimes and promising a beldum moonlight farewell to support the school.
A. A. Chisholm of Treadwell New York details a long fight with indigestion torpid liver constipation nerves and debility. After twelve bottles Electric Bitters restored health and vigor allowing daily business activity. Ad proclaims the medicine infallible for stomach liver kidneys blood and nerves. 60c at drug stores. A separate note mentions a Jasper county saloonkeeper Rainwater a preacher Deacon and an undertaker Knell in Carthage with a dirge like name.
Mrs Alvin H Locks of Seabrook New Hampshire reports suffering weeks with La Grippe including head and eye pains and heavy head pressure. She says Dr Miles Nervine Heart Remedy and Nerve and Liver Pills cured her and notes after effects of La Grippe can weaken the system inviting pneumonia and other troubles.
Ode Steett describes the recommended course of Dr Miles Restorative Nerviae to be taken for a period to thoroughly restore nerve strength, reflecting old medical advertising tone.
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