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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1904
Page
6
Advertising rates listed for locals at ten cents per line per insertion and annual directory rates. Display and legal rates available on application. Post office wording indicates second class matter registration in Jackson Missouri on November 4 1897.
The market report provides an overview of grain conditions, citing prevailing market factors. It notes demand patterns, price ranges, and supply signals influencing traders and farmers amid current trading sessions.
Letter reprints statistics to argue against Democratic rule and for Theodore Roosevelt. Cites trade balances, exports, imports, gold and national wealth increases under Republicans versus Democrats. Ends with author Walter J Ballard of Schenectady dated July 28.
The message argues that Republicans cannot accept a declaration that protection is central while advocating free trade with Canada and other nations. It condemns a targeted reciprocity that harms American agriculture and calls for reciprocity that protects all industries, aligning with the Chicago platform.
Summary of six month failures shows rising prosperity and improved protection. Monthly totals from January to May 1904 indicate steady improvement, with May and January figures compared to prior year months. The document notes escalating facilities and performance across the period.
The piece argues that Republican victory brings large economic gains from 1896 to 1904, contrasting increases in bank resources, government finances, factory employment, payrolls, and production with Democratic policies. It touts prosperity under Republican tariffs and warns against Democratic platforms, urging readers to vote Republican.
The Boston Herald notes some Democrats now favor protection, yet most party leaders oppose tariff protection. To uphold the protective policy, the author argues to keep in power the party that established it against Democratic resistancy. Shelbyville Republic.
Sweden claims the Emmanuel, a 1749 achooner, as Europe’s oldest vessel possibly the world’s. Once a privateer, she survives today in Sweden with a storied maritime heritage.
Building Commissioner Helmberger said he sent forty eight informations against the Board of Education to Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Dalton seeking warrants for violations of the fire escape law. Dalton had not yet received them but would act promptly. He cited a custom of giving respondents time to comply before warrants are issued. An information was prepared for every city school. A recent fire at the Columbia School Garage on Heal Street Lowe Avenue damaged the building, a three story structure, by about thirty nine thousand dollars, with no children inside.
Two well dressed women, about forty, visited Frederick Seymour Barrington in the Clayton jail Thursday. They promised to help establish his innocence but would not reveal their homes. One woman spoke to him by his first name, suggesting familiarity. Barrington’s attorney Shelly Grover reviewed the stenographer’s transcript and mailed it to the Supreme Court clerk, predicting reversal and eventual acquittal.
Jefferson City MO Justice denies writ of prohibition to block Judge Samuel Davis of Saline County from acting as Special Judge in a St Francois County murder case. Issue centered on Davis jurisdiction across divisions. decision upheld his authority despite civil criminal split.
Burglars entered the Higginaville post office and four men were involved with two in custody. Most money and stamps were recovered. Charles Johnson of St Louis and Charles Bandery of Chicago were arrested. Johnson confessed. local officers made the arrests.
The forty third annual report of the Board of Police Commissioners released last week details expenditures of 1 578 495 51 to run the St Louis Police Department for the fiscal year ending April 9 1904. During that year 26 504 arrests were made including 1 208 women. Fifty four of the arrests were for murder and eleven of the persons were women. There were eighty three homicides and 180 personal crisis reports. Two hundred sixty two persons attempted suicide but recovered.
In the early hours, a burglar entered Michael Gilmore’s bedroom at 222 South Jefferson avenue, took a chair chettes, a $16 bill and a $25 gold watch from his pockets. Nearby, Henry Kessler at 2618 Armand Street awoke to a hand at a rear window detecting two sawed off shutters, with no one visible. The suspect appeared familiar with the area.
A deed of trust, filed last week, conveys the Union Jockey Club Racing Association property to Judge Le Rassleur as trustee for Joseph Duty and others. The trust covers the lease, grand stand, paddock, stables, and improvements on Union Avenue and Natural Bridge Road. The loan exceeds 15000 with a 5 percent rate, though the property is valued around 250000, indicating a nominal consideration.
A City Council bill to stop a car discharging passengers near another car was deemed superfluous. The ordinance required slow passing and a ringing gong but was never enforced. Also reports on a letter from Alexander Jester denying death and confession, a warrant against ticket broker Ted McCramer, and penalties on ticket brokers Boyd and Grimes for nontransferable ticket violations involving the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway.
Macon Missouri observes cornerstone laying for the new St James Episcopal Church. The event drew a large crowd as Reverend Bar H Merriman of Brookfield delivered the dedicatory address.
Jacob Sellenberg of 1008 High Street was arrested by the 4th district police on the complaint of Mrs. Sarah Seldenberg who accuses him of bigamy.
A Boston Evening Record item notes workers willing to attend church for wages equal to workday pay. It also reports a Japan factory strike where 278 girls refused meals, amid a trend of company kitchens and meal provisions. A peculiar tale describes a man with only two grandparents due to blended families.
Local resident Rev. H W Hateh reports a 26 year struggle with kidney and bladder troubles were ended by Dodd's Kidney Pills. He claims the remedy cured pain and restored health, stating it fixed backache and Bright's disease claims. He urges others to try the pill.
An annual event gathers tame nightingales for a machine recreation that aligns with the company standard, allowing each bird to sing in turn to determine the overall song quality.
A Chicago man trusted a trance medium who claimed to reveal his stolen money. He followed the tip and located part of the funds. The incident suggests many would remain wary of the medium in similar circumstances.
France claims two trains as the swiftest in the world. The Paris Salais express runs 155 miles in 181 minutes and the Sid from Paris to Bayonne averages over fifty four miles per hour for 486 miles including elops. A Brooklyn man, Charles Epwelh, writes a curious will forbidding women from attending his funeral or weeping at his bier.
A Denver doctor shows diet can shape a child’s health. A four year old with digestive derangements improves after switching to Grape-Nuts, which has a natural grain sweetness and no added sugar. The ad promotes Postum Co products and the title book The Road Wellville in each package.
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