19 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
1
The document proposes government and press cooperation to educate on road improvement. It details local associations with committees on administration, materials, construction, maintenance, and funding, plus Public Roads Office support, lectures, and demonstrations to implement definite reforms.
News is scarce at this writing with hot weather noted. T. J. Schoen visited St Louis. Elberthart Ruehring went to Cape Girardeau to work as carpenter. Theo Leimer left H C Kieninger shop for Frohna. Prof Theo Geissendoerfer leaves for Iowa City to seek a university teaching post. Landgraf Bros moved their mill to Egypt Mills. New babies born to B F Sides and wife and to Gus Koenig. Thompson & Co received fencing wire. local boys attended a ball game in Jackson.
The adjourned docket reports contract for eight main columns for the new courthouse let to John W Hood for 741.50. Road district 18 funds washout repair on Benton road near Ed Averbeck's farm. court grants 50 for repairs. Bridge repair 110 funded on Jackson Fredericktown road. Boiler increase for courthouse from 4600 to 5600 feet ordered for A Jaeger. Various accounts allowed including coffin for pauper 4. Cape Girardeau Progress docket fee 10. Poor farm aid 1.50. Supt Pub Schools 40.00. Hospital No 3 boarding 348.30. School fund loan 2500 to Jacob Stoll. Adjourned to October 7.
A British consul report to an English paper links rising cocaine use among the poor, especially Negroes, to moral decline and deaths. Health officials blame alcohol misuse for mortality but cite a Maryland 1906 law restricting cocaine sales. penalties, enforcement issues, and dealer profits are discussed. Calls for drugstore monitoring and preventive societies follow.
An editorial argues that drug stores do more harm than open saloons by indirectly training patrons for drinking establishments. It frames pharmacies as contributing to a culture of alcohol use and social vice, urging readers to consider the broader impact on public morals.
Land deals recorded include Fritz Schlimme and wife transferring lots in Whitewater to F J Sander for 225 and to J F Sander for 125. Painters Realty sells Lot 3 Block 19 West End Cape Girardeau to Anton Geringer for 450. Multiple other transfers list buyers, sellers, parcel sizes, townships near Cape Girardeau and Jackson, and prices from 400 to 10 000.
In Jackson last Monday evening, John Talley and Bessie Cotner were united in marriage. Talley, an industrious clerk at Hoffmeister Heinberg, cared for his siblings from a young age. Cotner, admired by all, shared a former workplace with the groom, and the couple’s courtship led to a happy union praised by all in the community.
The fourth Misses Graham and Hops recital drew praise for Miss Julia MecGuire of this city whose reading was excellent. The event was a success in quality but failed financially and suffered from low attendance.
Miss Jessie L Hudson, a singer and elocutionist from Missouri towns, performs humorous and pathetic selections with notable effect. Her songs and pantomime poses have charmed audiences. hear her at the J M A Hall tonight at 8 oclock.
Neelys Landing dance attendees from Shawneetown include Arthur Adams and several Cotners while others visited Uniontown and Appleton for business. Seven months of school lie ahead as residents report weather illnesses and farming tasks. A quoted poem and moral verse reflect on public duty and honest conduct alongside short community updates.
On a train from St Louis a mother with a dying baby was helped by two women, one wearing a white ribbon. They comforted the mother and tended the child while others doubted the risk of contagion. The Jackson WCTU members exemplified selfless concern and prayer for others.
Governor Hanly orders prosecutors statewide to attend all liquor license cases to question applicants even without remonstrances. He says lack of public contest makes cross examination perfunctory, ensuring only fit licensees. He cites leaders like Folk, Bollinger, and other governors as examples.
In the Birmingham Age-Herald report, the nation adds Georgia to the dry states, leaving 15,000,000 people in communities where alcohol sales are illegal. The piece urges Christian and temperance forces to respond, calling for help and action.
Should Mark Twain accept the Memphis waterways convention invitation next month he may man the pilot wheel of the steamer bearing President Roosevelt down the river. Captain Bixby, a noted antebellum river pilot who mentored Twain, promises to be in the pilot house when Twain takes the wheel.
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