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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1906
Page
3
A compilation of brief items urges individual civic doing over grand deeds, promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism, jokes about a weather sign, extols Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar, cites Rock Ford cantaloupes shipment data, and touts good roads for land value and rural life in the Baylor County Banner.
A public notice warns against imitations of Foley's Honey and Tar asserting only the yellow package contains no opiates and is safe. Separately a Terrell asylum announces a new building that increases capacity by 200 patients to better care for inmates and reduce prison crowding.
The Texas Railroad Commission set May 15 for showing why fares should not drop a half cent per mile. Adult rates would be 2 1 2 cents and children's 5 to 12 1 4 cents. The measure was later repealed and the proceeding called off.
A short article notes that many appendicitis cases arise from chronic constipation. It promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a remedy that stimulates the liver and bowels and claims mild action without nausea. It also mentions Defuse substitutes and F. Crow Drug Co. and includes a remark about a man hiking homeward to buy spring vegetables he expects to raise.
A sermon-like piece condemns gossip among women and its impact on girls and boys. It argues that tales shape young minds, corrupt behavior, and erode reverence for womanhood and religion. The text urges purity, restraint, and kinder speech, ending with an ad for Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil in the medicine chest.
Circus memory recalls a clown who used whiskey as an antidote to fits only to run out and declare no more whiskey means no more fits. Mississippi legislature balks at health quarantines due to lack of funds, predicting no quarantines without money.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Salve for sore nipples burns frost bite and various skin diseases including tetter ringworm and eczema. Priced at 25 cents per box. The piece also opines that the "old time democracy" led by Billy Bryan will win in 1908 with favorable prospects.
Advertisements tout Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething relief and diarrhea with global druggist sales. A claim that Major Charles Gantz is the world’s smallest man at 18 inches tall and 30 pounds. Also notes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for digestion, J F Crow Drug Co promotions, Clarence Ousley elected VP of a regional trade group, and Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets for headache relief.
The Oregon Development League and the State Presse Association announce that Oregonians will be called Beavers instead of Webfooters. Also notes medical ad copy for Dyapepeia Cure and Kodol digestion products. The second called session laws will be printed in eight pages and sold for 5 cents by the state.
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