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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1906
Page
7
Benjamin Jeans, long time guard on the London and Birkenhead express, has retired after fifty four years and is believed to hold a world record for travel, totaling over four million miles.
RA Gray of Oakville Indiana recounts a decade bedridden with kidney disease. He sought top medical care but found relief only after Foley's Kidney Cure, calling it a Godsend. The endorsement appears from J. F. Crow Drug Co. listing.
Dr. Quitman Kohnke city health officer advocates using top minnows to control yellow fever mosquitoes in stagnant water instead of oil. The approach aims to reduce breeding sites and curtail disease risk in the city.
It is estimated that Southern manufactories are producing goods worth $2,000,000 annually. The intense interest characteristic of salt rheum and eczema is instantly played by applying Chamberlain's Salve. As a cure for skin diseases this salve is unequaled. For sale by all druggists.
A Fort Worth dispatched report states 25 people drowned and hundreds homeless after Colorado River flooded southwest Texas. San Angelo and Ballinger families fled in nightwear as a Ballinger cook family perished on a raft. Two thousand cattle killed and 200 miles of Santa Fe track washed away. Rescue boats move through submerged homes as relief supplies rush in.
Six days of rain in Muskogee have damaged crops and disrupted rail service. The Rock Island line lost seventeen bridges and the Frisco line four, including the North Canadian bridge between here and Sapulpa. The washout will suspend train operations for several days.
Jackson reports a sudden setback as Rollins and Son of Chicago fail to deliver currency for a $500,000 bond sale. Governor refuses checks, retains $50,000 forfeiture, and the deal may be revived only with concessions on exchange.
Frank Jacobs a seventy five year old Hay Street Louis Miss merchant killed himself in New Orleans under unusual circumstances. He had ordered drugs from Parker Blake company which refused shipment citing no drug house at Bay ot Louis. Jacobs then wrote an objectionable letter to the manager of the company and died by self-inflicted gunshot.
Reports from Gulfport Mississippi describe angry crowds gathering on street corners threatening to storm the jail to seize a black man accused of assaulting Alice Dement a child in North Gulfport The mob's intent was to burn the prisoner amid rising tensions in the town
Washington reports Ambassador Thompson says there is no truth to uprising rumors against foreigners. In Dallas, the third annual Farmers Union convention opened with about 400 delegates. President Calvin noted 600,000 members nationwide, 200,000 in Texas, and urged improved rural schools. He criticized seed price manipulation by mills and called for fair prices, seed storage, and possible union ownership of mills.
Primary returns from 210 counties show Campbell leading with 88,765 votes, Brooks 68,551, Colquitt 67,686, and Bell 61,754. Lieutenant governor results favor Hill at 188,184 and Davidson 130,248, while railroad commissioner shows Williams 119,170 and Storey 116,288. The total statewide vote likely under 200,000.
Dallas August expenses filed show Campbell $15 664 83 Brooks $13 852 54 Colquitt $5 800 57 Bell $0 734 65. The figures detail campaign spending by each candidate for the gubernatorial race.
A fierce rainstorm Monday night into Tuesday sent streams over banks and flooded lowlands. The Canadian and Warfuita rivers reach their highest levels in years, with the Banta Fe north of Paoli washed away and rail traffic delayed.
In a runaway near Taylor Texas a young girl named Jackson was thrown from a buggy and died. The accident occurred in August and the victim did not survive.
Aug 8 report from Durant states A Washmood charged as accessory to the killing of Ben Collins was detained without bail by a United States Commissioner.
A newspaper notice promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a universal kidney remedy for many urinary ailments. It instructs readers to test urine sediment, claims relief from frequent urination and back pain, and offers samples and a booklet by mail from Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York. It urges mentioning the paper when requesting the offer.
Waterloo Iowa August 8 1904 Democratic state convention names a full ticket led by Claude Porter of Appanoose for governor. The platform calls for a revenue tariff and direct election of US senators and strong anti trust legislation. It backs labor movements and pledges Bryan support in 1908.
The Idaho Democratic convention adopted Mormonism as the keynote and nominated United States Senator C. D. Stockslager for governor. Bryan was endorsed and C. S. Dubois accepted the nomination promising to apply Democratic principles when Bryan is elected president two years hence.
In Los Angeles on August 8 Harry Baker of San Francisco, amateur featherweight champion, defeated Frankie Neil after twenty grueling rounds at the Pacific Athletic club. Tommy Burns refereed and Baker's decision was cheered as Neil stood in the ring dumfounded and protested loudly.
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