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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1905
Page
3
Hillsboro area farmer E Roney reports a second cotton pest beyond the weevil. He describes a larger brown bug about pumpkin bug size with a quarter inch bill that punctures cotton bolls, asserting this is the first such report and likely an old pest.
An established saloon with a good city location is for sale due to ill health. Asking price is 75 dollars in stock value. Seller notes a bargain for a “Tight party” and provides contact at E. Davis Jefferson Texas.
A composite snippet quotes critics on character noting a man without enemies makes little noise, and recalls Russell Sage as a former New York congressman who served the people and has continued public service for years.
Engineer Wm N Horton aged over 50 and Fireman Arch Doolan died when the southbound train on Iron Mountain road at Diaz Ark crashed. Two passengers were fatally injured. Horton, near retirement, left a farm in the Ozarks, while Doolan had recovered from a prior wreck and then perished.
In Butlerville J D Runyan reports relief from indigestion and biliousness with Dr King s New Life Pills calling them a perfect remedy for dizziness sour stomach headache and constipation. The ad notes a 5 cent price and drugstore guarantee. Also mentions Italian belief that a grasshopper kept alive in a cage a month brings luck and cites Congregational Home Missionary Society s role in planting six thousand churches over seventy nine years.
The twentieth annual State Fair of Texas opens September 30 for sixteen days with a reorganized board of 1500 Dallas stockholders. A new $100,000 auditorium and grounds, 117 acres, offer $100,000 in prizes and attractions including Seymour’s 50-member band, Olympia Musical Comedy Company, and daily vaudeville acts. Racing features six daily races over thirteen days with $30,000 purses and horses valued over a million dollars. Exhibition space is nearly full, with eager showings in live stock, poultry, and exposition halls. Illumination will create a brilliant nightly display, and overall value of grounds expected near four million dollars. Railroads offer low excursion rates to spur attendance.
A Cumberland Missouri baby girl aged 11 months faced serious throat troubles and grave prognosis from two doctors. Dr King’s New Discovery allegedly relieved her cough and cold after four bottles, with a claim she was cured and in perfect health. A Moscow man gambled 500 roubles on Japan peace and ate his boots piece by piece for almost five months to honor the bet.
A quip quotes a man’s “liberal interpretation” of divorce law by offering to take the inside of the house while his wife gets the outside. The wry remark attributes the split to the husband’s good humor rather than legal exactness.
A collage of aphorisms on love courage happiness and wealth followed by notices of a call for a Confederate veterans reunion near Omaha and local commentary on remedies and trucking ice car innovation. The piece blends quotes with short notices from W J Ledberry and Pittsburgh Gazette style reportage.
The Dallas Times Herald notes state provisions that give $5.25 per year to school children but about $100 per year to university students. The piece ends with a moral urging readers to wait until adulthood before pursuing schooling.
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