Rainy Wednesday Winds Knock Down Trees
A good rain fell Wednesday around 5 p m with wind that felled a few trees and broke some limbs. No other damage reported.
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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1906
Page
1
A good rain fell Wednesday around 5 p m with wind that felled a few trees and broke some limbs. No other damage reported.
A list shows subscribers who recently paid their subscriptions in full. Names include L. T. Little Mrs Hous ton Davidson P Stringfellow A B E Norris M J Bagley Kate McKay R T Trice L T Frizzell Mrs H P Hays L D Moreto Emma Jones T H Stallcup J G Allen Herman Max Eliza Jones and Wee Jaynes.
The notice promotes Magic Stock and Poultry Food as a digestion aid that builds up the system and improves appetite for horses. It claims pure rich milk comes from cows fed with it and urges humane care for horses in hot weather to avoid leaving them in the sun.
In Dallas on August 16 the first ballot began at 4 p.m. and adjourned at midnight with totals Campbell 195,852 Colquitt 157,124 Bell 156,489 Brooks 137,971. Brooks was dropped. Colquitt withdrew, followed by Bell in favor of Campbell. The second ballot proceeded in Dallas County and Campbell earned the nomination unanimously.
In a platform report the Texas Democracy delegates urge constitutional government, local self rule, and accountability. They demand lobbying bans, anti free-pass laws for railroads, campaign finance limits, stronger corporate oversight, uniform textbooks, updated drainage and irrigation laws, and a state department of agriculture with expanded support for higher education and industrial arts.
The platform calls for authorized diplomas to equal state teaching certificates in industrial fields, liberal support for the Agricultural and Mechanical College and related institutions, and county school funding. It also urges six months of free schooling annually, endorses William Jennings Bryan for president, commends Senators Culberson and Bailey, and honors deaths of Lubbock Reagan and Hogg while thanking Frank Andrews and Governor Grubbs for service.
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