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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1906
Page
5
A local store promotes its MEN and BOYS 8 M. 8 clothing line and Walk Over shoes for men, Star brand shoes for ladies and children, a Mil Linery hat department, and a complete Grocery and Feed section with claim that prices are right.
Local items report Wm Clark in New York buying fall goods Mrs Oppenheim visiting Woodlawn and Rosenfeld Co promoting a reaction sale Hughes shop offers horseshoeing blacksmithing and reduced prices D M Smith travels to Mineral Wells for weeks J F Crow Drug Co markets Burdock Blood Bitters claims John Parr estate notices and final settlement plans Texarkana connections and a music class opening Eva Eserstadt and Lucile Sabine visiting Texarkana News on boll weevil findings and cotton damage in Smithland area Rosenfeld Co reduction sale and oppressive weather notes.
Davis Mitchell Davis of Hardscrabble died August 18 1906 after months of illness. A Virginian by birth he spent youth in Tennessee and Texas prior to living in Cedar Grove area. Burial at Cedar Grove cemetery with pallbearers and Pleasant Grove church service conducted by Bro Abernathy. John C Beamer of Gladewater attended. song service led by Bro Ferrell and Lagater lassies. hymn Oh sing to me of Heaven was sung.
The Foreign Immigration Office at 407 Carondelet Street New Orleans under Mr F M Welch handles all matters of Foreign Immigration. Welch will focus on labor orders for home seekers arriving on ships. Orders should specify number needed kind of work wages and board costs. E P Turner G P A T and P Ry Dallas Texas.
A sunflower grown by W C Hill fills the display at the Jimp office with a 36 inch circumference head weighing 3 12 pounds. The plant is full of ripe seed, offered to readers for planting next season, noted as fine for chickens. Also mentions William Clark leaving for New York for fall goods, with promises of latest styles and price reductions, plus the marriage of Dr Busby of Marshall and Maud Q Hamilton in Dallas.
U S Engineer A Miller Todd, of Vicksburg, Miss, arrived this week with his wife and children to visit his parents Capt and Mrs Geo T Todd. The father has returned home while the family will stay on for a time.
Discussion notes that pure white lead paint, though costing slightly more, lasts longer on buildings. It urges buyers to insist on absolute purity and to be fully informed about paint materials when purchasing.
Olhier lead mixed with pure linseed oil is advertised as a perfect paint. If dealers refuse supply, write NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY at Clark Ave. and 10th St. in St. Louis Missouri. For sale by first class dealers.
An Jefferson area notice advertises recruiting agents for The Texas Woman edited by Mrs Mary Winn Smooth Aunt Lucinda offering liberal commissions and free trips and premiums for successful agents. Read as Sherman Texas address for inquiries and references. P Eldridge announces Great Summer Sale inviting Jefferson and nearby residents to inspect large stock. District court convenes at Linden Monday.
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