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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
4
A Farmers' Union message argues that women and children perform a majority of cotton field work in Texas and nearby counties. It urges better packing, higher prices, and policy to keep women from field labor, while promoting tree planting and planter cooperation for a stronger southern cotton economy.
Elusive electric walking sticks hide a small lamp ignited by a spring. Hughenden, England hosts sixty children for tea on a pond’s edge to mark a century without dryness. King George of Greece orders a French railway suite with pale green enamel tiles and lily patterns. Arctic explorers prize dogs in their gear.
A spirited appeal urges women to receive priority in prosperity from higher farm prices. It advocates practical kitchen and farm layout improvements, notes the Union meeting, and calls for immediate cooperative steps to map fields, plan crops, and strengthen every farm area.
A West Texas man bought land years ago at nine dollars per acre and now values it at twenty dollars per acre. The apparent seven thousand dollar gain arose from the homeless seeking homes, not from his work or effort. The Farmers Journal notes the windfall reflects displacement and demand, not personal profit.
A recent writer notes urban life sharpens children yet harms true cleverness by forcing premature brain development. The excerpt includes Elbert Hubbard’s view that some people suffer from overwork, while a little work often suffices to cause suffering.
The Mascoutah Herald compares life to the ocean, noting one man drowns by yielding passively while another rises by acting boldly and vigorously. The piece uses vivid imagery to contrast passive weakness with active effort.
The text compares full grown elephant weights and notes Litt, a tiny Sumatran elephant, while offering a cautionary tale on discipline. It mentions seizing vehicles for 30 days as a modern remedy for speeding, rather than penalizing drivers directly.
In a marginal report fragment a marble and frog motif appears amid terse notes. The text hints at injuries wording blurred by ink and age, with little verifiable detail or clear event context.
A dated devotional piece presents the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday April 9 30 AD with Bible cross references Mark 11 18 Luke 24 1 36 and John 20 1 21. It explains the angelic message at the empty tomb the guard’s swoon theory the disciples’ commission to Galilee and the shifting sorrow to joy. Practical points urge bearing witness rolling away stones for others and trusting Jesus removes fear with joy.
The article notes fuel shortages forcing temporary closures of mills and gins in North Texas. It lists related local economic impacts and mentions other Texas issues such as public printer pay rise, river improvement efforts, fires, accidents, bank deposits, road bond petitions, and a rail and tram construction plan.
The historic Falls Church in Virginia will be restored. The village name derives from it and President Washington worshipped there for years. The project aims to reestablish the old church’s role in local heritage.
A quip about a mage speaker who claims high principles yet never uses them, reflecting on hypocrisy.
Chicago inventor Raymond L Angelmire says he built an airship using currents from earth machinery via Bell and Herberts mechanisms. If proven, fuel and engine needs could be removed. Sir Thomas may return with a yacht to present the cup. The piece notes many semi Invalids could be helped by the right work, mental or physical.
The queen of Spain maintains a personal physician, paid 4000 dollars annually, plus rent allowance and five dollars per visit, who may carry on private practice. The doctor is American.
John Cripps Wickliff Beckham, 37, of Bardstown Kentucky, will become the youngest U S senator. He has governed Kentucky nearly seven years and rose to high office after Goebel’s death. Beckham defeated Blackburn and McCreary in political battles, winning the temperance ticket and a Senate seat despite whisky opposition.
Miss Josephine J. Wendell owns a 60 foot lot facing Fifth Avenue between Thirty ninth and Fortieth streets in the business district. Brokers offer $500,000 to $750,000 but the elderly owner holds firm, citing her dog Trixie and a desire to keep the plot as an open-air retreat rather to sell.
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