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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1906
Page
3
Jefferson reports 6180 bales of cotton weighed by Public Weigher L. C. Pruitt. Daily prices posted 9:25 to 9:75. Local ads promote Corti's dinette items, Paradise Fruit Cake, Xmas books, and new heaters. Mentions old business stands, district court note, subscription drive for Colored Citizen, and various shops offering groceries, bricks, funeral goods, and china.
Mrs Kate Collins sells her residence to Mr E Hobbins and will move with her parents to Greenville in coming weeks. They join Mr Collins who resigned as express agent due to health and accepted his old run as American Express messenger on M E T again. Mr Smith serves as volunteer weather observer for the government and will be missed by Jimp readers. Sight Seeing advertises a vast Christmas Goode stock with daily fresh attractions. Attendees include Wa Clark and professors and Misses at Northeast Texas Teachers Association meeting in Pittsburg. next meeting in Jefferson.
Postmaster informs all box owners that rents rise and must be prepaid, with new prices set at 45 and 60 cents for boxes and 7ic on drawers, due by December. Notice clarifies he continues purchasing seed via Mr Reed and signs W H Bramnert Mrs E O Taylor and Tom Taylor from Amicay, Jefferson Texas.
A terse reflection on enduring harsh weather emphasizes resilience. The line suggests grit and composure amid a severe storm, portraying stamina and steadiness as key virtues when facing nature’s worst.
H. M Smith arrived from Stamford to spend the holidays with parents and relatives. Hope, manager of the Stamford Tee and Refrigerator Co., can only take time off when business slows down for the season.
Advertises a full line of Christmas goods from Sedberry urging readers to inspect stock and save money. Mentions a 1 cent stamp mail offer by C F Hodge of Atlanta Texas. Notes social announcements of Abs Segal’s New Year visit and a Marshall visit by Wn Crank D N Alley family.
Tweetie Smith writes from Athens about a six month visit to Green ville area relatives. She recalls a Holiness school on Paris mountain with 53 students, travel through Atlanta and Shreveport, meeting Walter and Virginia Max well, Frank Maxwell and family and others, and notes Mrs Fowler’s illness while celebrating a safe return home.
A mix of Christmas groceries and confections lists, shop ads, and local notices. Mentions post office at Kel leyville closing per W. W. Wythe, shoe ads from Wm. Clark and Louis F. Crow, Ursine items from Rosenreth Co, market items, rentals, and miscellaneous notices.
Jefferson Library two and a half years old with about 400 carefully selected volumes for all tastes. A long time member notes the collection’s fine quality. Funded solely by annual $1 ticket sales, the library relies on public support and patronage to keep adding new volumes from top authors.
The article extols the excellence and elegance of the goods praising originality and refined taste. It highlights reasonable prices and invites readers to call and see for themselves, naming P. Elprimnee as the seller.
An old advertisement warns that kidney trouble impairs women and men, urging Swamp Root as a remedy with sample offers and physician endorsements. The snippet also includes local notices about clothing, farming, library tickets, cough syrup, and Christmas gifts.
Franklin Cheney sworn that F Cheney Co operates in Toledo Ohio and offers Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use with testimonials. The notice references local readers and a 1908 date while urging readers to break ahead and pay arrears.
The O. C. ladies thank Mesars M. Rosenfeld and G. T. Haggard for courtesies shown at their bazar. My light bay mare ran away near Bowes by New Hope church, 12 miles southwest of Jefferson, Saturday night December. Reward for information on the horse’s whereabouts. C. C. Clark, Smithbland, Texas.
Over sixty years Mrs Winston's Booraine Syncr has been used by millions for teething and wind colic relief. It soothes pain and eases diarrhoea, advertised as the best remedy. Sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle. A Christmas dance is planned in Riveshall by local young men.
In a bold stance the Dallas Times Herald urges ending race debates, claiming no inherent white black antagonism in Texas aside from agitators and politicians. An unrelated ad praises superior linens including table linen and napkins from Wm Clark.
The Farmers' Union cotton warehouse adjoining the public weigher's warehouse on Rives platform is being rapidly completed and will be ready for use soon.
Mrs. S Rosinthal of Turner Michigan says she and her children have used Chamberlains Cough Medicine for years and consider it the only remedy for croup. For sale by all druggists.
A concise advertisement urges readers to place orders with Lathrop and Liverman for pork steak sausage roast and other meats highlighting their selection and service.
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