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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1906
Page
2
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as the best remedy for chills fever aches and chest pain from colds. It claims alcohol free formula cures nervousness neuralgia and digestive issues by toning the blood vessels improving appetite and circulation to renew overall vigor and blood quality.
A crowded promotional piece reviews Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and its claimed health benefits. It also notes various unrelated items including a patent attorney’s diary for 1906, remarks on Henry Irving and Roosevelt era gowns, and a trend toward antique furniture exports.
Rail timetable lists west bound No 1 Mail and Express and No 9 Night Express at 1 42 a m and 1 40 p m respectively with Cannon Ball No 107 and Fast Mail No 4 29 m east bound No 2 6 47 p m No 4 1 42 a m No 6 1 60 p m No 104 and 1 & G N Express 2 00 a m Jefferson Texas local agent R T Hazann. M K T east bound No 222 8 35 p m No 224 4 09 a m west bound No 221 1 08 p m No 223 12 45 a m local agent M P O Connor Jefferson Texas
Churches in town publish their weekly schedules. Christ Church holds Sunday School at 10 and Morning Prayer at 11 with Holy Communion on the first Sunday. Guild meets Mondays. Rev Chas T Cozan rector. Methodist services and Sabbath School at 10 weekly with additional preaching by Rev T B Anderson. Presbyterian services on the third Sabbath at 11 and 8 with Sabbath School at 9 30. First Baptist Church conducts Sunday School at 10 and preaching on the second and fourth Sundays at 1 and 7 with midweek prayer at 7 30 and Ladies Aid Monday evenings.
The piece notes widespread gambling in Ithmun of Panama Spades and mocks claims of authority, while predicting ice costs next summer. It mentions Representative Doven er of Virginia backing army teamsters for pensions and jokes the army mule will seek pension recognition.
Marshall Texas sanitary inspector J. E. Floyd Jr. praises Doan's Kidney Pills after years of kidney and bladder trouble, describing back pain dizziness and irregular secretions. He credits the remedy with full relief and notes his daughter's headaches also vanished. Advertises Crow Drug Co. and price co as local agents with Buffalo New York manufacturers.
Secretary Root presses a bill to reform the consular service, requiring language knowledge and exam passage for consuls. He argues the system has long favored aging, unfit politicians despite the need for economic efficiency, while the Senate blocks the language requirement. Riis cites a possible third-term bid if Congress balks.
The piece mocks President Morales as a poor man who must work for a living despite leading small republics. It notes William Jennings Bryant’s imagined Datto of Mindanao costume, describing a high hat and black silk apron with a mention of varnishing legs in cold weather.
An advertisement touts a Hall Catarrh Cure promising to cure deafness caused by catarrh with a one hundred dollar reward for uncured cases. The text promotes constitutional remedies and warns nine of ten deafness cases stem from catarrh. The piece ends with a humorous Yellowstone Park exchange about political geysers and mud.
The ad proclaims Chamberlains Cough Remedy cures colds and croup with bold claims. A separate county statistic notes M L Lennan county reports twenty eight divorces per hundred marriages.
In the February Cosmpolitan Magazine a tale signed Malvolio Jones humorously explains why a quiet old lady would ride Niagara Falls in a barrel. The piece showcases a whimsical new humorist style and stands out among many stories.
Itching Piles. Chamberlains Salve gives instant relief with price five and twenty cents per box. Sold by all druggists. Onion growers plan to cut out the commission man in marketing their product this year.
Texas inventors receive patents this week reported by G A Snow & Co patent attorneys Washington DC Powell O Adams Cameron Emercy rail brake Andrew J Allison Mount Sylvan driving mechanism Peter L Cantelou Hillsboro steering gear for traction engines William A Chan Houston witch operating device Florence E Herden Dallas bathing hat Frederick K Huber Celina mor Using too William C Morrie Houston double screw swivel lifting jack Albert A Quick Brushy Creek sash holder James A Wiggs Jr Beaumont hydraulic swivel Copy of any patent by sending ten cents with paper date to C A Snow & Co Washington DC
An ad promo offers Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. The text also mentions Grove’s signature on each box and notes Zululand’s unusually clear atmosphere allowing starlight to be seen seven miles away.
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