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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1905
Page
3
An advertisement claims King s New Life Pills cure sickness from poisons of undigested food with a money back guarantee. Also notes William J. Tyndall, congressman elect from Missouri, visiting a city and using an elevator during his first trip.
Gordon Courier notes readers expect editors to share news but editors cannot know every detail. He likens reporting to pumping milk for a living and urges readers to provide information instead of faulting editors for missing items like visits or newborns.
The Commoner notes many Americans fail to understand why Russians accept autocratic rule yet endorse political bosses such as Platt Adrich Depew Cannon Beveridge and others in the United States.
A retro note from February 6 1905 describes Ground Hog Day in Texas with rain snow sleet and ice creating slick surfaces. The writer jokes about the fickle weather while reflecting on politics and thanking Tom Mott for a pleasant visit in last week’s Jimp.
Fraudulent sellers imitate Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds to defraud the public. The warning urges buyers to look for the H. E. Bucklen & Co. name on wrappers, noting 35 years of proven cures and origin in Chicago and Windsor.
A Washington county Mo editor jokes about needing bread with shoes and trousers on if delinquent readers do not pay up. The Omaha Breeze notes Texas editors also face financial straits in a biting column about newspaper survival.
An assortment of old advertisements and a brief joke: Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised by mothers for colds and whooping cough, sold by W J Sedberry. a shooting incident over a neighbor borrow. a misdirected lawsuit cost and doctor bill. Dr Mendenhall Chill and Fever Cure backed by a money back guarantee. and a racialized anecdote about health officers and segregation era terms.
A newspaper fragment touts flour of sulphur as a diphtheria cure via gargle and swallowing, claims a physician cured all cases, and notes sulphur kills fungi. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo and paralyzes with a poem about desire for seasons. Also adverts for Para Ointment piles cure with money-back guarantee.
Sefton Hero a famed collie described as the most typical and greatest of its kind has died at J. P. Morgan’s kennels in Highland Falls North Carolina. The dog, brought from England nine years ago, was fifteen and valued at 84000. He won numerous championships in the United States and Europe.
The National Good Roads train tours Texas and seeks hearty receptions at each stop. The State needs good roads and the public needs education in road building. Although initial costs are high, benefits are lasting and spread among all citizens.
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