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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1906
Page
7
Washington reports a Texas silk factory contingent on repeal of 2 per gallon internal revenue tax on denatured alcohol. Also notes Chamberlain's Salve offers instant relief for distressing ailment. Fort Worth turkey dealer shipped 211000 turkeys this season as state turkey industry grows in parts of Texas.
George W. Guthrie defeated Alexander M. Jenkinson by about 6000 votes after a fierce municipal campaign in Pittsburg. The election saw arrests, polling place fights, and disputes over Black voters. Women played a prominent role with prayers, aid to workers, and bands at polling sites.
Senate Indian affairs panel tentatively approves amendments to the five civilized tribes commission measure. Full blooded Indians cannot sell homesteads without Interior Secretary consent. non full-bloods must obtain consent to sell homesteads but surplus lands face no restrictions. Coal lands to be appraised by two appraisers named by the secretary with president's approval. Sales by sealed bids or public auction under Interior conditions. Coal lease royalties set at 8 cents per ton for lease life.
Washington Feb 21 The Indian department denial counters a reported plan to nolle press indictments in the Indian Territory. Indictments remain pending in court and the district attorney has been instructed to thoroughly review the evidence and take action as justice requires.
Lamar Campbell, once assistant manager of the Southern Cotton Oil Co in Memphis, dies in St. Petersburg hotel room after stabbing himself in the heart with a pen knife. His brother Major Chappell of Columbus, Ga., finds him dying. cause given as a convulsion of pain from Bright's disease.
A steamer bound for Augusta sank seventeen miles above Savannah in the early hours. There was great confusion aboard. One negro was drowned and three are missing.
Mrs J H Stockwell a young mother twelve miles from Chandler Oklahoma was fatally burned when her clothing caught fire as she rocked her baby and sewed at home The report notes the accident occurred February 21 and asks no further details. Also Oklahoma City reports a grayhound named Puts and Calls owned by A B Snodgrass valued at 200 dollars collapsed and died during a race The dog had won prizes at field trials last fall.
Representative and Mrs Longworth arrived in Tampa on a private car and boarded a steamer to Havana. The Cuban consul presented a large floral design symbolizing Cuban friendship for Mrs Longworth and her father President Roosevelt. An orchestra serenaded them at the station as figures including BE Morgan and President Barr plus Vice President Cost departed for Cuba. The steamer sailed Wednesday morning for Havana.
Mrs Annie McGreevy rushed into Justice Callahan's court claiming she had just met her husband who she buried thirteen years ago. She sought a writ of replevin for $300 alleging he owed her $800 and had been living with another woman under the name Thawls.
The Fifth District Texas Bankers association held its fourth annual convention in Dallas on February 21. Chairman Dunlap of Waxahachie and Hon. W. J. Clay delivered talks on Iivery Day Legal Securities and The Overdraft Abuses.
Eggs sell for seven cents a dozen in Chicago. Silas Anderson, Guthrie’s first city marshal, is dead. J. J. McGuire dies from gasoline burns in Anadarko. J. T. Jamerson of Fairfield Texas shoots himself. RH. D. Emerson confirmed postmaster at Marlin Texas. I. H. Kempner elected president of Galveston Cotton Exchange. Komie Krewe of Kubbia Kahn opens Mardi Gras at Natchez Mississippi. James Noel fatally shoots himself near Gorman Texas. I. M. Colt appointed chief examiner of the patent office. F. Kennedy named Southern Baseball League umpire.
The March issue of Holland's Magazine presents stories by Julia Truitt Bishop Will H Gidley Mary Elizabeth Daley and Marc Lewis with titles such as A Curved Glass Door The Resurrection of Lois Magon and The Hant With the Red Scar plus advertising tales by Albert Lathrop Lawrence and Edgar White. Frank P. Holland aims to elevate the South’s magazine scene and Col John Temple Graves faces a temporary removal as editor of the Atlanta Journal but is restored after deposition.
Local sale promises 150 mules and horses and 76 second hand wagons sold at very low prices during the next 30 days. The notice notes a business closing out and mentions a group who seek mercy amid ongoing prayers for justice.
An advertisement pledges free treatment for all illnesses from Dr James W Kidd of Fort Wayne Indiana. It promises thousands of cures for ailments from rheumatism to nervousness and offers to send remedies at no cost with no bills or papers, funded by the doctor’s own expense.
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