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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1907
Page
4
Reports from Oben Scotland to Tulsa Tulsa streetcar line notices. suicides bank formations gored matador and rail crashes. antitrust suits against Armour Co etc. ice storms and floods. war prep in Philippines and Cuba battles. education and science recognitions. overall era snapshot of tumult and notices.
Rail chairman elected Hon Allison Mayfield and a flood of local notices detail weather losses depredations in crops freight car shortages and fruit risks. Accidents deaths and legal notices appear with sheriff and town updates alongside infrastructure projects and a dog fight case in Port Arthur.
A Southern Cotton Journal piece urges Texas and Southern farmers to organize for mutual buying, seed selection, crop planning, acreage limits, and stronger warehouse systems. It calls for more warehouses and warehouse receipts to ease marketing and reduce cotton costs, stressing unity to solve farming challenges.
The article urges each farmer to decide cotton acreage this year to stabilize prices and avoid a market glut. It argues for limiting production to world demand, promoting storage and warehousing of farm products, and treating the farm as a factory for finished goods to preserve value.
A reader shares a fable about a lord and a hard working peasant on a small island. After the lord's death the peasant learns he has been sustaining the lord, not vice versa. The piece urges wage workers to see themselves as producers of value and to shift toward greater independence. It also comments on changing attitudes toward domestic help and servants.
The Farmers' Union strengthens its members by joining other groups with dues from a dollar to ten per year. The union claims profits for each dollar invested, citing a 25 cent cotton bale saving and reduced shipping costs. It argues continued organizing will influence future legislation in its favor.
A devotional study outlines Cain and Abel from Genesis 4 3 15 noting the offerings and God s favor Abel s sacrifice and Cain s envy The article discusses consequences of Cain s murder and the enduring impact of Abel s blood speaking better things and urges brotherly love as cure.
In a Civil War tale from Four Years In the Stonewall Brigade Confederate soldiers aid a Dutch farmer’s family after a mare falls through a cistern. They free the horse and share a hearty dinner, sealing a cordial exchange of friendship. The piece also notes Garos of India practicing bridal customs with a riverbath, ducking, and a rooster and hen sacrifice.
President honors Speaker of the House on January 4, marking a clear win in the long feud over seating precedence with the chief justice. The Cannon dinner precedes the diplomatic corps and Supreme Court event, signaling Uncle Joe’s social triumph in official Washington. The column also recounts a comic chase involving Representative Gaines and a publicity agent ending with Gaines grappling a revolving door.
Local agent notices list east and west bound and through trains with numbered services. Timings include Mall and Express, Night Express, Cannon Ball and L G N Express with departures in afternoon and early morning slots. Jefferson Texas agents Hazard and O Connor publish the timetable details.
Sunday School times at CHRIST CHURCH and FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning prayers and Holy Communion details. Guilds and leagues schedule. Preaching by various pastors at Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist churches. Prayer meetings and Sunday school superintendents listed.
Instruction extols self reliance in using a typewriter for writing letters abstracts insurance cards memos accounts and hotel menus with freedom to choose any paper size or spacing. It warns against handwriting to avoid doubt poor standing and ambiguity.
Advertisement extols the OLIVER Typewriter as a durable, easy to operate device that fits any space and skill level. It promises faster, clearer writing without expert attachments and targets professionals such as doctors lawyers insurers and merchants. It invites readers to request a booklet detailing simplified features.
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