Local notices and ads mixed with community notes from 1905
A compact roundup of local items includes retirements, church services, announcements of sales and prints, social visits, and travel. It mentions district clerk L B Webster retiring, Mrs Webster and daughters staying, Rosenfeld & Co. sales, Magic Food from E C Benefield, services at M I Church by W C Mann, shorthand study, High School night classes, Lakeside Farm manager H E Polk with crop reports, Mrs M Brooks Turner at a Holiness camp, Mason fruit jars at P Eldridge, and various trips and errands among Jefferson residents.
Union Services at Park July Meeting Evening
Special notice calls union services at the Park on Wednesday July 19 at 5 30 PM inviting attendance and urging support for the meeting. It advertises summer hats at 40 cents on the dollar from J J Seaan and promotes Jefferson High School with university trained teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Park
Jefferson High School
Resolutions of Respect for Mrs E L Gallaway 1881 Club
The 1881 Club drafts resolutions noting the death of Mrs. E L Gallaway on June 21. The resolutions express sorrow, promise to miss her service, and extend sympathy to her family. Minutes will record the resolution, with copies to the family and a notice for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Gallaway
Lizzie Rowen
Mra
Manet Rowe
Hog notice and notices from 1905
A city marshal warns hog owners to pen wandering hogs after high water. Notices also mention Miss Ethel Leaf studying piano in Chau tauqua New York and violin with Sol Marcosson, plus laundry pickup service and a veterans reunion at Galveston. Remedial product Cholera and Chamberlain Diarrhoea Remedy advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Leaf
Ethel Mae Leaf
Chautauqua, N. Y
Ethel
Mr. Sherwood
Sol Marcosson
Dick Taylor Camp U V No 1265 Meeting Notice
Gen Dick Taylor Camp U V No 1265 will hold a regular meeting Sunday at 3 p m in the Court House. A travel rate from Longview to Galveston and return is 450 with 115 from here to Longview. interested members may contact for tickets at Longview. Jxo A Freprer.
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Shreveport
Dick Taylor
G. W. L. Dawson
Com
Gro. T. Topp
Adjt
Court House
U.C.V
Longview
Galveston
Jxo. A
Freprer
Rural Free Delivery Expands as Post Office Seeks Revenue
Rural free delivery has grown rapidly since 1897 starting with four routes. In the latest year costs reached 21.0 million, with an appropriation of 25.83 million for the year ending June 30, 1909. There are 30,982 rural routes serving about 2.17 million families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Republic
Mid Summer Clearance Sale at P Everspee's
Rainy season ends as hot weather nears and P Everspee's announces sweeping price cuts on all summer goods. Miss Carrie Conly of Cincinnati visits cousins, with Miss Alice Emmert to join her before returning home.
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P. Everspee
Carrie Conly
Cincinnati
Ohio
Misses Emmert
Alice Emmert
Miss Harrison
Bellvue
Hats Hats Sats Ladies Hat Sale Appeal
An advertisement urges women to buy hats at 40c on the dollar for seasonal use. It also promotes preparing a child for university or business by sending to Jefferson High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tia
Jefferson High School
Denison Canoe Anna Peruna Sinks On River Voyage
The Anna Peruna, built at Denison for a voyage to Shreveport, sank immediately after placement in the river. Officials blame the misplacement of the gasoline engine, though some say the craft's name Clarksville Times affected its fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Peruna
Denison
Shreveport
Opininion
Clarksville
Straw hats offered at low prices by RosenreLp & Co
An advertisement promises a new straw hat for men and boys from RosenreLp & Co. The note mentions a planned relocation of the ice and electric light plant to Austin Street between Walnut and Polk streets after a fire, with rebuilding not expected on the burned site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RosenreLp & Co
Austin Street
Walnut
Polk Streets
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Nashville
Greenville
Jefferson
Arring
M. P. O’conner
Texas
B. F. Sherrell
Hughes
L. B.webster
Blocker
Webster
Rosenfeld & Co
E.C. Benefield
D. M. Smith
M. E. Church
M. I
W. C. Mann
Lakeside Farm
Lanier
M. Brooks Turner
Mason Fruit
P. Eldridge
J. A. R. Moseley
Bob
V. I. Bland
Walter
Excelsior
Hughes Springs
Misses Fannie Mitchell
Elizabeth Hoss
Nina Aiken
Helene Collins
Lucilee Claiborne
Lollie Meyer
Lodwick Lumber Co
Lodwick, Texas
Ting-a-ling
Woodbine
Knights of the Pumpkin Vine
George Hadson
George
Stoney
Kaintuckey" Hayseed
Stonewall
Excelsior Steam Laundry
Excelsior Hotel
Abrour Neidermeier
Broadway
P. Evnringe
J J. Seaan
LONE
Law Directa
D. H. Quinn
U. C
Colle
Chamberlain
Sherman
Eugene Smith
Callat Jinp
Sonam
Ed. Brown Furniture Store
Gilt Edge Grocery
P. S
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