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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1905
Page
8
The page notes continued rain, market ads for vegetables, fruit jars, and feed stores, and local updates from Glen. It mentions reunion travel, a surveyor’s outfit for sale, river level changes, a record sale by Rosenfeld Co., and various community notices including church events, sawmill activity, and local businesses advertising summer sales and goods.
While in Shreveport Sunday the Jimp rode in a friend W. K. Henderson’s automobile. Henderson is proprietor and manager of the Iron Works and Supply Co. of the city and the ride was described as a fine runabout.
An advertisement urging property owners in town or country to insure with J. L. Ford & Co of Jefferson Texas, highlighting church and schoolhouse coverage.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Evans of Kildare visited their parents Mr and Mrs A A Fort Saturday and Sunday confirming family ties and a weekend gathering.
Mrs H A Benefield notes the W C T A will meet at Assembly Hall on Thursday July 27 at 430 pm. Members are urged to attend for readings and talks in a cool venue. A quote about women’s determination is cited and praise given to women’s good work. Naomi Rosenfeld hosts a reception with Mr and Mrs J Leonard Goldberg and a pavilion dance follows.
A notice from J J Segal advertises clearing his stock of ladies and children’s bats for the coming season at 50 cents on the dollar. Call for details.
The page lists customers paying for subscripts and promotes shoe bargains, summer goods and a Katy excursion from Greenville to Shreveport with about 1500 aboard. It notes Jake Alford’s melon crop and a rain loss of cabbage, plus Dr E B Blalock announcing candidacy for lieutenant governor and hats selling at 50 cents on the dollar.
The Athena Review notes Bill McWilliams of Van Zandt county sold 107 bales of cotton at 10 cents amid a market decline. The Linden Sun reports G. T. Clinkscales and wife visiting J. T. Henderson and family then visiting son John Clinkstales near Jefferson.
Last Saturday a bucket of Elbertas grown on J. L. Fort's young orchard west of town arrived. The peaches were fine and trees have borne for two years. A straw hat sale advertised with low prices. Rosenreth & Co offers straw hats for men and boys. A rain Tuesday cooled dust and lowered temperatures. Jimp offers job printing services. Potatoes selling nearby county at two bushels for 25 cents, buyer digs.
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