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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1904
Page
8
A collage of ads and brief items touts Black Weed as a universal remedy with testimonials from John Pout of the Atlanta Fire Dept. and other cures. The page also mentions household tips for beans and cheese, teething remedies, insect precautions, immigration police, potato prices in France, and political nomination notes.
A meeting of creditors tries to settle a failing merchant's affairs as he insists all assets are nonexistent claiming his wife owns the house the farm belongs to his daughter and the store to his son. He proclaims he has nothing except his body to be divided among them a Jewish creditor interjects offering to speak for his gall.
Mrs MA Jolley of Noble OT praises Herbine as a perfect liver medicine and blood purifier. The ad notes its liver regulation and fever poison prevention while ending with a biblical quote about fair dealing from a clothing store clerk.
An illsome patent remedy named Gon Quered marketed by J L Smith of Austin Texas claims to cure teething in children and chronic diarrhea. It touts parity with opiates and laudanum and lists Sedberry Crow Drug Co Jefferson Texas as distributors. The piece notes Jefferson's waterworks bids and likens Pittsburg and Jacksonville to Jefferson in cautionary terms.
A man, advised by a friend, contemplates a certain rheumatism pill. He declares he has already taken so many pills his joints feel like ball bearings. The ad closes with a plug for a cure.
The Texas Trade Review reports that some locales with rural free delivery are seeing fake Buyers' Guide efforts. Dealers are offered lists of county farmers and their post office addresses in exchange for advertising space, aiding big mail order houses and misleading home merchants.
Advertising copy touts Ely Cream Balm as a clean, soothing cure for catarrh and cold in the head. It claims to cleanse and heal irritated nasal surfaces, with a trial size offered for ten cents and full size at drugstores nationwide. Ely Brothers of New York supplies the balm.
Report by CA Snow & Co patent attorneys lists multiple Texas inventors and their grants including James D Buckley Fort Worth machine for collecting insects from plants George A Clavin San Antonio non refillable bottle Jakob Franck Gar wood cotton picker s truck Isaac Guyten Coleman cotton planter Joseph J Hanus and W A Tucker Taylor insect exterminator William A Parker Waco line lock attachment for typewriting machines George L Ricks Tulin fence John W Stacey Dallas convertible mixing and cleaning machine.
The piece argues both labor and capital carry wrongs and rights, urging cooperation between good men on each side. It notes high child death rates in hot summer months and cites Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a remedy for bowel complaints. It ends with a wry observation about looking at people rather than horses.
A garbled transcription outlines an upcoming general election action to submit a proposed amendment to the Texas Constitution, authorizing fiscal provisions for infrastructure and governance. It references Article 17, section 1, and includes legislative authorization and funding language for projects like drainage, reservoirs, and road works, with a governor’s proclamation and state appropriation details.
A drafted joint resolution proposes amending Section 1 of the Texas Constitution to allow incorporation of banking corporations with state oversight and stockholder protections. It details governor proclamation, public voting, and the prohibition of foreign banks operating in the state, with process to publish and fund the amendment through election notices.
A proposed Texas constitutional amendment seeks changes to Article 7 and related sections to extend benefits and recognition to Confederate soldiers and sailors who came to Texas before 1860, and their descendants. It outlines the power of the legislature to establish pension provisions, disability statuses, and voting thresholds, with a directive to submit to qualified voters at the next statewide election.
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