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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1905
Page
3
The Sulphur Springs Gazette claims John D. Rockefeller will be the world’s first billionaire in twelve years as wealth grows automatically. It asserts he controls 51 large banks and trust companies, dominates 60 percent of railroads, can fix steel prices, wields nearly 1.5 million workers, and holds sway over the oil industry and over 500 other corporations.
Employment notice seeking men and women to represent and advertise a long established financial firm. Salary twenty one dollars weekly for men and twelve to thirty eight dollars for women, expenses advanced weekly, check sent from headquarters, buggy furnished if needed, permanent position. Also note Berlin's new large building for the unemployed and their families with strict visit limits not to exceed five times in three months.
The Farm and Ranch contracted for a new printing plant and office building. The two story pressed brick structure will be a handsome addition, totaling 75136 feet in planned footprint.
Col. BE L Dohoney, while traveling in the Panhandle, met an oil veteran in Henrietta who plans to bring a two thousand foot rig to Direct to assess prospects on the colonels farm there. A promising Red River valley field near Henrietta has already paid out, and Dohoney believes the vein runs downstream to his property.
Advertisements tout Dr King s New Life Pills as a pleasant surprise for stomach and liver pain and discomfort With 25c price at druggists the copy claims rapid relief for headache dizziness and constipation It also notes Grove s Tasteless Chill Tonic Iron and quinine in a tasteless form priced 50c and mentions 8 500 000 peach trees in Texas as a growth fact.
A folded miscellany of biblical quotes condemns wine drunkenness from Noah to Jeremiah, cites Daniel and Hannah, and warns against indulgence. An anecdote praises Electric Bitters for recovery from illness, followed by a critique of the trust evil and tariffs hurting American farmers.
A poultryman cautions feeders who leave chickens in direct sun and without fresh water, noting the animals suffer like people when shaded and hydrated. A drug ad claims Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. New York added 760 laws in the last legislative session.
Mrs. Charles Winters of Marshall Texas escaped death in Texarkana last night while returning from Paris Texas. After telephoning friend Mrs James Prestige a search was started and her delapidated vehicle found. Mrs Winters was recovered from a adjoining cottage and suffered only nervous shock with no other injuries.
A闪 lightning bolt struck a buggy near the Prestige home as it traveled toward the depot. Mrs Winters and the negro boy driver were badly shocked. the horse bolted home with broken harness and the buggy was demolished. About 4000 beggars supposedly live in London earning roughly 1.5 million dollars annually.
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