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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1906
Page
4
A local notice mix of declarations and booster talk highlights potential industrial expansion in Northeast Texas. It predicts a large iron industry, new water access away from the Gulf, possible oil prospects, and gas field opportunities near Karnack, with ongoing tests and期待 capital inflows.
The article recounts an Italian crowd roughing W K Vanderbilt over his automobile injuring a boy, his gun being disarmed, and a note on prudence. It criticizes public reliance on printed authority and urges independent thinking. It also notes a March 26 special session of the twenty ninth Legislature to consider an election law clarifying how convention votes are determined from primary results.
Representative Lloyd introduces a bill to prevent private fortunes exceeding ten million dollars. The proposal faces long odds in Congress amid opposition from the so called millionaire’s club.
The dry dock Dewey appears to be water logged as it washes in the Atlantic, suggesting it will be a wet dock upon arrival at its destination.
The council moving toward a crime to set off fire crackers on Independence Day. A next step aims to ban delivering Washington’s Birthday speeches. Expect the “Bell Weather Bill” next week. the paper urges readership not to miss it.
The New Idea unveils its latest Marce number featuring fashion spreads, seasonal trends, and style tips aimed at readers seeking chic inspiration. The issue highlights contemporary designers and curated editorials.
Alfred H. Belo, president of A. H. Belo & Co., died in Dallas on Tuesday. He led the Belo newspaper and media firm for years and shaped its growth in Texas and beyond.
Mean maximum 59.9, mean minimum 63, mean month 48.1 degrees. Highest 71 on 25, lowest 19 on 8. Precipitation 2.69 inches across 8 days, 1.19 inches in 24 hours on the 15th. Prevailing winds easterly to northerly with sleet on the 5th and thunderstorm on the 23rd. 12 clear, 8 partly cloudy, 8 cloudy days. 10 frosty mornings, dense smoke mornings, unusually pleasant February overall. Report by John M. Smith, Cooperative Observer, Jefferson Lexas, March 1, 1906.
D L Traynham, arrested in Roanoke on murder charges, died on a Lynchburg bound train. An autopsy found death caused by fright with no stomach contents. He leaves a widow and an infant, after a Feb 18 killing of his father J B Traynham.
A trolley car with twenty four passengers was stranded in a snow drift from Monday noon to Tuesday morning halfway between St Louis and Clayton. Two loaves of bread and a basket of eggs were the only refreshments, shared among the marooned. By nightfall some trudged two miles to Clayton while others huddled and told stories until a snow plow finally rescued them.
In Gross Point on the Texas and Pacific line two armed Black men killed Frank Botto, an Italian storekeeper, fatally wounding his sons aged 14 and 12. Mira Botto survived the attack and alerted authorities. The robbers fled, two suspects were later arrested at Port Allen.
Perkins and Pettibone wholesale lumber dealers filed a bankruptcy petition in Louisville with liabilities listed at 207 822 and assets at 29 266. Pettibone reportedly made an individual assignment at Laurel Mississippi a few days earlier.
New Orleans observes Mardi Gras as a legal holiday with markets closed, February twenty eight.
The report lists several terse incidents: ex mayor Fisher of Galveston is dead, a South McAlester elder joints war is noted, Paris Texas man W G Simmons killed in a runaway, Hugo Texas man Will Marshall shot through a window, John Scharbauer buys 46 080 acres in Pecos county at 1 25 per acre, Abilene footpad hold up maffhey throat cut with near jugular, Thomas Young convicted of assault on an orphan girl sentenced in Georgetown to hang March 30.
Letters from readers across the United States praise Pe-ru-Na as effective for colds grippe headaches pneumonia and general improvement. Testimonies come from Mrs. Fennessey Bound Brook New Jersey Mrs. Horton Birmingham Alabama Mrs. Haynes Columbus Ohio Mr. Staley Nashville Tennessee Prof. Ivison Cumberland Maine and Mr. Goodwin East Boston Massachusetts noting relief and renewed health after using Pe-ru-Na.
A mob of about 1000 men and boys formed after brakeman M. W. Davis was fatally shot by Preston Ladd and Edward Dean. Ladd was wounded, Dean fled to Dayton. The crowd looted Kempler’s saloon, endangered the owners’ children, and set a house in The Jungles ablaze. Troops were called, six houses burned, police and firemen struggled to escort survivors.
In St. Louis on February 28 P T Hughes 26 from Lincoln Nebraska started a fire in the Comfort hotel by overturning a lamp after throwing furniture in his third floor room. He and J A Courtney 65 a hospital construction supervisor leaped from windows sustaining serious injuries. B R Dyckoran hotel clerk suffered serious burns while others escaped. 125 guests unharmed.
Marshall, Texas police seek Charles Cole in connection with the murder of Margaret Lear and for a separate charge of buying a criminally assaulted African American woman. The suspect is last reported in Shreveport and urged to surrender to authorities.
A fragment from a 19th century style ad listing bargains in TM dress goods and urging readers to inspect for low prices. It mentions L.O. Welcome the court stenographer and an item called Magi Poultry Food sold by D. M. Smith to keep chickens healthy and egg production high.
The piece extols N A R D as a high standard for pharmacists and druggists, promoting integrity in merchandising and safeguarding health. It emphasizes eliminating adulteration and misbranding, professional ethics, fair pay, and a united nationwide pharmacist community of about 30,000 members marching together.
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