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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1906
Page
6
A collage of musings on curiosity, statistics, politics, and neighborly dynamics contrasts with an advertisement for Ely's Cream Balm. It touts relief from catarrh and hay fever, promotes a mail order trial, and claims rapid soothing of irritated nasal membranes.
W T Connor Jr and J M Connor Jr shipped a carload of Irish potatoes Friday to Pittsburg for Camp County track growers. Nearly 550 bushels sold at one dollar per bushel. The Morris County News notes it may be home grown fall potatoes and questions spring prices.
The article explains Texas farmers did not restrict cotton acreage last year to raise prices but due to an unfavorably planting season. It predicts a possible return to 1904 acreage levels in the southwest and southeast this year, with risks if other crops are neglected and emphasizes diversified farming and livestock for stability.
Walkerton Indiana features Lona Dare a 14 year old girl who supports herself with produce. Two years ago she cultivated seven acres and last year planted cucumbers corn and potatoes and contracted with a pickle manufacturer. She nets about 50 dollars per acre and her father supports her by giving her the land she wants.
Kenneth Melver of Vanceboro Maine credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life after severe throat inflammation and lung congestion left him given up by three doctors. The remedy is advertised as curing coughs colds bronchitis tonsillitis and related ailments with a trial bottle offered free.
The financier glowed after writing a $10 000 check and telling newspapers he gave to a great learning institution. He claimed the gift redeemed his sins but Conscience retorts that it was not charity, merely advertising.
An old newspaper fragment mentions Castoria for infants and a London Spectator quote on medical etiquette. It also cites a local drug firm and a crime item: John Fultz alias Brown, after forgeries at Amarillo, is linked to Deputy Sheriff Keeton being slightly wounded.
A Jefferson Texas letter predicts the South will become a central cotton mill hub within twenty years. It cites current Southern mills, rising spindles, and expansion in states like North Carolina Alabama South Carolina Georgia and Texas, arguing cheaper local production and transport favor Southern manufacturing and future mill locations along navigable rivers and the Red River Valley.
An admirer in Georgia gave a poet a mule and ten acres and the poet swapped it for a mandolin. He left with a song in his heart singing there’s no life in the old land for me. The notice comes from the Whitsesk Courier via the Atlanta Constitution.
A favorite remedy for infant coughs and colds with a pleasant taste and quick action. It is claimed to prevent pneumonia and other serious consequences and to cure croup if given early. For sale at all druggists. J N Cole, a farmer, was killed at a railroad crossing in Birmingham Alabama with his wagon demolished.
A medical notice touts daily cures by Dr Jamies Kidd for rheumatism heart disease paralysis and many other ailments. He offers free proof treatments to any sick person who writes with their condition to Box 700 Fort Wayne Indiana.
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