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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1905
Page
3
Corpus Christi accepts a permanent Epworth League camp and fifteen acres with improvements valued at 5200 dollars to be paid March 1. The piece notes broad charity during the cold spell and mentions views on adding farming and horticulture to public school studies.
An advertisement touts the MARK YOU brand livestock as the best fed and fat test on the market with careful slaughtering cutting and serving. It offers tender wholesome meat and urges customers to buy meats for Xmas.
Representative Gaines recalls a Civil War era rural prayer for rain during a long drought. A Southern preacher asked the Lord to send a refreshing shower strong enough to revive vegetation but not so heavy as to raise the Cumberland River and allow Yankee gunboats to reach Nashville.
J W McKinnon of Talladega Springs Alabama declares he was very ill with pneumonia under two doctors before starting Dr King's New Discovery. He says the first dose gave relief and one bottle cured him. It also relieves sore throat bronchitis coughs and colds. Guaranteed at drug stores 50 cents and 1.00. Trial bottle free.
A humorous New York Press snippet on gender roles and family life. A woman finds peace within herself during conflict with a neighbor, while the rise of children affects grandchildren’s perceptions. A boy’s early school day conflicts with play, and a husband endures wife tested remedies for a cold.
The state plans to spend over 5000 to feed quail and prairie chickens as heavy snow and cold endanger wildlife. The Brenham Banner notes a Texas public safety tone with a ridicule of concealed weapons and praises the Praetorians planning a Dallas office building costing 85000 to 100000 dollars.
A fact asserts that what is called the Blues often stems from a disordered liver. It suggests trying a course of remedies that regulate the liver to bring hope, buoyancy, health, and bodily elasticity.
A horse owned by H. B Smith in Monterey, after being kept in pasture during his illness, leaped the fence when church bells rang and trotted to the Congregational church. It stayed in the sheds until worship ended, then returned home at a calm pace. A short note endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy citing its use in a political campaign and throat relief. A Dallas man warned about a cotton pest plan and a bill in Congress to penalize transport of crop-destroying insects.
A neighbor asks about fair division. The couple has one child. The wife takes the child and canned fruit, the husband the pig and the apples. They deem it even, reflecting a simple rural split in Town and Country.
A 1905 sworn county financial report details balances and vouchers across funds including Bond Fund New Bond Fund and School Board Fund. It records transfers to balance columns and notes vouchers not returned. Signatures include W H Brambert treasurer and County Clerk W F Jones with deputy.
Texas patents granted this week include devices for fastening car wheels to rails, explosion engines, seed planters, a mixer and feeder for brick making, and various electric times components. Names listed include Richard Cutter Ochiltree Wheel Andrew J Eddina Wm Herbert Austin William Giles Bennie Haydon Sidney Morris Edward Steger Bon ham. Send ten cents in postage stamps with paper date to Snow & Co Washington for copies.
Chas Drake of Chapinvill e Conn endorses Chamberlain s Pain Balm as the champion liniment for rheumatism noting a quick relief after one application and a permanent cure with continued use. W J Sedberry sells the remedy in the town. An unrelated court jest xtra named Smith jokes about naming a future sibling Superfluous in Richmond.
A Pittsburgh Gazette item notes the long standing use of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and upset stomachs. It advertises the remedy as universal, priced at twenty five cents a bottle, and warns buyers to request the specific syrup by name. The piece also includes a brief hotel fire safety quip about a nervous old lady on the seventh floor and a porter’s reply.
City orders a municipal election to choose Mayor City Secretary City Marshal and one alderman per ward in Jefferson Texas on Tuesday April 4 1905. Polling places listed Ward 1 court house manager G M Jones Ward 2 Jacksons stable manager Col G W L Duncan Ward 3 Council room manager J C Preston Ward 4 Begalls store near the T P depot manager R B F Woods presiding officers may appoint clerks. stationery provided by City Secretary D M Smith. Signed February 2 1905 by Mayor J H Rowen Sr.
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