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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1905
Page
5
The Atlanta Journal announces right to publish Sherlock Holmes adventures in the Sunday Journal for twelve weeks starting Feb 12. Each week features a complete Holmes mystery with titles like The Mystery of the Empty House and The Adventure of the Norwood Building. Subscriptions offer delivery for three months at 50 cents.
A new Texas romance novel The Grito from Neate Publishing Washington DC advances from Alamo to San Jacinto era. It has a second edition within a month and blends early Texas history with a flowing love story. Send $1.40 to publishers for a blue and white edition.
An old advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabs. It claims a money back guarantee if it fails and bears I I Grove’s signature on each tablet. A cotton census note follows with figures for 695 counties and bale counts compared to last year.
Notices announce the launch of Tom Watson's Magazine by Hon. Thomas E. Watson of Georgia. The first issue, a 128-page political and literary periodical, will publish February 25 and costs 10 cents at newsstands or 1 dollar yearly by mail from 121 West 42nd Street, New York City.
The Sioux Indian baseball club requests Texas dates for a tour this season. Manager says the fast team, all athletes, travels in a private hotel car and has played nationwide since 1898, with a 191 season record of 19 losses in 210 games. Address Harry Homewood, Il Reno, Okla box 793 for booking.
The Resinol Art Calendar for 1995 features six sheets of enameled paper with color baby and child designs on one side and drawings of child life on the reverse. It includes spaces for noting a baby’s sayings and doings and is offered postpaid by the Resinol Chemical Company of Baltimore, Maryland for two wrappers from Resinol Soap or one wrapper and 15 cents, or for 40 cents a calendar with a Resinol Soap.
The publishers plan a small folder showing the cover for the first March number to be published February 26. The table of contents hints at 125 pages of reading. Subscriptions paid include BB Williams, H C Taylor, R M Simmons, Alma Schorling, A B Rowland, Jaynes, Carroll, Mrs M Brooks Turner, H Fox, R E L Castleberry, J L Goldberg, F M Whatley, Emma Jefferson, A B Oppenheim.
In Cherson province Russia, peasants insist the czar has only one ear. They cite a tale of the czar cutting off an ear to prove land division, yet photos show the other ear. Until the czar visits and demonstrates both ears, the belief endures. Some quip about impostors and duties follows.
A mixed car of fertilizer labeled for vegetables corn and cotton is offered by Krampert & Kina. The ad contrasts affordable home happiness with fashionable happiness costing more than one earns.
An ad touts Dr Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure with money back guarantee sold by J F Crow Dragoo. The Farmers Union aims to push a legislative licensing of ginners and provide weekly reports on cotton. Also mentions Atlanta Journal offer and sugar supply figures with seed potatoes from Brambert & King.
A letter recounts a lively gathering with Mrs Miss Kitty and others, praising Tyler Commercial College in Texas for its shorthand and typewriting training. It notes rapid business-style instruction, practical practice, and the college's favorable report from the treasurer W. H. for the first quarter and commission issue.
The library shelves display the season’s top titles including The Masquerader and The Ice Wolf. Tickets cost $1.00 to read them. J J Smaan advertises a spring line of low quarters and slippers with new Oxfords and ribbon ties. First Baptist church announces a 10 a.m. service next Sunday with full membership urged to attend.
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