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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1905
Page
8
An advertisement fragment touts Satinola as an unequaled beautifier promising removal of freckles pimples and discolorations in 1 to 20 days with a money back guarantee and mentions testimonials from users in Augusta Georgia and Jefferson.
The D. M. Ferry and Co. seed house of Detroit has grown over fifty years on strict business integrity and high standards. Ferry seeds are praised for purity freshness and reliability with every package backed by a strong reputation. A 1905 seed annual with information and grower suggestions is mailed free to anyone writing to Detroit Michigan.
A playful exchange describes a Bill troubled by a board bill and a board billboard. He sells the bill board to settle the board bill, ending with the board bill no longer boring Bill.
The letter compares religion to rail routes, saying all churches are good and all roads lead to heaven. No one should call others fools for choosing a different path, as diverse routes can reach the same destination.
The Texas and Pacific Railway offers a sale from Texas points to New Orleans at one fare from March 1 to March 6 with return allowed until March 11, 1905. Extensions to March 25 available for fifty cents upon deposit with an agent. Inquiries to Ki. P. Turner in Dallas or nearest ticket agent.
Arthur Burbank, famed originator of the Burbank potato and other produce, seeks to develop a spineless cactus that could serve as cattle forage. This effort adds a drought resistant, high forage option to his plant breeding program.
The Gonzales cotton mill idle for a year is leased to Northern capitalists and will soon operate again. The note warns that interfering with another's business is a twin mistake akin to prodding a hornet's nest.
George Washington Thomas, an able bodied Black man from Sleepy Hollow, appears before Magistrate Nussbaum charged with stealing chickens. He arrives with lawyer Col. Simmons, a rising young white attorney. The judge jokes as Thomas misidentifies the defendant, leading to laughter in the dingy courtroom.
A letter from Colonel John M. Fuller of Honey Grove Texas credits Electric Bitters with curing liver and kidney trouble after other doctors failed. The ad claims the remedy cures dyspepsia biliousness and kidney disease, sold by druggists for 50 cents a bottle. A separate joke notes Minnie at a revival bench refusing born again reasoning she fears being born a boy next time.
The students of the State College of Agriculture, New Hampshire, returned a $1000 check from President Tuttle given for rescue work at the Boston and Main railroad wreck. The act underscored that duty can trump money.
An ad touts Dr. Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure a patent cough medicine with antiperiodics claiming to break up coughs colds and influenza faster than rivals sold by J F Crow Drug Co A secretary of the American Beet Sugar Association testified before Congress that 7 000 000 acres in the Philippines could supply world sugar and 50 000 000 acres more could produce sugar with potential global impact.
Accept No Substitute. Dr Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure is advertised as the best remedy for malaria chills and fever and as a general tonic with a money back guarantee. The J F Urow Drug Co promotes it. A battleship costs five to eight million dollars and large naval guns become useless after 100 firings. The word Honorable has lost standing in politics.
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