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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1906
Page
1
Late Sunday night a burglar entered the Rosebud Saloon by prying a plank and unlocking the thumb latch door. The thief opened the cash register, took about $20, whiskey, and cigars, and left a note to proprietor H C Corti. Police secured no clues. All winter goods go on sale as new stock arrives. A skate race is advertised for Tuesday night.
Mrs. H. M. Frank died Friday April 27 after a prolonged illness. A devout church and charity worker she leaves Gustav Frank and four motherless children, a niece from Dallas, two nephews, and other relatives. Funeral at 10 a.m. from the residence led to Oakwood cemetery beside her husband Prof G. Frank and several children. Paid notice from P. Erprince store.
Ice notice states sale of Tee for cash after April 1906 and that Ice Coupon Books can be bought at the Ice House on Dallas Street. Phone 139 provided.
Capt. Geo. T. Todd sends thanks to supporters who stood by him in the primary and states he holds no hard feelings toward his opponents.
Retail ad notes prices and fit for men at the Old Barn in Norwood Texas, highlighting a Pante color selection suitable for every man in Harrison County.
The couple married April 29 1906 celebrate fifty years with a city dining and family tribute. Friends sent gifts and flowers while children funded an Emily Rogers Mission to sustain future grandkids, as relatives gathered under golden decorations and a center piece of Marschal Niel roses.
The Manufacturers' Record reports a contract to bore for oil at Karnack on the M K T Railway in Harrison county, 18 miles east of Jefferson, Texas. It notes capitalists studying conditions nearby and a Massachusetts iron and gas inquiry from Ohio, suggesting the region may become a railroad hub with gas, iron, timber, and fertile land fueling growth.
For Sale two log wagons seen at Norwood Texas at Brown Lumber Company's saw mill owned by G W Brown.
A Monday at 8:30 p.m. crowds gathered at Charlie Proctor’s hospitable home. Mr Walden and daughter Willie provided violin and mandolin music, Miss Irene Jackson accompanied on piano, with singing and instrumental pieces enjoyed by all. Refreshments in a rose and evergreen decorated dining room followed, then more tunes in the parlor by The Day is Bro Prospect on guitar and mandolin, with Haskel delivering songs. Guests praised the hospitality and looked forward to another similar gathering.
A large lot of chrysanthemum verbenas and other plants will be sold at five cents each or fifty cents a dozen for twenty days at the nursery. Mr C F Miles, Kirby Lumber Co. superintendent, visited the Excellator in Silsbee. Miles, a Jefferson native, holds a position under Capt A McNeely. Ledberry the Druggists promotes a complete stock of medicines books and stationery in North East Texas. Morris Ripley, now in Fort Collins Colorado, writes of his move and says he cannot do without the IMP.
Advertisement urges men to subscribe to their local paper and The Semi-Weekly News a first class general newspaper. It touts world news twice weekly farm pages and youth sections plus market reports. Offer: 156 copies for $1.60 cash in advance for one year from The JIMP Office.
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