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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1906
Page
2
Local Jefferson newspaper dated November 24 1906 reports on forest fires weather and oil politics. Mentions Standard Oil influence and potential foreign trade shift. Notes visits by Geo F Meehan of Ross Meehan Foundry and upcoming subscription payments.
A mixed local page discusses Thanksgiving observance and moral commentary on the day. It contrasts proper reverence with gossip and sport, includes remarks on racial attitudes toward Black soldiers, and mentions community items from Fort Worth and Jefferson, plus notices about sewing machines, table linens, a bazar, and local business promotions.
Sheltering in bad weather stock shown by Eugene Meyer stores. Fresh eggs for sale. leave orders at Jimp office. Lamps in all sizes at J. F Crow Drue Co. Thanksgiving dinner meats from Lathrop & Liverman’s market. Straw yard threshed. Reduced wallpaper prices to close out 1906 patterns at G. T. Haggard. Mastic Paint guaranteed pure from J. F. Crow Drue Co.
Allen’s Minstrels promise top acts from last season with many new features and improved tent seating. They bill a Nov 25 show in Jefferson with 25c to 35c admission and claim a first class, canvas venue with comfortable arrangements.
An old health ad extols kidney cleansing by Kilmer's Swamp Root. It warns that overworked kidneys cause blood impurities, pains, and heart racing, claiming most diseases begin there and urging readers to consult the product for relief and to request a free pamphlet. It provides the Binghamton address and promotes samples.
The document lists assets including loans and discounts, overdrafts, U S bonds, premiums, securities, banking house, due from other banks and reserves, notes of other National Banks, fractional currency, and other items. Liabilities show capital stock, surplus, undivided profits, due to other banks, and individual deposits subject to check. Signed by H A Spellings, cashi er, with notary attest and date in Marion County Texas.
Census bulletin records 1906 cotton ginned up to November 14 at 3,531,486 bales, counting round bales as half. Active groceries total 27,881, down from 28,310 last year. State tallies include Texas 2,982,689 and Alabama 834,870, with sea island bales 29,133 allocated Florida 14,977 and Georgia 12,658.
The 1907 Hicks Almanac is ready for sale or postpaid 25 cents by Word and Works Publishing Company. Ads promote cheap Texas land trips, a Higginbotham ranch colonization scheme, and a G P A notice from Dallas. Also cited are testimonials for Hoot’s Lightening Oil and a note about Nanking workers.
W C Hill announces a large stock of fruit trees and various shrubs ready to fill orders at reasonable prices. Also notes a lost gold watch with engraved messages between home and Grange Hall and a call for agents to sell goods for United M'Pra Mail Order Co. at 127 Front Street New York.
Mrs B Lumpkin and her daughter Mabel visit Oak Cliff as guests of Mra M Davie in Hardecrabble. Mabel, three years old, is praised as the throne behind which family life revolves and foretold to become a heart breaker in time. Tom Simmons reports a new baby girl at his home in East Lasater and notes broad beliefs about the world while stressing duties from Genesis. Latren The bleating bards of Winnsboro reveal Bessie Prather nee Simmons has welcomed a daughter Rab. Both families are wished prosperity as the cradle is rocked.
In Jefferson Texas a letter to Lathrop & Liverman discusses pricing bone meat and paint, arguing people pay for quality or cheapness. It cites Devoe paint and a cost comparison as a lesson from experience, then moves through testimonials for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and Foley products, ending with a reflection on reputations.
The JF Crow Drug Co promotes Foley's Kidney Cure claiming it can treat kidney or bladder troubles within medicine range. The notice stresses universal applicability and urges confidence despite mixed public opinions.
An advertisement promotes Fo ley’s Honey and Tar for coughs and longs troubles as safe and non opiate under the Nations Pure Food and Drug law. It calls for use by children and adults and is sold by The J. F. Crow Drug Co.
A letter from F N Tackett of Alliance Kentucky recalls 1903 as a year of severe lung bleeding and near death, then credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with a full recovery after four bottles. Includes an ad for the remedy at W J Sedberry’s drug store with a trial bottle offer. Also mentions Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup praised by mothers for teething and diarrhea relief. Ends with a line about silk produced by moths.
A travel notice notes Spain remains budget friendly with comfortable hotels charging about 135 dollars per day, indicating travelers can enjoy reasonable lodging while touring the country.
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