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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1906
Page
3
Jefferson reports 5116 bales of cotton weighed by L C Pruitt and notes receipts ahead of the season. Hardware and furniture ads from Eugene Meyer and M Bower. Local services include horse shoeing at Hughes shop and frame work by GT Haggard. Chamberlain’s Salve advertised by J F Minyard with price listed.
Friday night November 30 Alpha Zeta Society presents a varied program at Assembly Hall for charity admission 15 and 25 cents. The program features Welcome Address Judge Loomis Music Lucile Singleton Origin of Thanksgiving Mary Badgett Recitations Ada Rives Cyril Potts Everett Lewis Hazel Hancock and others plus songs by Lillie Oppenheim and the Mais Family Characters and tableau. Also notices of local events and advertisements for stock sales services and church events in Jefferson with Bishop Kingsolving visit and Christ Church services indicated.
The Presbyterian church invites worship next Sabbath with preaching by the pastor at 11 a.m and 7 p.m. Sunday School starts at 9:45. Patrician Shoes for women Packard Shoes for men Harrisburg Long Weavers for children are sold exclusively by Rosenreltto & Co.
Mrs. K. Wood traveled to Shreveport on Thursday to visit friends and attend the fair. The advertisement guarantees refunds within six days if Paro Ointment fails to cure itching bleeding and protruding piles.
The reviewer praises the garments for excellent shoulder padding, well hang of trousers, and consistent shape with no unsatisfactory features.
M W Reavis warns that real estate tax judgments in Jefferson County will be enforced by speedy sales under state law. He asserts constitutional and statutory authority to sell homesteads for unpaid taxes and threatens trespass-to-try-title actions if delinquencies remain unresolved.
A small well improved farm just outside Jefferson limits on the Kellyville road offers a large vineyard and orchard, four room house, two barns, abundant water, and will sell cheap if sold at once. Also an eight room home in Jefferson. For information contact GA Daugherty in Jefferson Texas or F A Lockhart, private secretary to Congressman Morris Sheppard.
A beautiful white silk embroidered parasol will be awarded to the most beautiful young lady and an elegant Mexican lace handkerchief to the most popular guest.
The rolls are open for paying city tax and those who fail to pay by December 15 will face penalties afterward. Piano: note from D. M. Ssira, City Tax Collector. Also mentions events and local merchants offering goods and services ahead of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
In obedience to a president and governor proclamation a city church service is set for Thursday November 29 at 10 a.m. at the Baptist church with songs prayer address and sermon by local clergy. Also notes on The Larvest Minstrel Show in a mammoth tent with 2000 seats and 25 or 35 cent admission. Mrs C Jones of Oswego visited to see Mr Jones at Glen Lumber Co. mill. a catarrh cure advertisement promises $100 for unrecoverable cases. Thanksgiving Day Nov 29 declared a legal holiday with post office and bank closures.
An assortment of Christmas goods is showcased at Tutt's Pills rem Ephs and Rosestep Co with offerings for Thanksgiving dinners and warm dress materials. Ads promote DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a reliable cathartic and urge savings on Singer sewing machines via G. T. Haggard with cash or easy payment options.
Painters and others who understand paint know white lead and linseed oil make the best paint. Lasting paint requires pure pigment and oil. Many white leads sold today contain barytes rock dust silica gypsum and little real white lead. Linseed oil is often adulterated. Such mixtures are clear at any price.
Items include Collier Pure White Lead advertised by National Lead Co in St Louis with dealers selling. a birth announcement in Chicago for Mr and Mrs James Fahey. Mrs Rosiathal of Turner Michigan endorses Chamberlains Cough Medicine. a chimney fire at Prof W L Blake’s home causes excitement but no damage. Laxative Bromo Quinine offered. W Grove’s signature on each box and James Bemis visiting from St Louis.
Col G W L Dawson endorses a tonic claiming to cure chills. The method mixes one quart of whisky with one quarter pound of sulphur, shaken well, and taken as one tablespoonful three times daily before meals.
An advertisement claims Herbine is the supreme liver regulator curing constipation biliousness dyspepsia and ailments of a torpid liver. It urges trying a bottle sold by WJ Ledberry. A separate notice says the Shreveport fair will stay open until next Wednesday November 28 to compensate for bad weather at opening.
A mixed-era clipping notes Hunt's Cure claimed to instantly cure any itch with a bold guarantee. It mentions Willis Carroll injured when a wagon ran over him near Jeffren. Kennedy's Laxative with Honey and Tar is praised for being non opiate and compliant with the National Pure Food and Drug Law. The sky over Empire cleared on Wednesday and the near first quarter moon appeared.
After days of cloudy and wet, conditions cleared on Wednesday bringing bright skies and colder temperatures. The change ends a stretch of disagreeable weather with brief sunshine and a drop in temperature anticipated.
A purchaser reports that Carlatedt's German Liver Wonder failed to relieve or cure any diseases it claims to treat. The notice covers a $1 bottle, four 250 bottles, or a two months' treatment, with the signer unspecified.
An advertisement touts Dr Carlstedt’s German Liver Powder as a long used remedy for kidney and liver troubles with claims of curing many cases and relieving a wide range of symptoms from dyspepsia and headaches to nervousness and indigestion. The ad offers a free medallion souvenir with orders of two dollars or more from Crow Drive Co in Jefferson, Texas.
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