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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1904
Page
6
A collage of witticisms about popularity family relations and advice for mothers. Items include a teething remedy claim for Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup a note on moonshine production in Tennessee and a joke about a cabbage snake.
An 1904 bulletin argues for a fair 12 cent cotton price, urging growers to hold rather than sell. It notes labor, seed, land, and equipment costs and claims profits depend on growers setting prices. The message urges wide circulation and asks farmers to press for the 12 cent price in New York.
An advertisement promotes Herline liver remedy for a clear complexion at 50c. Separately, Baptist Class No. 10 picked cotton on Dick Payne’s farm near the city, earning 85 30 for the church fund. Close No. 10 is made up of young ladies and operated last Saturday for the new church building.
A court has ordered the sale of the Texas Southern railway. The action establishes the transfer of ownership and details surrounding the sale will be handled per the court’s decree.
Advertisement touts Black Draught as a stock and poultry medicine that improves digestion, liver function, and bowel movement in cattle, hogs, and poultry. It promises cures for hog cholera, chicken cholera, and distemper, with increased productivity and profitability. A testimonial from J. S. Hasson dated March 25, 1904 endorses its effectiveness.
An old agricultural note warns boll weevil damage from initial squares to stalks. diversification with onions potatoes cabbage melons peas beans corn and hoge is advised. A traveling druggist praises Chambiclain's Cough Remedy as safe for children and adults, sold by W J Sedberry. Brownsville reports no yellow fever cases since Tabor's visit.
A little girl expresses playful, dated views on gender roles and childhood notions of boys and girls. She jokes that the world would be better with girls and dolls, and contrasts traits of men and women with humorous lines about creation and rest. The piece reflects a child’s wit and era.
Secretary Hester's annual report on the cotton crop for 1903 04 shows a decrease of 716,185 bales under the crop of the preceding year.
The text highlights a drug store's prescription department as modern and essential. It stresses high quality drugs, skilled pharmacists, up-to-date compounding methods, and service value. Prices claimed to be lower than the usual cost elsewhere.
The Floto Shows present a valued Arabian horse act featuring stallions imported from the Sultan of Morocco. This marks America’s first appearance of a genuine desert herd. The herd will perform daily with the Great Floto Shows under trainer D. G. Markel, with a Jefferson appearance on Oct 4.
The Bowery area peddles a dangerous drink dubbed the hop cocktail, made from beer and opium. Users report rapid intoxication, dreamy languor, and eventual death, with several cases leading to hospitals or morgues within days of its debut.
A health notice advises mothers to monitor children for worm symptoms and treat with White's Cream Vermifuge. It claims the medicine acts as a tonic aiding digestion and growth, available for 25 cents at Sedberry.
Senator Foster's constituent Samuel Hill of Seattle recalls an anecdote about distinguishing Washington the state from Washington the federal capital. An elderly farmer asks which Washington is taxed or pays taxes, highlighting regional perspectives.
A colorful deacon in the Atlanta Constitution extols diligence, claiming the way to beat Satan is to rise early and toil from sunup to sundown. He says faithful work six days a week brings a sense of near vacation.
Advertises Dr Thachers Liver and Blood Syrup as a reliable liver remedy. Claims ingredients include Buchu Hydrangea Mandrake Yellow Dock and others. Highlights long history of use, ease of dosage and safety versus prescriptions, urging readers to ask their druggist.
Mr Bryan in his Commoner quotes a Roosevelt acceptance letter remarking that the government will be carried on as in the past. The note repeats vacancies at Thacher Medicine Co in Chattanooga Tennessee.
Germany fears colonial size compared to Castor as colonies measure five times France eighteen times and Britain ninety seven times larger. The note sketches imperial strength and relative reach in a concise colonial context.
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