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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1904
Page
6
Detroit Free Press reports a Kentucky panel acquitted Pike Mullrow after jurors debated the charge. A juror praised Mullrow and another urged perfecting the judge, as the twelve voted the verdict not guilty following deliberations.
Lang Bros Paducah notes selling over 700 bottles of Dr Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure in one season with physicians prescribing it and customers sticking to it. Also mentions J F Crow Drug Co distribution and Railway sale terms. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup praised for teething and diarrhea relief, twenty five cents, sold globally. Port Arthur postmaster salary rise signals town growth.
In a comic exchange from October Lippincott's Magazine the Bride and Bridegroom debate whether to visit the Fine Arte Building at the St. Louis Fair. They weave a back and forth on who wishes to go first, finally agreeing to go together as they wander toward the Pike.
A brief note recommends stocking Chamberlain Cough Remedy now to treat colds early before they settle. It claims prompt, satisfactory results and cites wide recognition and preference over other remedies. Sales are via W J Bedberry.
Senator Hoar recalls a conversation from Dixie about Boston cooks boiling small white beans with molasses and other ingredients for hours then baking them. The punchline is that Bostonians eat the beans, a fact met with glee and surprise by a Southern traveler and his friend.
A local note advises that clear skin comes from healthy liver function and warns against skin preparations. It mentions Heroine as a digestive aid and cites Ex-Gov Hogg doubting a red ant rumored to attack the bull weevil, calling the pest a bull in the cotton market with pincers and a gimlet.
A Philadelphia Public Leader account details a cabbage patch owned by a Black resident in a southern community that allegedly contains oil. Speculators offered $20,000. the owner accepted, with a neighbor noting a later offer of $40,000. The owner quips a bird in the hand is worth more than promises.
Mrs. WK Haviland of Armonk New York reports a near fatal whooping cough and bronchitis attack on her child and a niece with advanced consumption both cured by Dr King’s New Discovery. The medicine is praised as infallible for coughs and colds with bottles at 50 cents and 1.00 guaranteed by druggists.
An Irishman invites another to a saloon to share a drink. Jim asks what the other will have and chooses a pale ale. The host offers a pale ale and the reply is I’ll take a pail too. October Lippincott's.
A traveling man cites druggists who ask customers if a cough medicine is for a child or adult and often recommend Chambelain's Cough Remedy for children due to perceived safety and efficacy. Advertisement notes Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised by Otto Dodd of Powder, Missouri.
A Brownwood Banner Bulletin item urges residents to praise and improve the town, write and speak about it, trade locally, support public institutions, treat visitors well, back public officers, and remember the paper helps the town while taxes fund benefits to property owners.
An old advertisement from Manchester Kansas promotes Herbine as a cure for malaria and related symptoms including chills fever headaches and general malaise. A testimonial from J A Hopking claims long use and high efficacy. Available for 50 cents at W J Sedberry.
From the Paris News we learn that at the last term of the Federal Court at Tyler the proprietors of distilleries in Covington Louisville Ky Kansas City and other cities North and West were indicted for shipping liquors to towns in the Eastern districts of Texas in violation of internal revenue laws. The proposed compromise total is $10000. The liquor dealers after will surely learn that it does not pay a very large premium to defy Uncle Sam.
New York City completes a 40 million dollar subway project and plans eight large North River piers plus a 60 million dollar bulkhead wall, signaling confidence in continued commercial growth. Also notes a health tonic for children, White's Cream Vermifuge, and a humorous Puck caption on manliness and space.
A new industry for the blind has started in Lisbon. It involves picking apart vegetable fibre to stuff furniture and bedding, providing earnings of about 25 cents a day for a blind worker.
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