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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1905
Page
2
A scrambled column repeats comments on taxation and a Beaumont woman allegedly cashing one hundred thousand dollars for assessment. It jokes about tax dodgers and public shaming, cites a Athens Knocker quote, and references Ely's Cream Balm and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as side notes amid a miscellany of ads and opinions.
Terrible plagues and itching diseases of the skin are described. Dean's Ointment is promoted as a cure to end misery. The ad urges purchases at any drug store and likens a good face to a letter of recommendation.
The State of Texas Marion County issues a sheriff sale under a 1905 order of the district court. On the first Tuesday in October 1905 before the Jefferson courthouse door the Lot No. 1 in Block 83 Moseley and Withee Addition is to be sold for cash to satisfy a $65.08 judgment in favor of Louis Longinotti against Becky and Mederith Watson. The sheriff is W. S. Terry.
A parenting column lists practical admonitions for boys emphasizing courtesy, restraint, hygiene, and respect for women. It warns against impudence and smoking, urges care with clothing and shoes, and reminds boys that many small chores fall to their mothers. The piece stresses that smart talk can be foolish and that stories inappropriate for ladies are unfit for gentlemen.
A juror in Edwardsville Alabama reports cholera morbus after eating meat. He credits one dose of Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with rapid relief and notes two fellow jurors were similarly cured by one small bottle. Also printed is Article 388 outlining pistol and knife penalties effective last month.
A Malay shot a young tiger near Teluk Anan and claimed the $25 government reward. The animal yielded smooth meat sold in town at 40 cents a catty, fueling chatter about Chinamen in the Straits consuming tiger flesh.
Notice attributed to a parish clerk in Harper's Weekly states that no person may be buried in the church yard unless living in the parish, and those wishing burial should apply to the clerk. The door poster reflects a local parish regulation from the era.
Waxahachie officials report the town’s first bale sold at 20.10 cents per pound. A portion of the proceeds was donated to aid New Orleans yellow fever patients.
The text mocks social hypocrisy from a Texas or prairie vantage, contrasting harsh wealth disparities with the working poor. It quotes diverse newspaper asides on gardening and salvation, recalling rural churchgoing and simple attire to critique class and moral pretensions. It cites Houston Chronicle and Lockhart Register fragments and a line from K. Lamity’s Harpoon.
Engaged readers urged to keep digestion healthy after marriage. Brown of Bennettaville, NC, touts Electric Bitters for his wife’s long fight with dyspepsia and liver torpor, noting she recovered strength and vigor. Drugstore price 50 cents. The Dixie Manufacturer urges southern material growth and road building to boost future opportunities.
An advertisement extols Dr King s New Life Pills as a quick pleasant cure for headache constipation and indigestion claiming two million Americans suffer dyspepsia and urging readers to buy 250 at all drug stores Burdock Blood Bitters is also promoted as a cure all.
A market vendor pledges fresh vegetables every morning and invites customers to place orders. The notice asserts competitive beef prices and urges readers to submit their orders.
Rev Srl R Hicks longtime editor of Word and Works announces the magazine will switch to a pictorial format with half tone engravings. The January and October 1906 issues will publish forecasts for the year's first and second halves replacing the Hicks Almanac. Price 10 cents per copy or 1 per year.
The Pittsburg Gazette notes Wanamaker’s ads in New York and Philadelphia papers reach more value, while Southern reads are less impressed amid Roosevelt–Washington Saratoga controversy. An Edina Missouri man endorses Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, sold by W. J. Sedberry for stomach disorders.
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if no cure. EB W Grove signature appears on each box. The piece cites American waters producing 1,696,000,000 pounds of fish annually with a value of $47,180,000.
G. T. Haggard's furniture store lists a rubber tire go cart for $2.50, offering an affordable option for children's recreation.
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