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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1905
Page
1
New Orleans reports 48 new fever cases bringing total to 2412 and 828 deaths with 308 under treatment and 1787 discharged. Marshall notes the Bice murder trial moved to Jefferson, bail refused. A Baltimore hotel waiter gets two years for forcible kissing a white nursemaid.
Gen Dick Taylor Camp UCV No 1265 will meet Sunday October 17 at 3 pm with all comrades urged to attend. The Sept 3 1905 meeting adopted resolutions praising Col Ennis W Taylor for Fort Worth mayoral bid and his Confederate service. urged public support and requested local papers publish the resolutions.
In Mansfield on September 13 a Black man known as Paul Jim was whipped 100 lashes after making inflammatory remarks about a recent lynching in Waxahachie. He was stripped and ordered to leave town, warning others not to return.
Stone & Webster acquire a controlling interest in the Northern Texas Traction Co running Dallas to Fort Worth from Bishop Sherwin syndicate for about 2 million dollars. In Waco a medical meeting featured Drs Tabor and Woldert of Tyler on mosquitoes as inoculators of yellow fever and malaria.
Dallas news desk reports the Baptist convention of Texas has been rescheduled from its original dates to November 16 due to a change in the full dates. Local organizers note the shift aligns with church schedules and avoids conflicts with other events across the state.
In a tragic accident near Geary Oklahoma Charles Biswell suffocated and James Reynolds was left unconscious after a man accidentally shot and killed his wife at Nona while searching for an opossum.
The weekly weather bulletin reports favorable Atlantic coast and gulf temperatures, good corn progress despite moisture, and near finished spring wheat harvest in North Dakota and Minnesota. Carolinas show little change. South Carolina mixed with improve and deterioration regional patterns. Boll weevil pests rising in parts of Texas. overall belt weather highly favorable for picking.
The report lists 1905 cotton ginning up to September 1 at 460 500 bales with 7 725 active ginneries. Yearly comparisons show 1904 374 821 and 1903 17 302 bales. active ginneries: 1905 7 725, 1904 7 567, 1903 2 176. The year’s gain exceeds last year by 94 679 bales.
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