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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1906
Page
2
A nostalgic reflection on early medical practice notes doctors riding long rounds and promoting Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The piece touts its claimed cures for female ailments, its origin in Buffalo, and testimonials, then shifts to brief political and public figures remarks from the era, including Bryan Taft and Rockefeller perspectives.
Texas patents granted this week include wear stretcher coat hanger by Dotoglass Campbell Houston, fastened base-bands by Benjamin Cary Houston, Sham pillow by Martin Evesson Sabine, and feed cutter by Davis Wolf Archer City. Also notes on the San Angelo fair, rail rates, Washington finance, and political mentions of Taft Cuba policy Bryan and Bankhead.
Train timetable for west and east bound routes through Jefferson Texas lists Mail and Express trains, Night Express, Cannon Ball, and Express services with corresponding numbers and times. Local agents RK Hazara and M P O Cosxon are noted as agents in Jefferson Texas.
A church directory lists services and activities at Christ Church and First Baptist Church including Sunday school, morning prayers, Holy Communion, and prayer meetings. It mentions church officials, superintendent roles, and monthly societies. The column also notes political opinions on tariffs, Hearst independence, Hetty Green's tax stance, a cement shingle invention, and a remark about a troublesome boy.
An old medicine advertisement urges readers to check urine for kidney trouble and promotes Doan's Kidney Pills by citing a testimonial from T Donaldson of Marshall Texas. It claims relief after two boxes and directs readers to J F Crow Drag Co store and Foster Milburne Buffalo NY as distributors.
An advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure claiming to cure deafness caused by catarrh and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. It urges readers to send for free circulars and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo as manufacturers and local druggists as sellers. The brief notes a separate aside about a possible Cuba episode and a Sampson-Schley controversy.
A causeway to span Galveston bay will connect the island with the mainland and rank as the world’s largest. The project costs 81.5 million and will carry three steam railroad tracks two electric lines a wagon way and a footpath. The structure will be 140 feet wide at the top and sit 10 feet above mean low water with a length of one mile.
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as curing a severe diarrhoea attack after nine days without relief. It features RG Stewart of Stewart & Bro Greenville Alabama endorsing the product, with sales by druggists. A second note questions a political bribery claim in New Jersey involving John F Dryden and an insurance payout.
A Great Falls Montana reader praises Ballard's Horehound Syrup for curing coughs that lead to consumption. The ad notes families using the remedy for years and claims many coughs can be prevented with early care. A broad warning about independence and avoidance of daunting tasks closes the piece.
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