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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
5
The Egyptian School of Magnetic and Divine Healing in Murphysboro offers treatment of disease without drugs or surgery. L Haskell, president, promotes a home treatment method that claims cures for many diseases. Patients can write for guidance if they cannot visit, with a reply requested.
Notice that letters testate have been granted to Wa B Senagven as executor by the Probate Court of Girardeau County dated the 8th. Claimants must exhibit their claims for allowance within one year of letters or be barred from the estate. If not exhibited within two years from publication, they are forever barred.
Court papers in Ca Girardeau Missouri grant administrators Saranick Bowans and Jons H Bowens the authority to settle claims against the estate of John A. Bowers. Creditors must file claims within one year from letters date to receive share. otherwise they are barred.
Letters of administration granted to surviving partner by Prob ate Court of Cape Girardeau County dated March 10, 1900 for claims within one year or be forever barred Surviving Partner and Administrator.
State of Missouri issues order of publication in Cape Girardeau Circuit Court for May term. Silas A. Martin sues Emelle Martin seeking a divorce on abandonment grounds. Defendant, not a Missouri resident, must answer by the next term beginning May 3 at the Jackson courthouse. Published in Jackson Herald.
The article explains alchemic ideas that one element could trans form into another via disintegration of atoms. It discusses radium altering atomic groups to helium, and claims by Sir William Ramsay about copper turning into alkalis with emanations. Curie reportedly failed to replicate such results and notes lithium’s rarity and contamination concerns.
The New York Press notes a month of intense forest fires sparking global alarm and superstition. It recalls Edmonds’ Georgia fires of 1811 and mocks apocalyptic dress amid panic, saying panic provokes prayers and absurd attire rather than practical action.
A physician discusses a utopian era where influenza and scarlet fever decline due to ventilation and sanitation. He contrasts this with a controversial schoolboy definition of kissing and warns of nervous breakdown as a major modern disease linked to overstressed nerves and emotional drift.
A brief kitchen instruction describes boiling and mashing six potatoes and four onions, then returning them to the kettle with two pints of scalded milk and butter. An egg, salt, and pepper are added, Doll is introduced, and one to two pints of oysters are added before serving immediately.
A recipe fragment describes layering left over cooked fish with mashed potatoes and butter in a deep dish, seasoning with butter pepper and salt, then repeating until full. The top is sprinkled with cracker crumbs dotted with butter and milk is poured over, cooking until done.
A well known sergeant on a volunteer range, famed for never being wounded after three wars Crimean Indian Mutiny and Chinese. He once walked along the line during fire to check a shot and was finally shot in the shoulder on a Saturday afternoon, causing stunned silence as blood appeared on his sleeve.
The New York Tribune recalls Henry Havemeyer defending a banker accused of double dealing until proven guilty. He recalls a Christmas collar pin bought for 2 that matched a 5 price, noting a mother’s plea to consider motive and honesty. The anecdote blends charity and caution about appearances.
An excerpt presents satirical Q and A on military medical ethics and improbable treatments. It mocks responses such as using asafoedita, valerian, chloroform, digitalis, nitroglycerin, and typhoid germs, ending with a caricature about forcing enemies upright.
Dr Ida Kahn a Chinese woman physician who earned her degree at the University of Michigan has returned to the United States to undertake a postgraduate course at Johns Hopkins She is a Missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church and helped open the City of Nanchang to missionaries after it had been forbidden ground She reportedly cured the wife of Viceroy Tasal Taeo
The music event drew praise as the violinist's performance was described as marvelous and the audience appeared captivated, with the host noting the crowd hung on every note.
Pipe smoking contests are held to Belgium for large cash prizes. Each competitor is allowed four measures of tobacco and the winner keeps a light burning the longest.
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