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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
7
A quarrel emerges as Bridges notes a wife’s claim she made a min of him while his wife denies such comments. The exchange reveals marital friction and contention within the household.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a testimonial style medical advertisement for J Pr Caterh Cure with claims of cures and peculiar spellings. The text is garbled with names like J. Chaseyt Co and Tojedia O, mentioning years of usage and price notes, but overall unreadable and not coherent.
A passerby recounts an incident where an Indy observer confronts a tramp in a tree escaping a bulldog. The hobo humorously requests that surplus food be given to the dog, revealing a humane protest amid a tense moment. An advertisement extols the newer and superior Defiance Starch, claiming eliminated harmful chemicals and added strength and smoothness.
A fragmentary exchange hints at a debtor named Jones and a stalled collection effort. The speaker jokes about mailing a statement but a sign on a letter box reads Pout No Bills, implying blocked payment or postal obstacle.
The average American church member gives 54 cents to foreign missions. The United Presbyterians hold the record with $1.77 per member given.
Instructions describe building a wagon gear with two axles and timber frames. Notches, hounds, reach, turntable, and snatch blocks are detailed for assembling front and back gear, with iron plates and pins securing parts. Tools include draw knife and gun pipe pieces for strength, and log ends are fashioned into wheels with bored centers.
Instructions describe making a smokehouse from two empty barrels. A kettle of smoldering chips or corn cobs sits in the lower barrel, with an opening to add fuel. The upper barrel acts as the hanging chamber with hooks or rods to suspend the meat.
Practical farming notes stress prudent praise and caution against overstatement. Guides advise soil near surface manure for wheat, damp sand for root crops, and rye on thin clay lands as a staple or pasture. Pig feeding favors corn barley and wheat shorts in equal parts with skim milk for growing pigs, plus dry pens and summer conditions for fall pigs.
Frosted corn found not worse for silage by New England farmers where frosts occur. Some claim hard frost enhances silage quality and that corn aged after frost improves despite frost exposure.
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota says after five months in a hospital he was discharged as incurable with six months to live. He suffered heart trouble mothering spells fainting and urinary issues. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with addressing the kidney problems and improving his health. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box.
Mrs J A Renaud of Montreal recounts a long battle with eczema on her leg treated by doctors for twenty five years. After two Cuticura treatments swelling subsided and skin rebuilt, with a full cure in two months. She has remained well for seven years and credits Cuticura with saving her life.
A compact clippings page mix shows humor and home making tips. Chief items include a light exchange about wisdom between a governess and a child, a column praising starches for white goods, a quip about Judge Bord and a quill inkpot trick, ending with a moralistic couplet urging virtue and perseverance.
A New York clothing house received a postcard from the southwest asking for the proper afternoon groom dress. The reply advised a bottle green coat, fawn trousers, top boots, alk hat, and cockade with prices. A later note lamented the expense of marriage and asked for simpler options. The item praises Defiance Starch for better stiffness with less paste, improving fabric appearance and wear.
A collage of comic snippets from London Punch includes a humorous exchange where Practical Girl mocks a dream proposal, The Last Wishes prompts a vicar’s return message, and an Old Woman orders a burial for Martha Higgins at two. Also ad copy touts Starch for shirt waists and a playful banter about a loan.
Examine every bottle of Castoria carefully for infants and children and see the signature of In Vee For Over 30 Years. This reliable remedy has been trusted for decades and remains the familiar choice.
Report notes remarkable Lutheran membership growth from 65,000 in 1870 to 1,850,000 in 1905, with the church now ranking third in numerosity among Protestant bodies. Also mentions Defiance Starch ads and a collar stiffening claim in the same snippet.
A cryptic remark compares a drunk to seeing adders as snakes. The line ponders why drinking leads to such visions. It suggests that those with nothing to do are burdened by idle thoughts or worries.
The readable text contains scattered phrases about borrowing trouble, a single binder, and references to a factory and polite society. It appears as an OCR garble with unclear dates, places, or named entities, offering only disjointed fragments rather than a coherent news item.
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