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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
2
A column of varied notes mocks social trends and political quirks with mock news items. It touches on census work, fashion and customs, transportation, poetry, housing, and global curiosities, previewing upcoming events and scientific marvels with a wry tone.
Judge Wells fines William Ring one dollar after a luncheon dispute with Edward Snider over limburger cheese. The exchange highlights calls for Christian missions to accompany commerce and governance, arguing civilisation depends on liberty, intelligence, and equal justice under law.
George W. Perkins, partner of J. Pierpont Morgan, urged at Harvard for national corporate control and compulsory publicity. He argued giant corporations can benefit society if laws enforce fair, transparent management and punish improper officers, likening efforts to legislate against nature’s lightning. He said big corporations are more public institutions than private property and urged honest expansion worldwide.
Senator William Pierce Frye of Maine will retire at term end in 1918 if he lives that long. At 75 on September 2, his health has faltered recently. Frye, one of the Senate's oldest members, has served since 1881 and has held roles from Paris Peace Commission member to president pro tempore.
An outfitter's shop displayed a notice reading took them at their word. A supercilious customer entered to inspect a bright tie in the front row. After remarking it was loud the visitor left, saying it offended his taste and telling the clerk not to replace it.
A jumble of light anecdotes from a period newspaper, recounting a romantic water themed meeting at Bluepoint followed by a cafe dinner, a doctor in Peking savings lives with Sing Loo, and quips about single blessedness and marriage.
An advertisement letter extols Postum as a nourishing drink for nursing mothers and growing children. The author claims long boiling enhances flavor and notes improved strength and nourishment for both mother and child, urging proper preparation and citing “The Road to Wellville” as context.
Robert Winthrop Chanler, heir of John Jacob Astor lineage, proclaims happiness with Madame Linn Cavalleri, famed stage beauty who delayed her decision before answering “Yes.” Her rise from Rome cafe chantant to operatic fame, aided by Leoncavallo, is noted as her past. Cavalleri’s wealth reportedly tops $600,000 in jewels.
Baron Uchida Mikado's ambassador to the United States says Japan does not want war. He rejects U.S. war chatter as incomprehensible and praises President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt for fostering peace. He cites Fairbanks and the American influence on Japanese-American friendship.
London society smiles at a chancetold tale of Hite Miss Asquith as Mar garet, the prime minister’s daughter, quips to Mr Lloyd George that Edgar should be whipped for not studying. A separate note from Bloomsburg reports A C Hidlay’s whisky spigot ran to the sewer, costing him about $100 due to a lapse of memory.
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