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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
2
A collage of odd observations on pennies cadets crops church habits and language quirks notes from Honduras and England plus a sly wink at King Alfonso's whiskers. The terse items sketch a world of trivialities and curious phrases with a light satirical tone.
The mayor of Tokyo will dispatch twenty thousand cherry trees to President Taft in Washington as a symbolic gesture. The remark notes the echo of a historic moment when a single cherry tree made Washington famous.
A broad survey of trends in society life touches on women using Messenger boys to fasten waists, concerns over child labor laws, and a London medical journal's note on schoolchildren drink habits. The piece also reports on small national banks, power measurements, Royal Commission tests on whiskey, and a New York Yacht Club yacht incident near Vineyard Haven.
In the capital the gambling laws are strictly enforced. Boys who play marbles for keeps are treated as gamblers and liable to arrest and punishment though the boys were released with some security amid concern over community safety and propriety.
Fragmentary text discusses union methods, wage work, and dual roles in industry. It mentions labor conflict, trial cultivation, and contrasts between active participation and idle pleasure. Confusing names and terms appear, obstructing a clear report.
A discussion on how classroom groups form a brotherhood shaping moral life, citing Froebel and the idea that teachers mold social instincts. It contrasts this with the American habit of extravagant Thanksgiving and Christmas feasts, critiquing social excess and ritualized conviviality.
A thinker discusses aviation design aiming for automatic equilibrium to counter wind irregularities. He favors a two-surface double-decker machine aligned with Farman Bell Wright and Dela Grange work, while warning against overoptimistic claims that flying machines will replace tariffs or reshape architecture. Dirigible balloons remain risky and difficult to control.
Trenton New Jersey police Charles Stokes of the Wilbur department is suspended on three charges for carrying a watch alarm on duty and sleeping at his post. He says fatigue on night shifts made sleep inevitable, and his clock triggered the events that led to his downfall. He was found asleep in a stable loft by responding officers after mistaking a burglar alarm for a routine wake call.
William H Bucholz and James V Lorber faced a giant octopus while fishing off Conception Bay New Jersey. Bucholz grabbed a log to escape but was seized by tentacles. Lorber leapt overboard with a hatchet and hacked at the creature until it released them. Both men were hauled back to the boat exhausted and marked by the attack.
In Liberty hills near Culabugias Miselara Mueller rode eight miles on horseback and was driven 38 miles in a nano mobile for medical care. The girl, part of a coed group, was discharged after the bullet struck her during a hunting trip.
At breakfast the head of the house excuses a late dinner engagement and illness. A tense silence falls as the morning reveals the clock stopped. He admits winding the wrong clock, while the wife reveals she sabotaged the barometer with a corkscrew.
A reader recalls a two month hive infestation in a six year old girl. Relief came after using Cuticura remedies tried with hot baths and ointment. An item quotes Dr Madison C Peters discussing marriage and moral hypocrisy in the afterlife, alongside a Boston seller note.
W W Evane of Carrollton Kentucky reports relief from itching piles after using a sample jar of Resinol with warm-water baths and application. He believes he is permanently cured after a few days of treatment. The note appears among a collage of miscellaneous items and quotes.
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