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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1910
Page
2
The piece contrasts American practicality with French appreciation for fairy tales. It notes France values childlike imagination, citing a Paris tribute to a woman famed for charming fairy tales for children and adults who retain youth in their souls.
Scientists assert birds curb insect outbreaks, noting that ten thousand caterpillars could ruin an acre of crops and a single cherry tree harboring aphids may hold about twelve million insects. Birds in cultivated areas number seven hundred to one thousand per square mile, consuming hundreds daily to prevent pest swarms.
New Jersey joins states tightening marriage rules by requiring licenses for all couples including elopers from elsewhere. Public license testing allows tracing fleeing couples, aiming to reduce secrecy in marriage without unjust restrictions. Proponents say honorable wedlock should not be shamed, and couples prepared to marry deserve openness.
A Chicago Tribune caution warns readers against misusing nux vomica to remove all taste from the mouth. The piece notes that the substance is a deadly poison and should be avoided unless prescribed by a physician, urging readers not to imitate dangerous recommendations.
The Boston Globe notes that paste jewels are worn more conspicuously at Newport this season than before. The trend stems from people wanting to display status as their safe deposit boxes reveal what they can afford, countering any perception that paste items are merely inferior.
A garbled local screed claims homeopathists in Los Angeles ban benzoate of soda then urge its use to avoid deception. It asserts Chicago possesses the world’s worst milk supply and hints at Chicago’s bragging about this flaw, implying national doubt.
A garbled OCR passage describes people attempting to ford a river, some drowning and others failing to drop into the water. It references a place and names unclearly, with no clear dates or sources. The fragment preserves a trace of a tragedy report with missing details.
Army horses may be permanently marked with an inner nostril tattoo under a proposal by Captain Cooper H Conrad Jr of the cavalry arm. The plan aims to stamp horses with indelible numbers to prevent duplication, reduce middleman roles, lower costs, and improve selection amid remount operations at Fort Keogh and Fort Reno.
The United States plans to press for recognition of the China railroad concession granted to an English American syndicate for the Chin Chaw Algun line. Russia and Japan are suspected of secret understandings to bar others from Manchuria, risking a single‑handed U S effort to keep the field open.
The United States plans to lead a conference at The Hague in September with nations including Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Portugal, China, Siam, Persia, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia and possibly Turkey to curb opium trafficking through international agreements. The effort follows the International Opium Commission’s recommendations.
The suffrage movement gains attention in Washington as prominent social leaders and committees advocate for votes for women. Once mocked, women in the capital now appear poised, fashionable, and influential, with many senators and representatives openly sympathetic to suffrage.
Two cake recipes are described. The striped cake uses butter sugar milk and two kinds of batter to create a streaked effect, while the small cakes mix molasses brown sugar melted butter soda sour milk spices orange and lemon peel with flour to form a stiff dough, rolled and baked.
Practical domestic hints cover enamel hooks to prevent rust, shoe care to extend leather life, fitting chamois leather with soap as needed, handling hot water safely with foods, making jelly gifts for Christmas, and preserving hands by sewing a fingerless pad from a left glove onto the right for heat protection.
Faded green blinds can be renewed by rubbing with linseed oil. To glaze linen use damp iron and apply great pressure with a hot iron. Make ivory carving paste from sawdust water and lemon juice, apply thickly, dry, then brush clean. Wash glassware bottom first to prevent cracking from sudden heat. Delicate glass can be washed in very hot water edgewise.
The article extols women using a vacuum cleaner beyond cleaning houses to also freshen clothes and scalp. It asserts the machine removes every particle of dust quickly, leaving only grease potting to wash and press, and even suggests using the blower to dry hair while seated, reducing drying time.
A recipe notes adding a cup of blueberries to an ordinary baking powder tea biscuit. Use a quart of flour three heaping teaspoons baking powder a large teaspoonful of butter a little salt and two cups of sweet milk. Dough should be soft and lightly handled bake quickly for luncheon or tea.
A fragmented recipe describes washing and scraping a dozen carrots, chopping them, soaking, draining, and cooking with light brown sugar and lemon juice. It notes a long simmer around 144 hours and claims a pleasant and distinct flavor, though steps are garbled.
A Sunday School lesson from 1910 uses Matthew 2 1 14 to compare the kingdom of heaven to a wedding feast The king invites guests who refuse and are replaced by others gathered from the highways The teaching emphasizes the union of Christ with believers and the delay in judgment until the proper time The commentary notes the shift of God s kingdom from Jews to Gentiles and the moral of seeking true readiness over excuses.
Willie says he led the school insurance company and was fired before he could resign while the boys treated him unfairly. Mama asks how it happened as the conflict unfolds.
The catacombs at home stretch about 650 miles and reportedly hold 6,000,000 bodies. Used as hiding places during Nero and other emperors persecutions, they grew crowded under Claudius and Anan. Simple etched designs on the tombs seal the vaults, with small chapels and palatine sites found inside, all idle worship scenes making the catacombs a pietorial Bible in effect.
A Albany legislator recalls a remark about Senator Matt and a politician who shifted parties. He cites a cynical wit about how circumstances alter political views religion and health and ends with a lurid image of a man sleeping peacefully beside his wife at dawn.
During a London visit American author Mrs Wiggin was asked what she thinks of London. Her witty reply compared the prompt to a scene where a young lady at dinner asks Dr Gibbon to recount the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
An obscure line from a reflective column hints at inner springs of motive within every person, comparing the heart to a desk with a hidden drawer. The phrasing suggests a meditation on hidden desires and self-discovery.
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