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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1902
Page
2
Fragmentary wirings from The Jasper News describe local notices, church events, meetings, and advertisements. Readable items include election references, meeting times, church services, and community announcements from Lynn Monroe Elta and nearby areas.
The article discusses town opposition and support for a new mail delivery route affecting Bartow Lamar and Carthage areas. Citizens fear town decline, while others see economic gains from improved service and access. Proponents argue routes may come from Carthage or Gol ea City, or even Lamar, changing local commerce.
Fragmented OCR notes discuss rising public interest in diet debates, emphasizing rational vegetarian meat balance and health, with references to Prof W Gras Towenda arguing for moderation and balanced diet. Merchants report selling more silk items, reflecting shifting consumer tastes.
A garbled OCR text fragment references various terms and names without clear meaning. It mentions possible people, places, and events in a disjointed way, making it difficult to identify a coherent news item, date, or location from the readable content.
An OCR ledger style notice advertises citywide food delivery and a Webb Drug & Hardware sale. It mentions Pealk Trees, a straw berry plait to evergreen line, and solicits customers to call Hidlunt for deliveries. It also lists various cures and products and notes a former residence location for patrons to collect items.
Orange Judd Farmer describes a portable hog pen with improved doors and hinged sides for easy transfer of hogs between pens. The design allows stacking over boards, elevates five feet high, and shields hogs from cold winds. Includes a cleanable interior and a floor that accommodates hog movement and timber alignment for long use.
The study records average daily gain over four lots, with per pound gain varying from 0.74 to 9.78 pounds. Food cost per pound ranged up to 1.04 cents. Dry grain fed pigs had slightly better gains than grain mixed with water, suggesting no real advantage to slop except for convenience.
Report from Indiana on pig feeding trials testing slow feed versus mixed with water. Four groups of four pigs were observed over months, with varying water ratios and ad libitum water. Notes mention malaria remedies and local drugstore ads intertwined with farm product notices and shop openings.
A fragmented stock bulletin discusses calf rearing and weaning, cattle health, and hay for horses. It warns buyers about distant sheep or swine through stock yards and barbed wire wounds, then notes rising meat prices and favorable cattle trends, urging care and safety in handling horses. Also cites Dr. M. L. Scarbrough’s recovery tale and local nursery stock advertisements.
A terse local notice describes a severe leg ulcer on J B of Franklin Grove DL caused by a runaway event. A doctor was consulted and remedies tried for four years before Theo Bucklen's Arica Salo reportedly cured the patient. The ad claims the salve treats boils burns sores cuts eruptions and other skin issues, priced at 250 at Webb drug store.
An old advertisement lists cream separators made in factories with guarantees and prices. It warns mothers about secret robbers of babies and promotes Warre's Ceram Vanuarvum and topical cures. Numerous medicines and products are pitched with prices, drugstore names, and cash for hides and furs.
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