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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1907
Page
3
The Jasper News from Jasper Missouri under editor Roland B Griffith outlines local editorial scope and community reporting aims. It declares commitment to accuracy, public service, and coverage of local government events, schools, and notable residents.
The article laments mastiff breeding trends over 15 to 20 years that favored oversized heads and lumbering frames at the expense of function. Overemphasis on length and skull traits led to paralyzed hindquarters and a decline in the breed’s standing, overtaken by Great Dane, deerhound, and Russian wolfhound.
A dated Musings piece discusses homemakers as inspirational housekeepers who guard household details and finances. It laments modern sedentary women, cites health and vitality concerns, and notes broader social questions about labor, wages, and care. The text shifts to regard Mexico’s prosperity and a Dutch rescue, celebrating civic duty and martyrdom themes.
A serious revolt breaks out in Yachira state located in western Venezuela. Observers note the event aligns with ongoing volatility linked to regional leadership and public unrest, with authorities monitoring developments closely.
Archibald Anstruther Smithers known as Runty becomes marshal of Paradise Arizona after a prank vote. He faces masked robbers at Three-Fingered Pete’s saloon, is killed by outlaws, and is avenged by Lonesome Linthicum in a violent showdown that leaves three robbers dead and Smithers fatally wounded.
Bloomington notes recall the Springfield division town named for Jacob Thaw, father of Harry Thaw. The article recounts a winter inspection tour by the Thaw family when a snowbound train paused near the depot, and Rev J D McCaughrey, a Streator pastor, recalls Thaw as a bright but spoiled boy.
A lighthearted exchange quotes a husband and wife note about Helen of Troy. The husband claims she was the most beautiful woman ever, prompting the wife’s amused reaction in a Houston Post snippet.
The New York Times notes aboard the steamship Amerika an English infantry captain, new to America, wonders about Sandy Hook and learns it is not sand but the harbor approach hook. Passengers recount the hook invention and the captain’s eagerness to witness the Hook emerge as the Amerika neared New York.
An English study asserts the face maps character with eye, nose, lip and jaw features. Dark eyes signal passion, light blue cool calculation, large nostrils courage, long upper lips indicate industrious partners, and broad jawlines predict true love.
A crowd with sprigs of green debates Irish bulls and the origin of the term. A lawyer cites a Dublin tax attack joke about cutting wool from a sheep that lays golden eggs while a contractor and grocer echo similarly grand blunders. The talk drifts to landlords, naïve island savages, and unseen bands as a barber asks why such blunders are called bulls, no answer offered.
Hague Street in New York is cited as the shortest street in the United States able to hold only two houses. The note highlights its unusual diminutiveness amid a city famed for its avenues and blocks.
A writer recalls discussing knuckles with seven year old Frederick during carving at the dinner table. When asked what joints are, the narrator explains using the knuckles on Frederick’s hand and the child quips that they reminded him of hinges.
A humorous remark by Josh Billings describes a patient wait for something to occur. The excerpt uses rustic imagery of a 400 acre lot, a cow being milked, and a pail between knees to illustrate idle anticipation and grichen specu lashunaz.
A line attributed to Puck notes that failures number a dozen for each success and even then the goods often reach another party, framing setbacks as a cost of achievement.
Fragmentary note questions a man nicknamed Stick and a person named Gerald in a puzzling statuary scene involving wood and possible misperceived figures. The text reads like a cryptic inquiry with unclear relationships and locations.
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