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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
7
A physician father tours his office with his inquisitive son Bobby. Bobby asks about curios in a room containing four skeletons. He questions whose bones they are and learns the bones are not his. A preserved flat worm in alcohol draws his interest as he jokes about taking a noodle home for soup.
Advertisement copy touts Cuticura Soap as a remedy for tender skin with the claim of rapid results. It offers free samples and lists products including Soap, Ointment, and a mail option from Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Also notes tissue paper thugs and witty proverbs about bonds and aging.
A defense of funding concrete roads with bonds arguing long term benefits. Taxpayers invest now to improve maintenance costs, easing future budgets. Concrete surfaces reduce wear, fuel use, and hauling costs for farmers, increasing efficiency and market access.
In 1917 about 430000 dollars were available for roads and trails within the forest boundaries from a ten percent fund derived from receipts. Cooperative projects continued with funds from the forest service and local communities.
In a fragment from a 19th century style prose piece Mrs Passionpen declares her identity as the celebrated poetess, while Chumpley grandly praises a fire on her brow. A jest about self styled genius contrasts with a curling mishap and a playful social tea invitation involving Mrs Styles and Mrs Myles plus a request for sugar and coal.
A distinguished man of letters among guests at a reception seemed out of place says one Indies guest. The hostess replies he talks only sense, a remark that foreshadows the line about stolen sweets being hard to digest.
A contemplative piece asks what becomes of the Kaiser's divine right after the war. It argues that abandoning an ideal requires replacing it with a new guiding belief and outlines keeping faith while transitioning.
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