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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1907
Page
3
A Manitoba settler describes homestead life near Swan River Valley from 1900, detailing land, improvements, receipts, expenditures and assets. The record shows crop yields, farm equipment, livestock, and a loan balance, with notes on securing railway rates to free homestead lands.
Mrs Kate Wilson stands as the state's only professional lobster catcher with a four horsepower gasoline boat engine and a growing business. The item highlights her health plan and a remark on persistence, citing quotes from Garfield and Edward Eggleston, and mentions Lewis' Single Binder Cigar and Brooke.
Mrs M J Wight of Auburn Maine recounts a 1901 birth where she was pale weak and gas troubled. after using Dr Williams Pink Pills she regained strength and her baby thrived. She later found the pills helped a rheumatic hand attack. Drugstores sell Pink Pills priced 50 cents per box. six for $2.50 by Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
Town of Kirkwall in Orkney reports eerie disturbances. A bellringer’s wife heard a sudden figure at St. Magnus cathedral during the curfew toll, snatching her hands from the rope before vanishing. Early observers note trees felled overnight and many windows broken without sound in the moonlit town.
A grandmother recounts a seven year old granddaughter suffering after measles. She describes furious itching and watery bleeding sores over the body, especially underarms. After trying various remedies including Cuticura, the child improves within 24 hours and is cured in five days. June 25 and July 20, 1906, Bakersfield California.
Denver News notes Kendall resident Woodbury Moore, age 14, as the youngest successful trapper in the country. He gathered ten coyote pelts for bounty and, over winter, trapped ten badgers, eighty mink, twelve skunks, and about fifty dollars worth of furs, all without adult aid.
A workman clearing a deep bog in Somersetshire unearthed an oak canoe likely linked to ancient lake dwellers. The 20 feet 6 inches long and 20 feet 10 inches wide craft is in fair preservation and resembles a modern punt.
The report notes Newcastle in New South Wales as a growing port with a population around 80,000. It lies 102 miles by rail or 60 miles by sea from Sydney and handles coal shipments. Last year 1,779 vessels entered or cleared, totaling 2,768,401 tons. Labor troubles are seen as the main drawback to its commerce. It also highlights Defiance Starch offering more starch per package for the same price.
A quotation from Haslitt and Victor Huge reflects on praise and virtue. It notes prosperity as a teacher and adversity as greater, that possession dulls the mind while privation strengthens it, and places conscience as the highest virtue.
A man identified as James Thompson in Lurgan begins a new life after sleeping from 1877 until about two weeks ago. The guardians label him the laziest man alive, a claim sparked by a domestic crisis that forced him to rise and be dressed by three neighbors. He and his elderly mother then returned home from the Union Infirmary, with Mrs Thompson later granted 18 pence weekly relief.
A West Philadelphia dentist, keen on poultry, raises early broilers in his kitchen to meet rising demand. He expects 30 to 40 birds by June, aiming for 60 cents per pound if they reach two pounds. He successfully hatched 19 chicks from cellar hens and plans to expand to ducks and geese. A grocer agrees to buy the poultry at top prices.
An amateur gunner questions readiness while a guide vows to be ready soon and to borrow a dog. The exchange hints at past losses of dogs and a plan to prevent any repetition, underscoring peril and resolve.
The dramatist asks about reviving classics while the theater manager defends occasional classics as a mirror for audiences, suggesting no substitute for a genuine classic to elevate a weaker show. The exchange captures a debate on preserving literary standards in theater.
In a brief exchange Towne notes they misplaced an umbrella after placing it on a stand with Browne. The other items remained, and he laments not obtaining a slot or chance to retrieve it during the event last evening.
The excerpt condemns mean narrow minded thoughts, asserting such notions remain inside until they surface and mark the face with ugliness, warning that inner flaws reveal themselves outwardly. It emphasizes self examination to prevent outward blemish.
In Norway Maine a slate of women fills key local posts including town physician, justice of the peace, bank cashier, undertaker, photographer and insurance agent, marking notable progress in civic and professional life for women in the community.
A male ostrich owned by H. Oliver of Oudtshoorn Capé Colony has yielded a total plumage value of 10000 dollars, according to the record.
J Daughtrey of Suffolk Virginia describes severe kidney trouble with gravel passing twenty pounds of gravel and sandy sediment in urine over two to three years. He reports no stones since using Doan's Kidney Pills three years ago and calls it a fine kidney tonic. He notes a box contains fourteen gravel stones and claims many more were passed. For sale by all dealers at 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
London expert credits opera star Charles Manners as one of the most amateur milliners living his work rivaling top French models and earning notable esteem in fashion circles.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure painful toes and ingrown nails, claim comfort for sore feet and sweating feet, with a 2tC price and free trial, mailed from Le Roy New York. The ad quotes Feltham on humility.
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