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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
2
The Kansas Farmer notes early pasture grass is watery and low in nutrients. Cows fed on young tender grass lose appetite for better seeds and milk output declines. He advises keeping stock off until pasture is well started to protect dairy production.
Estey Busby returns from Columbia to Easter visit as term at Dewey ends with a dinner and program. Parents bring baskets for a surprise dinner. Much corn planting planned. Kenney Miller family on sick list. Elliott family improving. Chine Turner stayed with Lena Garrett and attended a box supper at Shiloh. Alice Templin led Salem league. Whitlock and Boyd families noted visits and guests from Webb City.
The piece notes Guam lacks natural salt deposits and relies on evaporating seawater in kettles. During salt boiling, locals also produce sugar from coconut sap, mirroring ancient coastal practices. The article contrasts optimistic thought with the difference between man and brute, tying reason to salt making.
Sulphuric acid has been known commercially for about a century. The first step is burning sulphur to form a gas, then chemically treated to produce acid. Diluted acid cannot be shipped in iron containers as it corrodes iron, but strong sulphuric acid can be shipped in tank cars.
Dublin residents share weekend visits with family and friends including Mrs Berrea Wrenner and Mrs Grider. Alumbaughs host Wes Malone and Elzie Alumbaugh visits noted. Sam King, Garnet pair, and Bertha Webber social roundups appear, with Grim in Joplin and Armstrongs employed nearby. Carpet weaving by Mrs Murphy and Mr Isenmann noted along with a return to Mrs Baird’s home.
A worried father recalls youth and labor as he tells his son that when he grows old he may have to work long hours. The son responds with a hollow query about what the father does, implying a critique of squandered effort.
A reflective line comparing youth and age as interior qualities. It contrasts soul depth with hair color and likens aging to a vein of gold in rock independent of surface grass. The quote emphasizes inner perception over external appearance.
A wry dialogue features Diogenes seeking an honest man and pondering what he would do upon finding one. He quips that he might have to lend the man money, delivering a dry joke on virtue and practicality.
An old advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills aid liver function by easing digestion and bile flow. It emphasizes bitterness overcome by sugar coating, promising relief and renewed energy after taking the pills.
A child’s simple answer to what patience is shows patience as hiding and waiting without wearying. The girl said, Please, sir, It is little a wee and dinna weary.
The article argues for planned fall freshening of cows starting in spring 1918 to align breeding cycles. Cows freshening in March can be bred in April, then again in February, with subsequent freshening in November and September in later years. It promotes a pure-bred sire, claiming the plan increases calves and profits, and predicts fall freshening will become routine by 1918.
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