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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
6
Dr E M Harvey promotes eye care stressing small strain on eye muscles can derange the nervous system and cause illness. He offers eye examinations and glasses fitted by analysis with a scientific method and free consultation. Located over Ramsay's store room 26 west side square. Work priced from 200 dollars and up.
The account describes how codfish digest prey by cracking shells and swallowing meat, leaving shells beneath the waves. It notes crabs cracking shells of neighboring creatures and consuming meat, illustrating ongoing deep sea destruction and claims that sunken ships are consumed by fish except for metal parts.
A quotation-poem style note emphasizes that small consistent daily work, though simple, breaks resistance like water wearing stone. It invokes Anthony Trollope and extols steady habit over bursts of effort, framing discipline as a potent force.
A reader notes the value of birds in protecting gardens by eating pests. The English sparrow, though despised, hunts worms and moths, showing more energy against insects than in seed gathering.
A quotation from John Butler Yeats about Irish life, contrasting trends between cultural duty and commercial aims. The speaker notes that in his youth in Ireland the family would rise to see him off for duties or amusements, while ventures for profit were treated with less ceremony.
The Walnut Growers association announces a $10,000 prize for inventing an acceptable machine to brand the shell of each English walnut. The contest aims at improving branding in the yearly walnut crop valued at about ten million dollars.
A compact reflection on wealth, defining real riches as life itself and its powers. It argues a country is richest when it fosters noble, happy people, while the richest man elevates his own life and extends influence through his actions and possessions.
A humorous note from Howe's Monthly about a little girl whose Methodist father and Episcopalian mother leave her unsure whether to end prayers with Amen or Ah men. The piece highlights religious crossovers in a child's prayers.
The latest United States postal guide lists 81 Frankline towns, with Cheater and Clinton close behind at 30 each. Washington and Newport follow, each with 28 towns bearing the name.
Nice new cottage offering five rooms and one bath on a lot measuring 40 by 150 feet close in. Inquire at this office. Subscribe for your daily paper at the News Office.
The article explains cats see better in darkness than humans due to UV sensitivity and highly dilated pupils. It notes whiskers aid navigation, true night vision is limited, and suggests cats do not see as clearly at night as in daylight.
The Rogers Pass tunnel on the Mocky Mountain division of the Canadian Pacific is five miles long and runs beneath Mt. Macdonald in the Selkirk range. It cost over 10 million dollars to construct, surpassing the Hoosne tunnel on the Fitchburg division of the Beaton and Maine railroad, previously America’s longest at 4 miles.
An extended Algonquin origin name for a Massachusetts lake has been shortened to Lake Webster. The name was said to mean how the south wind made a large water where many blackbirds chatter.
A dream study notes that dreaming of a black cat signals active enemies and misfortune, while being followed by a cat suggests burglars nearby. Stroking a cat in a dream warns against false friends and warns the dreamer.
Workers in the lope room of aero manc factories show a general mild anemia. The condition is not pronounced enough to be alarming, though it raises concerns about long term labor fatigue and health monitoring.
A Shakespearean line proclaims love all, trust a few, do wrong to none, urging balanced affection and ethical restraint. The timelessReflection emphasizes prudent relationships and moral behavior in personal conduct.
From the twelfth to the fifteenth century small mirrors were essential Indies accessories carried in pockets or on girdles. The pocket mirror is described as a circular polished metal plaque fixed in a shallow box with a lid.
A note in the Minden Courier cites a Boston Transcript remark that a merchant once spent 2.50 on advertising to draw a crowd, but found the expenditure unprofitable, proving it does not pay.
A terse citation of Dr John Brown noting that knowledge alone proves nothing without its practical use for one’s needs.
Albany Journal notes that many issued public duty buttons remain unused and criticizes the waste of time and money spent producing fuel buttons rather than serving practical needs. The piece admonishes better use of resources and urges restraint in such displays of participation.
Ohio State Journal notes that people often spend hours daily on listening to telephonic calls that interrupt work with pleas of not disturbing professionals. The cartoonish reflection hints at the burden of interruptions on focused labor.
Desertion ranks first as a cause for divorce with cruelty second and adultery third. The note outlines the common grounds considered in judicial separations.
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