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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
10
A historic luncheon feature describes a warm weather menu with creamed fish and macaroni with codfish. It details baked salmon and potato layers, a potato border, and a creamy codfish sauce. It also covers a light chickpea style gammon dish, a meringue topping, and serving suggestions for a digestible, not too heavy lunch.
An ornate account describes a sultan’s harem where jewelry and armor glitter. Grace and Mamond flowers adorn attendees, with a twelve year old granddaughter wearing a diamond crown. The scene features jeweled birds, gold mittens, rubies, and a vast trove of priceless arms and curios.
Popular Mechanics reports a dramatic demonstration in Atlantic City where two American airmen wore suits coated with a fireproofing compound. The plane was sprayed with gasoline and lifted, then descended after five minutes with no injuries and only soot on the aircraft and crew.
A garbled passage describes a tense moment in Zion City with references to police enforcement and two youths shouting amid a crowd. The readable content hints at crowd reaction and an attempted arrest but specifics are unclear due to transcription errors.
A quirky schoolhouse tale where a student discovers a hidden place and raises alarm. The dialogue reflects communal curiosity and the idea of giving peers a chance, capturing a small town moment with playful language and a nod to youthful mischief.
A fragment suggests a person declined for 28 dollars offered for use of a summer cottage season, deeming it too expensive for them. The readable text implies a decision based on cost, with an unidentified speaker recounting a negotiating moment. No other context or names are provided.
A fragmented quote depicts Owens as a “human dynamo” contrasted with doubt over his energy to work and cover expenses. The readable text shows strained remarks about his productivity and financial obligations, reflecting a debate over his ability to meet duties and pay bills.
Fragmented OCR text appears to question identity and attribution, mentioning biographers and a blog author. It references a person named George and a call to a son, with unclear surrounding context and missing details.
A historical reflection argues roads must be thicker and wider to support increasing commercial traffic. It urges equipping trucks with pneumatic tires to reduce pavement wear and protect highway surfaces from heavy loads, noting past and future road stress and the need for better construction standards.
Bureau of Public Roads estimates the 1919 road program requires about 667000 tons of crushed rock or gravel, equivalent to nearly 20000 carloads. The shortage of stone or gravel delayed 5 miles of road construction in 1919, with about 190 miles of new construction authorized this year, totaling 250 miles scheduled.
The piece discusses highway policy, noting states have long built portions of a potential national system. It proposes that in such cases the states should be compensated to maintain equality in value with any nationwide construction. The idea is to ensure that existing state highways are valued fairly within the national framework.
In a tense scene in the sitting room a loud yell disrupts a gathering. A boy explains it was an experiment to test a painter’s free services, prompting the father to scold and threaten future consequences for the boy’s actions.
A tiny air turbine by Lt. Nedland, a North Dakota craftsman, measures under one twentieth of an inch in diameter and weighs one fifth of a grain. The eight-part gold casing motor uses six slots, with a 0.082 inch diameter motor and 0.007 inch shaft, driven by a jet of compressed air. It is claimed to be the smallest motor, smaller than the maker's electric motor and seam engine claimed as world’s smallest machines.
A camel has twice the carrying power of Anux, highlighting a substantial difference in load capacity between the two.
A quirky, humorous note from Arkansas Thomas Cat describing the height of a comically odd scene, where a 200-pound cornfed girl is jammed into a tin bathtub attached to a motorcycle, reflecting rural humor and exaggerated imagery.
An advertisement extols Cuticura for sore hands noting soaking in hot Cuticura Soap, drying, rubbing in Cuticura Ointment, then removing excess with tissue. It claims Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum cover all toilet needs.
A Princeton anecdote recalls Professor Alfred Noyes reading aloud to students. He offered proofs of his new book of poems to a junior, who fled, saying his word was enough. The tale captures the professor's fame and his confidence in his verse.
The origin of earthquakes is traced to two main causes, tectonic and volcanic. The tectonic cause involves movements in the earth's crust or faults, possibly due to cooling and shrinking of the earth's interior. The passage notes good qualities in people but a lack of one essential to use them, and ends with the proverb a wise sow knows its maker.
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