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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
4
A 19th or early 20th century style column discusses frill economy and dress remaking. It argues women seek stylish, affordable garments and outlines methods to reuse and trim dresses. It highlights overalls as a caution and offers design ideas for slender young women using Swiss organdie, coral tones, and white braid trim.
English sateens return to fashion with versatile patterns. Designers emphasize pretty details as new frocks emerge from white backgrounds with bright borders and organate touches. The style suits English prints and gingham, offering a adaptable, country chic look.
A flawed recipe describes wax coating for porch floors and drying before polishing with a brushing tool. The method claims to preserve the floor’s grain and avoid water exposure for a period after treatment.
The narrator recalls a rough northern road through a tamarack swamp during a northern tour. They stop to ask local children about traffic and are told many cars use the route, with a cheerful boast that cars pass yearly and that the travelers are now part of the ongoing procession.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local column mixing odd phrases about a genius, Galomel, nausea, danger and quinine. It mentions carriages, water, fire, and a business context with unclear references to recent events and figures.
A brief quip on city taxes seizing all raised funds and the farmer's rejoinder that even the help raised is taken, highlighting a circular grievance about municipal or tax burdens affecting rural livelihoods.
In hot weather appetite fades and spirits flag. Take entonic tablets before meals and after to curb excess acids and gases, restore comfort, and regain pep. A big box from your druggist costs little and keeps you ready for sunny days.
Old newspaper ad describes terrible itching and skin diseases, claiming relief only after removing the root cause. It touts a blood purifier S. S. S. as a proven remedy, promising new blood to purge germs and ease irritation. Readers are urged to request literature from the Medical Adviser at the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
A mix of ad blurbs for Cuticura Talcum and ointments alongside a verbose family anecdote about Henry and his father. The page also notes a Charlie Chaplin film at the Bijou and a spooky “Shrieking Souls” screening, with social quick takes and a quotation about pride and self-approval from Frederick Saunders.
A note from the investigation recalls the suspected moonshiners singing a tune for a clue. The song cited is Off in the Still Night, hinting at the illicit activity and helping tie witnesses to the incident.
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