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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
2
An observer describes a high altitude flight through a violent storm above Goa. Hail, rain, and lightning lash the aircraft while the pilot fights to maintain control. The crew faces possible engine shutoff and perilous descent as the storm rages.
A Geneva woman was arrested while attempting to smuggle a trunk of suspected gold bones and solid gold shoe heels hidden under cloth and varnish. Authorities say she aimed to move the items into France.
The readable text fragment suggests a description of a scene with wall features and partial phrases about eye or vision terms. It lacks clear events, names, places, or concrete actions to identify a full news item.
A garbled account describes a snake bite causing distress as onlookers and a Greer crowd react. The fragment mentions a rat, a man crawling, and questions whether death comes from the rattler or mental strain. A farmer, Smith Ames of 104 Forest Street, loses 40 chickens to a bolt incident, with feathers plucked and neighbors astonished.
Reports from six states show cattle feeders quitting in discouragement as grass cattle yield to wheat land use. Prices soar and costs rise with corn for fattening, while beef and pork costs strain family budgets. Losses run high from Nebraska to Topeka, with many noting cattle sold at low returns per head.
An early report notes a moving picture outfit planned for Springfield Massachusetts, described as a Gaud mean education, recreational, social and evangelical agency aiming to provide varied community services.
A column page offers cake and bread guidance using potato in cakes and a breading method. It mentions beating ingredients, baking times, fat frying of cakes, and a range of open sandwich ideas with meats, cheese, sardines, vegetables, and dressings. The tone is home kitchen instruction from a historical newspaper.
A fragment describes prunes and rhubarb pie with meringue or sweetened topping. It gives steps for a soup tureen layer with tonat allees and onion, plus a chicken stock base. It also mentions Coffee Blanc Manga-Teke with coffee, milk, and sugar, then tuna fish salad with gelatin and chopped vegetables.
In a garbled ad snippet Bayer promotes aspirin for rheumatism colds pain and fever. It touts handy boxes of 12 tablets for a few cents and references Bayer packaging and trademark status. The copy links Bayer to Bailey company and a drugstore listing.
A nurse endures pain after surgery as she recovers under care. On the fourth day she engages in conversation, asking how she is. The doctor replies with a brisk joke, noting continued discomfort to keep her quiet.
A widow author who published a cookery book with notes pages hoped to see an old copy altered by readers. In a second hand shop her husband found a freely annotated volume. After examining it he remarked the notes in that cookery book were most interesting.
An obscure ad fragment touts Caticura products for babies with rashes and burns, claiming soothing baths and fragrance. It mentions a 2¢ price for talcum and promotes the remedy widely.
A fragment from the Birmingham Age Herald quotes Mr. Dubwalla and Bo discussing photographs and canned music amid wartime talk. The dialogue mentions phonographs and a dozen or so competing devices, reflecting cultural tensions during the period.
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