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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
10
Washington planners transform the Potomac shoreline into verdant public parklands with lawns trees and shrubbery. Aimed at generous walks seats and river views the project promises a new summer attraction for residents and visitors despite concerns about heat and humid conditions.
Washington church leaders seek to expand All Angels at Twilight Park in the Catskills into a stone memorial church for Rt Rev Henry Yates Satterlee. The chapel, built largely by the bishop, began with services in 1895 and now stands as a diocese linked mission 1900 feet up in the Catskills.
A report notes a presidential permit to view the original Declaration of Independence was not issued. Since 1903 the document has been kept in retirement on a safe, with prior handling limited. In 1903 Secretary John Hay formed a committee that found it creased and ink worn but free of mold, recommending dark dry storage.
The division of information of the bureau of immigration and naturalization reports a new plan to place aliens seeking work. About 900,000 cards were sent nationwide to identify labor needs including farm workers and common laborers, directing them to regions with demand. States listed include New York 181 and Vermont 227 among others, showing widespread distribution.
A Chicago art dealer recalls William T. Evans the New York collector famed for catching fake paintings. Evans voiced fury at dupes and compared his anger to a waiter snatching a dish with a dead fly, noting the insult and the cost of fakes in a charged luncheon moment.
Mrs. David Brown of Locke Arkansas describes a years long battle with eczema on her ankles. After two doctors failed to provide lasting relief, using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills three times brought rest, healing, and no recurrence over the following year.
A playful exchange in the Atlanta Constitution riffs on art versus rapid handiwork. A resident boasts that an artist took two months to paint a small picture, while declaring they could have painted two houses and four barns in the same time, not even trying hard.
An assortment of advertising copy and quotes on patent medicines and household products. Mentions Castoria for infants, eye remedies, Ball Blue for laundry, and various moral quips. The text mixes promotional lines with aphorisms and fragmented phrases, reflecting era advertising and editorial filler.
A dialogue fragment shows Ethel declaring separation from Fred citing her father's injunction not to let him call. Fred resists and asserts opposition to submitting to government by injunction.
The Well Informed favor a simple pleasant laxative with known wholesome components. California Fig Syrup Co promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as ethical and effective, to be bought genuine from leading druggists, price fifty cents per bottle.
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