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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
4
A cryptic note hints at a Kinship financial venture where funds were placed into an airship project. Howell and Wow are linked to a plan involving capital for a craft, raising questions about feasibility and oversight.
A senator cites a German counter proposal as “the spirit of the thing” and tells a fable about Old Man Green hiring a rat catcher for two dollars. The catcher kills many rats and offers to haul away the dead, but Green protests that he should be paid for all the rats, not just the service. The tale ends with Green questioning the value of the rats.
A collage of remarks on reading small type and perceptions of titles. Leon reads Cholly Ike a book while a critic questions valuing titles over deeds. A barbed note argues that a man’s status isn’t fixed by a photograph or name, and the briefest horse earns the longest odds.
The War Department will return to the Department of Agriculture from France a large stock of highway construction gear, including about 1500 caterpillar tractors 400 road rollers and many concrete mixers and related parts. Allocated to states under federal aid act at no charge to jumpstart a nationwide road program and employment.
Government survey across eight counties shows average school attendance rising from 65 to 76 after road improvements. The study highlights the impact of better roads on student turnout and access to schooling.
Pennsylvania farmer Levi Kurtz died after a cat bit his hand while he tried to seize it chasing his chickens. Hydrophobia developed weeks later and treatment at a Pittsburgh institute was unavailable. A neighbor killed the cat to stop it.
The London Chronicle recalls a British bishop Bishop Gore, retiring, as a target of American reporters who pressed for views. A fictitious interview followed in a local paper, with imagined opinions and sharp personal critcisms on local politicians. The spoof was illustrated by oversized boots and the caption Are these feet or yards.
The portable circular saw attaches to a lamp socket and can perform much of a hand saw’s work. It weighs 72 pounds and uses 3.25 inch blades with a 0.25 horsepower motor turning at 12 000 rpm. A sliding cylindrical base guides the blade, gauges ensure accurate cross cuts and rips, and a push button starts operation under a guarded safety design.
A brief exchange in the Loulaville Courier Journal questions acceptable garden inputs with a witty line about growing with a tin can substratum and ashes as topsoil, ending with a remark on realizing one is wrong once discovered.
W N U Kansas City reports a real obsidian magic mirror used by Aztecs and ancient Mexicans now in the British Museum. The article notes mirrors in Japan and Mexico for crystal gazing, with Texemilipuco’s mirror guiding daily events and legends of visions emerging after prolonged silent gazing.
A humorous exchange features Mrs Youngbride asking how fish come and the dealer replying in various sizes Then she requests a pair of sevens to fit her gloves This Boston Evening Transcript quip reflects a wit filled period tone and a playful misdirection about secrecy and knowledge
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