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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1921
Page
9
A historical observer notes that MacReady and Kennedy reached near eight miles, but the upper atmosphere remains beyond reach. The piece argues higher flights will rely on faster planes and thinner air, with limited scientific payoff from polar explorations.
The Chicago millionaire John K Stewart, founder of Stewart Manufacturing and Stewart-Warner Speedometer, left an estate of five to seven million, sparking a Surrogate Court probe in Riverhead. A secret name Terence O'Brien and a web of wealth, risk, and eccentric habits emerge as heirs contend over the fortune revealing a family skeleton. Marion Honeyman inherits after Jean dies. a suit for incompetence follows.
Roanoke Virginia Ruecell Smith seven years old was arrested on a charge of stealing a horse. The boy was turned over to probation officer I E Watson. This is the youngest offender arrested here in 20 years according to officials.
In Pittsburgh area, a bundle containing $5,000 worth of diamond rings was kicked about Center street by residents of Tarentum two days before Joseph DeNante found it. The owner, Mia Klein of Tarentum, had offered a $200 reward. DeNante turned the jewelry over to her after recovering it.
A Tropical Diseases Prevention Association expedition of four physicians and two veterinary scientists will study sleeping sickness in Uganda and later the Congo and Rhodesia. The two and a half year effort aims to develop vaccination to immunize arrivals, with government support, addressing the disease's impact on natives and Europeans in tropical Africa.
A humorous line contrasts desk chores and dish washing, noting the awkward man’s tendency to make a mess when helping. It adds a proverb about casting bread upon the waters and some people to a string to it, implying caution with well meant aid.
A Newport tea speaker mocks vague titles post World War I while a stranger jokes about a fake D D title from a Vicksburg university. A smoking compartment exchange leads to a witty tobacconist quip. A bell repair tale from Tivoli, Dutchess County recalls Armistice Day, and a fanciful Aunt Dinah anecdote ends with a shrinking flannel joke.
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