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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
2
The Jasper News notes the winter business season as merchants use peppery spice in prices and discusses the stalled Jasper county fair project. It quotes Professor Lynch praising newspapers as community builders and reports on missionary giving costs, showing the paper’s local, procommunity tone.
At a Congregational Club banquet in Chicago Reverend Joseph Mierves argues against removing Moody and Sankey hymns from religion. He defends the soul as the core of faith, saying science cannot explain or replace the feelings religion stirs, and praises hymns and images like a woman clinging to the cross for their reach into the human soul.
An advertisement touts a “Home Cure” for drunkenness as a safe, painless, positive treatment. It asserts cure of alcoholism without nerve weakening or negative health effects and promises rapid, permanent sobriety through a soluble formula sold at a low price. It stresses secrecy and family support in administering the potion and targets a broad reader base.
A garbled patent medicine advert shows a claim filled with medical jargon praising a cure all called the GUADASTERONTANIY CURR' and promising rapid relief for cold and stomach ills. It urges readers to send one dollar plus prepaid postage to Edwin B. Giles Company Philadelphia for the treatment.
A fragmentary poetic prose piece reflects on a builder shaping a found plan into a grand work, with a lament on fate or God guiding talents. It is followed by old medical advert prose praising Dr King’s New Discovery, Scott Lowin style cures, and various patent medicines, including Gooch’s Mexican Syrup, Witch Hazel, and DeWitt’s, amid testimonials about cold, coughs, and consumption.
The official book details extensive sales of portraits and memorabilia linked to President McKinley. The event spreads like fire through volunteers and crowds, with orders poured in from many states and cities. The piece references Monuments, ceremonies, and a large buying public gathered in Washington.
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