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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
2
Jasper Missouri column surveys diverse topics from Medicine Hat reports to New York seances, patent office counts, and engineering feats. It notes Britain highway stats, Paris police English speakers, Brazil coffee warehousing, Kaiser Wilhelm inventions, French heel debate, and Captain Horace Bixby recalling Mark Twain’s navigation lessons.
A narrator recounts a wild safari night on the veldt where Pa and a companion use an airship and a gas bag to lure and capture three big cats. Tigers drink gasoline fumes, a rhinoceros catches fire, and natives flee then return with cooked meat as praise for Pa’s jungle “heroism” spreads through camp.
A fragment from The Language of the Plante hints at clandestine plans as a man urges a woman to arrange a hidden marriage while she studies a cipher. The exchange ends with a cryptic line suggesting she sent back a taunting response.
A Troy Record piece extols the capitol as the nation's symbol and notes states spend millions on capitol adornment. It argues the chief city should boast a noble city hall as the center of business for all citizens.
An ad promotes a catarrh remedy sold locally by Toledo sellers claiming the spray reaches nasal passages and that a combined tonic and remedy is highly effective. The text notes the product as a long advertised in the country and marketed by a local agent.
Dialogue shows a fortune teller predicting death within a year, Frightening Climent who questions the exact year while noting uncertainty about identifying the year itself. The scene highlights superstition and skepticism in a terse exchange.
Cleveland journalist George V. Kelcey recalls Artemus Ward recounting a roach tale told after a panorama lecture. Ward described feeding a roach, supplying a boat from a walnut shell and toothpicks, then releasing it. The roach later returned to his home, illustrating Ward's fondness for insects.
A Tennessean describes relief from indigestion nervousness and insomnia after stopping coffee and using Postum. She notes weight gain from 117 to 170 pounds and credits Postum with restoring health. Her husband calls her a living advertisement for Postum.
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