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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
2
The Jasper News publishes its subscription rates showing prices for one year six months and three months. It lists single copies at a nominal price and notes post office distribution details. The page carries editor and city information with publication data.
Fragmentary OCR mentions practicing meat, a potential New Year date, and Billy Saundyy linked to a visit in Joplin Missouri with garbled names and locations. The readable bits suggest a local note or column fragment without a clear event or outcome.
A fragment notes a clock powered by a minute amount of radium, claimed to run for ten thousand years without winding. It contrasts this with the famed grandfather clock from a song, joking that even that would falter in the first century without a radium escape mechanism.
The piece notes December 1909 as a time to study those opposing liquor, mentions Joplin sparking local option talks, and observes Carthage Web City and Billy Sunday stirring activity as talks of dry towns gain momentum, framing it as a payebologien town moment.
Mrs Wim Rice received word of the pneumonia death of her stepbrother Isaac Freeman Ward in Springfield yesterday. The body will arrive tonight for burial at Brethren Cemetery south of town after services at the church tomorrow morning. Ward, raised near Jasper, was in his fortieth year and is survived by a wife aged seven. He had lived in Springfield for several years.
A historical discuss of horse training emphasizes that strength alone fails in horsemanship. Weaker riders may guide, while strong handlers employ delicate signals and balanced bits. Proper bit use, light restraining effects, and adapting to each horse's irritability yield the best response. a balanced, light-mouthed horse is the goal.
A Boston man summoned to New York for a lengthy business trip hastily plans to travel with his wife. With one trunk allowed, she insists on bringing books, selecting a Bible and a Browning volume as essential, while the husband grudgingly limits choices to two.
During a blockade near Santa Cruz a Massachusetts six pounder gun discharged by accident, its shot flying over the Texas quarter deck. Officers on the Texas were on deck smoking when the near miss occurred. Captain Jack Phillips of the Texas sent a corrective signal to Massachusetts calm but pointed, Good fire, but a touch high.
A fragment from a San Francisco Argonaut piece laments insomnia as a chronic condition that worsens with age. It contrasts fatigue driven wakefulness with coma like sleep and questions whether any remedy exists beyond time and age.
Yale Alumni Weekly notes professor William Beebe advocates spelling reform. He cites a case where a student seeks to omit a difficult elective course due to the course’s spelling and articulation, arguing for simplified orthography to ease learning and apply justice.
A Kansas City Telegram excerpt notes a curious claim about people walking in their sleep and hearing distant conversations, mentioning Philadelphia and a time frame of three or four days. The fragment highlights a perplexing urban anecdote without broader context.
A brief dialogue features Mr Huesel speaking of health risk if workload continues, and Mrs Hussel noting the isolation felt from illness and absence of insurance. The exchange underscores concerns about wellbeing and security amid toil.
A veteran Virginian recounts an incident from an election fraud investigation in the lower state. It emerged that a key precinct ballot box remained unsealed after the count, inviting questions from the investigating committee chair to the election judge about securing the ballots. The exchange touched on why no sealing materials or resin were found locally.
Helen Grant reports Lee lie's Weekly that geese can be trained for the stage after about 60 hours of preparation and a market pie can become an actor in 30 hours. Trainer Clyde Powers notes ducks and turkeys take longer with chickens needing a week or more and a turkey six months to perform. Powers attempted peafowl training but found it impossible. He calls the goose the most intelligent domestic fowl and says geese show affection.
A young man declines an insurance offer after a talk with an agent about marriage. The agent suggests accidents may arise from a wife or mother in law, prompting the man to decide against marriage to avoid risk. The exchange ends with the young man choosing not to marry.
Rikugo Zasehl argues that modern female education produces impractical wives for many Japanese men. He contends school learning lacks life usefulness and fosters airs, leaving graduates unattractive to officials and most marriage prospects.
A playful ad-like notice touts Boeklen's Arnion Salon with claims to cure pimples skin blemishes and corns. It promises smoother velvety skin and improved hands and advertises a 250 price and a product named Tofallible for piles.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a called meeting mentioning Pitino and January items, with unclear roles. The readable bits reference a threshold or target of seventy, and imply a formal gathering or agenda items discussed in a 70 unit context. Further specifics are not legible.
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