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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
3
A fragment lists items such as wall paper carpets rugs caskets and undertaker supplies. Includes outlets for draperies and clothing with references to robes shoes and decorative goods. The text suggests a sale or display of broad merchandise with emphasis on samples and finishes.
Professor Herbert L Willett of the University of Chicago urged the audience at the afternoon service to shape the twentieth century with higher standards of worth. He warned of intellectual and moral demands, stressed physical culture, self restraint, and ambitious energy, and urged young men to pursue engineering progress and a disciplined life.
Missouri climate bulletin notes unusually pleasant early January with cold storms in the final days. Overall warmer than normal in the north, central and southern counties saw mixed precipitation and drought stress on crops. Stock water scarce in some areas as feed declines and plowing increases in central regions.
A distressed rural schoolteacher laments impossible arithmetic tasks from a parent or pupil. The problem involves counting bottles of beer and wine to total forty, with confusion over quantities and a request to use water instead. The exchange reflects rural schooling frustrations and financial strain.
An herbal patent medicine ad touts a tonic claimed to repair nerves and liver harm after attacks of a “grip” illness. It blends spurious medical terms with guarantees, urging trial at 0c and promising money back if it fails, with Webb Bros. promoting poultry food and pile cures.
Dr Tichenors Antiseptic hailed by Lovta Missouri as lifesaving after six years of lung hemorrhages. A bottle bought during a Vidalia Louisiana trip and used in 00 drops daily for six months cured the ailment and prevented further attacks. The writer praises its rapid cleansing action and reliability for wounds and accidents, saying they would not be without it.
The Carthage Conneret details Conrad Fleckner the Zion area blacksmith famed for odd acts and a prophetic book. The county court ordered his confinement in the Nevada asylum, noting years of harmless craziness. The article recounts a bizarre 1890s publication and broader rumors, plus later ties to Parabley and a stray report of prior jail exposure, with local inquiry by a newspaper correspondent.
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