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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary postal notice appears from Jasper listing subscription options and advertising rates. It references second class matter, term lengths, and unclear figures for one year six months and three months. The readable items show publication logistics rather than a full service schedule.
A dubious mail order notice pressures buyers to send money in advance for farm products and goods. It warns of delays, urges borrowing, and denigrates local merchants while promising future discounts and better service if payments arrive early. The letter reveals deceptive sales tactics from a so called Mail Order House to exploit cash up front.
The piece jests about a court jury and public suffering, mocks a six day bicycle race in Kansas City, jokes about a home trader and a roller skating inventor, puns on baseball feats, and notes the ice on Dry Fork seeming overhyped yet wryly observed.
A Providence Journal tale recalls a deacon who drops a half dollar in church and loses it to the box while his wife teases whether he earns credit for the full 75 cents or just the quarter. She concludes St Peter credits only the quarter for his mislaid money.
A prominent physician advocates that schoolgirls aged 8 to 14 learn light home tasks during fall and winter. He says chores balance life and support mental and physical health, emphasizing gentle duties, avoidance of heavy labor, and regular outdoor exercise after school.
Suffering and dollars saved by Bucklen’s Arnica Balm. E 8 Lopez a Marilla New York carpenter reports severe cuts healed by the balm calling it the best healing ointment he has found. It heals burns sores ulcers fever sores eczema and piles and is sold by Webb Bros druggists.
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