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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1908
Page
5
A period piece notes wives as better judges of character in business hires and warns of men ignoring their wives' cautions. A New York banker, after illness, recovers and jokes that future doctors will arrive by automobile, prompting a comical scene at the homestead.
A Russian immigrant lands in the United States and encounters a xenophobic scene. A neighbor informs him of violence as Giants supporters mob an umpire, showing the raw quickness of clashes at the port. The report captures fear and confrontation on arrival.
A humorous exchange notes high pathos in last season's play while Mr. Stormington Barnes laments the box office as the true pitiful force. The remark emphasizes how audience turnout overshadowed stage craft, framing financial results as the theatre's hidden tragedy.
A New York Press quote notes cork soles used by Romans to keep feet dry, especially in winter, while high heels were rare. It suggests French women of the seventeenth century popularized high heels to appear taller, implying a lasting shift in female footwear fashion and foot size perception.
In the Cleveland Leader a dramatic scene unfolds as Miss Seren Yellowleaf questions whether marrying Jack Stonet would affect a friend. Mr Brakes speaks with emotion, contemplating luck, while Misa Y faints, adding urgency to the social intrigue.
A near sighted man waves a handkerchief toward an eighth floor window claiming Flossie lives there. His friend, using clearer sight, explains the scene shows a boy outside the pane cleaning with a large white rag, hinting at a misread sighting.
Wm Redmond and family move to Eaton Colorado to farm near the Wyoming line about ninety miles from Denver in a fertile region. His sale, postponed by bad weather, again occurred last Friday but proceeded with good turnout and satisfactory prices.
A Philadelphia candy dealer warns of absinthe bonbons being marketed locally. He notes samples arrive from Europe and suggests authorities and temperance groups will pursue them. Four such bottles with the sweet could make a stiff drink before customers realize.
M B Miller from the Agricultural College and Experiment Station in Columbia Missouri explains a drying and germination test to detect ears seriously damaged by freezing. A 2 by 8 foot sand box is prepared with grid squares, ears are split into quadrants, kernels planted in sand, watered daily and kept warm for four to six days. This method separates viable ears from injured ones, enabling selection for planting and potentially boosting yield.
Orior to the unusual number of young women who have catered businesses in the past year or two the growing recognition of Wiese schools as ideal for business training News has secured a scholarship at Croughon's Practical Business College Springfield Mo for the first applicant at half the regular cost. The scholarship applies to fair average courses in bookkeeping or shorthand and a mail course in related subjects with small extra fees.
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