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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1902
Page
2
The Jasper News weekly page covers church notices for Baptist, Methodist, Christian, and Presbyterian services with dates and times, plus editorial reflections on character and self-improvement. It includes local poetry, medical advertisements, and a column on New Year resolutions featuring Franklin’s moral perfection motif and practical virtues.
An 19th century advertisement touts a panacea called "seororris the UUAMASTRE CATARIH COAR" promising permanent cure for catarrh. It claims to cure by removing the disease cause, offers a one-dollar package, urges readers to send for details, and lists Edwin D. Giles & Co. as marketers. Also endorsed are various tonics, cough syrups, and salves sold by Webb druggists and other merchants with testimonials.
A New Year suggestion urges merchants and individuals to audit their stock of personal traits. It likens character to goods in a shop and argues that improving positive qualities naturally reduces negative ones without discount sales. The piece uses a playful, saleslike analogy to urge self improvement and self awareness.
An advertisement claims a home remedy called The Home Cure can cure drunkenness by a "wonderful" tonic. It asserts detoxification, cravings eradication, and social transformation of drinkers. The text promises at home use with no publicity and offers mail order from Philadelphia.
A garbled item references a memorial book about McKinley, with eulogies from governors and senators, claiming proceeds fund a monument. It urges subscriptions, notes photos by Ventalon, and promises large sales and quick profits. The CONTINENTAL ASSEMBLY building appears in connection to the notices.
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