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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
4
A vintage kitchen column shares recipes and tips including Cream of Peanut Soup and Liberty Fruit Cake. It extols careful cooking and serving, and offers pies such as Cream Prune Pie Pecan Pie and Lemon Sponge, with step by step instructions and substitutions.
The first lesson introduces the eight year Uniform cycle and study aims for graded instruction across Sunday school departments. It explains Mark’s Gospel focus on Jesus as servant, the role of John the Baptist, and the distinction between repentance and Christian baptism, with notes on the new plan’s aims and challenges.
A fragmentary conversation reports a veterinary surgeon visiting a place this morning to inspect an ill animal. Greene notes the ear is the issue and doubts the vet’s car knowledge, recalling a prior case where the vet cured a balky horse, hoping he can help this time.
The Red Cross canteen workers in France showed wartime ingenuity by using German prisoners to turn empty mincemeat cans into drinking cups with neat handles from can covers. Seven workers at a rest station in an aviation camp repurposed the cups to supply the canteen.
A vintage ad touts Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a trusted kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims physician prescription strength, long test of years, and universal drugstore availability. Readers are urged to mail ten cents for a sample bottle to Dr Elmer Co and mention the paper.
A quirky dialogue unfolds as Mrs. Wont and Mr. Wombat discuss newspapers and a line, ending with an uneasy stillness. The odd exchange hints at secret plans or a puzzle in a small town setting, leaving readers curious about the upcoming reveal.
A brief dialogue fragment features Willie-Paw asking if pearls imply tenors and Paw-Yes replying that if a woman desires diamonds, it reflects a chosen heart. The exchange hints at thematic contrasts of value and aspiration in a concise, period voice.
An OCR fragment shows a dialogue between a sentry and a boss or pal figure. The lines hint at a guarded gate or checkpoint with truncated words and unclear phrasing. No clear event, place, or identities are established beyond the roles.
A garbled line repeats phrases about easy fools and a doll, with unclear meaning. The text appears as a fractured OCR fragment lacking identifiable people places or dates. It lacks coherent facts suitable for a fuller news item.
A fragmentary exchange about flour for fannel cakes features a young housewife asking Wise if the flour makes good cakes and whether they shrink. The response praises Wise as a trustworthy shoemaker, noting his wholesaled character and even temperament.
An old circular claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications. It asserts Alls Catarrh Medicine heals by acting on the mucous surfaces, especially the Eustachian tube, and offers one hundred dollars for any curable case. Circulation by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A Jennings county man asks in Indianapolis News how a private from Camp Taylor receives mail. The postmaster, unsure if city carrier general delivery or rural route, queries whether it is general delivery. The reply: No, he is not a general yet, just a private.
Green's August Flower claim covers ailments from disordered stomach to nervous indigestion and constipation. It asserts gentle laxative effects, digestion regulation, bile stimulation, and blood impurity removal. Sold widely in civilized countries, 80 and 90 cent bottles.
Bruce Burton author of More Power to You spent six months in a Montana construction camp. He left for newspaper work in Chicago. The camp foreman taunted him saying a big feller like him should not rely on a little lead pencil to earn a living.
Explorations for oil in Oklahoma fields have repeatedly shown that structural dimes are the main petroleum producers. Most oil from the state comes from domes or anticlinal lines, making them prime targets for geologists.
A judge recalls a past gift from Llons Rletta, pondering its meaning and whether it carried significance. He notes the item was the first present given that has not proved useful, amid mused reflections on power and control.
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