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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
3
An aggressive ad promises quick cold relief with a single dose of a laxative like product, claiming rapid cure and liver cleansing. The text mocks medical authorization and uses vague claims about improving appetite and energy, reflecting dubious health advertising in the era.
A vintage appeal promotes California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children. It warns to look for the California name on the package and promises a pleasant fruit taste with full dosing directions on each bottle for use on stomach liver and bowels.
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts genius with near genius. One speaker claims genuine ability to soar while the other questions if near genius is satisfied with limited success. The exchange hints at ambition and restraint in talent.
Pain in the back headaches nervousness and other symptoms of kidney trouble are claimed to improve with Deep treatment. A drugstore purchase is urged with a later offer to mail a medicine sample for ten cents to Di nghamton, N Y, requesting mention of this paper.
A colloquial line reveals a father paid a hundred thousand for his daughter’s husband. The remark underscores social value and family bargaining in marriage, highlighting a parent’s role in matching status and wealth within a historical context.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a quotation about thinking, right conduct, and a person named Shey. No clear event, date, or identifiable organization present in the readable lines.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines losses from sour milk and low quality cheese due to poor cooling. It covers recommended cooling to 50 degrees or lower, use of ice from nearby sources, ice house capacity, water quality, ice harvesting tools, and planning to ensure a uniform ice supply for dairy farms.
Five cents worth of creosote can extend a fence post’s life to about twenty years. Posts buried for four to five years can be made to last two decades with proper preservative treatment. Woodsike and other nonnative species can match locust or cedar with creosote treatment. Deep penetration and a shell of treated wood prevent rotting. boiling creosote for 60 to 80 minutes then cooling completes the process. improvised tanks, like a modified gasoline drum, work as a cheap treating tank.
U S butter exports remain under 1 percent of world trade though yearly pounds reach around zeroes and many years near a hundred million pounds. Domestic and foreign price relations drive fluctuations, with shipments to about 70 countries and colonies in recent years.
With coal scarce, a large amount of wood will be used as fuel this winter. Citizens are urged to utilize all waste timber including dead and dying trees and to conserve ashes for garden fertilizer because ashes are rich in plant nutrients, especially potash.
The extreme scarcity and record price of clover seed should lead to greater focus on clover seed production and expanded efforts to increase supply.
Mrs. Mary Fricke of 507 Bornman Treet recounts relief from stomach cramps headaches and fatigue after using Pe-ru-Na for fifteen years. She praises improved appetite digestion and vigor and says she will not be one day without Pe-ru-Na. The testimonial claims Pe-ru-Na cures colds grip influenza and catarrh and leaves users healthy and robust. Sold everywhere in tablet or liquid form.
An old advertorial claims catarrh can be cured by removing disease germs from the blood using Swift’s Specific 5S. It urges readers not to rely on surface remedies and offers medical advice from the Chief Medical Advisor in Atan vise.
Oliver Oaken laments Luther Stuckey as a paradoxical success in his chosen field. He admires yet resents how the son-in-law outpaces him in style and standing, noting humor and conflict as they unfold within a strained family dynamic.
The speaker in a Kansas City Star excerpt declares, amid roaring winds and icy blasts, that the harsh season will ease. He cites goose bone, bark patterns on northern trees, and squirrels’ stores, promising an exceptionally mild winter per Hostetter’s almanac.
The ongoing quip about a local figure centers on the man’s title as entomologist vs a claim he is merely “a plain bug.” The exchange highlights community wit and a playful mislabeling of expertise.
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recaps a reporter's joke as the editor asks for angina pectoris information. The journalist checks directories and biographies but finds no person by that name, joking that it might be a maiden name or a fictional figure rather than a medical term.
Stormington Barnes says Hamilet is among the longest parts in English drama. A businessman responds he never measured it but concedes the impression remains strong when listening to it.
A dialogue notes that even wealthy men are asked to wear patched trousers, while acknowledging they can afford the patching. The exchange uses humor to comment on economic pressures and social expectations.
About sixty percent of the United States area is usable and at present eighty two percent of that is being tilled, indicating extensive agricultural potential and current cultivation levels across regions.
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