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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
6
A fragment from a 19th century piece extols arithmetic for future success and warns that conversation can drain energy. A student quips that math helps keep accounts straight, while the author likens social talk to a costly nerve drain and urges practical self-discipline.
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a gentle overnight cleanse for the stomach liver and bowels. It claims to remove sour fermenting food foul gases excess bile and waste matter while you sleep without gripe or inconvenience and at a low cost.
Mrs. Peck scolds Henry in a tense London Tit-Bits moment. She accuses him of not listening as she recalls asking for three pounds and notes his feigned smile in response. The exchange highlights domestic friction over money and trust.
A vintage advertisement extols Boschee's Syrup for coughs bronchitis colds and throat irritation. It claims the medicine helps sleep and easy morning expectoration and notes higher influenza deaths versus war. Made in America and sold widely in homes worldwide.
A brief note traces early ball games in China long before Japan, describing a leather ball stuffed with hair and later inflated by the fifth century inventors, highlighting ancient football practices and innovation.
The item touts Garfield Tea as a traditional home remedy for stomach and digestive issues. It claims the herb based formula was common in earlier days and remains favored for constipation and general derangements of the system. It also notes Colorado possessing 17 national forests and a large land area, suggesting broad national prosperity tied to natural resources.
A lesson for January 18 outlines the early church story of Peter and John. The priests and Sadducees oppose them for healing a man, leading to arrest and trial. Peter proclaims Jesus as the only salvation, while the Sanhedrin is astonished yet cannot deny the miracle. The believers pray together for strength.
The passage describes aspirin branding with Bayer on the box and tablet, mentions the Bayer Cross, and notes pricing and packaging options including small twelve tablet tins and larger packages. It references druggists selling various package sizes.
Recent alpha ray experiments suggest nitrogen is not an element but a compound of hydrogen and helium. The report notes Dalton’s atomic theory origins in atmospheric study and Rutherford’s gas experiments hinting nitrogen contains two elements, making nitrogen itself seem to vanish as an element.
A Youngstown Telegram note discusses a singer named Miss Gorgle teased by her manager over stage actions at song start. The exchange questions her eyes and shoulders while the pianist clarifies the line in the score reads vamp till ready after the intro.
A lighthearted remark suggests a party anecdote be treated as humor to bury troubles. The speaker notes irrelevance can still provoke laughter and ease social tension at the gathering.
A woman angrily accuses a well known Indianapolis man who was beside her at a shop window of following her. He denies it and jokes that he was not following but merely admiring her. She threatens to call a policeman, and he retorts that the policeman wouldn’t follow her either.
Hampton recalls last night reading for hours while Wickham says he went to the cinema where most films had subtitles. The scene features six women gathering and talking over one another, a condition that prevents calm conversation.
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