Jasper News names Roland B Griffith editor
The Jasper News from Jasper Missouri announces Roland B Griffith as editor guiding the paper.
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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
2
Passing Confederate Money Confounds Modern Readers
A historical note warns that Confederate currency, now worthless, still circulates as payment. It explains the bills’ poor quality and obvious inscriptions promising payment, which cannot be honored. The Troy Times recalls a 100 Confederate note passed in error and urges readers to read the inscription and distrust such scrip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confederate States of America
Appomattox
America
Woman's Triumph in Justice Service Named
The United States attorney general has appointed Mrs. Mary Grace Quackenbos as special assistant at a salary of 6000. She is an expert investigator of peonage abuses and has distinguished herself by uncovering wrongs and aiding in bringing lawbreakers to punishment. The department values her humanity driven work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mary
Grace Quackenbos
Balaams Ass and the Water Fakir in Small-Town Talk
In a rambunctious dialogue filled with dialect and humor, residents debate Balaams tale and Balaams Ass, then pivot to a tour by New York health officials praising farmers, while a Captain and Postmaster swap yarns about lightning, ottermobiles, and local prosperity. The exchange lampoons sensationalism and defends rural honesty amid political talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae Eon
Watfords
Daniel
Balaam
French Scientist Proposes Frugal Sea Urchin Mock-Up
A French scientist imagines producing sea urchins without stomachs and suggests a land arching line with similar detachment could help struggling families save money by reducing reliance on traditional attachments.
Parisian Charity Opens Free Eating Houses for Mothers
In crowded Paris districts poor women with infants enter small eating rooms funded by public charity. About 37 meals were provided to indigent mothers who otherwise could not feed themselves or their children. Mme Henry Coullet spearheaded the movement with support from sympathetic friends and merchants supplying kitchens and rooms for the dinette facilities.
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Paris
Mme
Henry Coullet
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