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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1918
Page
6
The Carthage farmers school begins January 21 at the High School auditorium for five days. Enrollment already strong with many cards returned. The program focuses on field crops animal husbandry and horticulture. A one dollar fee funds instructional expenses. attendees from last year urged to boost attendance.
In France the original weather vanes were metal reproductions of knightly banners bearing heraldic devices atop towers. The pennons indicated danger or victory signals, while the day’s mood dictated full or foul weather. An English writer praised the vane as faithful to its duty like a sentinel and courier.
The Comrades Bible Class at Grace Church held a pie supper last Wednesday at Liberty Schoolhouse. Forty pies sold for 41.75 dollars. An angel food cake for the top bidder brought 25 dollars and went to the Comrades. Congratulations extended.
An Appeal to the People by Mr. McAdoo urges a national freight moving week from January 14 to 21. Governors, mayors, utilities, and business groups are asked to organize locally to unload cars, clear decks, and boost rail efficiency. Instructions cover loading, billing, direct shipments, and rapid car release. B F Bush, president.
J E B Smith a Spaniard living in Hamilton Ontario possesses two creatures he calls mermaids. The larger is deemed the mother and aged about 300, with humanlike head and fish body. They reportedly have human hair mustache and beard, monkeylike arms with webbed fingers. Found aboard a shipwreck in the Arabian Sea.
The Medical Council of Canada exam questioned fatigue causes with Tralliburton’s physiology citing energy substance depletion and waste buildup, notably sarcolactic acid. Fatigue can be induced in isolated muscle by weak Incite weld and cleared by saline wash. in vivo, blood removes acids and fatigue abates.
The article outlines Caroline Lucretia Herschel as a distinguished woman in astronomy. Daughter of a Hanover musician, she pursued music before joining her brother William Herschel in England. She co ruled as his assistant until 1822, then conducted original independent research including comet discoveries with priority claimed for at least five comets.
An auto owner jokes that the sole flaw of his car is its tendency to incline toward turning in every time he reaches a gas station, a humorous take on car behavior.
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The M. E. Church South posts preaching at Jasper at 11 a.m. and p.m. on the first and fifth Sundays monthly, Salem on the second Sunday, Boston on the third, and Lebanon on the fourth. The note adds a retry creed urging resilience and humility, citing Marcus Aurelius on returning love and avoiding ill humor.
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