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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1907
Page
2
An unsigned editorial condemns dishonesty in public office and its harm to government. It cites indictments, warns that wealth pursued at others’ expense erodes trust, and argues that integrity underpins a free republic. It laments the glorification of financial success and foresees a day of reckoning for unfaithful servants.
The piece notes rising respect for the national flag yet warns it is not universal. It cites a St Louis charity bazaar where unsold flags were autographed by an actor to boost sales, provoking Caustic critique and reminding that state laws bar using the flag for advertising. It laments debasement of Old Glory for publicity and praises charity without commercial pandering.
The piece argues that nations with autocratic leanings struggle with parliamentary reform. It warns rural communities that purchasing from city catalogue houses harms local merchants, depresses farm and real estate values, and weakens towns. Farmers urged to spend at home to protect local markets, schools, roads, and churches.
In a rustic witticism a 40 year old spinster and a 20 year veteran Father Time meet again. He recalls proposing long ago ending in a cheerful memory while she wanders off with a somber note about a fall.
In a tense night of labor strife in a small mining town, a mob threatens Madge Stanwood as a riot erupts over a strike. Jim Grafton bursts into Madge’s room, saves her from a potential firebomb, and later learns the danger was a chimney blaze caused by a magistrate of smoke rather than dynamite. Stanwood and townsfolk later drive out the troublemakers, and Madge confesses she feared losing Grafton amid the chaos.
Pigeons and turkeys reach a natural temperature around 109 degrees, about ten degrees higher than human body temperature. The note highlights avian heat tolerance in the context of heat susceptibility for birds kept in certain conditions.
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