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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1908
Page
2
The Jasper News reports a mixed bag of items: Britain’s 62 warships and 44 merchant vessels. mockery of a corner in economics. China gifts Mrs Roosevelt a tiger skin. Chicago judges, Roosevelts, and misprints populate a broad column. The piece lampoons politics, industry, and social trends with newsy sketches.
A woman fainted on a Munich street, blamed on the weighty Merry Widow hat by a doctor while the husband swooned over the bill. Yet theatergoers keep these hats in close theater quarters despite the cost.
The United States paid pensions totaling 3 654 003 304 42 dollars between 1867 and 1908 and the cost of administering the pension system was 122 574 Client 462 96 dollars, making a total of 3 777 237 828 58 dollars, exceeding the money in circulation in the country in 1907 by over 1 120 000 000 dollars.
Recency experiments in Washington explore orange underwear and hats for soldiers in the Philippines and other tropical regions. Findings show black fabrics absorb heat, while white blue and green lines reduce absorption. An unrelated note cites a counterfeiter’s offer to surrender, highlighting U S secret service vigilance.
The text explains the confusion over U S presidential numbering. It notes Cleveland served nonconsecutive terms making him the twenty second, Harrison the twenty third, McKinley the twenty fourth, while memorials in Columbus and Buffalo call Cleveland the twenty fifth. It concludes McKinley was the twenty fourth and Taft would be the twenty sixth.
The article argues hereditary links in infant vitality and discusses milk as the natural food across species. It advocates goat’s milk as a healthier substitute for cow’s milk in infant feeding, citing digestibility, cleanliness, and tuberculosis considerations, and offers detailed feeding guidance and precautions.
A humorous country anecdote explains a “sour milk cow” as a farmer tests a new immigrant woman. The piece then recalls a boy’s boxing lessons with his indulgent father, and a sequence about a stenographer and a painter. A quip about the editor’s office staff ends with a wry note on marriage.
More than 25,000 Pennsylvania Railroad employees received first aid instruction at the company's expense. A marble book exists in Rome’s Strozzi palace, with leaves of remarkable thinness.
Mrs John H Wreht of Mitchell says after ten years of kidney trouble Dean's Kidney Pills ended her pain lameness and dizziness. She reports relief from backache urinary irregularities and headaches and credits the medicine with improving her health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
An old newspaper fragment touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as cure-alls for scalp dandruff and milk crust in babies. A testimonial from Mrs J A Darling of Carthage Ohio claims success after using the products. A separate Houston Post joke notes a maid with a dangerous reputation.
The messenger brings dispatches to the palace as Castro quips about Holland’s threats. Officials remark that many nations issue warnings, but this is not mere spanking, since the Dutch don wooden shoes in a provocative exchange.
A concise philosophical reflection quoting Hegel on warmth in philosophy and faith. It argues that cold philosophy or unilluminated faith reveal faults within the person, not in knowledge or faith itself. The message links intellect and belief as essential to authentic life.
A woman recalls her ill health and a turnaround after using Grape Nuts with cream. She notes her wife recovered strength within months and now appears as rosy and plump as a sixteen year old. The ad emphasizes the cereal as a great nourishing food from Post, Battle Creek Michigan.
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