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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1908
Page
3
An assortment of humorous quips and short gags from early newspapers. TheWashington Star mocks reforming tales while a butchered translation leads a housewife to a pessimistic remark about improvement. A Kaiser interview is suppressed as yellow reporters plan to shape what follows, a brief snapshot of press wit.
The Willis Wood Theatre announces four nights and a Wednesday matinee opening Sunday January 17 featuring The Virginian with W S Hart in the title role and Frank Campeanu as Trampas. Cupid and the Dollar by Charles Jeffrey runs three nights from January 21 with Mr Murphy as David Stratton. Also includes a long list of patent notices and a stray exchange about an accident and a jibe from a Philadelphia comic.
A 1908 record portrays a woman pianist nicknamed a human lark who labors two years on a beleaguered piano, pages through Schiller, endures critics and a Turk who tunes her voice, and hosts a chaotic musicale that ends with a pantry escapade. The piece critiques art for art’s sake and neighborhood resistance to avant garde technique.
Des Moines IA reports a wealthy resident Samuel Saucerman offers a pledge to Iowa boys to abstain from tobacco and liquor. Participants receive one dollar a day for three years and another dollar at the end. They are urged to save the money instead of spending it on intoxicants.
A plan proposed by Mr Saucer man and financier Mr Baukerman imagines a youth program called The Trimmer Band. Boys aged nine to sixteen would form small companies, meet monthly, learn economy and industry, and receive deposits and incentives. Each joining boy would get a dollar, with 60 cents of his trust deposit and a three year penny-a-day plan culminating in an extra dollar.
Prof Rudolph Eucken of the University of Jena, 62, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, spoke at the Fourth International Congress of Religious Liberals in Boston from September 22 to 27, 1907. He has long taught philosophy and authored works on religion, life, and thought.
A garbled text fragment mentions a trader or Lewin Tractor in Peoria and a quote about Satan and dirt in a slangy exchange. The passage reflects a rough, humorous street vernacular with hints of rural commerce and a dubious scheme.
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