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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
3
A slice of miscellaneous items satirize public figures and events. Topics include sultan jokes, Wright brothers, Turkish affairs, law in France, trout season, American millionaires, Japanese in the U S, marriage cases in London, Georgia peach crops, New England industry, western land openings, Porto Rico prospects, and the fate of Abdul Hamid. The piece blends humor and observation with brief notes on global and domestic matters.
A critique of honesty in daily speech, showing how prevaricators and platitude users distort truth. It cites common liars and blenders of praise, noting truth should be valued yet used with circumspection. The piece ends with a satirical warning about bluntly telling harsh judgments.
Irad Biglow describes a bizarre scheme to grow furniture from tree sprouts using non flexible molds. Edgar mocks the idea while pressing for overnight shelter and a future fortune. Irad envisions orders and grandchildren profits, though the plan hinges on slow, costly process.
A narrator recalls farm life and a peculiar obsession with a turkey. He trails the bird through fields to uncover an elusive egg and reflects on urban temptations, promises, and comic misadventure as neighbors speak and objects change hands on the rural scene.
A fragmented OCR chunk mentions a boy and father debating a mower, a resident poet, a referee decision, and a line about a doctor of divinity. The text blends cryptic lines with stray names and phrases, creating a mosaic of unclear events and characters.
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