Local Social Notes From Jasper and Preston Township
Legal notices list visits and returns of residents including H H Sharp and wife at Harwood and Rex appointed deputy tax assessor for Preston Township and Jasper. Other items cover travels to Birmingham, Warrensburg, Hornbrook, Cal., Bowling Green Ky., and Eldon Mo. Also noted are cattle sales by C F Rex, a new Maxwell car for Webb Bros, a barn completion, a minor injury from a colt, and Jackson Bros announces trunks in stock.
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H. H. Sharp
Harwood
Jasper
Co. F. Rex
Preston Township
George Schwend
Birmingham
Ala
W. C. Thomas
Guy Webb
Warrensburg
Frank Carns
Maxwell
Webb Bros
Formation of Character Quote by Matthew Henry
A brief aphorism on character formation noting that great character is forged through suffering and self denial as expressed by Matthew Henry.
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Matthew Henry
The Black Death Epidemic Strikes Asia and Europe
The 1425 outbreak of the Black Death spreads across Asia and Europe. In a few years it allegedly claimed 23,000,000 European lives and 85,000,000 Asian lives, with widespread decaying remains in streets and roads. Over eight centuries, estimates suggest the plague killed more than 990,000,000 in Europe and Asia.
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Asia
Europe
Broan's Liniment Promises Fast Nerve Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Broan's Liniment as stopping neuralgia pains in the face head arm shoulders chest and back with a few drops. It claims relief and brighter outlook after a short sojourn with the product and offers a bottle for 25 or 3 for 50 cents at H. F. Pitts.
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Broan
H. F. Pitts
Optometry’s Latest Discovery Promises Great Benefit
A history of optical science explains how new lens materials block disturbing light wavelengths. The article notes that colored and modern glass formulations improve comfort and reduce eye inflammation by targeting specific wave lengths, marking a scientific advance in optometry per the Exchange.
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Optometry
Portable bungalow blows away in wind joke
A man invested in a bungalow from the back to the land movement and tells a friend about the wind carrying it away. The friend asks if it was one of those portable bun galows. The man answers ruefully that it was likely, highlighting the flimsy nature of the setup.
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Land” Movement
Old Pension Plan For A Raged Era Ensign
A British War Office notice from Queen Anne era grants Fitton Minshull a commission as ensign for the loss of his father in service. He is given furlough until further order and his army pay is forwarded to his mother.
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British War Office
Fitton Minshull
Fitton
Languages of the World and Dialect Diversity
The article notes there are over four thousand languages and more dialects. Brazilian vocabularies exceed sixty with Brazilian Nahuae split into about seven hundred dialects. Borneo hosts hundreds, Australia resists classification. Assuming 50 dialects per language yields roughly 260,000 linguistic varieties.
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Brazil
Mexico
Borneo
Australia
Poultry and Eggs Market Price Offered at Brick Barn
Carr at the Brick Barn advertises the best market price for poultry and eggs with a square deal.
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E . Carr
Gasoline Now Available at Carthage Prices
Teeter offers gasoline in any quantity at Carthage prices filtered through Bowser System for autos no water or dirt. Available at the Furniture Store.
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Teeter
Carthage
Sweet Potato Plants Ready for Use in June Month
Five varieties of sweet potatoes now available with plentiful plants throughout the season. June is the sweet potato month. Write or phone C A Lewis Jasper Mo for details.
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C.A. Lewis
Jasper
What Is Real in a Hungry Mind
A professor endures five days without food, arguing starvation pain is real while the pleasure of eating remains undeniable. The reflection contrasts imagined suffering with tangible hunger and reward, linking perception to appetite.
Life Insurance Pitch from Kansas City Life Co
A pitch notes a 20 year life insurance plan where beneficiaries receive the payout if the insured dies or the policyholder can reclaim all payments if they outlive the term. The contact directs Bert Webb of Kansas City Life Insurance Co. for details.
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Bert Webb
The
Kansas City Life Insurance Co
Sam
Ash Grove
Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co
Kansas City
ASH Grove Superfine
Laughead Luiber CO
Various Seats of Memory Research Doubts Tissue sole memory
It is seriously doubted memory resides in a single tissue such as brain or nerves. Experiments by many laboratory scientists show that any human tissue including skin muscles stomach kidneys or any part of life can retain and repeat an impression once received. Dr Leonard Keene Hirshberg.
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Leonard Keene Hirshberg
Carpet Knights and Their Courteous Title Traditions
A historical note explains how learned men such as lawyers or scientists were called carpet knights or milites rather than soldiers. They avoided military titles and retained simple terms like knight or knighte of the carpetry to distinguish themselves from field knights.
Deafness Cure Claim By Catarrh Remedies
An ad claims deafness can be cured only by constitutional remedies and a treated eustachian tube procedure. It asserts most deafness is caused by catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case cured by catarrh cure. Includes testimonial style and sales pitches for Hall's Family Pills.
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Mall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Oly
Toke Hall
Kansas Farm Products Reach Over Three Million Yearly
Kansas farms contribute more than three million dollars annually with only part of the state cultivated. The nineteenth biennial report by J C Mobler notes farm output for two years ending December 31 reached 618.4 million dollars, up five million from prior periods, and cites wheat sales of 181 million bushels bringing 184 million dollars. The report highlights growing cooperative ventures, including 300 telephone cooperatives and 249 marketing groups, plus cattle dipping services and a Dickinson county cooperative cow testing association advising herd care.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
State Board of Agriculture
J. C. Mobler
Farmers’ Cooperative Companies
Mutusi Telephone Companies
Rany
Dickinson County
Hari Command to Obey Irate Sergeant and Recruit
Irate sergeant orders a unhappy recruit to shorten his behavior and respond to authority. The London Opinion notes the tense exchange as a drill master pressures the man to conform and obey.
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Hari
Connoting Philosophy and the Equal Share of Misfortune
A quip on consolation suggests if all misfortunes lay in one heap everyone would choose to take their own portion and be content. The idea presents a humane view on fortune and self contentment amid hardship.
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Socrates
Indictment of the Cat in a Government Bureau Tale
A quirky indictment alleges that a house cat, protected and pampered, destroys more wild birds and young poultry in aggregate than all natural enemies combined. Hawks, skunks, owls, and weasels are referenced in a satirical, old newspaper tone.
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Enya
Ka Boon
Slovk
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Frank Wine
J. W. Robinson Place
Harry Woodford
Eula Stalter
Joplin
J. C. Stalter
J. J. Cadogan
Missouri Pacific Railway
Isaac Schooler
Hornbrook
Cal
C. F. Rex
Lamar
Clarence Hammond
Mr. Hammond
Bowling Green
Charley Teeter
Everett Deardorff
Eldon
Phronia Linn
Rev. C. L. Greene
George Rex
Mr. Rex
George
Jackson Bros
Ait Faye Mar
Poultry and Eggs
Mississippi
Saint Louis
Keokuk Dam
St. Louis St. Paul
Upper Specieuist
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain
St. Louis
J. G. Hollenbeck
Webb Brcs
Mye Y By
Chanute
Kans
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