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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
3
A French radium factory at Nogent sur Marne treats pitchblend residues in wooden and cast iron tanks over two and a half months. One ton of residue yields one to two kilograms of impure radium salt with 50 to 60 activity, refined by fractional crystallization to milligram quantities with far higher activity, while the laboratory conducts analyses and spectroscopic tests.
Washington reports the quick ascent of Brig Gen Thomas H Barry from adjutant general to major general, following Gen B B Hal's retirement for age. Born October 1855 in New York, he graduated from West Point in 1877 and rose through cavalry and infantry to the adjutant general's department. He served in the Pekin relief expedition and the Philippines, became brigadier general in the regular army in 1903, and now ranks fourth as a brigadier in the army, younger than Funston Pershing and Carter Bilas. He remains in command of the Cuban pacification forces, with a pending promotion.
Washington reports John R. Wise, longtime resident, appointed by Secretary Garf field as superintendent of the United States Indian school at Chilocco Oklahoma. A University of Wisconsin graduate in 1888, Wise served in federal offices since 1891 and spent over a decade in the Indian affairs bureau.
The passage notes Mr Wise as assistant superintendent at the Carlisle Indian School over the last three and a half years. It extols achievement through ambition and the attainment of laudable desires, praising the successful man who dutifully serves himself and others, seeking happiness and a divine mission.
Mrs W. J. Peabody of Colorado lauded for her efforts to preserve the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park and honor the culture of the mysterious cliff dwellers.
A reader advisory urges skepticism toward dealer promises and insists on obtaining exactly what is asked for. The note emphasizes trust in advertised truths and warns against accepting statements of a product being “just as good” without verification.
In a domestic exchange, the Mistress insists on giving Martha a new dress with long sleeves while the Maid resists, arguing the garment is old fashioned and unsuitable for her. The disagreement highlights class and etiquette tensions within the household.
A garbled montage of advertisements and quotations includes a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure, testimonials about F J Cheney and Hall's Catarrh Cure, a courtroom exchange about the state, Castoria infant remedy, a biblical quip about Ananias, a joke about Adam and fish, and an offer for free pie mixes from Our Pie brand.
A summary of eight year output shows 10,300,000 tons of pig iron produced by the three great iron nations, with the United States supplying over half. The text also advertises Allen’s Foot-Ease for foot ailments, a croce male product, Winslow’s soothing remedy, and a call to readers to do their duty while others explain.
The General Demand for a simple pleasant and efficient liquid laxative is described as Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna by the California Fig Syrup Co. The ad claims physicians approve this wholesome remedy and urges purchase only of the genuine product from leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
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