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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
6
A jumble of brief notes and quips from Detroit and New Jersey to Philadelphia and London. Items touch on scandals, curiosities, and oddities including an 81 year old husband and 65 year old wife, a hat in Philadelphia, legally dead cats, and gas meter penny thefts. Also mentions Harvard football, an airship, and a curious medical anecdote.
The article notes there are about 20 million horses in the United States with an estimated value near two billion dollars. Over the decade of motor car development the horse population grew by four million and average horse value rose, likening the situation to urban transit where new tunnels and elevated lines do not fully relieve overcrowding.
The narrator details Canton sights including pagodas and the examination halls with 7500 cells, then recounts a Christmas aboard the steamship Bite Friederich from Hong Kong to India. A lavish German dinner, festive decorations, pool gifts, and the ship’s grand Christmas tableau culminate before landing in Singapore.
Stationers report a shift from shaded old English script on visiting cards toward a graduated shading scale for different ages. A new imitation plate printing process enters the market claiming results rivaling expensive tooling at about half the cost.
Good sight is among life s blessings and women should care for their eyes. When idle, rest them by closing lids since open eyes stay at work. The moisture under closed lids benefits eye health as ocullata notes.
The text notes that the pearl is carbonate of lime and dissolves in acid such as vinegar, damaging its surface quickly. Opals are harmed by hot water, which can destroy their fire and cause cracking. Soap is damaging to turquoise, and turquoise on the hand can turn blue stones dingy green when washed.
A physician writes to the London Spectator recounting an anxious moment with a patient whose husband asked if there was any need for unnecessary anxiety about his wife. The anecdote appears in Woman's Home Companion.
Miss Julia Chapman won a set of silver knives forks and spoons in a board-sawing contest at Steiner hall Wednesday evening. She went through her board before any competitors were well started. Foss! (Ore.) Journal
The Vikings were Scandinavian chiefs and Norsemen who migrated eastward beyond the Baltic and westward and southward toward the British Isles during the fourth century. The movement involved Swedes Danes and Norse peoples shaping early contact between regions.
John A Enders of Repartiod Ave Pen Argyl Pa suffered six years with back pain violent headaches and dizzy spells. A special doctor misdiagnosed kidney damage though urine showed brick dust. After taking Dosa Kidney Pills kidneys act regularly and he passed gravel stones with relief. Sold by dealers 60 cents a box Poster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A terse exchange unfolds with a man declaring he keeps the commandments and another mockingly asks why he assumes they belong to someone else, illustrating a pointed moral stance in a compact scene.
Advert says Lewis' Single Binder cigars sell over nine million annually and are prized by smokers for rich mellow tobacco. It claims the 5c cigar equals the best 10c cigars, warns against imitators, and urges buyers to request Lewis' Single Binder from dealers. © Lewis Factory Peoria Illinois. Originators Tin Foil Smoker Package.
A boastful inventor claims tablets will replace alarm clocks by ringing ears at a set hour. He explains rising times with numbered tablets, promising a world changing boon to families and startling the alarm clock industry. The crowd disperses amid the claim reported by Harper's Weekly.
A Brooklyn Life anecdote features Mr Dugan and Mr Hogan debating whether Mona's singing counts as instrumental music. The exchange jokes that singing is not instrumental, while KEegan claims instrumental music moved him two blocks away.
A Cleveland grocer reports personal relief from nervousness and stomach troubles after quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. He cites morning irritability and loss of appetite before adopting Postum, and says his condition improved over two years, advising others with similar issues to switch. The letter is presented as a genuine customer testimony.
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