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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
5
The paper reports about 100 notices sent to subscribers behind on payments. Some readers respond, others ignore, leading to names removed for nonpayment. The editor urges notifying to stop the paper and settling owed amounts, noting new names continually added and no hard feelings toward stoppages.
Ikson Bros announces a new stock line of trunks at Jasper's Greatest Store. The message invites customers to visit for the latest trunk offerings and to consider the shop for storage case needs.
A Carthage Press editorial urges residents to spend locally labeling dollars sent elsewhere as the "dollar with wings" and those kept at home as "development dollars." It argues domestic spending strengthens the community, nation and future, while away money fuels vice and poverty.
A study of 1000 cases of stomach cancer shows cancer more common in men than women and most often in people aged forty to sixty. Ulcer of the stomach appears most often between twenty and forty. In over 90 percent of cancer cases heredity seems not to play a part.
A historical ad claims deafness results from catarrh and promises one hundred dollars for a cure not helped by halls catarrh cure. It mentions F J Charney & Co Toledo Ohio and urges readers to send for a circular. Also notes a medicine show at Nunnellys Saturday night in August.
At Sedalia the Missouri State Fair runs September 25 to October 2 featuring a seven day butter contest directed by State Dairy Commissioner E G Bennett. A $500 purse is offered by the South Missouri Dairy Men's Association for entries from all breeds upon certification of selling milk products from animals shown. Bennet hopes Jersey breeders and dairy dealers will add substantial prizes, boosting interest in dairy contests at the exposition.
A column explores how women imagine happiness varies with husbands' incomes from two dollars a week to fifty thousand dollars yearly. It parodies desires from luxury items to simple domestic life, noting the futility of chasing unattainable comforts as the piece questions modern dreams.
A line from William Brady in Collier magazine humorously notes that women would be thrilled if their husbands could find jobs, and that many others would be happy if they could merely obtain husbands who have jobs.
Guidance for caring work horses in heat includes load lightly and drive slowly, rest in shade, water moderately, sponge and wash after work, avoid hoses, bran mash Saturdays, and minimal hats. Watch for heat stroke signals such as stops sweating, rapid breathing, drooping ears, or stilled legs. move horse to shade and cool gradually.
A stopper for bottles designed for travelers uses a solid rubber cork that fits deep into the neck and a soft rubber collar rising from the top. When driven home the collar folds down over the heel, forming a water-tight and air-tight seal. The cork and collar are molded as a single piece.
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