Random Snippets From A Distant Paper The Jasper News
A collection of disconnected notes touching on trade with Japan and Mexico, hens laying eggs, street crime in Mexico and New York, anarchists, lard imports, and sugar production. It mentions Japan boosting jinrikisha exports, U S sugar refining leadership, and a drought affecting Cuban sugar causing European imports. Also notes a Maysville high school strike, a Canadian wildcat capture, Manchuria hopes, and jests about anarchists and a Boston Transcript quip. Plans for an Alexander Hamilton statue in Washington are discussed with reference to Bryce’s praise of Hamilton as a statesman.
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Alexander Hamilton
Washington
Bryce
Beating the Emerald Isle of Ceylon and its Ocean
A travelogue of Colombo and nearby beaches portrays the Galle Face hotel as a grand seaside haven with electric lights and a sea-water swimming tank. Descriptions praise the harbor, breakwater, and palm groves, while a vivid encounter with native dugout canoes and a colorful Oriental waiter adds local color.
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Ceylon
Tropic Sea
Iréland
India
Colombo
Atoné Galle Face Hotel
Lola
Galle Face Hotel
Indian Ocean
Hong Kong
Raffles
Singapore
Galle
Hoffer
Hotel
Cecil
London
Joseph
Chicago Exposition
Chicago
New York
Walter
Mott ‘Lavinia
Hera
Palnis
Indian -Ocean
Signs of Irrationality in Dress Warn Testators
A discussion notes that lack of neatness and loveliness in dress and personal appearance may signal irrationality and incompetence. It warns testators to beware of raiment and hygiene as heirs observe appearance and conduct. The piece also reports Germany’s lingering winter and Italy’s unusual cold with snow in normally mild towns like Milan and others.
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United States
Germany
Italy
Milan
Saker
Practical Man Reveals Copied Poetry For Wife
A humorous exchange shows He Wan Practical stating he writes poetry for his daughter but is too busy at the office to craft originals, so he copies poetry to fit in. The wife and daughter respond with light banter about the arrangement and its practicality.
Allen's Foot-Ease promotes comfort for tired feet
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as the greatest comfort discovery of the age. It claims to make new shoes easy and cure sweating feet, urging readers to buy from druggists and to accept no substitute. A trial sample is offered free by A B Olmsted, Les Roy.
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Allen
A. B. ‘Olmsted
Les Roy
Between Doctors and Executor Acknowledges $600 Fee
The Kansas City Times recalls a remark where a doctor asks if an operation succeeded and the reply is that it did and that a $600 charge was made, paid by the executor with no wink. The anecdote frames professional fees and legal payment in a brisk, period voice.
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Kansas City Times
Fragmentary Moral Quotation Mixed with Names and Numbers
A garbled snippet mentions Ned Crone Hall Blue and The fairest of all things from Shakespeare. It includes odd phrases like Largs 3 ox and a note about a package counting five, plus a comment on a good life and good name. The readable content is fragmentary and lacks a clear event or narrative.
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Ned Crone Hall
Truth and Quality Appeal to the Well Informed Readers
The fragment argues that truth and quality appeal to all readers and are essential to lasting value. It claims these virtues improve personal and family life by reducing internal discomfort and avoiding side effects or extra costs while maintaining natural, pure benefits.
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Manchuria
Boston Transcript
Maccaroni
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Shmt
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Semport
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Desiree
Bealde
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Mississippi
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All the Saints
Sone
Nik Friend
Alvin
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Marshall P. Wilder
B. Bowles
Colin
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