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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1906
Page
4
The Jasper News lists the Missouri Pacific Time Table for Kout h bound trains with numbers and destinations, including Joplin and St Louis routes, local freight and coal service, through chair cars, and notes on ticketing and baggage handling. A. H. Baker is the agent, with subscription and advertising details and rates.
Announcements authorize A McCawley to seek the Democratic nomination for Jasper County prosecuting attorney with a strict law enforcement platform. J B Chaffer of Carthage named for Recorder of Deeds, pending Republican convention. Thos Brock of Sheridan township named for Judge of County Court, Eastern District, subject to Democratic county convention rules.
A column notes Theodore Jasper secures a $6500 saloon license while Fantasies of a new alcohol industry rise from the dehorned bill. It also mentions Jasper's Three Fourth celebrations, a rise in packing house related deaths, and a Kansas paper musing on longer shirts to use surplus cotton.
E R Bales of Montserrat reports success cultivating alfalfa in Missouri. He grows three crops annually, producing two tons per acre each time, demonstrating careful farming practices in a challenging climate.
The speaker notes the initial weed problem in the field and predicts that alfalfa will outpace weeds. He states that once alfalfa leads, weed growth will cease and no danger remains to the crop.
The Kansas City Star urges lifting the poor house to a higher plane by treating county homes as a government style aid akin to old soldiers’ homes. It questions public shame attached to poverty and advocates a dignified, gracious approach to supporting the needy to reduce humiliation and tragedy.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease with internal use to affect blood and mucus surfaces. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any failure to cure and invite testimonials. Also note a separate ad for cash for beef hides at Boucher and Son.
An alarming situation from neglected bowels and liver leads to chronic constipation. Dr Kings New Life Pills are touted as the best and gentlest regulators of stomach and bowels. Webb Bros guarantee them at a price of 24?0.
A reflection on optimistic rhetoric in politics and society, contrasting hopeful reforms with unguarded statements. It notes how genuine reformists seek to fix evils and use publicity, while sweeping optimism can conceal failure to confront deeper issues.
An OCR fragment highlights veterans like Willis T Morfan of Concord New Hampshire praising Dr King’s New Discovery for lung diseases. It also advertises sales jobs in Chicago for county managers, district managers and sales agents, with pay promises and free trial bottles, plus a line about Kodol for Dyspepsia and a Western magazine Fairview Publishing Go Tacoma Washington.
The text claims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is superior, noting many imitations before the public. It promotes the product for curing skin issues and mentions it is sold by J K Schooler.
A traveling position or office manager is offered by THE COLUMBIA HOUSE. Salary 00.00 per month paid weekly in cash with all expenses advanced. Applicants will represent and advertise hardware departments and distribute samples. Location listed as Capt. 610, 234 5th Ave Obionta, Illinois.
Thousands annually bear witness to the efficiency of Early Risers. These pleasant reliable pills have long borne a reputation second to none as a laxative and cathartic. They are a staple in millions of homes. Pleasant but effective. Will promptly relieve constipation without griping. Bold by J K Schooler.
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