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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
2
The article surveys aging expectations for women, noting shifting marriage ages from 20s to 30s and even 40s. It argues men seek maturity and practicality over youth, warns against false younger-looking appearances, and discourages aging tricks like powder or rouge. It cites a New York Weekly view.
A 1903 census special report on insane and feeble minded in hospitals shows a dramatic rise in asylum inmates from 1890 to 1903. The piece notes 150,151 inmates in 1903 versus 74,028 in 1890, highlighting alarming growth despite national population increase. It cites expert commentary on the growth rate, calling it statistically enormous and a concern for future prosperity and U S leadership.
D M Carr argues that harmony and cooperation sustain communities. Towns grow from agriculture, require mutual support with farms, and prosper through local industry, schools, roads, and churches. He urges citizens to patronize home industries and invest locally to elevate the entire surrounding region.
A critique of mail order houses in large cities boosting trade amid panicky times. The piece argues concentration of money in financial centers and the mail order system draining surplus from agricultural communities to build monopolies in big cities.
John T. McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune suggests a slate of possible political emblems beyond the donkey and elephant. He mentions the owl for wisdom, the dog for vigilance, the turkey for November’s elections, the buffalo for American endurance, and others including the cat, goat, and a lone, unobtrusive symbol, reflecting a playful critique of party iconography.
A discussion of how excessive small towns harm regional economies. It cites President Roosevelt on dedicating efforts to small country towns and explains the interdependent fortunes of farmers, laborers, and merchants. The piece urges citizens to maintain town vitality through cleanliness and civic interest to protect livelihoods.
Congressmen heed daily petitions and memorials from all sections, treating them as a barometer of public sentiment. The Congressional Record shows two to four pages of citizen input each day. Petitions reach 10,000 names in the Senate and 1,000 to 15,000 in the House during the first weeks of a new Congress.
A. B. Shelton secretary to Sen. Aldrich charged multiple Providence trips to the government from 1906 to 1907 to investigate New York customs revenues. Costs ranged from 36.95 to 54.55 dollars with travel via Providence and New York. The probe authorized in 1905 produced no report by early 1907, prompting questions about the inquiry and its timing.
A former aide describes the hard reality of military and naval attaches in Washington. Aids tire quickly of social duties and crave field life, while President Roosevelt is easy to work with. At large receptions they lead the crowd, opening an aisle and marching before the president like trumpeters.
Representative Wyatt Alken of South Carolina organizes a homespun brigade in Congress. He returns from Abbeville with a bolt of homespun cloth given to Speaker Cannon which leads to cloth gifts and favors for Alken and three other congressmen, forming the charter membership of the group.
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