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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1907
Page
2
The Jasper News notes a danger of democratism as public duties grow complex. It cites reforms like consular service reorganization, Washington experts, and higher pay for proven specialists. It urges training and merit pay for officials, praising skilled public servants and accounting and sewer departments run by knowledgeable staff.
The piece stacks praise for American aid after Jamaica's earthquake and condemns Governor Swettenham. It notes British unease at the rejection, stresses friendly ties between Britain and the United States, and cites Root with Canadian authorities. It argues the English American alliance remains strong despite Jamaica's misstep.
The Almanach de Gotha has released its 144th annual edition, a 1200 page reference work praised for its accuracy. It features portraits of the kings and queens of Denmark and Norway and notes that the British royal lineage is described as a Maison de Saxe Coburg Gotha, a point of interest for genealogists.
An alarmed writer warns that mail order catalogs threaten small town merchants and farmers. He argues that distant firms siphon money from rural areas, eroding independence, and urges support for local shops and community institutions to preserve regional prosperity.
A guarded caravan from Gare Saint Lazare to a Paris bank carried $50,000 and $100 in American railway securities shipped from New York aboard the Provence. Detectives kept the loot under tight watch as the three wagons moved quietly along the boulevards, a tempting target if brigands existed in Paris.
A famed British nobleman was formally engaged to Mrs Coutts but questioned whether her charm or fortune drew him. He confessed that though he cared for her, her wealth was his key incentive in agreeing to marriage. She replied that friendship is better than being the poorest lover.
Russian conductor Wassily Satonof beams with pride over his eight children in Russia. He habitually carries a large family photograph that folds into a pocket size, showing them lined up like organ pipes, and proudly displays it to friends wherever he goes.
Carlisle Percy Harley and Emily Maud Philips, a pair of dwarfs traveling with a cinematograph company, wed in Pontypridd Wales. Claimed to be the smallest couple ever married in Wales with a combined height of seven feet four inches.
The article notes snakes are no longer deemed useless and are reared in Australia for their valuable skins. Snakeskin becomes fashionable material for slippers belts bags and boxes in London Paris and New York. It mentions snake trappers catching young snakes to extract venomous fangs and that local workers and Black communities are involved in catching snakes, while some view the snake as an acceptable diet.
In Arezzo the Tosco-Roman city famed for Guido and Petrarch a modern savings bank moved into the old Aber Gott Race palace after a careful restoration at little cost and with artistic taste. The conversion turns potential disaster into a felicitous revival of ancient glory and a model reconstruction.
A humorous anecdote describes Biggleby shoveling snow from his walk after his hired man bluffingly offered. The hired man seeks another humiliation, but Biggleby deceives him again, illustrating stubborn pride and a sly social dynamic.
At a London meeting Prof Seely showed the upper bone of a plesiosaurus paddle that had nearly turned to opal as the mineral replaced bone. The fossil, found in opal mine in New South Wales, belongs to a long-necked sea reptile of the Jurassic era reaching about 30 feet.
A kindly stranger asks a child what he will be when grown. The child replies he will be a freak because he and foxes prey on rabbits. He imagines a fox with cubs hunting relentlessly over years, illustrating a curious, fantastical thought.
A historic note describes repurposing gasoline cans into building blocks and decorative dovecotes. Cans are cut to form hollow sides, tops and bottoms removed, stacked to create walls, and used as porch fronts or water containers. The author cites a pigeon ranch where cans act as tiered nest structures and supports.
The article notes post rupture France taxed titles of nobility and decorations. now Queen Wilhelmina agrees to recognize Vatican decorations. This prompts a pilgimage to The Hague and raises prices for pontifical honors such as the Golden Spur Holy Sepulcher and Christ orders, with increased enlistment in recent weeks.
Clover and Grasse Seeds promotes itself as a leading American grower of clovers oats barley corn potatoes and farm seeds. It claims 50 acres of operation and a large mammoth 14s page offering free samples and a perfect balance feed. Subscribe by Box W La ae.
A 1906 fire record notes nearly 7,000 lives lost and over 500 million dollars in property destroyed in the twelve months. It compares favorably grimly with other nations and cites San Francisco earthquake fires as an extraordinary spike beyond the long term average of about 206,000,000 dollars per year.
Munich university professor Korn has improved apparatus for sending photos by telegraph, transmitting photographs and sketches up to seven inches square from Munich to Nuremberg, about 100 miles, in 10 to 15 minutes. Also notes on iron fatigue remedies and naval retirements leaving Dewey as lone active war participant.
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