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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
4
Road building promises quicker, safer, cleaner travel with concrete highways. It claims roads extend neighborhood reach, connect people, raise social opportunities, improve rural mail delivery, and increase land values while offering year round, high capacity use.
The piece honors John McAdam as the pioneer of modern road building and the man who devised macadam paving. It notes he traveled 80,000 miles to study roads, introduced impermeable surface coverings to keep water out, and showed that macadamized roads reduce frost damage and weight stress, though he remained dependent on parliamentary grants.
The article urges annual road care before spring weather hardens the ground. It calls for grading to clear ditches, filling ruts and holes, leveling shoulders, and using matching materials for repairs. Earth roads rot if not maintained, so selecting the correct material is essential for lasting surfaces.
Autumn AD 28 Galilee setting outlines the rejection at Nazareth and the mission of the twelve as sent sheep among wolves. It emphasizes their obedience, power received, and the hostile response, plus lessons on pilgrim dependence and spreading the gospel.
A teacher discussing the garden of Eden notes no record of Adam or Eve dying, prompting student John to quip that they may have died from apple-plexy. The grain of the joke relies on a pun between apple and apoplexy.
An old household remedy named Green's August Flower is touted for constipation indigestion and liver troubles. The ad claims quick relief with gentle laxative effects and urges readers to ask their druggist. A quip follows about a husband promising to return by eleven and a wife responding.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications, claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It purports to cure by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. The Toledo company asserts the medicine combines tonics with blood purifiers and offers testimonials.
Jones asks if a mining stock was bought cheaply and Brown confirms he traded other mining stock for it. The quick exchange implies a strategic swap to acquire a cheaper investment. No dates or places are provided.
Old advertising item describes mixing Be Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine in water to darken grey hair without scalp staining. Claims it softens and adds gloss, with directions in each Barbo box. Also notes Cuticura products offer itch relief with soap bath and ointment, plus light humor snippets.
Examine every bottle of Castoria for the seven signature mark of an old remedy used for over 40 years. Barcelona province covers 2,066 square miles and hosts 1,156,068 people.
A street scene features two boys walking with a policeman father. The other boy jokes about seeing the father and his number, while a playful quip about Jupiter’s moons and a wife’s view offers a lighthearted, period-voice snapshot of everyday humor.
A fragment from a bygone era includes jests about death threats and sarcasm, a note that Arizona seeks death penalty restoration for murder, and a whiff of ethical humor. It mentions Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets advertised to regulate digestion.
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