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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
3
An ad touts Calomel as painless and cheap medicine that works while you sleep. A humorous line from a dialogue questions why a neighbor shovels only 40 feet of a 60 foot walk.
An old woman road builder outlines the three essential requirements for earth roads drainage, more drainage, and still more drainage. Proper surface and under drainage rely on grading, ditches, and a crowned, dragged road. Drag after rain to prevent crumbling and maintain a smooth surface before surfacing with gravel or broken stone.
David F. Houston, secretary of agriculture, notes in his annual report that the 1910 federal road program is the largest ever. Many states may delay spending federal funds until 1920 to develop contracting and engineering capacity after wartime stagnation. Funds already provided may finance a program more than four times greater than any prior effort.
Farmers learn the value of a good market for successful farming. The market may be nearby town or city or a distant market requiring railroad transport, shaping decisions on what crops to grow and how to move them.
One of the great advantages of improved roads to agriculture is the time saved in hauling, which ultimately reduces transportation costs.
Ad promotes Freezone as a Cincinnati invention that instantly relieves corn pain with a few drops and allows lifting the corn away without soreness. Claims the tiny bottle costs only a few cents and works on hard and soft corns plus between toes and calluses.
A fragmented dialogue shows a boy reporting a butcher’s joke about bones in pork. The butcher offers a bone laden carcass as a curiosity and a boy relays his mother’s quip about mutton bones in the next pig. The exchange reads like a rural humor vignette with no clear events or dates.
An ad promotes St Jacobs Oil as fast backache relief claiming kidneys cause no pain and lumbago stems from strain. It advises applying a small trial bottle for instant easing and lists sciatica neuralgia rheumatism and sprains as treats while asserting safety and harmlessness. A cartoonish senator quips about hiding from the press.
An advertisement extols Boschee's Syrup as a trusted remedy for coughs bronchitis and colds. It claims a cold can be dangerous if untreated and cites influenza deaths last year to underscore urgency. The copy notes fifty three years of use and claims the product is made in America for homes worldwide.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a Garfield liver and Fletcher's Custoria with a long quote about love and deserv ing of it. Mentions 30 years and children crying for Fletcher’s custody. Context unclear due to garbled text.
A dated guide mixes salad ideas with dressings and garnishes, advising green vegetables like watercress and dandelions, and detailing olive oil use and plate garnishes. It also presents a meat extender dish Beef and Oatmeal Scrapple and a Delmonico pudding recipe with peaches, plus a bacon and potato bake.
The renowned Doctor Pierce's Invalids Hotel in Buffalo, a long standing sanitarium, offers modern diagnosis and treatment options, a famous stomach tonic and women’s remedy, a Medical Adviser handbook, and a free medical correspondence service with home delivery of medicines where needed. Letters are confidential and requests for medical advice are welcomed.
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