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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1905
Page
3
The Jasper racket store announces a display of new and clean stock including tinware chinaware glassware embroideries and racket odds. Customers are invited to view before buying elsewhere with a special sales event coming Saturday.
A letter from Howard Matthews in New York, written to readers in the Dewervite area, offers impressions of the East. He notes spring's arrival, contrasts Westerner and New Yorker appearances, and comments on the city’s church, parks, and factory activity including a copper project and electric motor shipments. He reports social scenes, local morals, and customs, with remarks on trains, religion, and notable figures, ending with a personal sign-off from Jasper County.
An OCR fragment compiles various old advertisements and testimonials. It touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism, One Minute Cough Cure for coughs, Electric Bitters for recovery from illness, and Pittsburgh Perfeet is claimed, with local merchants Webb Hardware and D. G. Lumber Co. named. The piece mixes misspellings and promotional language and includes person names such as Mrs V H Leogget and Ralph F B Fernandes.
The document outlines a statewide education act aiming to raise enrollment by ten percent and attendance by twenty percent. It details compulsory schooling ages, exemptions, enforcement by school boards, penalties for noncompliance, and provisions for special districts and transportation for students.
A fragmented eighteenth century style letter brims with paint ads, patent cures, and odd product pitches. It touts Devon as the world’s best paint aroma, urges readers to trust “Patton’s Bug Proof Paint,” and lists suppliers like Dickwson Goodman Lamhwr Ua. The missive also promotes Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets and various straw hats from Joyce & Lee’s along with local trading notices and licensing terms.
DT touts Chamberlain's Cough Kenedy as the top cough medicine for colds. Waldroy and Zing stock moved to Jasper Elevator offering flour and feed at low prices. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised to cure spring fatigue. Mrs OC Campbell promotes spring hats while Schwoler urges low prices. Highest cash price for hides at Boucher and Hon.
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