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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
4
The piece notes a shift from Roosevelt era access with press agents toward appointment based interviews. Taft limits talks to prepared subjects, requiring notice before interviews and keeping conversations with reporters more controlled and informal. He maintains familiarity with reporters but avoids duplicating old press practices.
Gen Corbin, once a farmer, bought and delivered a Jersey cow named Bossy to Mrs Taft at the White House. The animal caused a city stir as hundreds of letters arrived from housewives offering dairy tips while Bossy settled into the presidential surroundings under police and carriage.
The 1900 census volume from Washington shows family sizes shrinking from 6.4 in 1790 to 4.6, with 1790 three person households at 25 percent rising to 49 percent by 1900. Children per white family fell from 2.8 to 1.5, and two children under 16 per white female 16+ dropped to one. The Smiths led in 1790 with 33,345 members, followed by Brown Davis Jones Johnson Clark Williams Miller and Wilson, totaling about four percent of whites.
Mrs Champ Clark wife of the minority leader ranks among the most frequent visitors to the House of Representatives gallery as she supports her husband during his first term leading the party in the house. Known as a capable hostess and devoted mother of two, she is described as intellectual, domestic, and engaged with national questions while backing Clark’s political career.
Clarence Dubb asks Miss Sharply for a dance, she declines firmly stating she does not want it. The light exchange reflects social etiquette and brisk flirtation typical of a quiet era social scene.
A garbled advertisement text offers a $100 reward and urges faith in a remedy claimed to cure a condition. The message references a cure involving Datura and invokes religious language, signed by J. Chenry of Toledo. The legible portions suggest a dubious medical claim and a contact request amid fragmented lines.
The fragmentary OCR reads as a collage of ads and jokes. It mentions Garfield Tea, a laxative product, a famous cigar, Red Cross paint, Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion, and Lewin’s tobacco binder from Peoria. A child’s prayers joke closes the clipping.
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