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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1907
Page
6
An eastern railroad conducted surprise tests on more than 2,000 engineers, finding only three percent ran past danger or caution signals. Automatic signaling aided training, with most engineers stopping at red or obeying orders. On main lines 98 percent followed rules, while New York division trains achieved a perfect observance rate.
A Boston Herald urged that speed must not outpace safety as railways cut travel time. It cited higher fatality ratios in the US versus Britain and Germany, questioned neglect of safeguards, and noted increasing accidents per traveler. The piece ends with Dad Murphy the conductor: eight hogs died from heat, his terse telegraph replies illustrate railroad brevity.
The article describes a travel friendly workbox of pasteboard covered in figured cretonne or silk. It includes pockets for buttons spools thimbles a needle case and pincushion and features photo frames with rich brocade edges. Frames are made from heavy cardboard with batting backing and gilt braid edges for display.
Spring brings extra strain for invalids confined indoors. The article offers practical comforts from DIY bed supports and inhaled scents to improvised tables and flower arrangements. It also notes simple fashion trends, including one piece shirt waist automobile suits and white capes resembling boleros.
A fashion note describes colorful parasols for summer shade. It highlights a white linen Ingerie parasol with hemstitched flounce and embroidery, a pongee green and ecru shade for morning wear, and a white silk parasol with flower-filled basket embroidery.
Two reader letters from Mt Sterling Kentucky and Grant Ontario praise Peruna as effective for kidney and bladder troubles. One author reports pain relief after three months of use and no recurrence. The other credits Peruna and Manalin with restoring health after years of illness. The note explains kidneys’ role in cleansing blood and positions Peruna as needed when kidneys tire.
A mixed read of quotations and sensational product pitches. It includes George Eliot and Schiller sayings, a nerve remedy advertisement by Dr. Kline, a tale of Matador Gorrito, Garfield laxative pitch, and a vignette of a young woman contemplating marriage and smoking, all in a jumbled historical newspaper fragment.
To reach port on the sea of life we must sail with the wind or against it yet stay steady and avoid drifting, a line attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes. The quote stresses resilience and steadfastness in facing changing conditions.
A parent reports severe eczema in a three month old infant improved after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. Within days, symptoms diminished and by six months the baby was cured. The testimonial lists costs and the address Kara, 243 East 65th Street, New York, dated March 30, 1906.
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