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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
5
The News announces JUDGE JAS A DAUGHERTY as a candidate for renomination in Missouri's Fifteenth District subject to Democratic primary voters. Tax Assessor J W Meredith of Carthrope named as a candidate for Jasper County Assessor subject to Republican action.
George W. Maxwell of Carterville runs as a Republican candidate for Jasper county treasurer, subject to primary action. The item notes the party and office sought, with locality and candidate name central to the notice.
A St Louis man rose from poverty to political influence, authoring a compulsory education bill that helps lift poor children from ignorance. The piece emphasizes public schools as the bulwark of citizenship and argues parents’ indifference keeps children from rising.
The early Mark Twain residence on Hill Street Hannibal has been donated to the city by George A. Mahan and Mrs. Mahan. Thousands attended the ceremony and a letter from biographer Albert Bigelow Paine was read as part of the events.
State school officials request readers to contact friends about children aged 3 to 21 who are deaf or hard of hearing and unable to finish schooling. The Fulton Missouri school offers free education for residents and asks for names and addresses of parents or guardians to assist.
Special correspondents from every county report good prospects for large crops of apples cherries pears plums and strawberries. Grapes and bush fruits injured by severe winter. peaches fail except in small regions. Southwest Missouri shows strongest with apples 100 percent cherries 100 percent plums 100 percent. grapes 86 percent. blackberries and raspberries worst hit grand 6 percent. gooseberries and currants around 55 percent. W. W. Chenoweth, Secretary.
The passage argues that a silo boosts farm output by about 10 to 25 percent, making it a sound part of the initial investment alongside a dwelling, barn, or team. It compares costs and outputs on 160 acre farms using silos of different materials and notes cooperative buying in Minnesota.
A New York press item describes a farcical mix up where a groceries basket is sent down from a sixth floor apartment during a routine delivery. A child improvises a warning in a tiny voice from the dumbwaiter shaft, revealing the peril of a near broken delivery line and a comic rescue.
A ten percent borax and five percent salt solution is driven into wood by electricity in France to preserve it. The process uses electric pressure to force the preservative into timber, aiming to protect against decay and pests.
A garbled text recounts a judge aided by a remedy involving Hooken's Arms salon. It mentions burn care and healing of wounds with unclear sequence and several misspellings. The fragment references Cristin Millay Tent and a distressed animal or person, with vague claims of complete cure after treatment.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions cream and instruction to take it to wheat and try a lis test. No clear people, places, or organizations. content is garbled and lacks a coherent news event.
Notice by Sheriff T Arch Mcdonald in Jasper Missouri that the trust deed on property in Section 24, Township 30, Range 31, Santa in foresaid county will be sold at public auction at the court house door in Joplin city on June 1, 1912, to satisfy unpaid notes and interest secured by the deed of trust.
Puck fragment suggests a playful exchange about wearing and sharing items, with surreal phrasing. The readable bits hint at dialogue about closeness and alignment, but concrete facts or events are not clear.
Thousands suffer habitual constipation and ignore danger until illness. The advisory cites dangers from typhoid fever to appendicitis and promotes Dr Blies Laxative Tablets sold by Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana at 25 cents for 25 doses.
A Boston Globe speaker at the New England fruit exhibition argues eastern farms can yield steady income from apple orchards with proper effort. He cites climate and market advantages, urging farmers to develop local sources of wealth rather than overlook them.
The First Methodist church in Vancouver Washington set up a nursery to aid mothers with batten. A basement room was cleared and equipped with toys to amuse children and reduce church disruption during services.
A merchant in Olathe offered a lantern burn duration prize. A boy aged forty five hours won after measuring the flame, with a second participant burning forty four hours and thirty three minutes. A man attempted the puzzle for an hour and answered three hours eight minutes. Kansas City Star.
A little girl watching a freight train asks her mother where a city named Capa is seen on a car. The mother is unsure, and the girl interprets capacity as a place name, noting the car’s 67 000 pound capacity as she observes the train passing.
A brief editorial note from Detroit Free Press discusses money and banking as a symbol of progress. It reflects on having funds available midweek as a measure of personal standing and worldly access. The piece ties financial solvency to broader social mobility and optimism.
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