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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
4
A fragmented collage from Yonkers Statesman and assorted ads. It includes a curt exchange about truthfulness, a Red Cross Ball Blue testimonial, a didactic line about price and credit, and a domestic scene hinting at a summer outfit purchase. Names and places are sparse and context unclear.
A 1918 Plymouth Mass letter from Herbert S Maxwell, a druggist, touts eight years of experience with Swamp-Root kidney medicine. He praises its effects and urges customers to try it, noting endorsements from users and inviting readers to obtain samples or bottles advertised by Kilmer & Co.
A quip quotes a supposed prophet claiming powers of prophecy. The reply challenges her by asking for foreknowledge of the future shoe price a wife intends to pay, highlighting the contrast between mystic boasting and everyday commerce.
A garbled excerpt presents scattered phrases about foot-bath relief prayer and travel. It references old names like Bagehot and mentions delays of journey and directions in a half legible style, offering no clear event or person.
The lesson outlines Jesus teaching on a deeper intimacy with the disciples through the coming Spirit. The Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, proceeds from the Father and will enable testimony about Jesus. The Spirit convicts the world of sin righteousness and judgment and guides believers into all truth, dwelling in them.
A Chicago man recalls a frantic English request in Paris's Gare du Nord during a travel tale from St Moritz to London. He offered English help after mingling with locals, recounting the humorous moment when a desperate passenger sought Boulogne bound transport.
A wartime era advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for night and morning facial cleansing and Cuticura Ointment for pimples and dandruff. It promises free samples by mail from Boston and urges readers to sacrifice leisure, including golf, for the country, tied to president support.
A Cincinnati authority endorses Freezone for corns and calluses. Applying a few drops to tender skin supposedly stops soreness and loosens the corn or callus so it lifts out root and all with no pain. A small bottle is inexpensive at drug stores and should not irritate surrounding skin. If unavailable, ask the pharmacist to source it.
A country youth writes his city cousin claiming a cabbage head growth of six feet in circumference. The city cousin replies asking who is your hatter, capturing a humorous exchange from Tit-Bits.
Mrs Manganer Quinn of Lowell Massachusetts reports relief from nervousness headaches and pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She endorses it as the best remedy for sick women and invites others to write for free advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
The article recalls Judge Landis joking with Judge Kohlsaat and two Chicago peers Judge Henley and Judge Grosscup about a nickname. Landis narrowly identifies the source of the remark with a wry smile, showing a long standing humor in legal circles.
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