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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
2
A mosaic of quips and curiosities recounts striking notes from Clinton county to national figures. Items touch on Castro, anarchists, unusual births, antique curiosities, scientific claims, and odd historical tidbits about animals, geography, and politics.
A travel piece by Joseph Bowles recounts Hong Kong's hillside cityscape, English influence, and the peak tramway. It notes Chinese and British social life, a dinner hosted by banker Wei Yuk, and a memory tale of a Canterbury lecturer. The author observes chairs carried by coolies, hybrid cuisine, and English methods shaping Hong Kong society.
RE B Wynn of Mobile explains that deep sea fish eyes pop when brought to surface due to rapid pressure change. In the gulfit area thousands of fish are caught daily and many show eyes hanging from their sockets, a striking sight from the deep.
A fragment describes girls betrothed at birth to baby boys older than them and married at twenty. It notes the girls know no other path to a husband and are content, obedient wives whose marriages are considered successful in that region.
A school principal in London receives a letter from a distressed father of a poor boy seeking help. The letter describes the boy as being affected by a troubling condition described as sway and mentions a treatment idea as he is “cere bed alten tich on the inside.”
A compact study argues city life acts as an intoxicant drawing people from rural areas. It outlines social pull factors such as entertainment, commerce, and novelty while warning of potential downsides like noise, crowding, and stress. Local voices weigh in on urban desirability.
A reader reports suffering from kidney and urinary irregularities and fatigue. After ten weeks using a preparation called Dosa's Kidney Pill a dramatic improvement followed, with restored energy and weight at 168 pounds.
A newspaper note urges homeowners to involve the funder in paint choices and to judge bids by using National Lead or pure white lead. It promises a testing outfit by mail from National Lead Company of New York City to interested readers and emphasizes owner responsibility in selecting competent painters.
A young woman sent a religious themed birth telegram saying For unto us a child is born. The recipient, less versed in scripture, joked that Margaret named her son Isaiah. The child weighs nine pounds six ounces and is healthy.
A note on the rising popularity of fine whites this summer, claiming they enhance Btarch cores, providing strong support to Pemeres and Fabrice. It notes a great strength as a suffen er yields half the usual Btarch quantity while achieving perfect fish quality, equal to when the goods were new.
A fragmentary mock dialogue mocks professional ethics and public expectations of modern nursing. It references training, demeanor, and the balance between technical skill and learned tradition, punctuated by garbled lines and invented quotes.
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