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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
3
Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia recounts royal childhoods as strict, with constant discipline. Children dine on a fixed schedule, perform formal curtseys and handwashing, while boys study law and theology and have little playtime. Girls sew and embroider, meals are plain, and Sundays include memory work and lectures.
A moral tale on honor guides a boy and mother through limits of virtue. It recounts Sir Richard Wallace inheriting art and wealth and returning $300,000 when told of a potential will change, asking if he can afford it and answering with Publius Syrus’s maxim What’s left when honor is lost.
A South Polar scene recounts Captain Scott’s march across the ice where a standing four feet tall penguin weighs about 60 to 80 pounds. The inquisitive bird approaches humans with dignity, surrounded by amazed onlookers who note its trumpet-like calls and slow stately movements. Named descriptions include a black head, bluish gray back, lemon yellow breast, satin-like plumage, and a bright orange neck patch.
Charlea N Preston of Bikland Pennsylvania describes severe health decline including weight loss yellowing skin and sugar in urine. After using Deans Kidney Pills she reports rapid improvement regaining weight and restoration of health. Sold by dealers 60 cents a bar Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A quotation from the Atlanta Constitution traces money as a source of endless worry. The speaker calls money infested with evils, noting fear of losing it, bank growth, and bill collectors. The piece mocks wealth as both curse and burden, ending with a humorous escape.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and attributes it to a blocked Eustachian tube. It asserts nine of ten cases are from catarrh, promises $100 for a persistent Ossartis Guess Bond, and promotes a circular offer from U. Cueney & Co of Toledo, with drugstore sales implicit.
A provincial bootmaker advertises himself as many things in a humorous hand bill. He is described as a doctor and surgeon who heels and cuts, a fishmonger selling soles and heels, a schoolmaster giving understanding, and a good speaker who threads arguments, waxes warm, and holds all to the last.
The Boston Globe notes the gumming season wraps up with both amateur and professional gum diggers emerging from Maine woods. Spruce gum fetches around two dollars and forty cents a pound in Bangor, the city touted as the Dawson City of the gum regions, with demand for the rare ohew gum remaining high and no real substitute available.
A well known London physician at a dinner party is approached by a man seeking free medical advice. The man describes another sufferer who cannot bear his indigestion and howls in pain. The doctor humorously replies that he would howl with pain too.
A Cleveland grocer reports many customers improved health after stopping coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. He shares his own experience, noting nervousness and irritability faded after switching, and recommends Postum to others with similar symptoms.
Senor Carlos Silva of Santiago editor of El Mercurio visits the United States for the first time and is currently in Washington with his wife. The report notes aging and health claims, plus mentions Defiance Starch improving quality and avoiding harmful chemicals with a new ingredient for strength and smoothness.
An epigram on a Detroit visit praises how slum women maintain pure speech despite hardship. The speaker claims an oath from a woman is unnatural and incredible, likening it to expecting a bullet from a rosebud. The remark ties to social reform and moral conduct.
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous prostration and female complaints. It cites testimonials from Mrs Geo A James of Fredonia New York and Mrs Nellie Makham of Buffalo praising recovery and health restoration through the remedy.
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