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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
4
Rates listed include one year for 1.00 and six months for 0.60, three months for 0.60, single copies at 0.10 per week, with advertising rates available on application. Advertising material runs until ordered out.
Edward A Wilson claims his preparation of Hypophraphites and Bridgetti from the original formula is a sovereign remedy for consumption asthma bronchitis catarrh la grippe coughs colds and throat and lung maladies. Thousands report relief and some cured after doctors gave up. A consumptive testifies to its value and urges immediate write at once for full particulars testimonials and more. A Asnorr Bele prent 60 Ann St New York City N Y.
At a Lenox gathering Joseph Choate recalls a 1860s case of a workman claiming left eye blindness after an explosion. A judge tested his sight with green chalk and colored spectacles, then dismissed the case, declaring the man an impostor after he read the line with the left eye.
A Saturday Evening Post anecdote recalls President Buchanan near Lancaster Pennsylvania and his friend Abraham N Cassel. The toll road owner granted a concession to ease crowds during the campaign. After election the residence faced a siege of office seekers and Buchanan again asked Cassel to keep crowds away by raising toll gates.
Sewell Ford moved to Rye New York and learned neighbor Simeon Ford was the same man. A telephone call led to a comically heated barter over unpaid meat bills, with Simeon offering to settle if Sewell pays his debt. The tale ends with no agreement yet reached as Simeon runs a hotel and the exchange airs comically in the hotel scene.
A Washington Slavic dispatch laments gun accidents in Brockton Massachusetts and Bangor Maine as children find loaded weapons at home. It argues loaded guns in households with children show criminal carelessness and urges safer handling to prevent deadly incidents.
A near sighted man waves a handkerchief toward an eighth floor window and boasts Flossie lives there. His friend, not near sighted, explains that what’s seen is a boy outside the pane cleaning it with a cloth, while a large white rac remains visible.
A New York wit collects anecdotes on famous wine dealers. An exchange with Baren Roederer recounts a letter asking for a sip of champagne to forget poverty. Roederer replies that his accounts will remind him of poverty regardless of wine.
A Paris based idea aims to launch a daily titled the Journal of the Deceased. It would print the names of those who die in Paris with remarks and, uniquely, name the treating physicians. Necrologues would be sent to physicians, who could pay a wealth-amounted levy to suppress the doctor’s mention.
A Baltimore man recounts an address to city school children by a board of trustees member. He urges owning and reading good books, recalling how he worked nights to buy books and rose early to read. The tale appears in Success Magazine as a hopeful discussion of literacy and self-improvement.
Miss Grace M Varcoe now in New York has crossed the Atlantic 21 times as an English diamond firm agent. Each trip she carries gems valued at 150000 to 300000 dollars and is described as an expert lapidarist. She has toured major cities in the U S Canada and Europe representing her firm and speaks four languages. She reportedly carries a revolver that could "speak" if needed.
Subbubs recounts a startling scene as a suburbanite recalls the servant girl Backlett moved from the city. The exchange hints at a clever deal where she buys a property for only a small sum below the original price, prompting curiosity about the outcome.
Elder J A Allen and State Evangelist E Williamson started a series of gospel meetings at the Tenet Christian church last Friday and will continue through the week. Mrs Williamson's singing draws interest while topics include The Change of Heart Essential to Salvation and Lost Souls. A men and boys meeting at the Baptist church is planned, and meetings for young women led by Mrs Williamson and Mrs Allen. All are invited.
Presbyterian notice announces Sunday school at 10 a m and evening service at 6 p m The Christian Endeavor session will discuss Home Missions A Million a Year and foreign immigration A stereopticon lecture will illustrate the topic The Sunday school has chosen Santa Claus at Miss Prims as the Christmas cantata and work up will begin soon Mr and Mrs W H Bogardus arrived yesterday from New York to visit Mrs Boots before continuing to Los Angeles
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