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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
4
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At a Lenox dinner Joseph Choate recounted a 1860s case where a workman claimed blindness. The judge tested him with colored glasses and a green chalk on a blackboard, proving he could read. the man was dismissed as an impostor.
After the election the home of President elect Buchanan near Lancaster Pennsylvania remained, while Abe Cassel the turnpike president faced a flood of visitors. Buchanan urged lower tolls or special rates to draw them, urging Cassel to keep crowds away after the campaign while tolls prospered before and during.
About a year ago Sewell Ford moved to Rye New York and soon learned a neighbor was Simeon Ford. A telephone exchange led to a humorous claim about a meat bill with Simeon offering to settle if Sewell would pay his bill. Simeon runs a hotel, the note adds.
A Washington Star dispatch notes deadly gun accidents in Brockton and Bangor where a 6-year-old and a small boy used loaded firearms at home injuring or killing. It argues that most accidents could be prevented by basic caution and keeping loaded guns out of homes, especially where children are present.
A near sighted man waves a handkerchief at an eighth floor window claiming to signal to Frossle Hyes. A friend explains the scene as a boy outside the pane cleaning it with a large white rag, revealing the misperception and humor.
In Lambert England an elderly man faced an Industrial school officer seeking child support for the son of a woman he married two years earlier. He claimed he did not know of the boy’s existence at the time of marriage. The magistrate noted the irony and made an order for 60 cents a week.
A vivid anecdote tells how Henry Clay faced a Kentucky mountaineer who feared a bank bill vote. Clay’s reply framed trust and perseverance, urging the voter to judge him by continued efforts rather than one mistake. The mountaineer pledged to give Clay another chance.
British consul at Wuchow reports 60 government schools in that prefecture with uniforms of foreign cut. The coat and trousers with brass buttons and peak caps, and foreign pattern shoes are common. Khaki used in strict military schools. Uniforms mostly British cloth, but caps, buttons, and braid sourced from Japan, and local shoes of inferior native leather.
Manager Henderson refused an orchestra seat to a well bred patron clearly intoxicated. After demands and a summons, Henderson stated the reason plainly, citing drunkenness. The patron replied with a drunken boast about attending the theater while drunk.
Dr. John B. Worden advocates strenuous preparation for life in Good Health October. His daughters Shirley aged eight and Jane aged three are cited as proof of success. They play barefoot in cold snow in cotton garments, showing no goose pimples or illness.
A brief quoted exchange recalls a stolen watch being taken to a pawnshop where staff recognized it as the owner’s and detained the thief. The dialogue highlights quick identification and capture in a small incident.
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