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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
7
Guidance on lightning safety notes that the safest place is inside a well wired building with a intact conductor. If indoors avoid near bell wires windows and fireplaces. in a home the center of the largest room or an iron bed away from walls is safer. Outdoors stay clear of walls fences trees and crowds near rivers. hedges like hawthorn can be dangerous during storms.
East African farmers argue lions should be protected as useful, noting they destroy nuisance herbivores like zebras and antelopes. In one district 46 lions were killed by hunters, who estimate saving 36 000 to 40 000 zebras and antelopes that would have been prey. They acknowledge lions occasionally kill people but contend benefits outweigh losses.
The newly arrived spirit surveys the surroundings with strong disapproval claiming this is the jumping off place. Pluto corrects with a gleaming smile that this is where you landed and clarifies the situation.
A dialogue fragment shows two speakers debating opportunity and risk with a quip about laying the land versus laying the hen, hinting at a scheme or opportunistic tone without detailing actions or participants. The exchange emphasizes humor and irony in pursuing profit.
A brief exchange has Little Eddie asking if political enemies belong to different parties. His father replies that they belong to different factions of the same party.
Mrs Elizabeth Strecker wife of farmer W A Strecker of Zion neighborhood six miles east of town died at 6 15 PM after paralysis struck her while driving to Carthage last Friday morning. She and Mrs C S Johnston were en route when stroke occurred near Kendrick town. Johnston rushed to Carthage for aid but it was too late. Strecker, 49, leaves a large family including eight children and numerous siblings. Funeral held at Zion church Monday, interment in Mitchell cemetery, Rev Requa officiating. Local grief widespread. Later crowd size at a political meeting by Hon Howard Gray surpassed previous week due to better weather.
The article draws comparisons between ancient Greek athletes and modern sportsmen. It notes Greek training, strict diets, and a progression from cheese and figs to meat. A peculiar practice forced daily huge meals followed by long sleep to digest, producing corpulence aiding wrestling but hindering other sports.
The article explores how odors arise from substances floating as particles in the air rather than airborne vibrations like light or sound. It notes dampness enhances scent strength, and observes garden-after-rain aromas as a pleasant demonstration. It mentions vapors from scented liquids and the difficulty of recognizing odors when perfume is directly applied.
A woman reports her husband treated her shamefully, prompting a downtown encounter. She searched for him last night and describes his eluding her, while a bystander questions the account and remains surprised by the claim.
A fragmentary verse item notes a figure who speaks clearly yet errs in intemperance, halting when in trouble and knowing when to quit, reflecting a moralizing stance on self control.
Mildred Smith, two years old, died last Friday two miles south and seven miles west of Jasper. She was buried Saturday in Purcell cemetery. The cause of death was not learned.
A veterinarian describes a bulldog owned by a man on Ninety-seventh Street who walks with his minister daily after four. The vet provides the dog an appetizer to keep him healthy so the man can appease his wife and avoid rumors of past saloon visits and the dog’s love of sausage.
Small Homes, Green things growing Indoors are the most successful antidotes to win ter ever devised. Thousands who can not have a conservatory change the whole temper of a home by a few plants. There are many varieties of palm today, both hardy and decorative, and of ferns. A single pot in a hall bedroom often helps a young man or woman through a lonely winter.
A North Hants gamekeeper dealt with a roving bee colony high in a beech tree by spreading a cloth on hay beneath the swarm and firing a shot to snap the branch. The bees dropped onto the cloth, a skeP placed over them, and the five pound swarm seemed unharmed.
The saying let the cat out of the bag likely began with markets in England where farmers swapped a pig for a bag or poke. If buyers bought unseen, they bought a pig in a poke, but opening the bag exposed the trick as a cat escaped.
Yonkers Statesman notes a playful exchange about charcoal sketches seen in a fireplace. The dialogue features Egbert and Bacon joking on titles for such pictures, calling them char en sl sketches in a light, humorous local column tone.
A brief note warns that attempting a call when the line is busy may waste time and effort. It advises waiting for the line to clear or retrying later to avoid frustration and missed connections.
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