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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
6
A Jasper Missouri column rattles gleefully through a mosaic of anecdotes and quips on politics, crime, science, and travel. It notes a New Jersey man dodging bills, a blooded horse chase image, a Lusitania captain’s retirement, and moonlit views on Germany’s cable venture, while urging wiser forestry and credit stability.
A humorous letter from J H recounts a Londonbound plan to return home in two weeks. The party features Uncle Peter Grant, Aunt Julia, Bud Hawley and wife, Jennie and Stub Wilson, and Dr Guffhander amid wine, a failed Lohengrin spoof, and a lively piano scene ending before dinner.
Six thousand Hindus and a select group of English officials witnessed a dramatic ceremony called the march through fire near Madras. Solvrastas Brahmins wore yellow tunics as a trench 23 feet long and 19 feet deep housed the sacred furnace. Forty devotees entered the trench singing Govinda as they circled the fire three times, emerging unharmed and claiming sanctity for their faith.
A great pelican at Earl's Court Zoo in London reportedly swallowed a baby lion cub. A keeper and three men tackled the bird, pried open its beak, and freed the cub from the pouch after the swallow.
A Chicago tower scene near the Auditorium saw J B Shilling threaten to throw his daughter Marie Shilling from the edge until elevator operator John Richardson and bystanders restrained him. The 21 year old was injured but saved. Shilling, held for arraignment, is to be returned to the Kankakee asylum.
Mrs B R Suffham of Roswell New Mexico reports success using 20 Mule Team Borax to rid her poultry of lice. She sprayed and washed her 8 C. Leghorn house two months ago and found no lice since.
A fragment shows a rural exchange where one man jokes about training for a race while another replies they are eating meat for dinner and he is getting up an appetite. The tone hints at everyday farm life and casual wit.
A Kansas mother reports her one month old developed eczema on the face with a nickel sized sore. after three months of standard care without improvement, she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Following this treatment, the child’s face healed completely with no recurrence at age two.
A fiance in a Connecticut town seven miles from the railroad station sends a postcard in a private shorthand. Neither sender nor postmaster can read it, prompting a cousin to inquire and confess difficulty reading the message, illustrating that curiosity knows no gender.
The text touts Defiance Starch as the only safe option for fine fabrics, free from injurious chemicals. It claims superior stiffness, requiring half the usual amount to achieve a perfect finish, comparable to when the fabric was new, amid summer demand for fine white goods.
The article notes London is bridged by about 75 structures including 14 railway spans, three road bridges such as Holborn Viaduct, and 63 linking private premises across the metropolis.
Basic ad copy promotes Defiance Starch for stiffening collars and cuffs with gloss or domestic finish. It claims effectiveness for 16 oz for 100 and notes availability from all good grocers.
A garbled OCR fragment muses on ambition and virtue with scattered phrases from Emerson and Schiller. It weaves in stray product names and stray references to Mrs Winslow and dealers, producing a fragmentary, non coherent excerpt lacking a clear news item or narrative.
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