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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
2
England loses 60000 yearly to emigration and a panoply of curiosities fill the page. From insane murderers in York to a Panama lottery winner blowing $15000 in a week, the column catalogues whimsical, somber, and sharp notes on society, politics, science, travel, and crime.
A humorous letter dissects the brutal crush of New York squeezer streetcars. Crowds squeeze in from Forty-Second Street to Fifty-Ninth, passengers ride strapped and leaned, and a narrator recalls dizzying rides through Harlem and Morningside amid jokes about germs and can openers.
Raleigh correspondent describes the old whipping post and stocks once near the courthouse and north of the post office. The last whipping occurred under a sheriff enforcing an old court order, with stocks offering public ridicule for boys. References branding irons and the 1865 last use.
A critique notes a growing trend of female crime in plays influenced by Henrik Ibsen. The piece laments more women engaging in theft, forgery, and embezzlement, contrasting past female roles with contemporary stage villains.
Franklin County resident Barney Wise heard a noise while returning from Blakra Mills and found a large bear emerging from the creek near Harris tannery. The beast crossed the road about ten feet in front of him before wandering toward Horse Valley, leaving Wise to beat his record home for supper.
A court in Illinois upheld an agreement between two major manufacturers signed with the letters O K. The lawyers used the term to confirm a mutual, legally binding settlement. The suit claimed O K was slang, but the court ruled it conveyed the universal understanding and was valid. Beware of misleading door to door offers.
A jumble of warnings and ads about catarrh cures and ointments, plus fictional snippets. Mercury free claims appear amid mixed text describing a Toledo made product and dubious ingredients. Narrative dialogue fragments and humorous vignettes interrupt the main warnings.
An old advertisement touts Spohn’s remedy for distemper pink eye and other horse diseases. It offers bottles at 50 cents and one dollar, with a call for distributors and a free book from Goshen Indiana. It urges readers to send for the book or orders.
A fragmentary ad style quote urges buyers to ask their grocer about a large 2 oz. package offered at 5 cents. The text shows sensational promotional language and a mention of a “swift class” on the down grade, but lacks clear who, what, where, or date facts to form a proper news item.
An old advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as the remedy for women’s ailments. It includes testimonials from Mrs. Will Young of Rockland Maine and Mrs. Augustus Tren of East Earl claiming relief from backaches, side pains, and insomnia after using the product.
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