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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
3
A satirical fragment on marriage and self control notes that a woman's choice hinges on presumption of better options and that a fall widow teases a bachelor about a daughter. The piece conveys social commentary through witty exchanges and urban tone.
A collection of aphoristic lines on gender roles and daily life. It notes women’s influence on letters, boys preferring dogs to circuses, and a jab at truth stretchers. Other quips touch on cyclones, fortunes tied to leverage, wage work, tailoring, infant leadership, and pretty women with plain husbands.
On Oct 11 at Willis Wood theater Kansas City audiences will see Wagenthals and Kemper present Eugene Walter's Paid in Full a drama about everyday American life praised for its vitality and social character. The production follows a Chicago five months run and a New York Astor Theater season.
In Washington, Missouri shines in the national tuberculosis battle as a state sanatorium is planned in the Ozarks. Governor Folk’s commission chooses Mount Vernon in Lawrence County for a twelve to fifteen building complex to treat incipient cases, with emphasis on early diagnosis and strict infection control. Local residents donated the 200 acre tract, enabling rapid relief for Missouri patients.
The board of managers led by Dr. J. L. Eaton reports early construction progress on the Administration building and a forthcoming wing completion within sixty days. The facility aims to house executive offices and laboratories, with treatment based on wholesome food, rest, pure air, and sunshine. The state foresees legislative funding for more villas and emphasizes uniform care for both free and paying patients, while noting variable stay lengths and hopes for advanced tuberculosis care in Missouri.
Mrs 7 H Bennett of 69 Fountain St Gardiner Maine states she suffered four months with back pain dizziness headache and bladder inflammation before using Deans Kidney Pills. After three months she was completely cured and the trouble never returned. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Nevada man with extensive mining claims near Carson City sparked a camp growth after a lucrative strike last year. Two chief mine owners, an Irishman and a Jew, fought over a name for the new town until a compromise produced the name Tippery Salem amid local debates.
Two unruly boys plan to steal from a well dressed boy on the street corner. They propose waiting until he enters a shop to buy candy to steal the chocolate after he purchases it. The plan shows a preference for easy theft over effort.
On a hot Sunday morning a boy named James resists going to church, questioning why they must endure heat for worship. His father answers that Satan is active in hot weather, prompting James to retort that Satan does not mind the heat. The exchange frames a light moral lesson about piety and weather.
A Wisconsin woman recounts eight years of Postum use three times daily and relief from dyspepsia after coffee abandonment. She notes family benefits and praises Postum’s nourishment, ending with a claim of plain facts over gush. The letter, signed as from Postum Co. of Battle Creek, invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
A concise dialogue recalls a relative who remembered the speaker only to omit them in a will. The remark highlights a family irony about being acknowledged yet excluded by an inheritance.
J B P Hennen of Milan Missouri recounts twelve to fifteen years of itching and a leg eruption after grippe and pneumonia. Three doctors failed, but Cuticleura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured the outbreak and lingering leg pain. May 19 1907.
In an Arizona assault case the judge scolded the defendant for not striking sooner. The man admitted calling the other a war and horse thief and coward. The assault charge was dropped. the defendant was fined about $50 and jailed to pay the sum.
Examine carefully every bottle of Castoria a safe and sure remedy for infants and children see that it bears the signature Quanzy In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought.
A party member quips that beauty is only skin deep while replying that some portraits of handsome women are accurate. another person counters that beauty is a distance outside the cuticle.
Chicago firm Jaques Manufacturing offers a free cook's book edited by Mrs Hill to Indy readers of this paper. The advertisement promises free delivery for readers and notes another baking powder ad appears elsewhere in the issue.
A maxim attributed to Henry Drummond notes that those who will not reason are bigots, those who cannot reason are fools, and those who dare not reason are slaves. The line frames rational thought as essential to freedom and dignity.
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