World News Snippets and Social Snips From Jasper
A collage of brief items ranges from war balloonists and Persians to Anna Gould's rumored marriage and the steel trust. Notes include a New York woman’s suicide over rent, Shanghai teachers punished for bad students, a thief hurried to prison, and Peary’s party awaiting next summer’s election results. Wireless telephony over 12 miles, seasick passengers calling aboard, and Russia’s prisoner abuses surface. Also: world travel feats, Darwinism debate, Spain’s queen’s recovery, a fraud against poets, tears for women’s leverage, and a Hungarian ad offering humorous arts school.
Buttermilk Gag and Ghosts in Hobart Letter
A humorous column to Bunch extols buttermilk as a cure and boastful tonic, weaving Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Napoleon, and reincarnation gags. The narrator jokes about history, fiction, and modern life, closing with a playful sign‑off.
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Bunch
Tenant Defies Lease Rights in Staircase Scuffle
A magistrate confronts a small red-faced man in a court scene where the tenant admits kicking his landlord down stairs and plans to present his lease to show what is not prohibited, arguing he had a right to act on the first good chance.
Have Learned to Dress Well
Ellen Terry notes impressions from 1883 on American fashion. She observes women once over dressed on the street and underdressed for the theater now learn to wear the demilollet with restraint, matching French styles and appearing finely dressed for both street and theater audiences.
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Ellen Terry
Country
Near a Bad Bargain
An agent tells his principal the ambitious American girl earns $150,000 yearly and the principal replies he could manage on $160,000 a year. The dialogue ends with a quip about supporting his wife, noting even love cannot argue against the idea.
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Wover
Love
Buttermilk and fame in high society humor
A humorous piece extols buttermilk as a tonic admired by notable figures. It cites Andrew Carnegie, President Roosevelt, Gen Miles, Admiral Dewey, and Vice President Fairbanks praising its virtues. The writer wryly notes the beverage’s supposed influence on greatness and its appeal on a Washington veranda.
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Andrew Carnegie
President Roosevelt
National Rock Creek
Washington
Gen
Miles
Admiral Dewey
Fairbanks
Hat Earth
Why Women Grow Fat in New York City
A dealer in an anti-fat preparation claims New York has more obese women per square mile than any other U S city due to long distances and extensive transit. He argues riders become lazy, avoid walking blocks, then eat heartily with sweet treats, noting women fret over fat more than men though clothes conceal flaws.
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New York
United States
Weill
Poultry Show Whiteness Prompted by 20 Mule Team Soap
In a poultry business tip from New Market Tennessee J A Dinwiddie notes ten white chicks washed with 20 Mule Team Soap and Borax achieve exceptional whiteness. He reports positive impressions on bird cleanliness and offers a sample and booklet for 5 cents from Pacific Coast Borax Co Chicago.
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J. A. Dinwiddie
New Market
Tenn
Pacific Coast Borax Co
Chicago
Absorbing tale of a sly one dollar book sting
Silas teases Reuben who fell for a bunko ad promising absorbing literature for one dollar. Reuben received a pamphlet titled How Blotters Are Made and another called Points on Turkish Towels, prompting playful gibes about the prank.
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Silas
Reuben
Cyrus
The Old Time Boy Rules for Boys of Colonial Days
A speaker urges today’s boys to read colonial era rules asking them to stand at table, retire at candlelight, stay seated with guests, avoid shouting, running without reason, and stones at animals. It notes a boy who died on the street or tried to stand on his head would have faced a week in jail.
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March's
Avaunt
Raus Mittim
Calathumpia
Julius
Warm Welcome Assured on Bridge Exchange
An old lady quotes a wet boy as she scolds him for staying out. The boy explains he came from swimming and fears his mother will wear her soul away if he delays. He jokes that a dry hair delay would still provoke punishment. The exchange captures small town tension and humor.
Coffee Snares Health in Exposed Letter to Editor
A reader recounts coffee caused headaches and nervousness and credits Postum with relief after switching. The letter urges awareness of coffee’s harm and endorses Postum from Battle Creek, Mich. The writer claims a family adopted Postum and felt better, urging others to test the product’s benefits.
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THE
Jasper News
Roland B. Griffith, Baltor
Jasper
Missouri
Castro
Anna Gould
World-Wide Steel Trust
Board of Education
Shanghai
China
Peary
Newark
Yekaterni
St. Petersburg
Russia
Belong
Post Office Department
Uncle Sam
Lieut. Co. Burnley Campbell
Liverpool
Dover
George FE. Palmer
Harvard University
Spain
la Granja
Iie
London Punch
Jon Henry
Geo. V. Hobart
Hugh M'Hugh
Milwaukee
Rome
Julius Caesar
Rudolph March
Forum
Callie
March
Ecafa
Niesides
Jon Weber
Brutus
Caesar
Napoleon
Waterloo
Moving Picture
Wellington
Boulevard Des Dago
Champs Bhitsa
Milord
Wellingtor
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
G. W. Dillingham Co
Buttermilk and Fame
Tom
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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