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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
6
In a Kansas tale, Seffy Baumgartner returns home after years away to claim Sally Presse and the guardianship of old Baumgartner. The trio renews bonds as Seffy reveals growth, Sally forgives, and the family plans a shared future with marriage and work ahead.
In Chapter XV Sally and an aged couple share a prayer scene by the fire after Seffy’s long absence. A mysterious figure appears at the window, then at the door, bringing a strange radiance to Sally. The old man notices her ghostly look as joy returns in the glow, leaving questions about Seffy’s reappearance.
A humorous critique of typographical errors in a writer’s manuscript shows misprints altering meaning. One example notes a dance concern, another misprints ponnier to imply no bowler ladies, with shepherdess costumes. A cow before a train leads to exaggerated crash wording and a New York editor misprints chill changing Mrs. Astor’s absence to a bad child at home.
Gen Miles recalls a surgeon famed for ornate speech who complained when a regiment’s colonel took his tent for a measles ward without notice. He quipped he had no fly between his head and the star decked heavens. The officer’s endorsement ordered a fly to be interposed at once.
The passage argues that "Originality" is rare as great writers from Shakespeare to Goethe borrowed ideas. It cites Goethe noting his borrowings would leave him with little content and Montaigne admitting he used what he could find, suggesting authors rely on existing thought.
The Slowpoke quips about Dudley becoming a student of jiujitsu. Another voice asks how he’s doing, and the response praises his progress, noting he is nearly learning how to pronounce the word.
The article discusses Peruna as a remedy for chronic catarrh and tonic uses. It lists two kinds of ingredients, standard catarrh remedies and tonic herbs, claiming long time testing by physicians of various schools. It notes chronic catarrh is widespread and criticizes other doctors for unsuccessful cures.
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