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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
3
In Millville, Citizens fond of subscription parties recall Old Uncle Jed who values frugality yet enjoys comforts. When a hospitality event for a traveling guest was announced on the day, he declined, saying he would need more notice to prepare and save money, noting the price was about four times the value.
A brief dialogue in Chicago News questions honesty and money with Knox asking for five dollars. Blox-Cites caution about keeping funds nearby while Knox insists on trust and returns.
A dialogue fragment shows a patient urged by a doctor to diet for two weeks to improve health while the patient reluctantly agrees, mentioning paying the bill and scraps of conversation.
A chorus girl and a millionaire's son elope. In a letter to the father the bride proclaims her happiness and devotion, insisting the union is for love and that funds would be scarce yet they remain undeterred. The Chicago Record Herald notes the stern father's response as only to press demands.
A Yonkers Statesman line recalls a European passenger joke about a man leaning over the rail of a noisy car. The dialogue contrasts a past hunger with current tense recognition, hinting at social distress and shifting attitudes aboard.
A Chicago Journal joke strip features a doctor prescribing a bonnet to a wife who complains she does not feel equal to outdoor exercise. The physician notes she needs toning up and suggests a fashion remedy rather than activity.
A pair of brief quips from editorials: the sun’s heat lasting 80 million years and concern over rising heating bills, followed by a mother’s caution to a daughter about bathing suit colors running at the seashore, as cited in Detroit Free Press and Yonkers Statesman.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Ay Ye Gow and hellist plants with thorns. content unreadable. No clear persons places or events to summarize into a cohesive news item.
A Chicago Record Herald note describes a manager promising a future hit role for a young soubrette while she eagerly asks how fame is assured. A CA band marches across the stage as a bisv drum is humorously struck with a rolling pin in a scene highlight.
Fragment from London Opinion features a short exchange where a suitor demands immediacy while the beloved requests time to think, set beside a taxi cab at the door. The exchange captures a quick, dramatic moment of romantic tension.
A Western speaker in an eastern city laments Western life and contemplates settling eastward. A resident notes the region’s wealth centers around eminent lawyers and judges, estimating about a thousand lawyers. The talk ends with a preference to return to gun-armed life.
A red faced passenger challenges a conductor about fare price. He asks if dogs cost one cent a mile while he is charged three cents. The conductor confirms. The passenger protests being treated like a dog and the exchange ends with a quip about his being a bit better than a dog.
A clipped quote portrays a speaker claiming the wolves of pedestrians would be worn to frazzles, contrasting a preference for a good steady safe job as reported by the Chicago Daily News.
In a brief dialogue a character named De Riter questions another, claiming a critic named Crittick says the speaker is beyond his depth. The reply from De Riter confirms the critic’s assessment and clarifies the speaker’s meaning.
A Cleve land Leader quip captures a fisherman complaining of an empty day at a famed trout stream. A summer landlord responds that while the stream is fine, the fish lack sense, illustrating a humorous local conversation.
A partial line reads “Bogad, Mrs. Smart, where do you keep ity eye? Where you yours, major-th a bottle!” hinting at a cryptic wartime note or diary fragment. The readable words suggest a dialogue possibly about possession, a missing eye, and a bottle.
A fragment from a local paper recalls Capt Bascomb leaving his friend Capt Somers and a young woman, with Mrs Bascomb noting his near deafness yet ability to hear when Miss Bascomb is absent. The scene hints at a cautious plan to keep her unaware of his actions.
A blushing girl with a white parasol confides that Jack kept asking about their college yell. To deter him she invented three yells in quick succession. The tale ends with a goose kissing her three times, leading to three yells that prompted her mother to think she was delivering the class yell.
A fragmentary dialogue from the Chicago Daily News features a girl joking about baldness and a man named John with a costly bald spot. Mrs Murphy quips about her husband, while Mr Murphy notes the old man’s suspicion and a woman’s readiness to strike.
The vicar of Dwygyfylchi cum Penmaenmaur told the royal commission for the church in Wales that he had been at Pistylecum Carnguweh Llangeful cum Tregaian Llandyfuan cum Llanfair and Arleechwedd.
The advertisement claims that starch products have continually improved since their 25 year old patent. It highlights Defiance Starch as the latest discovery with no harmful chemicals and an added ingredient that enhances strength and smoothness beyond rival brands.
Mrs Myles notes a 24 year old son of a London dry goods man in bankruptcy having disposed of 2 100 000 alnos as he comes of age. Mrs Styles replies boys will be boys. Mrs Myles concludes a boy aims to be a bridge whist player.
In a dialogue from Young's Magazine Mrs Tartleigh questions a plan to meet all her husbands, prompting Mrs Muchwedde to retort that Mrs Tartleigh is rude. The exchange ends with the remark about dying and going to heaven.
Advert says Fits St Vitus Dance and nervous disorders can be permanently cured by Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. Offers a free trial bottle, with a $2.00 trial bottle and treaties from Dr R H Kline and address 991 Arch St Philadelphia PA.
A compact OCR fragment lists diverse phrases and quips: memorial note on widows tattooing husbands' names, ball blue laundry ad, a Pascal quote on virtue, garbled product line for a Peoria dealer, a Jonson quote, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething, Euripides quote on quick device form. The material reads as a collage of old ad copy and literary maxims without a single cohesive news item.
A curious quotation notes that in parts of Switzerland all the dead are buried by the government regardless of wealth or position. The remark praises moral improvement and reflects a civic ideal amid a collection of period ad copy and proverbs.
A California woman credits Postum with stable sleep after years of sleepless nights caused during coffee use.Her brother also stopped coffee after trying Postum and reported no more sour stomach. The ad urges a ten day trial and references a booklet for proof.
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