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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1912
Page
2
A Jasper Missourian column comments on vacation lethargy and weather complaints while lampooning overcooked news and social habits. It cites a motoring party in the Alps, a Venice strike, and a rash of quirky observations about politics, fashion, and modern life. The piece mixes satire with brief notes on society, science, and current events.
In Kansas a Prov AG Phillips notes strong demand for fresh eggs, especially top grades, and explains that improved attention to detail can raise profits by matching labor and time with market needs. Growth in storage helps stabilize prices by smoothing winter shortages.
The text describes maximizing profit from ore by securing top retail prices through uniform product quality. It emphasizes consistent size and color, strict cleanliness, and rapid marketing within a few days to maintain peak value and attract premium pricing over regular rates.
An Old New England Homestead item describes a chicken fence gate to ease hen recapture. A 10 by 12 inch inner-door lets Mrs Hen rejoin her flock without uproar, with inward and outward openings to track laying hens and reduce trap-nest troubles.
Farmers are urged to buy breeders for next year as large breeders offer bar in prices to generate funds for ongoing stock growth.
Horace Hixby, famed Misalalppi river pilot who mentored Mark Twain, dies at home in Rolla Bracy county. Coroner reports apoplexy. Hixby’s life spanned steam era on the Mississippi and Ohio, guiding ships, aiding Union forces, and shaping Twain’s literary reception. His diary details river currents and nightly voyages, later sought by the U.S. government for preservation.
Philadelphia report on a plan to transport live fish 11,400 miles using large water tanks. Thomas Kefer argues the fish can be landed alive in the United States from Siam via Hamburg on the Kaiser Allegiate Victoria. He predicts broader use to supply fresh fish door to door, reducing poisons from canned or spoiled produce.
Russian count Orloff, who wed at St Pauls Episcopal in Chicago, was arrested on larceny charges over a missing typewriter. Detectives held him at the Adams Street station as ceremonies paused and guests, including the bride Countess Orlow, waited outside. He admitted taking the machine but said a friend would pay the bill and that the bride’s accusations involve a woman threatening his reputation.
London reports from Abyesinia warn that adventurers arm and drill tribes in the Sudan region between northern Uganda and Abyssinia. French rifles stamped 1970 flood the area, replacing traditional weapons as Gallas and Arabs command trained tribes. Paris fashion circles mimic slang of the Paris Apaches as women study armor and fortifications.
A Brooklyn man named Fred Henry sent the head of a Bah to the Pus tour Institute for examination after a bite by a fish that a New York observer said appeared hydrophobic. The incident prompted a local inquiry into the creature and the curvature of the bite.
Mrs. Elton Clark reclaims her cottage after a mysterious force destroyed the home and forced it to spill toward a federal canal route. She had resisted relocation with the saying nature will move it herself, until officials paid $150 for a jump-claim settlement and she taunts agents with I told you so.
A Kanene City lawyer and others rented a resort near here planning a weekend retreat. Their prank led to borrowed attire mishap, with Judge John C Pollock of the Kansas federal court reportedly involved as the original owner of the missing clothing.
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Polar exploration held attention of adventurers for years before Peary reached the North Pole. The South Pole attracted fewer pursuers. only in the last century did interest turn toward the pole finally reached by Amundsen.
A fragmented report describes Lhasa, Tibet, once termed a forbidden city with strict rule. A police judge in a related tale prosecutes for poultry theft, sentencing a culprit whose chickens were lifted from under a neighbor’s window by a dog. The piece hints at social tensions and cautionary rhetoric about obedience.
A garbled column of wry musings on daily life in New York and California. It jokes about car rides, daring journeys, and public manners while noting strange weather, a drift toward satire, and light moralizing about conduct on buses and courts.
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