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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
5
The article recalls Jack Hazzard and his wife in a tale of marriage strain. Friends claimed he reformed, then returned to old habits. The three o clock crowd at a saloon noted his decline as the harmony faded and temper flared.
A deserter named Jack returns to a saloon where Wilmot and a rough crew rib him for desertion. They push drinks and mock his past, while Jack endures a taunting gathering and orders another beer, feeling the old joke sour.
A man recalls a past when his bar crew laughed and sang yet now feels the strain of change. He borrows from Tank to roll a cigarette, fails to join in harmony, and drinks until the mood soured. He leaves quietly as the group dissolves and he reflects on a former self.
Spokane April 15 Leesburg southeast of Spokane once ranked as Idaho’s largest city with 5000 residents in summer 1864 and gold dust output of about 10 million dollars. Now only a postmaster and a Chinese prospector remain in a camp where whites and Confederates once clashed.
A reader advises that with $1,000 a cautious search of The Star want ads can reveal sound business chances. Ill health or misfortune often forces sellers to sacrifice enterprises, and Kansas City offers opportunities for careful investors to place savings to advantage.
A reader proposes ways to invest a thousand dollars including $500 for a house near Kansas City and $200 for chickens. The balance would fund fencing and a modern chicken house, claiming greater earnings from poultry than salary or bank interest.
Judge Saye condemns pool hall loafers in Kansas City Kas after vagrancy charges against Earl Duncan and James Lamb both 19. Officer testimony notes months without work and constant presence near the pool hall. Judge Sims orders officers to arrest habitual loafers and fines of five hundred dollars to deter idleness.
New England investors meet in Hartford on April 15 to discuss the proposed stock issue for Illinois Central and to appoint a committee for the upcoming special meeting. Hartford stockholders reportedly favor the issue as aligning with prior demands. Missouri Pacific in Nevada discharges forty six brakemen due to the coal strike and reduced freight business.
The Russian admiralty, reported by Ross, will order four 90-ton torpedo boat destroyers from England. The ships will be fitted with turbine engines.
A Kokomo Indiana mother recounts using Cuticura Soap and Ointment to cure a severe itchy skin eruption on her baby after initial hope in the remedies. She notes rapid improvement within three to four nights and urges others to try Cuticura as a godsend for skin diseases.
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