Heads Hands and Feet drive fits and gifts in county
The Heads Hands and Feet initiative offers shoes hats gloves and socks as Christmas gifts in the county. Holeproof six pairs guaranteed six months in Xmas boxes accompany the offer.
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Newspaper
Missouri Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
7
The Heads Hands and Feet initiative offers shoes hats gloves and socks as Christmas gifts in the county. Holeproof six pairs guaranteed six months in Xmas boxes accompany the offer.
Walter S. Dickey of the Kansas City Missouri River Navigation Company spoke at a Kansas City Commercial Club meeting where moving pictures of the recent Missouri and Mississippi river trip were shown. He urged expanded inland waterways to boost exports and job growth, noting the region’s potential as a world workshop and calling for public land settlement aided by river transport.
A Missouri advocate argues reducing transportation costs will open world markets, calling Missouri a bread basket for North America. Kansas City leads a river trade revival, raising over 1 million dollars to fund modern boats and terminal facilities, with 400 thousand already subscribed.
The text argues early Panama Canal completion will worsen U S trade by Europe. It urges restoring American flag ocean traffic and expanding inland waterways to move freight on the Missouri and Mississippi. Kansas City is highlighted as a key gateway and growing manufacturing hub with pledged freight and expansive river commerce. It calls for new barges, storage and loading tech to boost traffic and reduce costs for producers and consumers.
An irate spinster aunt lectures the young boys about parenting comparing mothers to cats. She declares kittens are always getting licked, prompting curiosity from the youths as she voices a sharp social pun.
A playful exchange centers on mistaken kindness as Miss Cayenne recalls an aunt who insists on throwing birthday parties. The lighthearted remark reflects social foibles about overactive generosity.
In a sharp domestic exchange, Mrs Newned Jack refuses to eat the biscuits while Mrs Suffragette demands action. A dramatic remark about using a stomach pump on him sparks wartime era tension and underlines factional rifts in a household.
A playful exchange shows a wife coaxing her husband for six dollars to buy a fall hat she admired. The plan teases economy with a curious vow about honey and a comic flourish ends without detail of the hat or outcome.
In a witty exchange, one party boasts of teaching a pig to climb a ladder and to select numbers that indicate Gen Grant's birth day. The retort criticizes lack of public honor despite varied odd accomplishments.
Mrs Fanny Bullock Workman challenges Miss Peck's claim to the world’s highest mountain record. She asserts Peck relied on eye measurements and Swiss guides rather than scientific instruments. In this scientific age, Workman says eyewitnesses are valueless and Peck’s measure will be accepted only by those ignorant of modern methods.
A discussion outlining the Bible’s breadth with war songs laments lyrics and varied genres including parables enigmas proverbs short stories biographies epistles orations and more, noting the richness of forms across ancient texts.
A reserved man confronted by a coy young woman who accuses him of hating women. She pushes him to court, probes his past with engagements and love, and suggests he should start by calling on her, teasing him about his age and readiness to learn.
A Life magazine quip mocks rival pipers with a playful jab about appearance and tune. The banter contrasts Mactosh’s supposed better piping against MacSnuffy, highlighting clan spirited humor.
A Berlin museum has acquired a valuable second century B C manuscript. It appears to be a biographical dictionary listing leading men in art, statesmanship, and warfare with other related information. The paper was found in mummy wrappings.
The United States mills export more flour each year than the combined production of all other mills worldwide, highlighting the country’s dominant position in global flour trade.
A partially readable OCR snippet notes a local item with names and places obscured by damage. It hints at community or public notice context but lacks complete details to identify events, dates, or involved organizations.
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