today's
laugh
"That sure was a dirty dig."
"What was that?"
"I showed her a picture of myself
as a little boy sitting on my father's knee and she said,
'My, who's the ventriloquist?'"
"I've had so many troubles, my
dear, that this year I've grown six months older."
"Good heavens, Mrs. Bevan!
Whatever happened to you?"
"Last night my husband dreamt he
was being arrested."
Two can live as cheaply as one - as
long as one of them doesn't eat.
He: "I tore up that poem I wrote
last week."
She: "Why, that's the best thing
you ever did."
"You big bum, why don't you join
the Navy."
"Aw, heck, who wants to be an
Admiral?"
1898
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
Squirrels for Court House Yard.
Mayor Harrington has secured a permit
from the county court and will place a number of
squirrels in the Maple trees around the court house.
Ellis Jackson will put in a wire netting tomorrow to keep
the animals at home for a few days in one of the trees
just south of the east court house walk. Four squirrels
will be placed there at once and others will be added as
soon as they can be secured. Mayor Harrington has had
four of them locked up in his store room at the hotel,
waiting for the permit from the county court, which was
secured yesterday.
Of the eight squirrels placed in the
city park by Mayor Harrington, three gray ones have run
away, but five of them are still there and are making
themselves at home quite nicely.
The city marshal is having the weeds in
the street cut down. Let the good work go on.
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Today's Feature Downtown Showcase.
Preparations are being made by
merchants on and around the Square for the
"Missouri Showcase" to take place this
Sunday on the Carthage Square. The event will
bring over two hundred representatives of tour
bus operators and tour suppliers and is sponsored
by the Carthage Chamber of Commerce.
Main Street Carthage is also
encouraging downtown businesses to "spruce
up" the Square by getting windows cleaned,
grass and weeds trimmed from along sidewalks, and
back entrances cleaned up.
The Chamber is also sponsoring
a treasure hunt that will encourage the visitors
to go into shops around the Square and look for
"hidden treasures" of Carthage. Several
shop owners have agreed to donate prizes that
will be awarded. The activities take place from
approximately 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. this coming
Sunday. The City Council allowed the square to be
closed to traffic during that time period to
accommodate the showcase.
The "Missouri
Showcase" is intended to promote tourism in
the area and allow businesses to be recognized in
the tourism industry.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
I think it's a good idea
for the Chamber to publish the results of a
member survey. If ya take a look at the
results on the inside of today's paper,
you'll see it appears ta not only look at the
things the organization is doin' well, but
points out areas to improve in the future.
The highest scores recorded
are the tourism, gettin' the community
involved, and promotin' a positive community
image. All things that most would assume a
Chamber should be good at. The members who
responded to the survey also think these
activities are important. The promotion of
education and work force development was the
number one concern expressed by those
responding, followed closely by promoting
pro-business legislation and representing
business issues in the community. The Chamber
seems eager to respond to the direction of
its membership.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin'.
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Weekly Column
Natural Nutrition
by Mari An Willis
Whew! It certainly has felt
like August in Missouri the past few days. This
is a great time to drink your healthy green
drinks. Among my favorite is the simplist...blend
1/3 bunch of parsley with 1 cup of pineapple
juice (preferably from a glass bottle) with some
ice and enjoy. The ease of this drink is that you
can also add a variety of your other powered
supplements and not have to swallow a mornings
worth of capsules. The parsley serves as a source
of chlorophyll which freshens the body, it is
rich drink with lots of natural potassium. Many
herbalists have found that it can be used as an
alternative to water retention drugs. Pineapple
is not only refreshing, but has beneficial
properties of it's own. It is a source of
bromelain which is an effective anti-inflammatory
and digestive aid. Bromelain is a digestive aid,
so definitely go for the glass jars as the taste
can be affected by the container. If you cannot
deal with the water retention in this hot and
humid weather.
There are several powdered
green drink available on the market today. You
may think yuk! but until you have tried some,
don't discard the idea. It makes it easy to get a
good days nutrition and to get vegetable fiber.
Our lives are changing and these drink may be
come as common as the hamburger, I remember when
the first McDonald's came to Springfield. I bet
until then, most people weren't eating a
hamburger a day! Eating habits can and are going
to be changed as our time change. Just like my 4
year old grandson who has developed a liking for
salad just because he started to eat it, we can
begin to add "unusual" things to our
diet and soon we will be used to the taste and
feeling our bodies have when they are nourished
properly.
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