today's
laugh
A school kid asks his
teacher, "Is it true that the Law of Gravity keeps
us on Earth?"
The teacher says, "Yes."
"What kept us before the law was passed?"
I watch a lot of public T.V. The other
day I saw a science show about all the galaxies pulling
away from the earth at ten thousand miles a second. I
keep wondering: Do they know something?
Her eyes are so bad she has to wear
contact lens to see her glasses.
1902
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of
Events as they have Transpired in the City and County
since our last Issue.
IS
MENTALLY UNBALANCED.
Hal Churchill’s
Peculiar Actions Caused His Detention by Police.
Hal Churchill, who formerly lived with
his mother in the Sennett house at the east end of Fourth
street, came down from Kansas City Monday. He called on
several acquaintances yesterday, and while his actions
were peculiar, nothing out of the way was suspected until
late in the evening.
A little while before supper time
Churchill was walking up and down the platform at the
Frisco station. Officer Drake came up but paid no
attention to Churchill and thought nothing of him.
As soon as the officer stepped onto the
platform Churchill ran and jumped into the hack. He
called to the driver to hurry up and drive east, all the
time peering out at Officer Drake.
After going a short distance he asked
the hackman if he couldn’t take him up a back street
to a restaurant. The driver took him to Turner’s
cafe. After a lunch Churchill got into a farmer’s
wagon and went south on the Grand avenue road.
The hackman suspected his fare was an
escaping criminal, from his actions, and as soon as he
left him at the cafe hunted up Marshal Stafford. The
officers knew nothing of the man and when they went to
take a look at him he was gone.
Ascertaining the direction taken by
Churchill, Officer Drake set out in pursuit and overtook
his man near the poor farm. Churchill was walking
carrying his valise. He was brought back to town and
locked up for investigation. He had $23.75 in money, but
there was nothing to indicate he was a criminal.
His talk was rambling and disconnected.
He said that after leaving Carthage his mother had
remarried and he was being pursued by policemen, who
wanted to "do away with him." From his actions
and talk it is clearly evident Churchill’s mind is
unbalanced. He will be returned to Kansas City on the
7:40 train this evening.
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Today's Feature
Jasper
County Tax Collection.
Stephen H. Holt, Jasper County Collector, has
announced $1,704,985.08 was collected by his
office for the month of January 2003.
This amount includes
$859,485.52 in 2002 real estate taxes, $49,650.67
in 2001 real estate taxes, $690.54 in 2000 real
estate taxes and $282.95 in 1999 real estate
taxes.
Also collected was $753,573.71
in 2002 personal property taxes, $31,085.14 in
2001 personal property taxes, $3,080.09 in 2000
personal property taxes, and $525.86 in 1999
personal property taxes.
Included also in this total is
$3,564.85 in real estate local and state assessed
railroad and utilities. $531.00 in duplicate
receipts, $2,300.00 in merchants licenses, $80.00
in publication fees, $53.00 in auctioneer
licenses, and $81.75 in miscellaneous fees.
Distribution of the
$1,276,261.86 allocated to schools in Jasper
County is as follows: Carl Junction R-I,
$146,895.43; Sarcoxie R-II, $28,524.40; Golden
City R-III, $399.36; Diamond R-IV, $3,715.26;
Jasper R-V, $14,258.95; Webb City R-VII, $191,
263.95; Joplin R-VIII, $677,132.35; Carthage
R-IX, $204, 141.06; Avilla R-XIII, $9,931.10.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
I’ve
always liked things that can be used for more
than one purpose.
I suppose I was introduced
to multi-purpose gizmos with the Boy Scout
knife. A practical tool. Can opener, screw
driver, bottle opener, somethin’ else I
think. "Course in a pinch, you could
always use it for a knife.
I never cared much for
"use it for ever’thing"
knives. You know, the one with the big spoon
and the fork hangin’ off of it. Too
much, I like simple multiple use things.
I think that duct tape is
the major reason you don’t see near as
many shoe repair shops anymore. That’s a
shame, but it’s hard to stand in the way
of progress. If I could just figure out what
to do with that piece that always gets folded
over and stuck to itself. I’ve always
got plenty of that around.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.
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