today's
laugh
"Traveled all over the world, eh?
Went up the Rhine, I suppose?"
"Climbed it to the top."
"Saw the Lion of St. Mark?"
"Fed it."
"And visited the Black Sea?"
"Filled my fountain pen
there."
Act 64 of 1914 of Louisiana, provides:
"No woman may wear hatpins which
protrude from the crown of the hat more than 1/2 inch. In
case such a pin is worn longer than 1/2 inch from the
crown of the hat, it is to be protected by a shield or
sheath."
Johnny giggled when the teacher read
the story of a man who swam a river three times before
breakfast. "You do not doubt that a trained swimmer
could do that, do you?" asked the teacher.
"No, sir," replied Johnny,
"but I wonder why he didn't make it four times and
get back to the side where his clothes were."
1898
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
County Court.
The court instructed the clerk to write
a letter to F.S. Treadway, of Joplin, telling him that on
account of the acetylene gas being in the experimental
state the court could not consider a proposition to
install the machine in the court house unless the
manufacturers, being responsible persons, would enter
into contract to maintain the machine for five years.
Ordered that the personal tax of O.P.
Farley, for school purposes, be transferred from Webb
City school district 48, 28, 32, 33 and reduced.
The collector of revenue was released
from visiting McDonald, Lincoln, Sheridan, Madison,
Union, Jackson, Duval and Jasper townships.
The bridge commissioner was authorized
to advertise and let contract for repair of "lost
bridges."
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Today's Feature Main Street to Hear Short Talk.
City Administrator Tom Short
will be the featured speaker at the second in a
series of Morning Coffees for Downtown Carthage
businesses scheduled for this morning at 7 a.m.
at the Fix Coffee Shop. The informational coffees
are sponsored by Main Street Carthage.
The Budget /Ways and Means
Committee will meet tonight in Council Chambers
at 7 p.m. The focus of the meeting will be to
begin looking at the City's capital improvement
funding and needs.
The Airport Settlement
Committee will meet Thursday evening in Council
Chambers at 6 p.m. The Committee is scheduled to
discuss a settlement between the City and the
Myers Park Memorial Airport Committee. Attorneys
for both sides are scheduled to be at the meeting
which may go into closed session.
The County accepted a check
from County Collector Steve Holt yesterday for a
total of $129,266.01. This included all due
including interest requested by the County.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
I was the witness to the
extraordinary typical response to devastation
over the weekend. I became aware of a nest of
those yellow tailed wasps that like ta build
their home under my porch roof. After
applyin' my secret "go away bee"
solution to the problem, I carefully (I mean
with a long stick) removed the hive from my
premises.
A few minutes later, as I
was sippin' on some ice tea and hopin' for
some slight breeze to soften the heat, I
noticed a lone bee. After a little while
another, and then a third bee joined in the
search. Up and down the porch they flew,
always returnin' to the spot where the hive
had been.
I know the incident must
have caused lifelong trauma for the trio,
thinkin' that they collectively lost contact
with their impeccable homing instincts. The
three gathered eventually at a new location a
few feet away to begin anew, blissfully
ignorant of their fate.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin'.
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Weekly Column
Intro to the Internet.
Twelve percent of American
adults, or an estimated 20 million people, say
they have access to the Internet, according to a
recent Roper Poll. While many have described the
new technology as the "information
superhighway." for others, the Internet is
fast becoming "information RFD."
Rural American have an
opportunity to tap into a vast sea of information
about every topic imaginable by hooking up to the
Internet. Rural small business -ranging from
farmers and Ranchers, to budding
entrepreneurs-are keeping in touch with the
latest business know-how, watching the markets,
or advertising their products.
Fact is there are thousands of
sites already set up that provide information
specifically geared toward rural American, and
finding that information is as easy as starting
with a few good web site. Communicating for
Agriculture, a national nonprofit rural advocacy
group offers a few of the most user-friendly
sites: Communicating for Agriculture at
http://cainc.org, U.S. Census of Agriculture at
Http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/ag-stateis.html,
North Central Regional Center for Rural
Development at
http://www.ag.iastate,edu/centers/rdev/Rural
Dev.html, Progressive Farmer online at
http://pathfinder.com/FP/, From Safety 4 Kids at
Http://www.fs4jk.org/, and New Uses Council at
http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/NUC/NUCHome.html.
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