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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
12
A fragment from a postal notice filed at the Jasper Missouri post office dated September 21, 1805 indicates a matter involving a $1.50 fee or charge and a 7 percent rate.
Advertising rates are listed per line at six cents per issue for notices and obituaries. Resolutions of respect and thank you cards may be charged by the line. Copy must be in by Tuesday evening to insure insertion.
Mrs. John Crow died at her Jasper home on Friday March 26 at 11 00 am after weeks of illness. A lifelong resident except for one Civil War year in Lawrence Kansas she was 68 and survived by her husband six children ten grandchildren and a sister and brother. The funeral was held at the Brethren Cemetery with Rev E H Sapp officiating and a large family and church member attendance.
Complaints report damage from chickens running at large violating the ordinance. Citizens urged to keep fowl on their premises or be held responsible for any damage. Local notice cites enforcement by authorities and urges compliance.
Local items report Miss Hallie Ravey visiting relatives in Jasper while others attend a high school declamatory contest in Carthage. A Jasper woman loses a purse with about 50 dollars and Kansas City ticket while boarding at Horton’s store area. A missionary meeting announces the tenth annual W H M S convention in Jasper with a full program.
Public hot water is available at a Toronto recreation park from a gas water heater placed on the grounds by city authorities. A wooden shed houses the heater and a sign on the building notes hot water for drinks at picnics and other uses.
The text presents a quirky exchange where Philip asks the cook for a flea to attach a hook, a strange instruction delivered with astonishment. It reads like a playful Victorian era anecdote showing whimsical dialogue and mispronounced or garbled phrasing.
We thank friends for acts of kindness and deeds of love shown during illness and death of our dear wife and mother. John Crow and family. Co. W. Crow and family. Frank Crow and family.
A family joke centers on John, the only child for five years, as a baby sister arrives. Weeks later parents praise the new girl, while John muses aloud that a surprising twist would be a joke if the baby proved to be a boy.
The term albino originated with Portuguese traders describing darker-skinned Africans with white spots. Today an albino is defined as a person with congenital pigment deficiency in skin hair and eyes. Albinos occur in all races and may have milky skin extremely light hair and pink or red eyes in severe cases.
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