08 Apr 1915
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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1915
Page
1
Mr and Mrs George Jackson and Mr Avery fished Monday evening along the North Fork bridge. Their cork vanished with a swift whiz, leading to a tale of a German submarine rescue and the capture of an 18 pound carp. George shared the tale at the store Tuesday.
Mrs. Anna G. Marien associate editor of the Oxark Magazine based in Springfield is in Jasper to feature local opportunities in the next issue. She plans to highlight the town's schools churches industries and citizenship to boost publicity.
The Jasper opera house presents a new entertainment program titled Living Pictures on Friday night. See the full program on another page for details and showtimes.
The Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station reports four years of Jasper County field results. Alfalfa thrives with proper manure lime and unocculated soil. Commercial White and Boone County White corn lead in yield. Reid's Yellow Dent and Learing are best yellow corns. Whippoorwill's and Black's cowpeas, and Medium Early Yellow Peking Austin Morse soybeans perform best. Manure adds value, bone meal boosts wheat, and mixed fertilizer improves corn returns. Bulletins No 119 and No 12 publish soil and crop records. free copies available from the station in Columbus, Missouri.
A civic plea urges residents to remove winter ash piles tin cans and junk from backyards and spruce up properties. It argues tidiness prevents decay boosts health and raises property values with a town wide push echoing a verse urging cleaning and painting up and keeping the area neat.
Voter interest rose in the city election with two candidates for mayor and mixed results in other offices. Winners include A. Hi. Laughead Jay Good and H. H. Sharp for school directors, while the county superintendent race saw Kost 65, John 24, with Holman and Whaley unopposed. The 60-cent tax and nine-month term proposals passed.
An important meeting of the Farmers Co operative Elevator Company will be held at Hammond's Hall on Saturday April 10 at 1 30 p m. Subscribers must pay 5 00 on each share subscribed. All interested should attend to aid in final organization. A board of directors will be elected. J M Jull Secretary.
Joan W. Still died last Saturday night after years of locomotor ataxia. He was a respected farmer near Jasper and leaves a widow, several children, brothers, and many friends. Funeral Monday at Mount Carmel Church Nev with address by Mr Summers of Golden City. Burial in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
J J Hull justice of the peace from Richland Township north of Jasper arrived Tuesday morning in a brand new 10915 Ford. Jim's host of friends rejoice that he can take things a little easier. He and his wife receive best wishes for their comfort and pleasure.
Clarence Donnell and Arthur Delp clashed in a late playful wrestling match last week when Delp suffered a broken shoulder. He will recover quietly for the next month.
A Jasper High School senior class dramatizes Silas Marner, tracing his fall from faith after being wrongly accused of stealing church funds, his move to Raveloe, his hoarded gold, and the intertwined fates with Godfrey Cass and Nancy Lammeter as scandal and secrets unfold in a village.
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