Snappy Spring Step Sale Opens with Fresh Stock
Store pushes a spring shoes sale inviting customers to select styles now while stock is fresh. Highlights include limited quantities and new arrivals to brighten wardrobes for the season.
08 Apr 1920
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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
1
Store pushes a spring shoes sale inviting customers to select styles now while stock is fresh. Highlights include limited quantities and new arrivals to brighten wardrobes for the season.
Crandall & Son announce a cash basis policy to begin May 1 in ads next week. Goods will be C O D if not paid on ordering. Prices will be reduced and all customers treated alike.
Miss Hattie Hyder of Jasper placed fourth in the Jasper County Gold Medal Declamatory Contest at Carterville last Friday night. Her hoarseness cost her top honors, as she scored 100 percent on all points except voice, with only seven points separating her from first. First place earned 91 percent. Hyder earned 80. Many felt she would have won had her voice been normal. Prof. Thomas is considering Springfield’s Southwestern Missouri Declamatory Contest on the 24th if her voice clears. About 40 Jasper attendees traveled to Carterville.
Miss Fern Patrick a Sheridan School teacher married Clarence Gresham Saturday evening at the home of H. Sterling and wife near Duenweg. Mrs. Gresham will finish her school. The bride is Sterling’s granddaughter and highly regarded. Mr. Gresham is described as a young man of integrity and industry. They will reside on Mrs. Mollie Gresham's farm.
The issue notes Alf Buerge and Mise Effie Goodman marriage from Wise Vernon County. High school graduates include Cynthia Haynes Gertie Owings Messie James Lyman Wesley Spaid Claude Van Dusen Homer Bayne. Park McMahon calls mass meeting for city fire apparatus. Easly leaves Landerbaugh drug store. Al slated to replace. Wm Knott to return from college. School board sworn: K W Sheets J W Boucher Neary Cather. Smallpox cases in town. Dr J A Gooding with Dr J K Schooler partnership announced. Prof Luther Hardaway visits Jasper and will travel for Piano Binder Co. Joshua Sell death announced. Local advertisers listed.
Birth announcements list a boy for Hub Armatrong and wife on Saturday night April 3 near Jasper. A second boy born Monday April 5 to Lucas and wife five miles northwest of Jasper. A boy and girl born Monday April 5 to Harold C Campbell and wife eight miles west of Jasper weighing 6 and 6 pounds respectively.
A stormy weekend brought high winds and all day gale last week followed by snow and cold. Temperature fell Saturday, a light snow occurred overnight, and a sharp freeze Sunday night left the thermometer near 20 at Monday dawn. Most peaches likely killed.
The 14 year old son of Herman Bierbeck and his wife died Monday morning from pneumonia after a brief illness. The funeral was held at Magof fin schoolhouse Tuesday afternoon with burial in Magolfin Cemetery.
Frank A. Rice leaves H. P. Fiter Company after three years as stockkeeper to become manager of the men’s clothing and shoe department at Imperial-Brawley California newspaper Varney Brothers & Co. He earned praise from Jasper friends for his business success.
The Jasper Road District led by President McCune and Secretary Hay z lett of the Commercial Club circulate a petition for a special road district election to form a district spanning from the base line to the Barton County line and three miles on either side of the Jefferson Highway. The proposed district would be 4 miles long by 6 miles wide with little opposition.
The Jasper election yielded no suspense with a single ticket. T. H. Hammond won the west ward council seat and C. W. Bedell took the east ward. I. F. Follmer was reelected to the school board and Hammond also won a school board seat. The nine months school term provisions and tax levies of 40 cents and 15 cents for repairs carried.
Burgher Row Man Lumber Co addresses concerns about roof leaks during recent heavy rains. The inquiry asks whether the company experienced leaks and seeks clarification on event timing and any damage reported.
An Easter party was held at the home of FE W Beott and family last Saturday afternoon by the primary department of the M E Sunday School. Children enjoyed Easter egg hunts in the yard and ice cream cones were served.
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