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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1906
Page
1
A regional ad urges customers to favor Dry Goods and Fancy Suitings with embroidery linens handbags and shoes. It touts 10 percent cheaper Drugs and Mayflower Coffee with World’s Best Flour bread. The notice promotes buying produce at one store offering better goods and exchange options.
The 36th session of the Carthage district conference of the Southwest Missouri Conference met at the M E Church South in Jasper this week. Pastors and delegates present include W C Hill Joplin CC Berry Peirce City Buckner Joplin Crum Webb City Edwards Red Oak Gear DuenWeg Green Seneca Larkin Pineville Pike Cassville Berivener Carthage Shook Sarcoxie Turk Jericho Winton Monett McGuire Jericho Woods editor and church members from Neosho Carterville Webb Joplin and others attended. Rev GC Luck announced a sermon by Rev Shook Monday evening. The conference opened Tuesday with devotion led by Rev Hill. secretary Rev Barry, opening sermon Rev Vivian preached on Romany chapters. Afternoon devotions by Rev Buckner. reports showed 400 new members in seven months. Dr Woods of the St Louis Christian Advocate spoke. Continued on page 2.
Godfried Hanni, a prominent German resident six miles northwest of Jasper, died Saturday night from injuries suffered two weeks earlier when a load toppled during horse aid. A blood vessel burst leading to internal bleeding and organic poisoning. He leaves a wife and five children. funeral at Amish graveyard Tuesday afternoon. Born in Switzerland, he spent most of his life in America and had lived in Barton County for two years, from Iowa. He was 46 and well regarded.
Tim Mackey, a well known farmer near town, sustained a fractured skull Tuesday when a house being moved in the Pleasant View area caused a rope hook to strike his head. He suffered a scalp gash, neck bruises, and received care from Drs. Hendricks and Schooler at his brother’s home in Jasper. He is resting easier after treatment.
The school board elected a full teaching corps for the coming year led by Leon H. Sweetland as Superintendent and Miss Jennie Margraves as High School Principal. New hires include Miss Nellie Crow and Miss Anna Busby with several returning teachers from the Jasper system.
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