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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
8
Advertising rates listed include ten cents per inch for last and inside pages per issue, with front page space fully contracted. Local notices priced per line at a few cents, copy due by Tuesday evening. Resolutions of respect, cards of thanks, and obituary poetry charged by line.
The Whicker and Stockdale youths shared an evening with friends, while many neighbors met across days with Norton Corner Wade Law and Mikesell families. Visits to Kaderly Deason and Kaullman homes are noted along with church attendance and Sunday gatherings.
A Frederick Oklahoma Leader publication shares excerpts from Rev Elmer Ridgways Frederick sermon likening Kaiser Bill to the devil and invoking Billy Sunday. The preacher accuses Germanys leader of revolutionizing the nation, provoking World War I, and blames him for delaying peace while casting blame on others.
A community update notes corn planting and farm work amid hopes for rain. A German Church gathering drew the county’s largest band meeting with 100 autos in the yard, seven speakers, and a male quartet. The third Liberty Loan opened with Barton County meeting its quota, praised as an honor county status. Citizens share social visits, farming improvements, and wartime sentiments urging unity and patriotism against Germany and the Kaiser.
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