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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
8
The item lists Democratic and Republican primary candidates in Webb City Joplin Carthage and surrounding areas along with a pasted verse about travel and help to a weary driver. It appears as a newspaper notice compilation and a quatrain from the Boston Herald.
Local merchants urge the newspaper to publish opposition to mail-order houses. Merchants can reach 500 homes at a cost of one cent per home, with ads that convey goods and prices. The piece notes many merchants neglect to publicize their offers and that busy shopkeepers rarely protest outsider business.
The News seeks copies of past local papers from the last 23 to 30 years. Publications named include Round by W. C. Simonson, the Guard by Tom Gallagher, the Constitution by Thomas Seal, the Bee by a man named Stewart, and the Hustler by Wm. Tidball. The publisher asks holders to allow inspection of these files.
In August primaries three judges will be nominated for the Supreme Court division No 1 and division No 3. Kansas City judge H C Timmons, formerly Lamar circuit judge, is highlighted for division No 2. His record shows impartiality, courage, and legal learning, despite a 1910 statewide loss in St Louis. Democratic voters are urged to remember him at the August primaries.
Cassville Missouri to host the Thirty-Second Annual Reunion of old soldiers and settlers August 20 through 23, 1919. The well attended event sits in a park with Flat Creek and spring water. Watch for the program. concessions via J F Black Cassville Mo.
George W Crowder is an able conscientious lawyer who will enforce the law impartially. As assistant prosecuting attorney in 1908 he lost only one case, and as Carthage city attorney he kept court costs under 25 dollars in over two years. He saves criminal costs, stands for the right, and is a strong Republican candidate. Vote for Geo. W. Crowder.
A Missouri report exposes moonshine butter and bad eggs by name. Imitation beef fat products were found in Clinton and Boliver, with 1609 pounds seized. The State Food Inspection Department urges farmers to sell quality eggs to merchants and avoid dishonest hucksters.
A runaway team of mules east of Avola caused a serious accident Friday afternoon injuring Mr. and Mrs. FM McGrew, South Vernon pioneers. They wer eThrown into barb wire fencing as the team bolted down a hill near their home. Mrs. McGrew suffered two broken arm bones, facial bruising, a deep head cut, and possible internal injuries while Mr. McGrew had serious but less severe injuries. Drs. Wo Hex and Popplewell treated the couple at the scene and they were resting as comfortably as possible.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Sheldor Entrephine Mra and Mrs McGrewire uniting an aunt of Or Lh Lear Vie Nevads Hoerall and an offer to sell a life size picture of Theodore Roswe-Velt. It hints at fear to turn the picture to the wall lest it damage plastering, with Greenheld Verlette referenced.
The fragment sketches ongoing conflicts and medical concerns among residents. It hints at two groups at odds, mentions housing, inheritance, and living conditions, and references a few people with unclear roles. The piece reads as a garbled local column with scattered names and topics.
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