The Jasper News Missouri Masthead Entry
The Jasper News delivers local Missouri reporting with its post office and year note referencing Jasper. The fragment includes a dated masthead and a unreadable filler line indicating old newspaper typography.
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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
8
The Jasper News delivers local Missouri reporting with its post office and year note referencing Jasper. The fragment includes a dated masthead and a unreadable filler line indicating old newspaper typography.
Advertising rates listed for space on the lant page and inside paper at 40 cents per line each issue. All available space on the front page contracted. Local notices priced per line. Insertion copy required by Tuesday evening. Resolutions of respect cards of thanks and obituary poetry billed by the line.
Democratic primary date August 6 sets the stage for Circuit Judge R A Pearson to seek the remainder of an unexpired term after appointment. The notice confirms his candidacy and the election timeline for the party’s primary.
Ed Gerkey of Carthage seeks the Recorder of Deeds post in the Republican primary August 6. Al Kirby also seeks the Recorder of Deeds seat, running in the Democratic primary August 6, with voter wishes guiding the outcome.
A county announces candidates for County Collector. John A. McMillan of Carthage seeks the Republican primary, Harvey W Nash of Joplin seeks the Democratic primary, and another candidate declares on August 6 1918 to run subject to party will.
Fragmentary notice lists FRANK L. GASS as a probate court candidate subject to Democratic party will on August 6 1918 indicating party influence in appointment or nomination for the judge position.
A Gilliam Globe message urges readers to stop grumbling about wartime costs and buy Liberty Bonds. It recalls 1361 to 1865 wartime mobilization and postwar growth, arguing a resilient U S rose from ruin to vast wealth. The author critiques critics of the war and defends national finance.
Orlo Clouser Welles letters home from Fort Williams in Portland Maine dated July 22 1918 recount a long train trip from Jefferson Barracks through Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan into Canada and New York to arrive at the coastal fort. He praises the clean orderly post and its batteries notes quarantine drills guard duty and potential overseas deployment while inviting letters to his barracks address and mentioning plans to send personal items home.
Guardian J. T. nom appointed July 17 1918 for Henrietta Gohr of Jasper County Missouri declared insane by Probate Court. All claimants must file before the Jasper County Probate Court within one year from publication or be barred. Edith Kerr Probate Clerk attests. First published August dt
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