August sale boosts stock shift to fall and winter goods
Ollie Roberts thanks customers for July sale profits marking it the best month in the business history. He notes higher merchandise prices, cash or produce basis starting September 1 after buying his father’s share, and announces August specials including light blue Amoskeag chambray shirts 14 5 to 17 at 47 cents and dress ginghams at 15 cents per yard with a plan to replace stock with fall lines.
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Amoskeag Chambray
A Trip to Picher from Jasper Sunday Morning
A Sunday trip from Jasper to Picher Oklahoma covered 115 miles round trip with stops in three states. Participants included Sol Shoopman and wife T. H. Hammond and family Mrs Dora Smith and daughter Helen J D Marbur and wife and Misses Hallie and Maida Raney of Golden City. Return home by 6 pm.
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Jasper
Vpicher
Oklo
Sol Shoopman
T. H. Hammond
Dora Smith
Helen
J. D. Marbur
Hallie
Maida Raney
Golden City
Young Man Blown to Pieces Near Chanute Kansas
Arthur Corder 27 died in a nitro glycerine explosion while hauling for oil well operators in southeastern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. He was born in Jasper County Missouri and married July 4 1916. The accident occurred five miles south of Chanute. Funeral held at Independence with Torpedo Co. employees in charge.
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Arthur Corder
Independence
Chanute
Kans
Arthur
Corder
Edwin Preston
Jasper
Kansas
Oklahoma
Chanute Ataesivert
Chester
Montana
Arthur J. Corder
Jasper County
Wallns
Sudith Wooten
American Torpedo Co
Wooten
Torpedo Company
Mr. Wharton
Isle of Somewhere
Mount Hope Cemetery
Minnie Corer
Norval Gray
Webb City
Yields Report From Jasper Area Farm Fields
Threshing reports show several fields yielding strong results. John and Noy Carter east of Jasper record 28 bushels per acre on 225 acres, totaling about 6300 bushels of wheat. Oats yields reach around 100 bushels per acre, with Will Lauderbaugh noting a small field over 100 bushels per acre and an expected average near 50 bushels per acre overall.
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John
Noy Carter
Jasper
Will Lauderbaugh
Fine Potatoes Co EK Lambeth High Quality Crop
A promotion notes thatFine Potatoes Company EK in Lambeth reports some of the finest potatoes this year with most growers producing good crops. The described long white potato is said to be raised from Colorado stock.
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Lambeth
Colorado
Enlisted Men from Jasper Area Sought by The News
The News seeks the names of all enlisted men from Jasper and nearby areas along with their military branch, whether Naval or Army, and their vocations. The paper asks friends and relatives to provide this information to help publish a complete list.
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Jasper and
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Oxfords
Picher
Route 2
Carthage
Strecker-Johnston
Nessie Strecker
W. A. Strecker
Don Johnston
C. 5
Johnston
Harold Schooler
Velma Mackey
Zion
Kansas City
Lawrence
Odd Fellows
Jasper Odd Fellows
Homer Bayne
Noble
Dr. Knott
D. A. Holmes
Red Cross Bunch
Red Cross Movement
M.E
American Red Cross
the First National Bank
Jasper, Missouri
Carter
Main Street
Nyal
The
Nyal Pharmacy
C. L. Hill
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