Local Correspondence Notes Rainy Week and Visits
Plenty of rain lately as families visit relatives in Lamar Jasper and Duval. Several residents illness and a serious mining accident in Sheldon affect Will Atkinson and his father.
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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1910
Page
5
Plenty of rain lately as families visit relatives in Lamar Jasper and Duval. Several residents illness and a serious mining accident in Sheldon affect Will Atkinson and his father.
In Lebanon area, steady rain continues with residents idle and farming moving forward. Ed Moore aided W. D. Read by pressing hay last week while Jess Miller Fred Winters and Joe Huber helped Marion Henderson haul lumber for his new home. L. Miller bought a new gang plow, Mrs. John Rex and her daughter from New Mexico visit relatives, Sarah Dell Redmond visits Girard, Kansas, Rev. Frank Price to deliver farewell sermon next Sunday, B M Small injured near Liberal last week returns to railroad bridge gang work at Butler.
A Salem note recalls a young pupil refusing Sunday school without his father attending. The local items report visits by Miss Lena Riddle and Miss Snyder, moves and relocations around town, and family illnesses. The week features preaching at Salem with a protracted meeting, and a flax yield report from C D Woods.
Mr Wright returned home from north Missouri with his daughter Callie of Kansas City. Will Lane plows for Mr Vincent this week. Mrs Gaines visited Miss Bertha Hyder and returned to Carterville. Mr and Mrs Lane and sons Willie and Theodore visited J. C. Webber. Mrs Lucy Long visiting her mother. Mrs E J Armstrong weaving a carpet for Mrs Grider. Miss Grace Griffin, Bessie Sharp and Bertha Hyder spent Sunday night with Mrs Grider. Bertha Hyder visited Mrs Webber last Friday evening.
Advertises High Grade White Diamond Fertilizers promising doubled crop yields and soil improvement. Mentions Raw Bone Raw Bone Potash Kali Bone Meal and Corn and Wheat Grower as available varieties. Encourages immediate visit to obtain supply for farming needs.
Residents of Joplin and area share social notes and local news. Mrs Otto Gohr and cousin Mrs Marie Bruffett return to Joplin. Miss Teil Vaught hosts a party for cousin Miss Ruda Wheiller of Iowa. Mrs Geniza Sunderland visits Carthage with sister Mrs Lowenstein. Alexander Hammond of Cambridge Ohio visits C S Johnston. Rain boosts corn and hinders threshing. birthdays celebrated. several travels and incidents reported including a buggy accident near Jasper. many small social items and local updates.
Heavy rain dominates Malty as W C Mackey digs a cellar under his house and Tim Mackey visits his brother. Jarvis plows for wheat east of Malty while Mt Carmel ice cream supper is postponed. Ruth and Legie Farnholm return to Springfield. Mr and Mrs Magers visit Curtis home. Uno reads.
Additional locals note fil bons at R L Roberts and Son with parasols for sale. The Presbyterian Sunday school picnicked at Carytown with about a hundred attendees. Warren Evans of Carnegie Oklahoma visited relatives east of town and toured Jasper with Bert Webb. Carthage leads the trolley league pennant after a 2 1 victory over Carterville at Lakeside amid Jasper support. Weather remains ideal for farming with cooler temps after a recent rain. Chantecler belts attract buyers at R L Roberts and Miss Renie Cotton of Nevada visits town.
Roy Hearns visits Joplin as a sight seer. restaurant ad invites patrons to eat and laugh. Wm Lowe reports roofing auto garage and open for business. John Fairfield rushed to Ashbury for his daughter Ella Cline’s serious asthma condition. Three rooms for rent, birth on premises, Mrs L. Smith listed.
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