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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
4
Fragmentary postal notice dated September 1806 from Jasper. The readable parts indicate a second class matter designation and incomplete currency or rates phrases. No clear event or named entities beyond the town and date are extractable.
A fire in Alba exposed scant insurance coverage amid high rates and weak fire protection. The piece notes frame buildings, intercity electric car impact, and merchants losing venues. It warns Alba risks fading as home trade shifts to larger towns unless new brick or stone structures and fire safeguards are built.
An advertisement claims a secret beauty method from Orientals and Greeks will improve complexion and remove pimples and dark color. It pitches a rose cut diamond ring with Tiffany setting and a free complexion recipe with every order of a $2 payment, urging immediate purchase from T. C. Mobeley, 32 East 2nd Street, New York City.
A terse advertisement promises high profits for women by selling “situation names” and “novel itices” with little work. It includes an address in New York and references a premium of 82 pounds and an individual signed as Moseley on Ward Street.
A Joplin reader on the 7 46 train laments the crowd leaving Carthage for Jasper every Saturday night. He notes Jasper stores are strong for a town its size and urges residents to trade locally to boost the town. He warns fire safety and water works as essential investments, urging action to keep Jasper on the map.
James A. Byars died at 8:40 last evening at his daughter Mrs N A Mackey's home in Jasper after a weeks long illness. He will be buried tomorrow at Lake Cemetery Lamar after services by Rev Pratt at Jasper M E Church. Born October 25 1837 in Van Buren county Iowa he moved to Henry county Missouri in 1859 married Nancy Cooper in 1861 and had three children two of whom survive. He moved to Jasper in 1874 where he ran a grocery and lived with the Mackey family after his wife's death nine years ago. He was a respected Christian gentleman with a wide circle of friends.
Mrs Wm Tabler aged 25 died at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs B M Butte west of town at 9:30 this morning after lung trouble. She had recently returned from Kansas City for treatment. She leaves her husband and two young daughters. Funeral arrangements had not been finalized at press time.
Mayor S M Chandler completed a six week trip across Virginia Ohio and other eastern sites visiting Jamestown Rosnoke Monticello Montpelier and Bevan Pines. He rediscovered his brother Joseph Chandler and reconnected with old friends after more than twenty years. He plans another similar journey to make up for lost time in the past. Jos Deardorff accompanied him to Columbus and will return this week.
The eminent medical scientists argue that the life span widely regarded today underestimates true potential. They point to a critical period between ages 60 and 60 as key, urging proper care to extend longevity.
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