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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
6
An advertisement touts Gossard front lacing corsets as essential for wartime women. It claims lasting wear, versatility with any outfit, and health benefits from correct fitting. The copy emphasizes brand guarantees, store availability, and the corset’s role in conserving energy for workers and homemakers alike.
Fred Cline writes from Camp Lowe Fort Hancock New Jersey describing quarantine life on Sandy Hook, the sea coast defense guns, daily drills, and proximity to New York City. He notes Ray Earls death, and hopes to sail to France within two months, promising to bring back a Kaiser's hair lock if he goes. He mentions travel through seven states and praise for the flag and U.S. efforts in World War I.
Quoted remark stresses that the unexamined life is unworthy for a real man. The author argues every true person must reflect on life, and every genuine organization should assess its achievements and purpose.
The Egyptian and Roman chariots moved troops to battle and shielded archers within the fray. The curved carriage front acted as a shield despite centuries before modern iron tanks and self-propelled vehicles.
Mrs Busby and her daughters Emma and Minnie returned last week from Eureka Springs after spending several weeks there. Gay Kunkler Clarence Donnell and Homer Woodrow traveled to Kansas Monday night to work for the Western Union Telegraph Co.
A crowded list of visits and travels across Jasper and nearby towns includes Amon Cline and wife at Sulphur Springs, George Tubler and wife from Webb City visiting relatives, Claude Boyer painting Carytown schoolhouse, Mrs Monnie Beall near Joplin in Jasper last week, Loyd Hardaway and family from Carthage weeklong stay, John Marsh and family from Joplin, Mrs W H Ward returning from Ohio, Mrs John Marsh and two daughters from Joplin over the weekend, Frank Peisen and wife from Joplin visiting Geo Peisen and wife, and others from Lamar Kansas City and Humansville with assorted visits. Missouri Pacific raises wages for section hands to 2.75 per day, and a lengthy letter from Emma J Karls of Jasper thanks Kansas City Life Insurance for prompt settlement of her late son Ray’s policy after his death in action in France, with gratitude to Bert Webb and W C Jones.
Queer wooden grave dolls in Indian cemeteries depict the buried as they appeared in life, carved and painted to resemble the deceased.
A local note describes a visit by two friends who brought no neighbor's collie to meet Elizabeth, the daughter. The outing ends with Elizabeth urging the visitors to take Bud home before his worried parents miss him as evening arrives.
Fossil fish from Texas yields fastl oil material formerly sourced only from Austria. The find expands potential supply of Ichthyol based material used in various industries and could impact global sourcing dynamics.
A widow named Maury Agnes dies in a shared building. A child recalls how the deceased once chased other kids, imagining the old woman now as an angel. The child muses that the angel might be chasing all the little angels above.
An editorial excerpt notes men vary in native capacity for hope. Quincey praised Goldsmith for a constitutional gayety and knack of hoping while Burne Jones admitted a lack of hopefulness. The piece calls on the Goldsmiths to aid the Burne-Joneses.
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