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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
4
Swollen streams around Jasper hindered rural mail carriers. several correspondent items were delayed and missed this week. Readers will notice the omission, which is excused by the weather conditions.
Local items report Lonnie Strecker visiting Don Johnston and several residents dealing with hay fever heat and sun stroke among livestock. Neighborhood updates include trades, visits, illnesses, threshing pause due to rain, and a lawn party at C S Johnston with ice cream and cake. A barn on Jacobs farm was struck by lightning Monday night amid ongoing farm life updates.
The report notes a blaze destroyed a fur ness operation, with wheat in another building and much corn and cultivators lost. The owner carried substantial insurance.
A fine rain and heavy rainfall hit Sunday and Monday nights in Lebanon as Henry Graham works on concrete culverts. Township plans ten culverts and a bridge over Coon Creek. J E Carr and family attended an ice cream supper at Arthur Huff's. Frank Crow returned home to can fruit. Rex shipped fat sheep to Kansas City. Mrs Weinboom improving. Burton Crumm loses a mule to sunstroke. Hearley Fridge family visiting Redmond. Rex attends Carthage fair.
A retail sale announcement from J. D. Harbur promotes men’s summer underwear at 39 cents 25 cents and 19 cents and a 1.00 dress shirt at 8 cents. Hats are also offered from stock at cost. Respectfully yours.
Nevada Mo August 23 A severe electrical disturbance with wind and heavy rain struck Camp Hadley for the second time. A night call to arms sent troops to tents to lower them. Men were soaked and slept in wet blankets. Gen H C Clark escaped unharmed after his tent was moved two hundred yards. Kansas City National Guard signal corps arrived late. Details include a gray mare missing from Schooler pasture and a reward offer for information.
We remind all debtors to settle by September 1. If you owe us and prefer to avoid reminders, please call and pay promptly.
Preaching on the second and fourth Sunday mornings at 11 o clock with Sunday school at 9 45. Junior League at 3 p m and Ep worth League at 7 p m each Sunday. Prayer meeting Thursdays at 8 p m. Everyone welcome. W C Thompson, Pastor.
Preaching on the first and third Sundays at 11 a.m. Sunday school each Sunday morning at 16. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. Christian Endeavor Sunday evening at 7. All welcome. A. K Gurley, Pastor.
The church lists preaching on the second and fourth Sundays at 9 a.m. Sunday school at 9 a.m. Y P A meets Sundays at 7 p.m. Prayer meeting Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome. C W Sample, Pastor.
Christian church announces preaching on the second and fourth Sundays at 11 a.m. Sunday school every Sunday morning at 16 a.m. P Eck E meets every Sunday at 4 p.m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 5 p.m. All welcome. E H Simmons, Pastor.
Preaching on the first and third Sundays at 1 am. Sunday school at 10 am every Sunday. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at 8. Everyone invited to attend all services. Charles Edwards, Pastor.
Eighty acres of well improved land six miles west and two miles south of Jasper and four miles north of Alba. Terms easy. B 24 31. John Pairfield.
The Jasper City school will begin Monday September 11 instead of September 4. The notice was handed to the News by Secretary Good of the school board.
Farm owners looking to sell or trade land are urged to contact Webb Bros for arranging transactions. The notice emphasizes direct inquiries to facilitate options for acreage transfers and property exchange without intermediaries.
Mo Pacific Time Table fragment lists access, schedule notes, and final entries. Limited readable details show numbered items and partial timetable references without clear events or dates.
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