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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1922
Page
1
Dan Johnson and family and Miss Gwendolyn Wine visited R. L. Vest and wife at Ossawatamie Kansas this week. Mrs. Vest was Miss Pearl Burnett.
The Jasper City fair will unfold Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday October 17 18 and 19 under newly elected officers. Subscriptions aim to raise between 1000 and 1200 to finance the free exposition. The fair draws wide attention as a premier annual community event in the livestock and agricultural district. Carthage Evening Press.
The News celebrates its 25th birthday and notes long standing local business ties. Publisher vows to continue serving the community through war, reconstruction, and steady operation. A list highlights merchants with decades of service and a September 2 Sales Day is announced with bar gains teased on the next page.
A family reunion at Mr. and Mrs. A. Cline in Jasper drew 52 relatives for a noon meal under shade trees on August 20. Attendees included many Cline kin from nearby towns, with stories of absences and visits, gifts, and a note on Harley Hammond starting Draugh n's Business College in Springfield. George B Masters and family moved to Webb City, leaving Cari Junction School duties behind for a new post.
Lon L. Fox longtime Jasper resident and former postmaster dies at his Bend Oregon home Friday August 11 after months of paralysis. He operated a stage mail line and later ran a large garage. He was Crook County Washington deputy sheriff in 1911 1912 and Republican candidate for county treasurer in 1920. Survived by widow a son a married daughter brothers in Oregon sisters in Missouri and Nora Fox who lives here.
Dr Knott reports births this past week. Julius Brankat and wife welcomed a 114 pound girl named Amelia Christina at 12 miles west of Jasper on Saturday August 19. E E Lewis and wife had a girl at 14 miles southeast of Jasper on Sunday August 20. Mrs Norval Gray and her Webb City children are visiting Mrs Preston this week.
A community notice promotes Better Homes services urging citizen involvement in improving property values. It highlights many house designs and offers drawing services to tailor plans, inviting residents to watch billboards near the office for new designs.
Tuesday prices across markets show Biers at 18 to 20 cents, Hens 40 to 1c, Spring chickens 2 to 3 cents, Cream 26 cents, Oats 5 cents, Corn 6 cents, Wheat 6 cents, Mill 1.35, Bran 1.00, Shorts 1.35, Chop 1.40.
Miss Marguerite Teeter visited Miss Violet Sharp in Sarcoxie last week, spending time together in a cordial meeting that highlighted local social ties and neighborhood affection.
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