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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
5
Local notes report Mrs. McConnell returning from Iowa and family plans across Bartlett and Bartlesville. Farm improvements, travel, visits, and social events fill the week from Mud College ball to band concert, with weather and health notes interspersed and a revival beginning at Pleasant View.
Rain would be greatly appreciated as Coras dam dries up and fields show stress. Neighbors discuss threshing delays, barns and sheds await protection, families prep for an upcoming camp meeting at Carthage and plans to attend the county fair on big Thursday. Local anecdotes mention J B Herron returning from Pear Diamond and homestead repairs by J E Burnett and Jake Sunderlind.
Mr Lane hosted visitors including Mrs Benson and daughter from Barry county with Mrs Lane and Mr Webber attending an Odd Fellows picnic at Lakeside. Miss Bertha Slyder called on Mrs Lane. Jim Weyer and Oscar Owens delivered watermelons then had dinner with their aunt Mrs Armstrong. Mr Lane cuts cow pens this week.
The Flower Mission children host a lawn party at the bone of Mra Matthews Saturday Sept 4 from 3 to 1. Nora Duckett will attend school in Jasper. Mrs Lovell of Webb City visits Mra Gaddis. Ethel Goff visits Kansas. Mrs Elliott of Carytown hosts her sister and Greenfield family. Fillers threshing machine visits Turners Alexandera Woods and Duckets. Rev Culmer preaches last sermon and forms Ladies Home mission. All women invited. W C T A will not meet for a month. Officers: Pres May Matthews, Vice Pres Mra Daniele, Snety Mary Estoy, Treas Mra Abbie Crow.
A grocer style notice promotes Dr King's New Life Pills as a cure for liver trouble causing acne jaundice constipation and poor appetite. The ad claims rapid health improvement and lists Webb Broa as the seller.
Community headlines recount Mr Sterling and family at Pleasant Hill gathering, Walter Bayne and family in attendance, Rev Culiver hosting dinner with Walter Bayne and wife, and various visits. A horse illness at Mr Brock's, a misfortune during Dayne visit, and Salem Union postponing meetings until after Carthage fair are noted along with several names and small events.
Mrs Allie Beeson and daughter Mies Mando of Cassville invite cousin J 2 Mull and family. Henry Kneberly of Kansas City sees to business interests. We will return home Sunday. Hue Stars sick list includes Lee Conner Amy Mull and Mary Harmon all with illness but improving. The corn is praying for rain. Farmers near Wo at feast. Todian ball games in Jasper drew fans from here Mr and Mrs J Plonkentorm of Monticalo Ilz visit the latter’s family E Gorreth. They plan to return home next week.
A historical notice cites malaria warnings in Potomac marsh bottoms and promotes James Room of Lowell as author of cure claims. The text endorses Webb Brow as guarantor, asserting the tonic destroys malaria germs and treats stomach liver kidney and blood troubles.
A Sunday gathering in Diamond drew a good crowd. El Plowder visited Mr Howery as Ralph Deniston went to town on Monday. William Wood works north of Duval. Mr Crone traveled to Pittsburg Monday with watermelons and tomatoes. Several young ladies visited Violet Budd in Crow Creek. The Crow Mere store carries a full line of W. T. Corszela products.
An elderly man in Lambert, England faced an order to contribute to the maintenance of the son of a woman he married two years earlier. He claimed he did not know of the boy, who had been at the industrial school before the marriage. The magistrate noted the risk of marrying widows and ordered a weekly payment of 50 cents.
An anecdote about Henry Clay defending his vote on the Bank Bill in a debate with a Kentucky mountaineer who doubted his honesty. Clay compares the voter to a hunter's gun that may misfire, urging to be judged by repeated attempts and to be trusted again. The mountaineer agrees to vote for Clay once more.
A cluttered column from Zion lists visitors and locals in Clinton Missouri Joplin Columbus Kansas City and Carterville with names such as Ruth, Ritna Ballard, Elna Vallard, Ethyle Radford and Jacken. It notes weather rain fair week events and a family reunion with scattered community updates and a local business request for payment.
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