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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
8
The paper marks twenty years of publication in Jasper and Barton Counties. The current publisher notes six years at the helm with steady growth in circulation and prestige amid challenges, asserting the paper’s value to readers and advertisers as prosperity returns. The News continues printing 10 to 12 pages with growing subscriptions and advertising.
Lebanon locals report visits and gatherings with Virgil Dinwiddie and family, Miss Zoah Andrews and Eva Kauffman of Kansas City, and numerous relatives and friends from Carthage and Webb City. Several attend Lamar fair Samar reunion and a Golden City reunion. Eczema remedy ad concludes list.
Dear friends thank you for support as I quit the business I built with hard work and honest prices. I started in a small shop, grew to one of Carthage’s largest stores, and now face high merchandise costs. The quit sale drew hundreds, with bargains advertised and marked prices clear in plain figures.
Mrs Fannie Eads of Circleville says Cardui cured her years of back and limb pain and restored her to full strength. She claims she weighs 160 pounds and urges other women to try Cardui as a reliable strengthening tonic from all druggists.
The speaker invites friends and strangers to visit and buy goods cheaply as prices are high. The note promises bargains on merchandise and urges swift action before the war drives prices higher.
Mrs Charmres Evra notes threshing as the day’s order with two machines active. Lamar fair attendees include Mr Brown and family George Moser and family John Pfander and wife Chas Elting and wife and Ed Pfander. Several local visits and gatherings follow including Carthage trips and family outings. Numerous neighbors host and visit, with threshers honored at a social gathering for Miss Lillian Magers, Kansas City bound visitors, and various family sorties across Diamond and nearby towns.
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