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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1922
Page
1
The reformer character turned to farming and surveyed his crops with a wry smile. He muttered about weed control and the turning of weed into harvest, signaling a shift from his usual reform stance to practical rural labor.
The revival campaign led by Rev Merrill Hooker and his wife from Carthage grows in interest and attendance at Bethel Church northwest of Jasper. Services start daily at 7 30 pm and everyone is invited.
Notice announces a meeting for local farmers and their wives at the Masonic Building on Wednesday December 13 at 7 p.m. George Reed, field man and state farm club speaker, will discuss topics of vital interest. Sandwiches pie and coffee provided, ladies invited to bring pies and sandwiches. Music by a special string band. By Committee.
Two Jasper stores were burglarized on the night of November 20. Shields drug store suffered a break in through a shattered front door, cash left in the register and a box of cigars were taken. at Farmers Exchange, the front door was unlocked and about $100 in cash checks and $53 in cash plus an automobile tire were stolen. A Thanksgiving wedding followed with Lester Taggart and Edna Malone wedding at M E Church South parsonage. couple to Kansas City then return to Carthage.
Relatives and friends gathered for dinners and visits across Carthage, Joplin, Lamar, and Aurora. Numerous households hosted groups including Rev. Walt E. Hill, F. I. Hill, J. W. Spaid, Mrs. Anna Deardorff, Drayton Curt is, Bert Webb, J. D. Harbur, and others, reflecting a wide holiday turnout with extended family and neighbors sharing meals.
A telegram Saturday announced the birth of a 10-pound boy to Fletcher Pearl and his wife of Fort Pierce Florida. Mrs Pearl was formerly Miss Golde Patterson.
Jasper post office starts accepting 1918 war savings stamps for redemption or conversion into treasury certificates. Receipt blanks have arrived. Redemption by the treasury department will be made as of January 1 with maturity checks mailed to payees. Stamps may be presented at banks or post offices, and registered stamps must be presented at the post office.
Jasper students from Springfield and Kansas City returned home for Thanksgiving. Names include J. K. Saltsman Cloyce Morgan Lucile Scott Hurley Hammond Ruth Good Helen Hastings and Florence Hartsook among others with hosts R L Roberts Mrs L H Turner and Dora Hastings accompanying relatives from Kansas City Junior College and Springfield institutions.
A brief, poem styled note about paying for subscriptions with a humorous twist by Douglas Malloch. The verse juxtaposes romantic lines with the line Enclosed find check, signaling a reader paying by check. The piece emphasizes the practical act of payment over grand sentiment.
A December trade day sale last Saturday drew a large crowd and grossed around 1210 dollars. About 150 head of stock were sold including 129 hogs, 22 cattle and several sheep and horses. Stores reported strong business from 10 a.m. onward amid fine weather. An unrelated note mentions atmospheric conditions on Mars.
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