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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
6
Three cents per line for each insertion wants a good room for office or small shop. A bedroom with a stove for winter. For sale fine White Plymouth Rock chickens and White Wyandotte stock. Tom Brock Route Jasper Mo offers cream. J.R. Wheat prompt for cream. Rabbits wanted and sold. Wheat prices and more. Need chicks cows or horses. Use the want column.
A Crandall Bros. notice warns customers to settle accounts monthly or risk not extending credit. The appeal, signed by Crandall Bros., promotes Star Brand Shoes and cautions against delays in payment, urging prompt action before renewals or new loans.
The News advertises belt buckles lockets chains bracelets and combs at Schooler’s. It notes widespread printing of No Hunting notices on cards eight by inches with 25 cards for 25 cents to post landowners’ property to deter hunting.
A Washington man who travels widely recalls a dull golf day with a freckled Irish caddie at Bearbie town club. The caddie, unaware of the poor play, offered no sympathy as the borrower admitted being out of practice after two months on the road.
The December 14 1941 standings show Miss Flossie Patterson leading with 25 500 votes followed by Miss Teeter and Miss Violet Budd. Other top candidates include Eva Selsor 23 100 Hazel La Masters 20 000 Grace Rice 14 000 and Mabel Little 10 500 with several more votes for Cora Pugh R200 Mrs. Andy Oberfel Laura Miller and Lela Boyd.
A pair of swallows chose a corner in a barn to hatch their young. One day both birds lay dead on the floor after a servant locked the door and windows. A maid accidentally caused the sash to close, but a boy aided the nest’s rescue and the family was saved new life. Similar incidents occurred at a cottage in the Cheviots where birds were kept from ruin by aiding neighbors.
Advertises a market note offering 31 cents per unit for cream from J A Wheat. Claims Star Brand as a mark of quality and promises higher value for desirable cream. Read like a local merchant notice with terse pricing and product claim.
Our holiday stock is arriving and we invite prospective customers to view our jewelry. Clocks and watches are more complete than last year and every article is guaranteed to give satisfaction. We have valued your past patronage and our latch string still hangs on the outside.
Lancashire steeplejack John Faulkner cooked a potato pie atop a 300 foot chimney using heat from below. A Manchester gas works manager doubted the claim and placed a large iron kettle filled with heated ingredients at the summit. The pies cooked in 1 hour 20 minutes, the wager winner claimed, while the bottom burned. proceeds went to the poor.
The Octal statement of the financial condition of the Farmers and Merchants Bank No 000 at daaper state A note lists overdraft current assets and liabilities, including capital paid in surplus and undivided profits. The document bears the December date and is attested by officers and a notary with directors listed.
A fragmented London Chronicle excerpt describes how carving evolved from a professional craft in the sixteenth century to an eighteenth century social ritual. It notes guests, precedence, gold leaf plating, and the hostess guiding servings to ensure none were neglected, with references to Lady Mary Montagu and dining etiquette.
The report describes attempts to use lightweight cactus poles for a new telephone line project, expected to be cheaper than traditional pole methods. Tests will originate from Tucson for the Coronado forest reserve, with a first section toward the Cate Linan area. Difficult terrain and rocky Vilure hinder pole placement, but the plan aims to standardize pole spacing and bracket attachment.
H Beall conducts a public sale listing good young mules including yearlings and a three year old mare, plus cattle, farming implements, harness and furniture. Mexican notes show a wagon, McCormick reaper, plows, cultivators, a separator, and various farm gear. Terms require cash under 36 and credit with security for larger sums, with a six percent discount for cash. Auctioneer BP Buland signs off.
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