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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
6
A local shopkeeper thanks patrons for a strong year and previews a holiday lineup. The list includes toilet cases, handkerchief boxes, box paper, tie hangers, perfumes, cut glass, shaving sets and mugs, dolls, building blocks, medallion pictures, books, jewel cases, ink stands, post card albums, pocket knives, razors, clocks, mirrors, and other novelties.
For several days we have been favored with pleasant weather. Missourians, who usually seek cooler climes in this season, note the unseasonable warmth. The old Missouri climate remains stubborn to shift yet offers agreeable days.
J D Harbur promotes silk scarfs for ladies headwear and a Xmas linen table scarf line. Nunnelly advertises Xmas candies and items. B C Mooter travels to Ft Cobb Okla for winter with relatives. Bishop offers Xmas nuts and gifts, Dr Schooler Ames Hardenbrook and Truax visit Lamar. Shoes at Bishop priced to $2.50, savings from sec to 2.50.
Personal notices describe visits in Sarcoxie by Miss Juanita Hendricks and Mrs. Wm Craig to see sister Mrs Clyde Wallar. Other items list local sales at Schooler elevator and Bishop's candy goods, a $80 monthly pay ad for Poultry Remedies, and a box supper at Luisland schoolhouse. Also mentions Santa letters, a Dec 1 event, a dance at the opera house, and Jasper to Joplin college plans.
Wheat advertises rabbits and Xmas suggestions as residents visit Wheat and Deardorff's for shirts, candy, and gifts. A two year old, Roy Williams, injures his collar bone but recovers well under Dr Knott. Local moves include W L Carter settling in Livingston Texas and C B Purcey planning to farm locally. A public sale is announced at J W Buzzard farm west of Jasper near Nashville.
On Thursday December 22 the sale lists 8 horses and mules 27 head cattle 10 hogs 16 dozen chickens and numerous farm implements along with 125 bales millet 600 bushels corn 50 oats 60 bales straw and farm equipment. Terms are cash or note with 8 percent interest and 5 percent cash discount. Lunch by Bethel ladies. J W Buzzard Co A Nett Auctioneer Boland Clerk Spaid. See Dr Schooler Xmas goods.
Fragmentary OCR shows a quarrel or banter between Corrve and Cholly about a band request. The lines are distorted, with garbled words and missing context, making it impossible to determine a coherent event or setting. Entities and specifics cannot be reliably identified.
A terse exchange notes a detective captain about a poisoning case with no clear solution. The dialogue suggests the case remains unresolved, described as a plain tragedy rather than a solvable mystery.
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