Kansas City Market cattle and hogs reports 1908
At Kangie City Stock Yards on December 21 1908 cattle prices fluctuated with a small net weekly change. Run of 8000 head. hogs steady to slightly higher. calves up 25 cents. cows and feeders mixed. steers up to 7.25. yearlings to 6.00. bulk cows 3.00 to 5.00. Sheep prices varied, receipts heavy earlier, then small run of 2000 head with prices 0 to 50 cents higher than last week. Market volatile, influenced by receipts and demand from feeders and packers.
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Kangie City
Recsipry
Punckera
Wellers
Grocery move to new building location
Notice announces relocated grocery store to the former Add Joyce clothing shop, promising improved readiness to serve Bererro customers. Invites old friends to visit the new premises at Weat & Binor.
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Add Joyce Clothing
A Moral Question on Local Buying and Mail Order Trade
A Chicago mail order house prints an immense catalog mailed nationwide at great cost. The editorial urges residents to shift purchases to local merchants to support nearby business and question the reliance on distant mail order profits.
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Chicago
United States
New York
St. Louis
St Louis
Mr. Marchant
Useful Xmas Goods From Local Store Offerings
Local merchant advertises linen dresser scarfs centerpieces and lunch cloths ladies collars silk scarfs and squares as gift ideas. Respond to J D Harbur. Also promotes a scholarship for Draugboo's Practical Business College Springfield Missouri offering half price access to bookkeeping or shorthand courses with mail option.
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J.D. Harbur
Jasper
Draugboo
Practical Business College
Springfield
Christmas Eve Wedding Near Jasper
Two young locals Gus Campbell and Grace Wampler will marry this evening at the bride’s parents home four miles southeast of Jasper. The groom is a Jasper High School graduate and a budding educator. the bride is the daughter of a substantial farmer and described as charming and accomplished. The Nuns extend congratulations.
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Jasper
Gus Campbell
Grace Wampler
D. A. Wampler
Jasper High School
Christmas Cantata and church programs planned
At the Churches the Sunday school will observe Christmas with a cantata Santa Claus and Miss Prim'y at the church Thursday evening, with a tree. The Baptists will have a tree and program, North Methodists an afternoon program, Christians and South Methodists will hold no exercises. Mr and Mrs A F Hughes left last night for Carthage Missouri to stay a week with her mother. Go to Crandall for barging. the only exclusive grocery in Jasper.
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Baptists
North Methodists
Christians Aod
South Methodists
A. F Hughes
Carthage
Liss
Crandall Ros
Jasper
Advertising and mail order buying advice excerpt
A fragment states spending at home preserves value while sending money to a mail order house is lost forever. It notes that advertising columns offer little guidance on where to buy to advantage, suggesting skepticism about procuring bargains.
Christmas holidays bring town visitors and closings
Local notices list students at Kanena City and various colleges spending Christmas at home including Miss Withel Karl Minnie Sanford Fred Wagner John Wright Myrtle Calhoon Lizzie Griffin Ralph Boucher and Harlan Shepley. The telephone office will be closed on Christmas and New Year’s days except for Sunday hours. Residents travel to Leba boo and Purdy to spend the season. Business ads promote dried fruits, rabbits, game, and holiday goods. An ad for Hypophosphites and related remedies promotes their use for consumptives with testimonials from a local consumer.
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Hermano JnForce
Kanena City
Withel Karl
Minnie Sanford
Fred Wagner
John Wright
Joplin Business College
Myrtle Calhoon
Central Business College
Sedalia
Lizzie Griffin
C. Business College
Ralph Boucher
Agriculture At College
Manhattan
Kuoe
Harlow Shepley
State University
Columbia
Natick
F. J. McComb
Administrator's Notice Regarding Estate of J McClurg
Notice is given that letters of administration for the estate of J McClurg have been issued by the Jasper County probate court. All persons with claims against the estate must present them to the administrator within one year from the date of the letters, or be forever barred from participating in the estate. Arthur B R McClurg is named administrator.
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J. McClurg
Jasper County
Arthur BR. McClurg
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