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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
3
Publisher Arthur Drake notes operate at Jasper Missouri post office as second class matter with routine record details from 19th century local paper. The fragment confirms historic publication status and archival origin though content is incomplete and garbled.
A long list of social items, illness recoveries, visits, and travel notes from Lebanon and Lamar region residents. Mentions include Alther Armstrong and Mr Norris family, J W Phillips, Miss Nellie Lane, Claude Waddle, H J Stansberry, and others. Christmas program planned by Miss Deigh. readers urged to send items by December 21 to meet publication deadlines.
The old Santa promises to forget none and be generous to all readers of The News. He wishes a glad and bright Christmas for every person, spreading holiday cheer and goodwill throughout the community.
Hallwood a red Shorthorn steer owned by El Mall and sold to FB Prather of Springfield, Illinois, won first prize as a two year old and captured the overall championship at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. Weighing 1750 pounds, the victory adds prestige to Ed Mall’s Hallwood herd at Hallwood Farm four miles northwest of Curthave.
A distressed family near Christmas receives an unexpected visitor. A ragged household, mother playing a tune on an Irish piper, hunger and cold fade as a mysterious man arrives with a turkey, clothes, shoes, and toys. He speaks kindly of duty to poor children and departs after leaving help and a promise to see the doctor. The story ends with a shy child praying.
In Tennessee boys compete in a potato rating contest. Reported yields rise from a base to 258 bushels on average, with one boy increasing by 58 bushels and another by 67. The article notes their families focus on potatoes, not other work, as they harvest.
The piece extols boys as capable of increasing crop yields through energy and ambition. It argues that courage, purpose, and love of work, when fostered, build lasting traits that formal schooling alone cannot instill.
A speaker recalls opening a shop last spring and selling stock before the sheriff seized it. He notes the value of advertising, saying the public buys from those who advertise and merchants should heed that truth.
A patient claims Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment cured severe eczema after long illness and multiple doctors. The ad asserts the product provides relief or money back and promotes sale by H F Pitos.
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