Well Known Young People Wed Four Weddings in Two Years
Miss Opal Kunkler wed Raymond Wheeler Thursday afternoon December 14 at the First M S Church parsonage in Carthage with Rev B F Crissman officiating. Opal, daughter of T L Kunkler, was a Jasper school alumna and a Springfield telegraph operator before marrying. Wheeler, a farmer residing near Jasper, served in the U S service in the war. Opal was the fourth Kunkler daughter to wed in two years.
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Opal Kunkler
Raymond Wheeler
M. S. Church of
Jasper
United States
Opal
Marriage of Ernest Henderson and Beulah Yaris near Jasper
Ernest Henderson and Beulah Yaris, well known locals near Jasper, were married yesterday morning at the M. I. Church parsonage by Rev. I. L. Sapp. They will soon move to a farm near Parsons Kansas, as friends extend best wishes.
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Ernest Henderson
Beulah Yaris
Jasper
M. 1
I. 1. Sapp
Parsons
Kans
Public Sale in Jasper District Tuesday January 6
The News records a public sale on Tuesday January 6 for J. M. Etter located five miles east and eleven miles from Jasper. Auctioneers Boland A W Radford C I Tex list 22 head of mules and horses including nine matched mule spans, 4 high grade Jersey cows, and 25 Hampshire ewes.
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J. M. Etter
Jasper
Miss Dorothea Hille Weds Carthage Man in Jasper Area
Miss Dorothea Hille and Marl Baker of Carthage married Sunday at the bride’s parents country home southwest of Jasper. Rev. E K H Sapp officiated. The bride, educated at Carthage high school and Cottey College, teaches Cedar Bluff this winter. Baker is Dr. Baker’s son, a deputy sheriff and a dentistry student. The couple planned a holiday honeymoon before returning to work. A wedding dinner followed with relatives and guests including Mrs Sapp and Miss Pauline Roberts.
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Misa Dorothea Hille
Lonly
Harry Hille
Marl &. Baker
Carthage
Jasper
EK. H. Sapp
Cottey College
Cedar Bluff
Hille
Baker
Sapp
Pauline Roberts
Coal supplies ease with lower prices in town
The coal situation has improved in recent days with coal and wood selling freely on the streets. Local coal dropped to about 35 cents per bushel, and Schooler elevator moved a car of coal on Monday selling it at 25 cents at the track and 3 cents delivered.
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Schooler
Subscribe for your daily paper at the News office.
A brief notice invites readers to subscribe to the daily paper at the News office, outlining membership and service details.
Jasper Band Organized Under Mandel Drake Dir
The Jasper Band organized with Mandel Drake as director and Homer Bayne as secretary treasurer. Last Friday night a meeting included Cornet members Hollis Stockdale Arch Ride Nathan Rice Roydan Seldner Clyde Crow Baritone Mendel Drake Trombone Roy Wella Mr Joyce Clarinet Homer Dayne Melvin Miller Mr Brown Tuba D A Holmes Cletis Roberts bass drum Kenney Miller Snare Sam Miller Chas Lambeth. Several others signaled intent to join as Jasper may soon again have a good band.
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Jasper Band
Mandel Drake
Homer Bayne
Cornet
Hollis Stockdale
Arch Ride
Nathan Rice
Roydan Seldner
Clyde Crow
Mendel Drake
Roy Wella
Mr. Joyce
Homer Dayne
Melvin Miller
Mr. Brown
D. A. Holmes
Cletis Roberts
Kenney Miller
Sam Miller
Chas. Lambeth
Jasper
A Lasting Christmas Gift From The Jasper News
AHome paper subscription makes a durable gift for distant friends or relatives keeping them connected to the community for a full year. The Jasper News is pitched as a thoughtful present, emphasizing nostalgia and ongoing reader engagement.
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Jasper News
Renewals and New Subscribers Listed
The past week records renewals for Geo. McCune Chas, Kitterman G. W. Johnson, Emman Castlebury, R. Rh, Boucher, W. C. Mackey, T. H. Griffin, Grady Campbell, O. G. Shell, EK. L. Brown Co, V. Ballard, W. A. Milton, J. A. Bradford and new subscriber Mrs. S. Follmer of route 5.
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Geo. McCune
Chas, Kitterman
G. W. Johnson
Emman Castlebury
R. Rh
Boucher
W.C. Mackey
T. H. Griffin
Grady Campbell
G. Shell
EK. L. Brown Co
V. Ballard
W. A. Milton
J. A. Bradford
Mrs. S. Follmer
Ivan Blaze Marries Barton County Girl in Carthage
Ivan Blaze of Carthage married Miss Jeasie Hane seven miles north of Jasper last Tuesday afternoon. Elder J. W. Trowbridge performed the ceremony at his residence. The couple will live in Carthage and be at home at 500 Olive street after December 25. Mrs. Blaze is daughter of Amanda Hane. Blaze is son of J. L. Blaze and grandson of Mrs. Joseph Ivers, recently returning from Camp Bowie after ten months in U S service.
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Ivan Blaze
Carthage
Jeasie Hane
Barton County
Jasper
J. W. Trowbridge
Olive Street
Joseph Ivers
Camp Bowie
Texas
U. S. Service
Carthage Press
George Persinger Dies After Pneumonia Illness
George Persinger, 26, of Jasper, died Saturday evening at his home after a short pneumonia illness worsened by exposure while fetching coal during bad weather. He leaves a young wife, his mother, and grandfather George Fife. Raised in Jasper, he worked in the mining district, then returned about a year ago. Funeral services were held Monday at his home with burial at Mount Carmel Cemetery conducted by Brother George Johnson of the Holiness Church.
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George Persinger
Jasper
Deveared
George Fife
Mount Carmel Cemetery
George Johnson
The
Holiness Church
Card of Thanks for Persinger Family Loss
The undersigned are deeply grateful for the kindness and sympathy of friends and neighbors during the illness and at the death of our loved husband, father and grandfather Persinger. Arert Elizabeth Persinger. George Fil
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Persinger
Arert Elizabeth Persinger
George
Births Recorded This Week In Local Office
Birth notices reported by Dr Knott list B C Albert and wife welcoming a boy at 7 miles Hoban on Saturday December and Floyd Joyce and wife welcoming a girl 5 miles north on Sunday December 21.
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Knott
B. C. Albert
Miles Hoban
Floyd Joyce
Death of E A Brown in Jasper County
E A Brown died Saturday night after a long illness at his son Walter A Brown’s home. He came from Tennessee three years ago and lived east of Jasper then moved to town. Funeral Tuesday at M E Church conducted by Rev E W Love of Joplin. Burial in Jasper Masonic Cemetery. Survived by three sons and four daughters including Walter A, Chas Brown of Pioneer Missouri, Bruce Brown in California, and a married daughter in Tennessee.
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E. A. Brown
Walter A. Brown
Mr. Brown
Jasper County
Tennessee
Jasper
M. E
E. W. Love
Joplin
Jasper Masonic Cemetery
School Vacation Notice Amid Holidays and Health Hope
The schools closed for Christmas holidays last Friday and will reopen on Monday the 29th. The coal cellar is replenished and it is hoped epidemics and other interferences will not appear this year. The influenza has not appeared this year except in isolated cases and scarlet fever has been light in all cases.
Quite Natural Bertha and Percy Converse on Last Page Habit
A playful dialogue features Bertha asking if women read to the end first and Percy quips about the fair sex wanting the last word, highlighting witty social banter about reading habits.
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Bertha
Percy
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Bride
Dorothea Hille
Webb Bros
Jasper Hardware Co
Farmers & Merchants Bank Jaspers
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