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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1907
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR notes show a Northbound Missouri Pacific timetable reference with unclear station and time data. The readable items include a 12:23 p.m. entry and garbled phrases suggesting schedule entries or car schedule notes without coherent details.
Protracted meeting at Lebanon church postponed to Monday due to snow. Fred Winters went to Lamar to buy gifts. Frank Thacker and John Lee were seen on the gate post Sunday morning. Mrs. Simons has been sick but improving. William Kinderley helped Cryal and Richard Kyle butcher. George Ward, son-in-law of Mr. Wick, moved to Patternon place now owned by George Moore of Webb City. Mr. Shefferts of East Boston left for Nebraska to settle there. Bart Lee accompanied them. Wishing editor a merry Christmas and happy New Year. Jack Starnbury injured by a fall in an old open well. The well water fell in and nearly two tons of earth fell, six men were killed. Mr. Van Dusen left for eastern Arkansas to spend winter visiting friends and relatives. Chas. Moore bought a fine colt from Mer Shelford last Saturday.
Zion Drayton Curtis, who has been quite sick, is up and around again. Mr and Mrs Dannie Johnson have begun housekeeping on the Bowman farm. Mr and Mrs Harve Buerge of Carettage are spending Xmas vacation with the latter's parents. Mr Robinson and Iso Clarence left Sunday for Kansas City where he will visit his daughters.
Earl Brock visits Doeuweg to see Ben Johnson. Chas Borortt moves on the Harvey farm. Buzz Shands was seriously hurt in a jam at that place and not expected to live. Mesers King and Buster brought hounds Monday. a wolf chase occurred with four wolves killed but none captured.
At Mound City Mrs. E. D. Clapp reports her son near death from throat trouble. Dr King’s New Discovery is said to have saved his life and cured him after coughing spells every five minutes. Webb Bros. druggist advertises trials and guarantees relief for coughs colds and throat or lung troubles with prices 50 cents and 1.00.
The box supper scheduled for last Saturday night was postponed to New Year’s night due to bad weather. Mr. Boston and his hay head to Callison & Shepard of Konoma and shipping the sale from Boston station. Various local residents hosted dinners and were noted in attendance, including Messrs Bow and others, with several family movements and farm changes mentioned around Boston and Hinton areas.
Good Advice notes Hooklen's Arnica Silve as a cure for piles for 20 years and for sores burns or abrasions. Available at Webb Bros. drug store for 250.
A member of the Aero club recalls a September Sunday by the Arc de Triomphe watching multiple balloons drift over Paris. The colorful display floated past the Eiffel Tower before a gust drove them toward Montmartre. The observer notes the ubiquitous appeal and the implied wish of many Parisians to take a Sunday balloon ride despite the cost.
An Irish delegate visits the mill head to request a change from monthly to semi monthly wages. The workers, led by the sagacious speaker Michael, seek improved pay frequency as a grievance against the prior custom.
In Manitoba beavers are protected by law from gaol or trapping, and populations grow. Colonies spread along the Ochre and Turtle rivers east of Dauphine, with one dam under construction near a railway bridge on the Ochre. Residents increasingly watch them at work, while some flood damage to adjoining farmland has prompted government intervention to dam openings but not remove the animals.
Senator Hailey, in Washington, meets a visitor at his hotel who presents as a pompous colonel seeking aid. After a brief talk the man confesses his aim is a “touch” to return to his country, prompting the senator to question his claim of bankruptcy filings. The encounter underscores risks to public figures from unscrupulous callers.
A brief dialogue notes a distant earthquake reported far away by a seismograph. Questions arise about whether it truly occurred and why information is scarce. The exchange ends with a humorous remark about liking such earthquakes.
A terse dialogue shows a creditor and debtor negotiating a loan. The old man refuses to lend, while the other requests repayment terms and a six percent rate. The exchange hints at financial strain and cautious lending behavior.
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