Webb City Votes For Dry Day In Tight Election
Webb City swung dry by a narrow 67 vote margin in Tuesday’s election causing a stir among merchants. Wet strongholds in Joplin and possible Carterville or Carthage remain on edge as miners’ turnout favored the dry side, with wets leading earlier before late mining votes shifted results. T. O. Douglas buys 159 acre farm near town. Fred Rex sets a public sale for February 7 with horses cattle and farming tools.
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Webb City
Coehide
Carterville
Carthage
Minera
St Joplin
Fred Rex
Fred
McComb Sells Jasper Exchange to Johnson Hale Group
F J McComb sells the Jasper phone exchange along with Wild Goose to Mosars Johnson Hale. Exact price and stock transfer undisclosed. McComb’s holdings valued around 10 000. Johnson Hale firm includes B F and Daniel Johnson and Richard Hale. Exchanges to merge with central office. Johnson Hale will relocate operator staff to new management.
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F. J. McComb
Jasper Phone Exchange
Mosars, Johnson & Hale
Wild Goose
Here
Johnson & Hale
B. F
Daniel Johnson
Richard Hale
Jasper
Town
P. Heine
Golden City
Besn
Weston Holmes
Bertie Melton
McComb
Asya
Wild Goose Exchange
Messrs. Johnson & Hale
Nlso
Jasper Exchange
Bub Aeronaut Burkett Rebounds After 20 Foot Fall
“Bub” Aeronaut Burkett slipped from a pole near the telephone central and fell at least twenty feet landing on his head and shoulder. He suffered no serious injuries and ten minutes later returned to the pole, working as if nothing had happened though clearly worn from the incident.
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Herland Burkett
Telephone Central
Bisok-Goop Notice From The Liberal Enterprise
A notice appears in The Liberal Enterprise referencing a Bisok-Goop event. The brief mentions parties involved and the groom terms, with page and names partially obscured in the damaged text. The exact details and dates are unreadable in the fragment.
Rumble Sells Fine Farm Near Jasper to Edwards
F W Rumble sells his Altahurat farm two miles south of Jasper to J W Edwards of near Carthage for 13000 dollars on 169 acres at just under 770 per acre. Edwards, a thirty year Carthage resident, plans to vacate by March first. Rumble retires from farming possibly relocating near Jasper. Jasper precinct votes at 3:15 pm on dry status with 114 for dry and 0 against. Carthage and Cartherville show mixed results as the dry drive changes.
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Altahurat
F. W. Rumble
Jasper
J. W. Edwards
Carthage
Rumble
Edwards
Altahhurst
Buck Branch
Miller
Holdridge
Neb
Missouri
Kicked in Face by Horse Injures Nashville Youth
Arthur Derr, a Nashville resident, is staying at a local hotel while Dr. Schooler treats severe injuries from a horse incident last Saturday night. The horse struck Derr with a hoof, knocking out teeth and tearing the lower face and roof of the mouth. Wounds are improving and Derr hopes to return home by week’s end.
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Arthur Derr
Nashville
Dr. Schooler
Young Derr
Local Butcher Promises Homegrown Meat for Jasper Buyers
A. L. Luce appeals to Jasper meat buyers with a pledge that only homegrown meat, not Kansas City or out of town imports, will be sold. He urges customers to judge by service quality and profit, promising better treatment than before.
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Kansas City
Jasper
A. L. Luce
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Meat Trust
Webb Brothers Mercantile Company
DAY Tow
T. O. Douglas
Perg Newall
Greanfield
Mr. Douglas
Chas, Wilson
W. W. Calboon
Dunkard
Wilson
Joonsting
Oklahoma
E. L. Thomas
W. C. Thomas
Cashier
H. L. Tallman
W. Pres
J. Wesley Spaid
Asst
First National Bank
Bub
F. W. Rumble Sells Farm
Luce’s
Sewell Paints
Sewell
HESS
Schooler
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