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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1920
Page
8
A brief record notes the Missouri post office entry at Jeaper Missouri with second class matter status and serial year 1408. The fragment mentions Pade Saar in association with the notice.
Advertising rates outline space costs per inch on last and inside pages at 15 cents each issue. Front page space unavailable. Local notices priced per line at five cents per issue. Copy must be submitted by Tuesday evening. Notices of respect pardas of thanks and obituary poetry charged by the line.
The Ozark Press Association reports Miss Amanda Baird is seriously ill and staying with nephew Ralph Baird at Lakeside, with Mrs Malon aiding care. Nearby, Mrs Nancy Sheets, eight miles northeast of Jasper, sustained serious injuries from a mule kick, three ribs broken, as she nears seventy. In a separate incident Buton Cearns was cut in the leg when trimming horses for his father’s sale, with an artery feared but blood flow stopped after care.
The column records numerous visits among residents including DIAMOND, I. Dewsieron, Mra Denniston, Grandma Ryan, Mra Chas Nett, Mra Ralph Cline, Mra J A Boyd, Carrie Serafini, Mra Clyde Wigner, Andy Obergfelt and family, and others. It notes Grandma Ryan remaining ill, a new windmill installation, several visits to John Duxzard's and Bob Pope's, measles illness in Roy Pugh’s family, and a feverish period among farmers followed by a cooling temperature. Ethel Ingle attended Carthage High School and visited family.
Birth notices from Dr. Knott include a son born Friday February 13 to John Sunderland and wife two miles southwest of Jasper and a daughter February 10 to Lonnie Strecker and wife six miles southeast of Jasper.
A notice seeks correspondence from a Sethe School of Dietetics. The ad invites applicants or readers to contact the institution for potential roles or study opportunities. No additional details provided.
Three Jasper youths Charley Lambeth Charley Kitterman and Steve Cordz died or were fatally injured when their Ford tourin car left Oak Street Road two miles west of Carthage after 7 pm Sunday. Lambeth died at the scene Kitterman died Monday evening and Cordz remained hospitalized with severe injuries. The accident occurred at the Oak Street crossing near a steep unguarded embankment. The driver is unnamed. Cordz owned the car. The tragedy followed a family crisis as L A Cordz fell ill earlier that day. The coroner's inquest was set for Thursday morning and the bodies could not be moved until after.
The Republican County Convention is summoned to meet in Joplin on March 1 1920 at 10 a m to select 34 delegates for the Fifteenth District sub national convention in Carthage on April 21 1920 at 11 a m and 58 delegates to the state convention in Kansas City on May 5 1920 at 11 a m Women voters gain representation on the delegation Representation basis uses one delegate for every 22 votes or fraction thereof cast for J W McPherson 1918 Republican candidate for Congress Jasper precincts receive the specified shares Precinct meetings in Jasper county on February 27 1920 at 8 p m for delegate selection by Lon Lt Ashcraft county chairman.
The past week saw renewals and new subscribers listed including CE Wright Lawson M Squires J Howers Mra Lucy Minney St Matterson Mra Saltaman Hugh Phillips Ut Ch Griffin. The new subscribers include Hi Lalester 62 Jasper.
Instructions describe making straight cuts from the edge of a circle to separate sections without cutting into the inner circle. Warns to avoid cutting into the core and to preserve the remaining structure while removing segments in sequence.
Mrs J K Wells, agent for all magazines, promotes drastic price cuts at the News Office. Coss Oitan drops to 2.00, Good Housekeeping to 3.09, Harper’s Bazaar to 4.00, The Motor to 4.00, with dates and June-like April listings noted.
Edwards Coffee Building in Carthage Missouri is mentioned amid storm coverage as tornado and lightning time arrives. The brief notes weather alerts and local preparedness steps for the Carthage area.
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