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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1913
Page
5
Local notes recount a Jasper area social calendar and travel. The Jasper Nevada game is announced with a program preceding the event on a Saturday night. Residents, visits, illnesses, and minor community happenings fill a long list of names and activities across Jasper Carthage and surrounding towns.
The clipping notes a mild winter prelude with talk of snow melting soon while reporting various local happenings. Visits include Miss Carrie Bean in Warrensburg, Mrs. Dick Carter, and Mrs. Estey. Ray Earls returns from holidays. preaching by Brother Ren. Miss Lena Riddle visiting Texas. the Sunbeams at the Matthews home. and Clarence Simmons’ Oklahoma trip. Communities and farms are referenced with several names and places such as Warrensburg, Pittsburg Kansas, Jasper, Bitton County, and Greenfield.
A corrupt OCR fragment discusses readers in a white neighborhood arguing over reporting habits and how the correspondent should address local issues. It mentions a publisher hoping readers will respond, and mentions warrants and community concerns in a vague, non-specific way.
Mrs J Ki Thayer hosts a New Year gathering with a rabbit hunt and oyster supper. Nearly 202 rabbits were captured. Proceeds and provisions funded community purchases for a Jim Bradford home gathering. Numerous locals visit kin, move homes, attend services, and report weather and social events across Jasper and nearby towns.
Mes Cuantes Exvine and local visitors gather for a Saturday night game. L D Perry of Colorado arrived to visit sister Mrs Chester Lunt in Vernon County with plans for an extended visit with her parents. Fred Wagner from Joplin spent time with his ill father and mother. A social gathering at Mrs Will Lyman’s included Keith Motley and families, Loraine Rogers, T M Rogers party from Arkansas, and Mrs J F Gulick recovering at home. Community notes mention Lyneland meetings and Hurley Brown moving away.
Mrs Lula Haynie left Thursday for Mount Vernon. Visitors at Allen Millers Sunday included Levi Miller and family, Hattie Bishop, Flossie and Margie Tunnell. Misses Vearl and Jewel Tungwll left Friday for Claremore Oklahoma. R H Graham and family called on Alec Keith Sunday. A Miller residence party Saturday night drew a large crowd.
A garbled Pleasant Hill social page reports gatherings and visits. Mentions Thelena, Mitsis Llogal, Ore iNe Withter, Lionel Winders, A. W. Schott, John Gress, Mars Ward, Joe and Pat Edwards, Dick Patterson, Edwaris, Gentes Smith, Mies Grice Galick, Flossie Tatterson, and various local families. Events include Sunday school party, travels, and a mule purchase.
Lebanon Mississippi district reports Henry Bruner Armstrongs very ill at the Taffner home with no improvement. Norris Crumm injured his back while unloading wood and was bedridden for days. Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, nee, sick for several days at J. R. Law’s home. improving. Mrs. C. T. Woodrow ill with pleurisy. Miss May Woodrow visited her Saturday. John Hamilton bought his father’s Hamilton farm in Mount Cannel to move his family there. Robert Wolf and family to occupy the home made by Me ir Hamilton, saving seven? fee. Numerous local names appear amid scattered notes on health, visits, and property transfers.
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