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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1910
Page
3
Public notice from the Jasper post office outlines second class matter rates and postage details for subscriptions. Includes subscription term options and per-copy pricing.
Professor Lowell argues there is scientific evidence for a distant cosmic end of the world. He describes a dead world drifting toward Earth, predicting a sequence of visible events leading to humanity’s demise in years to come.
Whitsell discusses the ante sell price noted as sixty with Agk 0 and DT, reflecting on the current market stance and potential implications.
Two six year old boys in the city discuss brothers and babies in a joking exchange. One claims his baby weighed eleven pounds and the other says Uncle Jobo’s weighed ten. both note the doctor charged ten dollars. The boys decide the doctor cheated their father by a dollar. The item ends with a note that cash paid for produce at Luce's.
A rural column offers practical tips for winter farming including chicken care water for warmth, seed corn selection, and the value of fresh air. It stresses dry housing, proper ventilation, and sun exposure to prevent disease, plus advice on fencing, hogs, sheep, silos, and feed handling for better profits.
An item from the Bolivar Free Press recounted by C O Swanson notes a large hog sold by Y Burks. The pig weighed about 709 pounds and sold for 650, a price level likened to a thoroughbred horse under the Cleveland administration.
The Alpha club met Janeth with Mrs. Laughead as Christ mas travel, illness and slick streets kept attendance down. Seven members still attended and shared items. Read papers included Domestic Life of Oriental Nations by Mrs Ewart, Home Life in Southern Europe by Mrs Patnam, Life in Denmark by Mrs Shoemaker. The program ended with current events and plans for January 15 with Mrs Patam.
Missouri remains a top corn state with a crop near 500 million bushels in 1909 despite July floods and August droughts. State board estimates value at 116.8 million, yet most corn is consumed locally as pork beef mutton and poultry before reaching central markets. County exports sustain about 100 million in livestock and 850 million in poultry products annually.
The Szirkosky entertainment company presented a well attended concert at the Baptist church despite bad weather. Szirkosky, master of impersonations, led a trio with Mrs. Boas Neff Szirkosky and Howard E. Kimsey. The critic praised all three, noting Mrs Szirkosky’s high class obslk work and Kimsey’s rare bass singing range.
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