Correspondents Urged to Mail Letters by Monday
The notice asks correspondents to mail their letters Monday so they arrive in time to be read Monday evening. It emphasizes timely submission and uses old fashioned phrasing.
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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
2
The notice asks correspondents to mail their letters Monday so they arrive in time to be read Monday evening. It emphasizes timely submission and uses old fashioned phrasing.
Sunday winds chilled Dewey as Sunday School attendance waned. Mrs Caeter hosts this week’s Ladies Aid. Red Cross Seals push toward White Plague Hospital funds. Local folks visit, harvests noted, and farm chores shift from plowing to chopping wood.
Mrs Myrnee Coinnit and Mrs Oases Blevins were sick last week. Dewey Mikesell returned from visiting relatives and will spend winter with his father. Clyde Mikesell arrived from Medonia Kansas for several weeks. Tom Shaunee and family visited before heading to Arkansas to live with grandmother. Numerous locals visited neighbors and traveled to towns, with names including Conner Mikesell King Hull Owen and Kackley among others. Community updates mention patients, callers, and short trips across the region.
In Lebanon Miss Zoan Anditeva visited as Mrs Nannie Sturvey of McAlester cared for her ill father J C Law. Local residents and families attended dinners, visits, and social rounds. A revival at Lebanon Church drew attendees and reported six conversions, despite bad weather.
RISING SUN reports visitors from Leon Mrs John Croadman called on Friday. Emery Teeter and family visited Abe Teeter Sunday. Dave Lowe sold two calves to Thomas Patterson. Frankling went to Carthage on business last week. Local skating night featured many youngsters led by Clarence Chesham Howard Gresham Roy Fenner Charlie Patterson and Don Ward. Dave Lowe and family drove to Jasper for Sunday dinner.
Mrs Sarah Swam Wad spent Sunday afternoon at Joe Rice’s with Mae Wood and James ets. Clarence Trimble traveled to Colorado last week seeking a location. The late Luther Wescott daughter and baby suffered a light diphtheria attack. Nina Patterson visited Jasper Sunday to stay with her uncle Nathan Patterson and attend school in bad weather. Joe Smith called at the Patterson home Sunday evening. Calvert family visited Emery Teeter and family. Pearl Taft assisted Mrs Clarence Trimble with sewing all of last week.
J C Simpson and Clarence Trimble will hold a public sale at the Simpson place on Tuesday January 25 Miss Luna Dixon Jasper Route 2 notes several social visits Mrs Charley Wood called with Mrs Will McCune Pearl Mason returned to Mr Starrett s Sunday after a two week trip with relatives in Carthage Mr and Mrs Byers and daughter LeIa visited T W Hoyer family Sunday due to bad weather there was no Sunday School at Lynns and Sunday C W Wescott and family were afternoon visitors at N M Dixons Sunday Miss Helen Merton visited Carthage W I L Sessor of Pircell spent Saturday night with daughter Mrs Wilson Wright Mrs Marion Miller visited Webb City Saturday Several on this route went skating Smiley Homer Dixon spent Sunday afternoon with Ralph and Orville Starrett Harry Hille arrived home from Mississippi Friday
A powerful storm struck the Diamond area this week, among the worst in about fourteen years, leaving telephone lines down and dampening news from the week. Residents noted unusually warm days and hoped for cooler weather as families visited, dined, and shared illness updates while attending Sunday events. Local social updates include visits among neighbors and weekly illness notes, with a general sense of resilient routines despite weather disruption.
Miss ata Magers and Miss Ruby Jarvis visited Miss Julia Strecker Sunday while Mr Boyd dropped by G. M. Magers Wednesday. Raymond Foster visited Dan and Will Magers Thursday. Bob Wheeler, returning from California, plans to stay. Ben Major remains hospitalized in St. Louis with pneumonia but improving. A youth gathering skated at Leo Belline’s lake Saturday night. Mrs Williams departs after four months to return to Boise via Joplin. Mrs Leo Sheets recovering from a sprain as Ben Well and wife assisted J. P. Bell on Sunday. Mrs Tometl, Mrs Massey and Mrs Jarvis cooked for them.
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