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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1908
Page
2
Community items mention Miss Rose Kusner visiting Warroosburg and Mrs. Ghinet Phillipa returning from Kainsas, along with various visits, store notes, and upcoming events. Crandall Bros advertise groceries and "The Anelo's Nephew" comedy slated for the opera house. A school supper fundraiser and a W O T U meeting are announced, plus farm plans and local residence moves.
A terse notice mentions Mrs Campbell of Jasper Missouri with repeated name fragments and location, indicating a personal or legal item in the public record. No additional details or dates are legible.
Prices for poultry soared causing the heaviest shipments yet from this point. Hammond Bros paid out over 8700 for chickens last weekend while local traders discuss adoptions of rabbit to bridge the price gap. Snow receded but gloom lingered with little sun for days, even as trade and imports face January price cuts hitting stores.
The Jasper era reports a loaded schedule as Jasper faces the Columbus basketball team on their floor. Columbus has improved and defeated Galena Duo 7 with notable recent results, while Joplin High looms as a tough upcoming visitor. Local officials pursue additional games in Kansas City amid ongoing league investigations.
M Jensen was seen displaying a watch found in the San Francisco earthquake ruins. The silver cage and damaged mainspring belonged to a timepiece recovered from a building reached by fire on the second morning after the quake. The hands still point to 7:50, likely the instant heat stopped the work. The watch is among several earthquake relics in Jensen's possession.
The Paisley brothers W. O. and G. W. announce a public sale at their farm one and a half miles north of Jesper on February 3. They will offer farming implements and land, with options to buy or rent, details sparse due to OCR errors.
A notice requests debtors who owe for a year or more and have paid nothing in the last year to call write or bring cash. The writer, Mrs. O M Carroll of Jolnlin, credits Mrs Geo Rex as guardians and asks prompt action with a personal letter.
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