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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1903
Page
2
Webb Brothers urge readers to buy drugs, paints, hardware, wires, and farm implements in Jasper. They tout low prices achieved by carload purchasing and claim to beat all rivals in southwest Missouri. They promote the town as the best place to live and trade and solicit customers with a friendly, self serving sales pitch.
A pious temperance editorial chain discusses the moral and financial impact of abstinence. It cites English economic thought praising restraint, a Missouri town rejecting saloons, and Southern Pacific railbars policy shifts. It notes a book dealer’s libraries revealing dissipation, and promotes a temperance reform stance endorsed by a national association. Potential medical ad mentions Hall’s Calomel and Pills.
An old advertisement notice from Waverly Texas seeks mariners and sailors to advertise a product sale at Boucher & Bates. It touts Ballard's, Witt's Salve, and Chamberlain's tablets with offers of free samples and discounted prices, promising cures and throat relief.
Fragmentary report describes a fall causing a dislocated shoulder with vague references to a patient named Johanus Sowetholm of Fengus Falk Ming and a series of unrelated advertisements for patent medicines and household products, set amid garbled lines and stray names in the crumbling text. The piece also mentions weather changes, local merchants, and survival of a crime story fragment, all stitched into a single unreadable column.
An ad mentions croup and a recommended remedy for children. It urges prompt treatment and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best option, warning against experimenting with other medicines. The notice is attributed to Webb Brow.
A promotional notice touts interest-bearing gold bonds with 4 percent semiannual dividends secured by a trust company. It claims over a million dollars in assets, $100,000 spent on development, and a small stock issue for a concentrating plant. Wealthy conservative investors and Cincinnati bankers are cited as stockholders, promising 34 percent on the bond and a forthcoming stock dividend within six months.
The Circuit Court in Jasper County Missouri orders publication in the Japer News. Sofronin Rosella Johnson seeks a divorce from William B Johnson on abandonment grounds after repeated separation. Defendant must appear by the next term in Carthage or default.
Mary F. Robinson files for divorce from George H. Robinson in Jasper County Missouri Circuit Court Carthage. Notice by Clerk of Vacation Court orders publication in the Journal newspaper for four consecutive weeks, with the defendant to answer by the set date. Attorneys Thomas and Hackney represent the plaintiff.
Cream separators advertised with lines about quality and guaranteed satisfaction. Mentions Wes Daynes and a domestic dairy equipment maker offering reliable cream separation.
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