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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
8
Advertising rates specify space on the last page and inner pages at 12.44 dollars per inch per issue. Front page space is contracted. Local notices cost 5 cents per line per issue. Copy must arrive by Tuesday evening. Resolutions of respect cards and obituary poetry billed by line.
Steve Cordz, Ernest Crawford, E E Johnson and Harold from Springfield depart for Branson on a 16 day fishing trip. Claude Hill and wife of Greenfield spent weekend in Jasper and plan to move to Springfield. Walter Dodd reports June hog business best month, shipping many bred gilts and sows to seven states. Mrs James Cherry of Carthage visited relatives. Ralph Roberta and Gwendolyn Wine joined for Fourth. Dr Ira Palmer of Onarga Illinois visits Jasper farms. Kincaid Bros. manage Palmer's farm. Palmer plans to return in fall to rebuild barns. Visitors at St James Hotel include J W Jackson family, Mrs H L Preston of Des Moines, and Mrs A B Riggs of Independence with sister relations. John Carr leaves for Decatur after 16 days, still fond of Jasper. Ongoing note: Our Occasional Observance jokes about matching pennies vs dress goods.
A literary note quoting E. P. Whipple on Milton's grand diction. The piece highlights how Milton’s language sweeps through arches and labyrinths, waking musical echoes with every turn and variation of its movement.
A discussion on the vast and growing English lexicon notes that exact word counts are impossible. Dictionaries estimate 400000 to 690000 words with many derivatives such as run running ran and runner expanding the vocabulary continually.
Nice new cottage with five rooms and one bath. Lot measures 46 by 150 feet, close in. Inquire at this office for details and pricing.
The United States Geological Survey warns of another coal shortage this fall and winter unless immediate action is taken to boost production. Mines operate at reduced labor and output, with delayed orders blamed for inadequate stock, risking insufficient supply for homes and industry.
Console yourself dear reader and brother. This remark notes human nature’s tendency toward sameness over originality and counsels self comfort. The speaker urges acceptance of common traits and warns against overestimating personal uniqueness.
A report claims keeping lamps and heaters using kerosene scrupulously clean yields real savings and markedly reduces the unpleasant odor commonly associated with kerosene burning.
A mother searches for her 4 year old son Charlie and finds him in a library sprinking water on a valuable book left on a table. He explains he is wetting it because his father said it was too dry. The quirky note captures the child’s innocent mischief.
The text explains the evolution of the kingdom's name. It notes that England Scotland and Wales formed Great Britain after the 1707 union, which remained until the 1801 union with Ireland created Great Britain and Ireland.
The text traces month names to figures and words: January from Junus, February from lebrua purificationa Sabine word, March from Mars, April from aperio open, May from Maia goddess of growth, Juno from Junius, July from Julius, August from Augustus, September from septem seven, October from octo eight, November from novem nine, December from decem ten.
Old notice appeals to retrieve borrowed buggy shafts with a request for return. No additional details on date or location are provided.
The term windfall meaning good luck originates in the era of William the Conqueror when timber cutting in royal forests was illegal. Peasants could only gather wood blown down by windstorms, a practical windfall hailed as luck, giving rise to the modern usage.
A compact quotation attributed to Shakespeare contrasts noble sacrifice with a life of ease, expressing a patriotic ideal akin to martial virtue and collective sacrifice for one's country.
A child shows a new suit with a small wooden whistle. While the family dines away, the boy explains he cannot wear it that evening because the whistle is broken. The tale centers on a simple domestic moment and a child’s odd attachment to the whistle.
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