12 Jul 1906
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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1906
Page
1
A farmer pamphlet urges early, efficient plowing as wages rise and workers grow scarce. It touts a new Economy disc gang plow and a Best Ever gang with high foot lift and close hitch, urging farmers to adapt to higher costs and labor shortages in Missouri fields.
In a local agricultural appeal readers are urged to hire laborers sparingly and optimize every acre. The piece recommends a Great Western manure spreader, pricing at 115 dollars, and advises using Swift's Fertilizer and bone meal products to boost yields. It notes early plowing aids soil health and hints at future purchases of farm wagons for grain transport.
The Christian Church hosts a large union service where Miss Ella Leverett shared ten years of foreign mission work in China, including experiences in Shanghai and Seo Chong. She described her education struggle, displayed Chinese artifacts, and led a crowd-pleasing Chinese song with the congregation.
A. D. Robert has recently enhanced his East Maiden Lane home by laying concrete walks along the street and around the premises. He added a concrete cistern platform and refreshed the house with a new paint coat inside and out, making the property one of the prettiest in town.
Jasper readers flocked to Carthage Chautauqua sessions over ten days as tents multiplied and the grand auditorium proved inadequate. Praise rang for Sterling Jubilee Singers Dunbar Male Quartette and speakers Dr Fox Dr Willett and Elbert Hubbard, with organizers urged to invite these acts again next year.
Miss Grace Buckley and Miss Lanah Hess, representatives of Bethany Bible School Chicago, spoke in Jasper on Monday and Tuesday to advocate for Dunkard church mission work. They seek funds for aid to the poor and outcast in Chicago where a Sunday School serves over two dozen children each week.
The Preston Township Sunday School Association holds its regular annual convention at the M. E. Church South in Preston on Sunday July 29. The program will be printed next week.
Dr Chester of the firm V L Chester & son, who came from Mound City Kansas to establish medicine here two months ago, returns to hospital practice due to his ailing father and crowded field. He departed Thursday night and his goods will follow.
A noisy notice invites readers to a bargain event next Saturday July 14 urging attendance at a local sale. It includes casual sign off from J. D. Harbur and mentions Harley and Late in a casual promotional style.
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