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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
1
Lest you forget we urge advance orders for Swift's Fertilizers to ensure stock. We highlight Best Ever and Good Enough sulkies, Moline walking plows, Bain Mandt wagons, Turkey flour, Walk Over shoes, and invite customers to visit Webb Brothers Mercantile Company for supplies.
Jasper baseball team defeated Carthage Blues, later called Grays, in a rough game noted for 26 hits and 12 errors by visitors. Meesra Johnson Roberts Hrighton and Booker led Jasper's offense with multiple hits as a fifth inning barrage sealed the victory. Iron man J Rosswood pitched well despite an eighth inning run on two errors. Scorekeeper Ollie Roberts tallied 50 stolen bases for Jasper.
The state versus Fannie Ray opens today in Carthage before Justice Woodward with many witnesses subpoenaed. Relatives of Charles Ray accuse a foul plot and threaten none of them will attend the prosecution. Mrs Ray reportedly fears acquittal and has sought homes for her children amid rumors of attempted self harm. Meanwhile baseball notes: Claud Boyer injures a knee dislocating a keep and Fred Wagoner substitutes at third while Clyde Wagoner moves to right.
A stray dog robs two bacon pieces from Wheat and Bishop’s grocery then walks down Grand Avenue before being chased away. Pierce Gurley, Purdy mayor and local figure, died July 6 in Purdy Mo after diabetes. News from Barry county and a note about Wolf’s cream cans closes the item.
John T. Carns, born in 1824 in Ohio, died at his Jasper farm three miles southeast of Jasper at 11 last night from general decline due to old age. A veteran of the Mormon, Mexican, and Civil Wars, he had lived in Jasper County since 1836 and was known as upright and honorable. Surviving children include George J. Carns, Mrs Anna Bowers, Mrs Mary Schenck, and Mrs Allie Radford. widow Elizabeth Lilly had died years earlier. Funeral at four this afternoon at the Carns home, burial in Mitchell Cemetery.
A community gathering at Christian Church in Jasper invites all to an Old Folks Day featuring old songs old style singing and an old sermon modeled after historic gospel sermons. Pastor J A Allen leads the event inviting attendees.
A brief note states we are buying cream and testing at a store, paying cash. It requests delivery of cream to Wheat and Bishop. The message includes a stray code 5-l4f £.
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