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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
1
The Columbus Dispatch quotes Hank Himes urging caution: think twice before speaking, thrice before writing, and four times before fighting. The adage emphasizes measured communication and restraint in conflict.
The city street commissioner installs round cement posts at Grand and Main and Grand and First crossings. Each post stands two feet above ground with a four foot cement and gravel bed, reinforced with wagon tire pieces and weighing about a ton. They will be painted white and serve as a warning to drivers.
A big family gathering was held at Will Tabler's home Sunday to celebrate the sixty fifth birthday of Mrs Ursula Tabler. Attending were Mrs Tabler's children W. B. Tabler and family George Tabler and wife of Lakeside Arthur Claude and Harry Tabler Miss Mamie and her nephew Walter Tabler and his wife. The party was described as a very happy family occasion.
A dated naval letter from Mendel Drake Laft in Boston on July 12, 1919, to his father describes sailing plans via Newport News to Boston and San Francisco, with possible cruises to Honolulu or South America. He mentions an upcoming canal transit, drydock in Moston, and his duties as a trombone alto player in a twelve piece band, noting the heat aboard ship and wearing whites.
Roy Avery, long associated with the Jackson-Ros dry goods business, died in Picher Ohio, with burial planned in Redfield. Nine Commercial Club members urged Jasper County to replace a decayed 46 year old Coon Creek bridge on the Jefferson Highway near Jasper, noting hazards and failed prior orders. Judge Daugherty cited limited funds and federal road money uncertainty, pledging action when finances clear.
Lieut Huntington from the Surgeon General's office met with Jasper's school board and city council to urge typhoid prevention. He conducts sanitary surveys, advocates water tight vaults for privies, notes 47 deaths and about 470 cases countywide last year, and stresses protecting water and food sources from contamination.
Mrs M A Quillin and her son Emmett visit J B Cline and wife and Mrs Wm Bosby and friends. Mr Quillin has engaged in the lumber business at Wichita Falls Texas, and his family will move from Picher Oklahoma to that point in a few days.
Chautauqua offers Friday to Sunday programs with six entertainments. Adult season tickets cost 1.50 plus tax, 1.65 total. single admissions 2.48. Children 7 to 12 pay 1.10 total, under 7 free. A six-event lineup includes magic, lectures, concerts, and an impersonator. Committee listed for season tickets.
Mr. Hendrickson from Eldorado Springs Kans visited Jasper to advance a land lease project. A company holds 2,800 acres leased between Boston and Kenoma and south, with drilling to start immediately. Work would begin on the John Stansberry farm four miles east and three north of Jasper.
A city notice from City Marshal W. H. Hager warns boys to keep bicycles off sidewalks and for gun and pistol shooting in the city limits to stop. The minimum fine for noncompliance is five dollars plus costs.
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