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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
5
Lynnland school held Sunday afternoon services and decided to start at 6 o clock Sunday morning. Officers elected include Elmer Pugh superintendent Wn Woods assistant superintendent Nellie Ferguson organist and Ruby Wescott secretary. Everyone is invited to attend.
The annual meeting of stockholders in Farmers and Merchants Bank of Jasper is called at the bank on Wednesday June 12 at 2 p.m. to elect officers and attend to 16 other business matters.
H. L. Bishop advertises Waldorf shoes priced at 2.50 dollars, claiming they equal any 3-dollar shoe, inviting customers to view the selection.
In Zion area reports praise two showers and a recent rain that revived crops and lifted spirits. Miss Ina Strecker and Pearl Johnson of Jasper visited, as did Miss Margaret Beam, with Jessie Johnston. The young people's league gathered Sunday night, cherries and cherry pie were noted, and a planned trip to Reed's Station for strawberries was canceled by heat and dry winds. Ralph Berry bought the Courtney farm on the Base Line. Johnson and Hale added a new independent line to Jasper for better service. The town mourned the one year old of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Kincaid, buried at McGoffin Cemetery.
Big Type Poland China hogs for sale year round. Stock including young males and females. Located one mile south and one mile west of Jasper, on Frank Kina road.
Vernon Matthews, Edmore North Dakota school superintendent, plans arrival in Deweytown Monday for vacation with his parents. His wife will join later via Boston and Philadelphia. Other local items note health, farming, social visits, church events and a Saturday afternoon gathering with Miss Lorena Estey and Mr. Flowers in Mt. Mori ah town.
Road grading dominates the week with many donations and some long hours. Mutton chops demand rises while lamb quarters are tried. seven lambs were killed in one night for J Winner. Wolves and dogs suspected in livestock losses. The Goldhammer 80 acres sold to a Kansas man for 45 dollars per acre. Ralph Hill rents the farm and will hand it to the new owner March 1. Central telephone line cut to the south, new line crews named. Ice cream supper well attended, proceeds about two dollars. Fred Miller bought a new binder for grain. Early tax rising. flax crop poor. Mrs. John Carnes with son Frank, his wife ill. Loyd Magers, H. A. Ringer, P. Shell and families visited Clyde Southwick. Charley Wright helped Adam Malone. Lebannon to have preaching by Rev. DeJerill next Sunday. A Monday shower cooled the area. Lawrence Baker suffered a severe electric shock at the dynamo, unconscious briefly, recovering by morning. Thanks extended to friends for help during illness and death of Mrs. Fuller.
Bethel Sunday school attendance was light while next Sunday is preaching Sunday with all invited. Farmers benefited softly from Monday evening showers though not enough for crops. Oats stand tall, but many stand heads eight inches high and are hard to cut with a mower. Decoration day was observed with graves visited and fresh flowers from lawns and gardens. Mrs Holiday from Iowa visited to lay flowers on her daughter’s grave. Giants vs Baw Boyes at the latters' diamond. Giants scored heavily, Bluetox with limited practice may fare better next time. Dry weather affects corn and blackberry crop. insects worsen. Gardens look dry. ice cream social planned for Weneht team, hosted at Mr Yates home. Sunday school to mark Children's Day with an active program. all hands on deck. A harvest of Lester Adams and his bride celebrated Monday eve. boys fish on creek bank while crops dry. Uncle Bram Cling proclaims first new potatoes, but crop looks thin without rain. Parley Cline rejoices at prospects of corn to feed his wife's chickens, likely reaching incubator totals near one thousand this week.
F J Schooler and Mr and Mrs W C Thomas recently returned from Kansas City where Mr Thomas visited the Kaw metropolis. Eight years earlier he commanded a local oil crew that included Henry H Murray now in business in Kansas City J W Reagan an Emporia farmer and He Tl Herr editor of the Kansas City Post. The four met again in Kansas City with a midweek reunion noted in Monday's Post featuring a large group photo.
Mrs Anna Hammond and her son Harvey of Drummond Oklahoma are the guests of J Rome and Mrs Dodd, a sister of the Oklahoma Nady.
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