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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
8
The Jasper News from Jasper Missouri shows the publisher Arthur F Drake as editor and printer. The paper was entered at the Jasper post office as second class matter on September 21, 1899.
The notice states that rates are six cents per line for regular notices of sales dinners and other events for churches lodges and recreation groups. Black type per line is required and payment is due as specified.
J. A. McMillan authorizes The News to announce his candidacy for the office of county collector, subject to the will of the Republican voters at the August primaries.
Mrs Glover Springer and Mr Frank Springer quietly wed at Carthage in early April. The marriage united the widowed widow of Frank's elder brother with his younger brother, four months after the brother died in Canada. The couple, praised by the community, includes Wrank Springer farming with his father.
Seven men face charges of dynamiting fish in Center Creek near Lakeside after a raid by Constable Ed Hansford. Six were arrested Monday. a seventh was sought in Treece Kansas. Bond set at 500 dollars each. case notes say some confessed and extra dynamite was hidden.
In April, predatory losses rose in Colorado with a Biological Survey hunter tallying 14 wolves, 125 coyote pups, 125 unborn coyotes, 32 coyote females, plus several males and mountain lions. A notorious old pair and their pups devastated calves near DeRoque, prompting federal hunters to trap and kill six puppies and eventually the mature wolves, ending with a 6-foot pelts. Traps captured the old male north of Grand Junction and the female nearby, concluding a costly campaign for stockmen.
Hull mayor H A Vincent notes that delinquent automobile license holders must pay by July 1 1922 to avoid proceedings under chapter 18 section 217 I E. Vincent and wife plan a trip to Pike County then California. Virgil Brown returns home from Arizona for a visit.
A May issue of the Missouri Road Bulletin from the state highway department contains an item titled A Vigorous Complaint. It quotes Edwin B. Austin jeering at road conditions after heavy rains, describing mud holes two feet deep along a rough route near Carthage and Reeds, Missouri, and threatening a new car if traveled a month after rain.
A rare 1785 bill of sale tied to the estate of Aaron Moore lists English pounds for items like saddles pewter goods a Bible looking glass plow bees and horses. The document once owned by Dr. B Albertson and now in Kansas City details public sale terms dated February 1785 and valued in old currency.
A Carthage Press sale listing lists livestock including a brown cow at 3 pounds 10 shillings a red and white eyed cow yearling at 4 pounds a brindled heifer at 2 pounds 16 shillings plus a sow and six pigs 2 pounds 2 shillings and four old sheep with two lambs at 2 pounds 7 shillings a negro man named Sam at 18 pounds and a negro woman named Phebe at 3 pounds 4 pence Seventy six and a half acres of land priced at 76 pounds 11 shillings with numerous household items and small goods priced from 1 to 10 shillings The sale totaled 243 pounds 17 shillings and 6 pence.
A fragment notes broad erosion of distinct rural identity as communities blend into prevailing legal norms. The text hints at widespread change affecting cultural roots and social practices. No clear individuals or organizations are named.
A humorous remark notes a man so frugal he refuses to buy glasses, turning the situation into a self made spectacle.
A concise reflection suggests anyone who constantly observes time becomes one with it, likening the watcher to a clock hand and implying limited agency as minutes pass. The remark highlights the toll of obsessive punctuality on personal independence and pace.
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