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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
4
The News lists Republican primary candidates for August 4 and Democratic primary candidates subject to the voters. Names include Perry Brock for Associate Judge, J. C. Ross for Presiding Judge, N. A Kelso for Probate Judge, Won. Wharton for County Clerk, Bert Johnson for County Collector, Frankff Ross for Circuit Clerk, and W. H. Phelps for State Senate.
A humorous yet earnest tribute extols the silo as a farmer’s best investment. It describes fermentation inside filled silos raising temperatures to cook and predigest waste roughage into wholesome silage. The piece claims weed seed eradication, lab work, and better livestock feeding reduce costs and boost profits.
The piece warns that 66 percent of US bird life is gone due to human activity and that losing the remaining 10 percent would leave the country uninhabitable from pests. It laments prairie chickens and quail near extinction and notes insects and moths killing trees, with farmers suffering a yearly penalty of about 1.66 billion dollars. the boll weevil in Texas harms cotton.
Sarcoxie Regord discusses the chinch bug ravaging wheat fields nationwide, causing losses estimated at $100,000 annually. The piece questions whether protecting bird life can curb the pest damage and highlights the need for effective agricultural practices.
A quotation from Professor Mullen of International Harvester urges Missouri farmers to stay on the farm. He warns that retired farmers moving to town die cheaply and burden tax costs, urging them to remain rural. The speaker criticizes urban move, predicting a small funeral procession and social disdain for “close fisted old cadgers.”
A garbled catalog of garments, linens, and fabrics highlights sale pricing across yard goods, percales and tolled patterns in blues, pinks, blacks, and whites. Includes dresses, shirts, wool skirts, cotton percale, Madras, twill, crash toweling, curtain materials, matting, and mercerized napkins with heavy discounts and per-yard or per-set pricing.
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