Neighborhood News From Jasper Readers
Neighborhood news notes visits and personal updates from Jasper and Carthage area residents. Mentions Lucile Scott, Mrs. Cartwright, Myra Tiller, Mrs. Dean, and many local families. A Sunday sermon was given, weather affected services, and a barn fire caused by lightning destroyed corn and hay with total losses for Tom Carter’s barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Sutton Lloyd Winder
Lester Goddard
Clarence Simmions
Ralph Sterling
Fred Goddard
Estey Busby
Ray Earls
Stanley Saylor
Vada Walker
Emhryn Sutton
Lorena Estey
Elsie Grisham
Creola Patrick
Stella Strecker
Tom Carter
Tom Busby
Tom Costly
Grandmother Goff Birthday Surprise Planned Next Sunday
Friends of Grandmother Goff plan a dinner and birthday surprise for next Sunday. A hog owned by Clarence Simmons died recently. Sunday night storm interrupted church exercises preparation. Mrs. Marcum lost a fine colt. Miss Cora Earl visits Miss Vada Walker while Miss Lela Marcum returns from Dade county. Mr. and Mrs. Bull and Mrs Ferguson of Lakeside visit the Carters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goff
Clarence Simmons
Marcum
Cora Earl
Vada Walker
Lela Marcum
Dade County
Bull
Perguson
Lakeside
Carter
Local Sunday Social Notices and Visits
A large Sunday crowd attended Sunday school. Tom Wood bought a McCormick binder on Saturday. Charley Buzzard visited John Brown's on Sunday. Francis Smith visited home folks Sunday. Mrs Minnie Cremer of Pittsburg visited her parents Frank Woods and wife Sunday. Local youths attended a Jasper show Saturday night. Lea Mitchel traded in the area Monday. Clinton Rand went to town Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Scott
Jasper
Fred Earl
Cartwright
Dean
Myra Tiller
Jim Baird
Dickerson
Charley
Lockwood
Mr. Vomier
Wampler
Mahlon Earl
Curtis Ballard
Charley Cartwright
J. J. Schooler
Carthage
Albert Schell
J. F. Curtis
Drayton
Floyd Thomas
J. J Schooler
Follmer
Herbert
O. Follmer
Lowenstein
C. W. Sample
Joe Powell
Basil McClintock
Frank Isenman
Campbell Brothers
Sample
Leighty
H. N
HL. N. Covert
C. V. Ballard
Martha Curtis
Alice Curtis
Lamar
Fern Powell
Clara
Geneva Hubbard
Tom Wood
McCormick
Charley Buzzard
John Brown
Francis Smith
Minnie Cremer
Pittsburg
Frank Woods
Lea Mitchel
Clinton Rand
Prank Woods
Kans
Chas, Hall
Webb City
Jennie Lukens
Mary Lawson
Dorothy Hillie
Joe Smith
Nellie
Walter Lauderbaugh
Harbison’s
Alba
Miss Huffman
Eva Stokes
Luther Wescott
Rain Delays Work as Farmers Welcome Moisture
Farmers celebrate rainfall though it slows field labor for several days. Frank Thacker sowed cowpeas for Arthur Armstrong Monday. Mrs. Norris Cramm and baby visited with her Pleasanton, Kans., kin and Mrs. Ed Russell from Webb City. Henry Graham and wife called on Keith's Saturday night and William Lyman’s family Sunday. Mrs. Chas. Woodrow rest nurseable part time. W. H. Duckett lost a fine horse Sunday night. Mrs. John Carnes suffers neuralgia. Sidney Moore visited Ernest Rex Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Thacker
Arthur Armstrong
Norris Cramm
Baby
C. T. Woodrow
Herbert Lloyd
Pleasanton
Kans
Ed Russell
Webb City
Fred Winter
Henry Graham
Keith
William Lyman
Chas
Woodrow
Weather and farm notes from Malta district
A recent rain aided oats and harvest prep as farmers plan wheat cutting and millet sowing. Local residents including Cather, Johnson, Welsh, Mackey, Magers, Bell, and Keith engaged in daily farm tasks, with livestock care and corn work continuing amid favorable weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cain
Prominent Joplin Democrat Enters Sheriff Race
The News reports I E Burress, a leading Joplin Democrat, announces candidacy for Jasper County sheriff, backed by strong local business and political support. Coverage highlights his long civic ties since 1871, residence at 2006 Byers Ave, and prior role uniting city Democrats with a 1912 unanimous endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Burress
Jasper County
Mocritic
Burress
Joplin
Sarcoxie Record
See County
Pete Burress
Diana
Byers Avenue
City of
Democratic City Committee
News to Her New York Bank Returns
An elderly reader recalls a forgotten detail while perusing a Punch joke about a bank returning money and a missing subject. The witty line juxtaposes curiosity and disappearance, reflecting ironic commentary on financial and social quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Bank
Sanity’s Border Line Delineates Between sane and insane
On Sanity's Border Line experts argue the thin separation between sane and insane. The piece notes a twilight of the mind where people buy and sell, marry and die, living largely out of sync with the world around them.
How to Get a Change for Convalescents
When movement is impossible, rearrange the room. Shift the furniture and pictures to new spots. An invalid tires of constant views. rotating furnishings gives a sense of a new room and renewed surroundings.
Local store records show multiple purchases by area customers
The list notes transactions from Monday to last week including shells wine and oil store items. Buyers include R C Smith J L Miller R H Holton Haynes Jarvis Luther Wescott Bradshaw Budd Bros Follmer J E Cather Tom Dodd C W Sample Horton Lilly Mitchell Cartwright Dawson Gresham Mackey and others purchasing items such as oil stoves wire screens scythes buggies freezers and separators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Smith
J. L. Miller
Tom Dodd
Rev. C. W. Sample
Robert Horton
George Lilly
Henry Covert
Fay Hartley
Emerson
G. C. McConnel
C. E. Lambeth
Dee Erndstone
W. C. Mackey
Chas, Lilly
Lee Mitchell
Cartwright
A. J. Dawson
Seth Gresham
W. Mackey
Royal American Wire
Eimersson
St. Louis
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Neighborhood News
Itams
Zion
DEWEY
Farmers Union
Malta
Jake Cather
W. A. Johnson
G. M. Magers
John Welsh
Jiny Etter
J. P. Bell
Bud Mackey
Roy Mackey
Velma
Mrs. Thornton
Lebanon
P. E. Burress
Sheriff Wind
John Murphy
C F
Rex
Grand Jury
Wm. Smith
Grimm
Henry Winder
Levi Miller
Jesse Sufiens
C. F. Rex
Lynnland
F. S. Appers
Henry Bracy
M. Dorman
G.G. Ellis
F. Flord
Wm Gamnill
Wm. Mires
G. W. Rove
J. F. Warren
Mittie Fisher
L.S. Kemmerly
W. J. Norton
W. E. Rep
R. H. Holton
Jasper Rural
Bell
Hiomer Bayne
DSA
Stancar
Hioree
Sharp
Airdome
St James Hotel
Rice & Chapman
Atlantic Inn
Cleveland Plain Dealer
J.E. Carr & Co
H. H. Sharp Merc. Co
Ithe
Case CO
J. E. Porter
W.T. Berry
East 13Th Street
Buckion
Arnica
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