Fourth of July plans loom over Liberty Grove
The community gears up for a big Fourth of July celebration at Liberty Grove with expectations of a first class event and a record breaking crowd. Farmers report ongoing rains harming wheat and corn planting, with widespread field work and damages noted. Local residents and visitors attend piano lessons in Golden City amid social visits and illness, while a farm accident leaves Jearnal with a broken shoulder but recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Grove
Dewey Ice Cream Social Draws Farmers Union Crowd
Saturday night at the Dewey home of Mr. and Mrs. O D Wood the farmers union hosted an ice cream social. Over two hundred guests attended including Carthage musicians Carthage visitors and Jasper residents. The event featured a Carthage colored quartet and speeches by Judge Bright. The committee Bayne Woods Simmons and Courtney organized all arrangements and the crowd dispersed after midnight without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. Wood
Farmers Union
Carthage
Walt and
Elmore Carter
Carterville
Robert Elliott
Judge Bright
Frank ‘Logan
Mrs. Girton
Hardenbrook
Jasper
Wheat harvestes and local visitors noted in Blue county
Farmers harvest wheat while a sequence of Sunday visits highlights ties among Dora and Bessie Taylor of Carthage and Greenfield with their brother Paris Taylor, plus numerous neighbors. The 7 month old Budd child burial from Kansas at Waters cemetery closes the item with a sentimental note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora
Bessie Taylor
Carthage
Greenfield
Paris Taylor
Job Miller
Grant Miller's
Weather note recalls 1881 June heat and crop woes
Lebanon records a hot noon 102 and 80 by night, comparing current conditions to 1881 as farmers race time lost to rain. Mentions broom corn planting by John Carr, Alaska visitor at Mrs Woodrow, Fred Rex delivering hogs, Bernard of Kenoma on the street, and Crandall Bros introducing new potato chips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carr
J. Miller
Chas. Woodrow
Alaska
Fred Rex
Jasper
Mr. Bernard
Kenoma
Uno
Harvesting talk as wheat yields described in Lynnland
Local notes report harvest talk in Lynnland with wheat described as fairly good. Families visiting and hosting are listed including Hardway, Byers, Wescott, Patterson, Frost, Cather and Milton households. Social visits span Carthage Preston and Joe Cather areas with ice hauling by Elmer Pugh.
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Floyd Hardway
Carthage
Willie Peterson
Elmer Pugh
Jack Milton
Kate Cather
Joe Cather
Zion Wheat Harvest Captioned Week News
Zion reports wheat harvest in full swing with locals noting visitors from Purcell and recovery from sunstroke. Families, neighbors, and harvest helpers are mentioned as hot weather and busy schedules limit other news this week.
Nevada photographer to exhibit at Jasper studio
C E Keeling, noted Nevada photographer holding one state medal, will be at the former Eckles studio in Jasper the coming Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. He is regarded as one of the best in the state and will be glad to take your portrait. Call for details.
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C. E. Keeling
Nevada
Eckles
Jasper Eagh
Local Farm Work and Visits Across Dublin Area
Alva Dyson works four miles west of Golden City while Will Lane and J C Webber cut wheat and corn respectively. Mrs Lucy Long visited Dublin relatives last week as Frank and Able Sharp harvest. Webber mowed straw berry patch Monday. Strawberry short cake ends for the year. Mrs Armstrong wove 25 yards of carpet for Mrs Hughes of Jasper last week. Miss Massa Grider works. Bessie Sharp visits Carrytown with Mrs Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Dyson
Golden City
Will Lane
J. C. Webber
Lucy Long
Dublin
J.C. Webber
Malty notes on local wheat cutting and visits
Farmers in Malty region harvest wheat while residents and visitors travel between Carthage and nearby households. Mrs. Joe Magers and Ernest, Mrs. Phenigar and Albert visit relatives, with several local residents hosting guests from Jasper and Washing ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Magers
Ernest
Phenigar
Albert
Carthage
Clyde Reffus
Washington
G. M.magers
Myrtle Mackey
Faskins
Rowenah Hendricks
Jasper
Cassville Reunion Set for August 16 19 in Southwest Missouri
The Cassville reunion, billed as the biggest annual event in Southwest Missouri, runs four days August 16 through 19. It promises fine grounds, spring water, orderly grounds, speakers, music, and ample amusements. Privileges may be addressed to the Privilege Committee Cassville Mo Benton Rosains president E N Meapor secretary. Extra copies of the News available at 5 cents. J R Wheat seeks to buy your cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Cassville
Benton Rosains
E. N. Meapor
Sec’y
Lost-One Locust Plague In 1893 Visit Recalled
The writer asks about 17 year locusts due this year and recalls the 1893 invasion when they appeared mid May and lingered until July fourth. They caused great damage to orchards and left sidewalks littered with thousands of bodies after dying off suddenly in many towns.
Worth Your Time Piano Contest Attracts Jasper Girls
No more liberal offers were ever made than the News is making the young ladies of Jasper and vicinity in connection with our big piano contest. Special prizes guarantee value for time spent soliciting subscriptions. The $400 piano will be awarded to a contestant, in addition to extra prizes, for a few weeks of easy work.
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Jasper
Vicinity
Signatures Secured For Local Baseball Team Plan
The petition to back a baseball team gathered the required signatures, reaching thirty. While late to start a team, several boys already play on other squads and are in good shape. The favored plan is to field an all home team this year.
Freshman Wins Free Scholarship at Local College
Guy Webb, a freshman at the Kansas City business college, won a free scholarship awarded to the winner of a penmanship contest held at the schoolhouse weeks ago. His achievement reflects well on him for being new to college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Webb
Kansas City Business College
Guy
Mrs. C. R. Wallar Returns Home From Visit
Mrs. C. R. Wallar of Sarcoxie came home today after a brief visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Hi Hendricks. She was accompanied by Mrs. Wm. Sargent, Hendricks niece, who has been their guest for two weeks. Mrs. Sargent will remain a few days at Sarcoxie before continuing to Blackwell Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Metzger
Arthur Probert
Clara Hubbard
J. R. Cearnal
Golden City
Cearnal
Earl Maddox
Jessie Johnston
Ethel Adams
Golda Deen
Hattie, Almer
Volna Cearnal
Homer Sherrel
Dudley Elting
C. R. Wallar
Sarcoxie
Hi Hendricks
Wm. Sargent
Mr. Hendricks
News announces three fine prizes in July ad
The announcement invites readers to check this issue for details on three special prizes to be given away in July.
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Liberty
Stella
Narcissa Keeper
Bessie Armitage
Hattie
Almer Cearnal
Miss Golda Deen
Joplin
Charley Carder
Ellis Cearnal
Lamar
Ova White
Narcissa
Geneva Hubbard
Probert
Jess Corder
J. McCall
McCall
del Beam, Agt
Eta
Crow Mere. Co
F. A. Miller
Frank Keltner
Pedro Tidball
Tom Clark
Della
Clara
Drue
J. Everette
Bertie Taylor
Mr. Lucas
Mike Snaller
Fred
J. Frake
Gilbert Keltner
Huston Cline
Lebanon
Crandall Bros
Lynnland
Wm, Wood
Carl
Charley Wood
Perry Wescott
Charley Patterson
Press Roberts
Lee Mitchell and Son
I. Y. Byers
Mr. Dixon
Chas Wescott
Elmer Frost
Preston
Jake Byers
Frisco Lines
L. W. Brice, Div
Passgr. Agt
West Fourth St
Joplin, Mo
Mrs. Lanham
Purcell
John Gobr
E. D. Boyd
Hugh Kincaid
Blue
C. E. Johnston's
Herbert Follmer
Roy Seiier
Harry
Herschel Radford
Don Johnston
Dr. McCaughtry
Rev
Elbert Heffner
Terry
Golden City Band
Frank
Able Sharp
Massa Grider
Bessie Sharp
Carrytown
Mrs. Long
Fred Welsh
W. C. Mackey
Hugh H. Magers
Colorado
Jim Etters
Mr. Day
Roy Mackey
Magers
Cassville Reunion
J. R. Wheat
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