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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
8
A dense jumble of short items lists visits, sales, store promos, and social notices. Names such as Laughead Studio, Bright’s store, and J. W. Crandall appear alongside events like W C T U meeting changes and baby arrivals. Mentions include Mrs H F Pitts, J W Roy, LuCreta Hill, Juneita Hendricks, H F Fox, and Nell Glen. Community ads promote Underwear, garden seed, premiums, wagons, and a Dorcas Society sale.
Mrs J A Rhoades and her daughter Mrs Carson Baker of Columbus Kansas spent several days here visiting relatives this week.
Wheat & Disnup store showcases Schram automatic sealing fruit jars. Visitors W Harmony and Frank Farlow, from Joplin and Webb City, spent Sunday with E Burns and family. Also advertises a 3 year old Shorthorn cow with calf for sale through A M Crandall and Sue Lewis.
Earl Wood of Jasper marries May Belle Lawrence, a 1907 graduate, in a surprise wedding last Saturday at Rev. Allen's home. The couple will reside with Earl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wood, four miles west of Jasper, as Earl begins his new role.
Cass Covert reported winner of the grand gold medal in the W C T U contest held in Carthage last Monday evening. Five speakers competed, with Miss Covert praised as the unanimous choice of judges for distinctly superior work. She now advances as an eligible contestant for the diamond medal, the W C T U’s highest honor. Dr Jeffries awarded the medal to Miss Covert, lauding her speech.
The Be Church South lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. The evening service will discuss forming an Epworth League with interested young people urged to attend. Everyone is invited to all services. Pastor Wat E Scuitens.
Program notes listJune 27 at M. E Church featuring music and readings. Participants include Chhurcb, Rev Kirk, Belo Reading numbers, Oma Belo, Lena and Beulah Patterson, Miss Stella Covert. W O Paisley presents medal. benediction follows. Local ads mention cream testing and cash purchase by Wheat & Bishop.
A Jasper blacksmith admired Lamar scenery leading to intoxication. Night Officer Slavens jailed him, then in police court Judge Ward fined him for drinking. Lacking funds, Street Commissioner Williams assigned him labor on the street.
The cement men are busy and the improved appearance of the bordered sheets with white walks shows the value of their work. Jas per had urgent wast needs a year ago but now the town is better fixed than any similar size in the area. Estella Finks, long employed at Mrs Campbell's millinery, has returned to Quincy Illinois after two weeks of visiting friends following her duties ending two weeks prior.
Mr Watermelon and Miss Muskmelon arrive in Jasper as new residents. They are green as newcomers to the country. Mr Watermelon arrives from Texas and calls for about 250 each while Miss Muskmelon sells for about Io.
Wheat and Bishop advertise availability of barrel salt with a concise note stating 3-5f terms or quantities, indicating a trade or procurement detail for potential buyers.
A. M. Crandall’s home grown peaches drew praise after samples left at the office, hailed as the finest this year for appearance and taste. The Missouri peach is celebrated as top among orchard fruits by a large majority.
Traveling representative of Pioneer Stock Dip and Remedy Co. tours Jasper from Kangss City with headquarters at Tobler barn. Demonstrations offered on Pioneer Stock Dips Reme dies dipping tanks and pumps. Call anytime. Chicken raisers seek info on mites. If hogs have cholera, see him. Tabler's barn phone 20.1. Prepared by Geo H. Moore the Pioneer Dip Man. For more info write.
Pioneer Stock Dip and Remedy Co. offices at 285 A and B in Live Brook Hix Kansas City Missouri listed in city directory entry. The brief notice identifies company location and address without additional details.
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