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Jasper News

Location

Jasper, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1919

Page

5

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Advertising Rates for Page Space and Notices

Advertising rates listed include ten cents per inch per issue for last and inside pages with front page space contracted. Local notices priced per line at six cents per issue, with copy due by Tuesday evening. Resolutions of respect cards of thanks and obituary poetry charged per line.

Local notes from Jasper and vicinity spread across town

Local items report Silas Deniston with a cracked arm from a horse kick near Jasper and Art Tubler returning downtown after a minor mishap. Harold Spaid leaves for Kansas City to take a substitute mail clerk post. Dan Magers and G I Hossack visit Arkansas where Hossack buys a 6 acre apple orchard. A 12 year old near Jasper injures four fingers in a binder. H J Deardorff and wife visit from Nowata Oklahoma. Mrs Deardorff projects recovery after Mayo Hospital treatment. R B Griffith and wife relocate from Deming New Mexico to Jasper. Griffith shifts to advertising in Memphis.

Harold Spaid Joplin Jasper Kansas City

Spectacles and their ancient origins in sight aids

The term spectacle derives from Latin spectaculum meaning show or display. Some claim Florentine monk Alessandro di Spina and others Roger Bacon invented eye aids in the thirteenth century. They created a spectacle for those with defective sight.

Alessandro di Spina Roger Bacon

Raising Foxes on Ranches Industry Spreads Northward

The article notes ranch breeding of foxes expanding across Canadian provinces and northern U S. states, with beginnings in Japan and Norway. It highlights domesticating the black fox under favorable climate conditions and expanding in similar regions.

United States Japan Norway

Stranger in the Neighborhood Sparks Stepfather Confusion

A Chicago Tribune passage notes a family moving in and a boy revealing the man is not his biological father but a stepfather. Robert explains to the observer that James’ father is someone else, calling him a second-handed daddy in casual terms.

Robert Robert Aid James Mummna Chicago Tribune

Carthage Plans July Fourth Homecoming For War Veterans

The City of Carthage invites all Eastern Jasper County Great War veterans to a July 4 1910 homecoming. Veterans are asked to wear uniforms if possible and meet at the Armory at 10:00 a.m. for a township‑ordered parade. The route goes east to Grant Street north to Fourth Street west to Main north to Third east to Grant south to Chestnut west to Garrison north to Sixth and into Central Park. A picnic will follow at the park with baskets provided for those without a sponsor. submit names in advance to the arranging committee: Westley Halliburton Ward L. Sebrants and Lawrence Gray.

Carthage Jasper County Armory Main Grant Streets Fifth Street Doval Township Jackson Township Jasper Township Lincoln Township Madison Township Marion Township McDonald Township Preston Township Jasper Sarcoxie Township Sheridan Township Union Township Boy Scout Grant Street Fourth Street Third Grant Chestnut Garrison Sixth Central Wark Westley Halliburton Ward L. Sebrants Lawrence Gray

First Street on a Boom in Jasper

First Street from the schoolhouse to Grand Avenue is rising as a top residential area in Jasper with most property owners pledging 25 dollars for gravel or chat. The Commercial Club will help fund the improvement as neighbors sell and buy properties along the street.

First Street Grand Avenue Jasper Commercial Club Jay Good John Ward McMnahan Good Walter Tubler

Making Goodness Attractive Quote

The excerpt argues popularity is not the best standard but usefulness. It urges presenting goodness in appealing, clear ways so others gladly accept rather than scorn it. If goodness is made beautiful, its value is better embraced.

Memorial tablet honors Horace Greeley at East Poultney site

The Vermont Press association placed a memorial tablet on the old East Poultney building that housed the Northern Spectator, where a 14 year old ragged boy began an apprenticeship in 1825 and learned the craft that shaped him into a prominent journalist.

Horace Greeley Vermont Press Association East Poultney Northern Spectator

Taboo Word Origin and Significance Explained

The article explains taboo as a concept meaning something set apart or prohibited due to sacred or accursed status. It traces the term to Polynesian and New Zealand institutions and notes its impact on English usage. The piece highlights how taboo has shaped language about prohibition and sacredness.

Polynesia New Zealand

To Kill Plant Lice On Cnetus Plants

A short note advises spraying the plant with a very weak solution of elum. One to two percent. The mixture is described as harmless to the plant yet lethal to pests.

Charming new cottage for sale near inquiry office

Pleasant three bedroom style? New cottage with five rooms and one bath, priced with a $150 monthly rent or low price. Contact this office for details and viewing times.

Miss Edna Yates Passes Away in Bethel Community

Edna Yates died last Thursday after a brief illness following influenza. She was 19, born June 1 1900, and survived by her parents, two sisters Mrs Will Wood and Mrs Ray Bowman, and brother Ernest Yatee. Funeral Saturday at Bethel Church conducted by Rev Crockett, burial Waters Cemetery. Edna joined Bethel M I Church at 12 and was active in Sunday School. Her death saddens the Bethel community.

Edna J. E. Yates Bethel Church Jasper Mr. Crockett Waters Cemetery Will Wood Ray Bowman Ernest Yatee Bethel Bethel M. i

Funeral for Mrs. Ethel Wright Near Jasper Missouri

Mrs. Ethel Wright born near Jasper Missouri in 1814 died in 1919 at age 25 years 4 days after a long illness. She resided at a tuberculosis hospital in January where she died, leaving husband I M Wright a daughter and stepdaughter, parents Ki D Owen and wife, two sisters Myrtle Coiner and Ana Baucam, two brothers Karl Owen and Koy Owen, and many relatives. Funeral services were at Knell's Chapel with Rev. Trowbridge officiating and Irvin French singing, burial in Brethren Cemetery.

Ethel Wright Jasper Dunes Imarl I.M. Wright Ki. D. Owen Mra Myrtle Coiner Ana Baucam Carthage Karl Owen Joplin Koy Owen Knell's Chapel Trowbridge Irvin French Brethren

The Time He Hurries

A seventeen year old faces pressure from family and a romance as he weighs choosing a trade and considers statesmanship or professional baseball as his path. The note appears in the Kansas City Star.

Kaongas City

Clergyman’s Search Ends in Barn Revelation

A clergyman grieving a missing nurse preached on Job seeking knowledge of her whereabouts. A boy, thinking the pastor haunted the horse, exclaimed that the horse lay in Deacon Smith’s barn, revealing the misdirected clue. The tale blends a dusk hunt with a comic, sober punchline about misplaced worry.

Job Deacon Smith

Also Mentioned on This Page

THE Jasper News Arthur F. Drake Missouri Jasper, Mo Ieassone Ozark Press Association Silas Deniston Art Tubler Jess Willard Dan Magers G. I. Hossack Arkansas Mr. Hossack W. W. Brown H. J. Deardorff Nowata, Okla R. B. Griffith Deming N. Mex Griff Memphis Edna Yates Plymouth Studebaker Peter Schuttler Webb Bros P.S Bayne Richland Golden City Barten County S. H. Butler Golden City of Sheridan
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