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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1910
Page
2
The Alpha Club of Jasper Mo honors members with stories of courage and patriotism in a gathering. Mrs Ewart acts as toastmistress and Mrs McComb receives a souvenir spoon engraved for the club. Miss Fox presents a speech praising loyalty and generosity.
The Alpha Club held its annual meeting at Mrs J Westies Spords home on February 25 with a patriotic banquet. Members bid farewell to Miss Pod Metyeot who leaves 8901 for Elon as her departure was announced amid the program. Hostesses Mrs Mendone Thirban Loopmaker and Thornton led the event.
In a Detroit News report a long-time prisoner, known as "Joe" Nicholson, told the captain that he could prove his innocence with three witnesses. The captain confirmed the evidence, revealing justice had previously missed him, prompting the convict to reveal he often confessed to offenses he did not commit.
The author argues true reading should provoke reflection and expand ideals rather than serve as mere idle amusement. Reading for sensation or hammock relaxation yields little mental growth, while purposeful engagement develops broader perceptive powers and fresh conclusions.
A Boston dinner party recounts Lady Walrond and a maid of honor to Queen Victoria. The maid notes court diaries are forbidden, and a gentleman jokes about secret diaries before the retort that a maid of honor would not permit it. Also includes a note on Abel Dunning’s horse sense in a mechanics exam with a satirical pin anecdote.
Milwaukee Sentinel reports on a gag about marriage turning a man new and jealousy costs. A first lady jokes about Pitts bores facing a separation as both spouses employ private detectives watching each other. Two detectives trailed them in a car, then another car, spending $40 each to learn they rode together.
The piece reviews a five-city local option fight in Missouri from January 21 to February 3, detailing wet and dry outcomes in Joplin, Webb City, Carterville, Carthage, and the county. It notes campaign methods, alleged vote buying, and the broader push for statewide prohibition, with Joplin's narrow wet victory cited as a major factor shaping future contests.
Wilson, a Black man convicted of killing Millie Plum, white, at Carthage nearly three years ago, faced execution tomorrow after a governor reprieve on February 18. Once defiant, he now fears the gallows as death watch notes his tremor and expected collapse before the noose. He told officers he was not afraid to die though he expects no escape.
Mrs J E Steier of Carthage visited her parents Mr and Mrs Wm Cran yesterday between trains.
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