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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1910
Page
3
The Sheldon Herald laments a portable or stationary liquor dispensary in town fueling drunkenness and quarrels. The Lamar Democrat calls for citizens to locate and punish the supplier, urging action to stamp out the dissipating traffic and restore dry, peaceful Sheldon.
W H Wallace of Kansas City for the prohibitionista submits petitions from the Fifth District with 4583 names, exceeding the 2050 required. The amendment needs five percent in eleven districts, with only the tenth and eleventh of St. Louis unrepresented. statewide support appears sufficient for ballot placement.
In New Albany Indiana housewives may face a one dollar broom cost as major broom manufacturers predict price rises. Evansville plants pay triple standard for broom corn and report extreme scarcity. County stock would only cover two brooms per family with months to go before further supply. Farmers near New Albany pivot to broom corn due to high prices.
A nineteenth century newspaper lists farm prices like Homes four cents per pound and wheat forty nine cents per bushel while corn sells for twenty cents per bushel and flour at two seventy five per barrel. Side meat costs two and a quarter cents per pound and whisky fifteen cents per gallon. Subscriptions ran two dollars annually if prepaid and three dollars if paid at year end. What do you get for your produce now and do you owe the year’s payment for your home paper?
The town of Sheldon faces a possible newspaper shakeup as the Herald launches, challenging the Enterprise. The newcomer has yet to supply a copy, while locals note both papers may not survive the year. Alda Wheat returns from a three month visit with relatives in Fayetteville and Rogers, Arkansas.
A write up in Sundays Kansas City Journal details the new M. FE. South church at Rich Hill and its pastor Rev. F. A. Culmer who led the Jasper pastorate previously. The old M. BE. South church burned last April, and the new edifice costing 625,000 was dedicated last Sunday with other city churches closing to assist.
Garden Seed Ready Bright advertises a large bulk supply of fresh northern grown garden seed and urges readers to see him at once, noting date 8-3.
The Neosho Times notes Fairchild Texas voted wet but church leaders quietly secured enough licenses to hit the legal limit, leaving the town effectively still dry. Also advertised: early Texas seed oats by H. L. Tallman near Jas. depot, with flour and assorted feeds offered cheaper than elsewhere.
Jasper buyers led a large turnout at the Butler sale of Poland Chips hogs with strong prices. Frank King bought two sows and a boar, Frank Gulick three sows, and Jobo Broker one sow. The event drew stockmen from long distances with notable prices. A King son’s mother reportedly brought 2390 dollars. Also included is an anecdote from J A Stone of Kemp Texas about recovery from a cold through Dr King’s New Discovery, claiming a weight rise from 130 to 178 pounds and advertising the product with price one dollar.
A 2 cent offer promises one year of the Weekly Journal and a choice of 24 post cards. Four sets available include birthday, floral, flower sentiment, and comic designs, all unique. Send 2c plus selection to Premium Dept A, Kansas City, Mo, before the offer ends.
Mrs Maud B Oplinger of Philadelphia touts Dr Miles Nervine for women health saying nervous system faults cause most ills and that Nervine restores strength. She notes many women regained vigor and promises a refund if the first dose does not help.
An older Kansas City notice encourages subscribing to The Star and Times for full daily news at ten cents a week. It touts prompt delivery to subscribers, carrier service, and urges trials, listing H C Burcu as distributor and phone contact 133.
Overhaul farms before spring work begins. Salt and cure pork, collect hickory wood for fuel, and exercise barges. Improve barn sanitation, vermin control, and poultry care. Seek professional help for breaking colts, breed refined poultry, and maintain horses’ health. Emphasizes forage crops and better manure use. Ends with ads for local papers and services.
Stentor Jr a fine black trotting stallion standing 1614 hands weighs 1450 lbs and age five in 1910. Bred at St John place near Jasper Missouri he has 6 Jasper County Fair first premiums and 2 at Lockwood Fair. Sired by Stentor a German Coach stallion with multiple wins. He is a proven breeder and gate foal getter. Terms: 10 to insure colt to stand and suck.
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