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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
8
A historical Jasper Missouri notice appears in print with a postal matter stamp dated September 21, 1608, indicating an old registration detail likely tied to newspaper publishing and postal use.
Advertising rates listed per inch and per line with variable space for classified notices. Copy must be reserved for Tuesday evening insertion. Resolutions of respect and cards of thanks may be billed by the line, with poetry offerings clearly marked.
Cordz and Son and Glen Cartwright with wife will relocate to the old Earl place four miles east of Jasper to assist Kit Earl on the farm. Mrs. A. Richardson of Asbury visits her mother and sisters Mrs. Agnes Kincaid and Mrs. Jessie Wardlow and her son Harold Richardson. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hamilton southeast of Jasper. Mrs. Hamilton was Daisy Kunkler. Lynn J. Squier visits from Tulsa to spend Sunday with his parents, and sister Mrs. L. C. Jones from Nebraska visits. Bert Cline tops last month’s typewriting contest at the Springfield business college. Rev. E. A. Sapp attended the Jasper County ministers meeting at Carthage with Dr. Bagby speaking. C. S. Johnston, Zion farmer, returns from rest and trip to Washington and Ohio ready to farm again. Frank Gulick attends a big Hereford sale in Kansas City and will move to the Johns place near Carthage this week.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to neighbors who helped after a house fire last Friday and notes most furniture was saved. It also reports the city marshal urging public compliance with an ordinance prohibiting running at large of animals within city limits, with enforcement expected.
Mrs Myrtle Quine returned to Carthage after a week helping care for patients at her daughter’s home. Several families moved or recovered from illness, including Marion King west of Exrom and Will Law at the Garrett place. Farm moves followed, with Art Mevins and Art Crown among visitors. Blue Star Telephone Co. elected officers with Grieg president and Will Law as secretary treasurer.
The report notes Ralph Cline visiting Jasper and his parents near Carthage, with several families attending a sale at Webberly. Other mentions include visits to Mrs J A Way and Carthage, a Nor ton County resident Mr. Johnson dying in Maramec, and burials and family travels around Lamar, Silas Denniston, and Ityan families.
A clipped fragment recalls Tricklater who fell two stories without injury and quips about paying accident insurance just yesterday while noting he is not hurt, reflecting a lurid yet humorous tone from the era.
The Corde family express thanks for the sympathy shown after a great loss. They request public recognition of the kindness received as a grateful acknowledgment. Also mentions shrapnel cartridge case composition and a note on college life remarks by Frank A. Vanderlip about requiring early impact for future recognition.
Burke, the British statesman, is credited with coining the term the fourth estate to describe the press. The designation emerged as a powerful, informal class alongside the three traditional estates and the government.
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