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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
4
The Charity Union concert in Jasper is postponed to Friday night the 10th due to inability to present the full program tonight. The change was made to ensure the complete program could be performed.
A Lamar Democrat letter from Evangelist E H Williamson rebutts reports of smallpox death in Nevada. He states he had chickenpox after Milford exposure, traveled to Sedalia, and denies death or quarantine, urging correction of errors and noting prejudice in quarantines. The exchange includes a follow-up from Williamson disputing a death notice and asserting health and misstatements.
Due to many youths entering business colleges, The News offers a scholarship to Draughon’s Practical Business College in Springfield Missouri at half regular cost. Good for full courses in Bookkeeping or Shorthand or with small extra fee for either subject. Also notes high school baseball practice game 5 to 8 at depot grounds last Friday.
An advertisement urges teachers to join Moberly Commercial College for bookkeeping, shorthand and typewriting. It claims vacations can lead to higher half yearly salaries, savings, and career stability. Testimonies from J H Stone and Ed Richard praise the program and placement, inviting requests for a 185 catalog at 400 W Reed St, Moberly, Missouri.
Edwin R Streeter, a two year student at Missouri College of Agriculture, won first prize at the international livestock show in Chicago for a paper on Sheep Production. Streeter had learned farming on his grandfather's farm near Kansas City, and after two years entered the contest with practical methods. Other prize winners included O W Johnson Ames Iowa and James Raymond Jones Lafayette Indiana. The article notes growing interest in practical farming among Agricultural College graduates.
The Liberal Enterprise complains merchants face more trade problems in six months due to reduced advertising while mail order houses intensify ads. The note urges towns that advertise to attract trade. J C Cartwright and family depart for Ft Colling Colorado to enter the lumber business. His son Paul will assist, or Halsod Zook during vacation. The paper regrets the loss of a valued family.
A fragment from the WOWO timetable shows southbound service with morning and evening slots at 0:37 a m and 8:20 p m. The text is partial but indicates daily periodized travel times and a recurring pattern for southbound trains or buses. Entities include WOWO and time stamps.
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