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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
12
Advertising rates outline per line charges for local notices at six cents each issue with a fifteen cent price per insertion and space on the front page contracted. Insertion copy due by Tuesday evening. Resolutions of respect cards of thanks and obituary poetry billed by line. Last page and inside space rate details are noted.
A long list of neighbors and families share visits and movements from Lebanon to Carthage and nearby farms. People called on relatives, spent Sundays with friends, and moved residences or planned summer stays, including the Watsell, Griffitt, Chandler, Wheeler, Pugh, and Wade families along with many others in the community.
Weille Wheeler and wife and It J Wheeler and family spent Sunday with J E Wheeler and family. Mrs John Welch was guest of KR iJ Wheeler and family from Wednesday until Saturday. RR W Oglesby and wife of Kenomna spent Monday with O W Teter and family. John Wheeler and wife called at Jes Miller's Tuesday evening. Miss Althea Armstrong, who has been ill with the flu, is better and walking again.
A fragmentary local note records Alma Dewey and May Matthews with burial attendance by Judge Brock's friends and relatives. Mentions Mrs Brock's sister-in-law from Eureka Springs and Mrs Mason from Kansas, plus Nobt Gresham and Mr Earls at the grave. Also notes local farm sale, a funeral service conductor Nev Keys from Petree City, and cold winter weather with a one degree morning.
The letter from Charles Kincaid of Company 1, Eighth Infantry, Army of Occupation in Germany describes his comfort with weather, drill days, and the landscape. He notes receiving family letters, a friendly reception from West peers, and appreciation for home life as winter stays mild.
A wartime letter praises German hospitality and daily life, noting abundant food and work, high prices, and widespread hand labor. The writer observes German civilians, bar culture, and a restrained military presence, while expressing sympathy for ordinary people and a preference to remain in Germany. He mentions wine, cognac, and home hospitality, contrasts with French conditions, and hopes for contact with home.
Local update notes Jim Kincair’s illness and Jessie Wardrow aiding at the farm. T. C. Glenn and Pettis County neighbors moved to Jasper to farm on the C. A. Arnold place two miles north. Clarence Simmons bought 160 acres south of Lamar, moving from his house and lot in town. the Simmons family relocated this week. Clubs in Jasper note need for more groups, including Poland China pig clubs and jersey calf clubs.
O Henry, born William Sydney Porter in Greensboro North Carolina in 1832, led a varied career across southern and southwestern states before settling in New York City where many of his best works appeared. He was briefly a fugitive in South America due to financial difficulties and died June 5 1910.
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