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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
2
MH Clay Kilburn of Joplin announces candidacy for superintendent of Jasper County Public Schools subject to voter decision in the upcoming election.
Farmers are urged to write to the News with plain opinion on goor reads into Jasper. State local conditions and how they can be improved. The paper welcomes readers’ letters for publication.
In North Hants England a gamekeeper used a cloth laid on the ground under a roving bee swarm perched high in a tree. A shot cut the bough, the bees dropped onto the cloth, a net kept them, and the swarm weighing nearly five pounds proved easy to handle.
The Jasper News analyzes the financial statements of two local banks, noting they have surpassed prior records with noticeable gains while others decline. Increases imply greater public confidence and overall prosperity in Jasper and surrounding areas, reflecting faith in banking stability and strong regional institutions.
In Moxeenfeld near Munich two choir boys were jailed for several years after poisoning sacra mental wine. The elder stole hydrochloric acid while the younger, who attacked the priest during Mass, poured the poison into the wine. The first taster detected foulness and a doctor in the congregation administered a strong emetic.
A quirky dialogue imagines a terrier and a bold cat aboard a ship, debating usefulness. The terrier claims a dog’s value at sea while the cat proposes a simple purr as purpose, hinting at playful maritime banter.
A local reader urges Jasper merchants to invest in road improvements to stop farmers from trading in Webb City and Alba. He highlights a one mile west-side route by Frank Gulick’s farm as a trade inlet that could yield substantial returns if asphalted, arguing a roads club is essential to save the town’s commerce. He warns neglect will hurt Jasper’s economy.
An OCR fragment discusses deafness and false cures sold locally, noting conventional remedies and alleged remedies by dealers. The text appears to name a firm Vinnie the Luetectiten and others, with garbled lines referencing Ear disease and patent medicines, plus a local business listing for CHENEY & CO and a Toronto address.
Mmnes F M Conrad L B Perry and T L Willis came down from Lamar Saturday and spent the day. W D Dugan was up from Joplin on business Monday. Call phone No 7 for good things to eat. High patent four 1 9 sack at Schooler elevator.
Over ten years, medical officials find young offenders in London prisons are two inches shorter and 14 pounds lighter than average Youthful Industrial population. Twenty six percent suffer from physical disease or deformity or mental defect.
Sunday school at 10100 a.m. Prayer meeting Tuesday at 7 49 p.m. The pastor will be at Oakland this week helping build the church there. No preaching service Sunday March 19.
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