Webb Brothers Mercantile Company buggy and embroidery display
A Jasper store promotes Henney and Sechler buggies with twin seat back models and a large embroidery sale. It highlights discounts, new patterns, and a Saturday display event with various staffers named, inviting customers to visit and view the latest offerings in southwestern Missouri.
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Henney
Sechler
Missouri
Jasper
New York
Alvin
Homer
Gus
Tom
Gay
Warren
Miss Pittenger
Merta Peterson
Webb Brothers Mercantile Company
Presbyterian church program to aid piano fund
A church program will be held at the Presbyterian church on the evening of March 24 to raise funds for a new piano. Admission is 15 cents. Mrs. Chas Rica has returned to Albee New Mexico after visiting relatives including Mr and Mrs Wm Rice and Mr and Mrs Chas Hayzlett.
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Mre. Chas
Rica
Allee
New Mexico
Wm. Rice
Red Sox Win Opening Date With Leaguers
The Jasper Redsox have earned the opening date in the Joplin Western Association schedule, set for Sunday April 11. The pick shows the league favors the best available amateur opposition to kick off the season, a role the Redsox filled last year by posting 24 wins in 28 games as one of the top local teams. The club has not yet organized for 1900 but plans to improve form before the Joplin game.
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Jasper
Redsox
Joplin
Western Association
Olbera
God
Facinus
Joplinites
Oldham Dy Writes From Omaha Address Change Request
A Mississippi-typed letter from Onisha Nebraska dated March 10 asks the News to change the sender's address from Box 508 Salisbury Missouri to 5711 Capitol Ave Omaha Nebraska. The writer notes starting school in Omaha in a 1,000,000 building with 70 teachers and 2,500 pupils, specifies Sophomore class subjects, and mentions school hours and a 35 minute dinner. He mentions recent snow and comments on local pennant outcomes involving Jasper Carthage and Blair, signing Offnam? Patgiry.
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Salisbury
Capitol Ave
Omaha
Neb
Jasper
Newa
Carthage
Blair
Ovpnam Patgiry
Rev Scroggs Preaches Last Sermon at Jasper Church
Rev L M Scroggs will deliver his final sermon at Jasper Presbyterian next Sunday before stepping down as pastor. He arrived last October to lead Jasper and Grace Church until April and will continue at Grace while remaining unsure on the balance of his duties. Grace Church formalizes the extended call as the presbytery weighs changes. Meanwhile Rev Boroggs visited Sarcoxie to discuss the Webb City mission committee’s response to Dr Shepherd’s resignation, with Shepherd returning to Ohio.
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L. M. Scroggs
Jasper Presbyterian Church
Scroggs
Grace Church
Northwest States
Grace
Boroggs
Sarcoxie
Shepherd
Webb City
Ohio
Miss Margrave Resigns as Jasper High Principal
Miss Fancie Margrave resigned last Thursday to become mathematics instructor at Joplin High School. Miya May Sanford becomes Jasper principal for seventh and eighth grades, with Mrs. Wan Hicks taking seventh and eighth grades for the rest of the year. Margrave served three years on the Jasper faculty and was regarded as an efficient member.
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Fancie Margrave
Jasper High School
Joplin High School
Miya May Sanford
Wan. Hicks
Miss Margrave
Reaper
Dopico Board
Millinery Opening Date Set for Wells Building
Remember the date for our millinery opening Saturday March 6 in the Wells building. Mrs. Chas Walthall indicates the event and begins preparations for a garden party style showcase.
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Wells Building
Chas
Walthall
Judge Coon Here Today From Joplin Attending to Business
Judge Coon from Joplin is present today handling official business matters at the courthouse. Judge BH initials noted.
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Judge Coon
BH. Coon
Joplin
3-Cent Fare Returns April 16 in Missouri
Chicago reports a conference of Rock Island executives and transit officials to study Judge Smith McPherson’s ruling suspending Missouri passenger fare law. Missouri’s 3 cent per mile local rate will be restored April 10, with interstate changes filed after 30 days. Attorney General Major vows to resist any new 4 cent rate and seeks amended powers for railroad commissioners to fix rates statewide.
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Chicago
Attorerga
Eightern Milrosda
Missouri
Winchell
Rock Island Lines
Smith McPherson
Interstate Commerce Commission
McGraen
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Arkansas
Ney
W C T U Program Details at Mrs Tiller’s Leader
The W C T U program for Wednesday March 24 lists Mrs Curtis leading devotional with Mrs Magers, roll call by Mrs Thompson, solo by Mrs Ballard, questioner by Mrs Curtis, parliamentary drill by Mmes Probert and Whittamore, select reading by Mrs Schooler, reading by Mia Carter, and temperance doxology.
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Mra
Tiller
Curtis
Magers
Mra. Thompson
Ballard
Mra. Curtis
Mmes. Probert and
Whittamore
Schooler
Reading
Mia Carter
Temperance
New Hats at the Military Store Opening Day
See the New Hats. No two hats alike at the new millioary store. You never saw prettier hats than these. Come in on Saturday, March 20th, our opening day. Mra, Chas. Walthall.
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Mra
Chas. Walthall
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Scroggs Cornet
Bolo
G. W. Harvey
Zelda Covert
Donnell Boyd
Margarte Beammon
Esse Bendall
Henry Covert
Jessie Johnson
Philips and Webb
Mary Hagar
Naome Miller
Oma Webb
Selah Boyd
Burns
Lion
Paul Klinefelter
McComb
Darel Frick Comb
Rodney Fairfield Oone
Jeasie Johnson Cornet Solo
Vee G. We Harvey
Leaguers
Joplin Association
Hayzlett
Acme Harvesting Machinery
ACME
Hayzilett Jasper
News “Devil
Oldham Dy
Jnst
Dubil
Bank
Onisha
Jefferson City
W. C. T. U. Program
Sewall
Dr. Schooler
South Side Drug Stom
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