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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1914
Page
4
Poem in a vintage newspaper page urges readers to advertise to prosper. It extols paddling one own canoe as a metaphor for business resilience and next to editor notes and a curious line on the Portuguese language spoken by 9759 000 000 people. The piece blends satire with printer s ink reverence and ends with a world language aside.
Mrs. Milt Cline and Ethel visited Monday with Mrs. Cave and Hazel. A large crowd honored Mrs. Will Lamb at a surprise birthday dinner Tuesday. Elmer Bowers bought a span of fine mules Monday and another span Saturday. Rosco Coss stayed Thursday night with Earl Martin. The oyster supper at the Congregational Church raised funds for church benefits. Edna Cline of Purcell visited home folks over Sunny. Hazel Cave and Charley Shriver attended church at New Providence. Everyone in the neighborhood is busy with harvests and yard cleaning.
In the Circwit Court of Jasper County Missouri a divorce proceeding is ordered against Eric McMullin. The plaintiff seeks a decree of divorce from Hilda McMullin, with publication of notice once weekly for four weeks in the Joplin News, beginning March 19. The defendant must answer by the third day of the term or face default.
The Mammoth Jack Sampson is 16 hands high, 1700 pounds, coming five years old with compact body, fine style, intelligent eyes, good leans, and gentle disposition. Black Joe is another fine jack, black with white markings, three years old, 9 hands high, with all points for a good breeder.
Extra good baled hay at 15 dollars. John Keltner Route 4. Native lumber 1.25 per hundred feet Mrs John Keltner Route 4. Begonias Geraniums Lace Ferns and pot plants W H Hager. For sale young horses near Jasper Tom Brockall cattle Milch cows and springer heifers yearlings Take all or choice J C Stalter Jasper Two Jack Johnson males and Barred Rock eggs 75 cents per setting J C Stalter Jasper Four young mares good workers Guy McConnell Route 1 Jasper. You lost the chance to sell your extra milch cow in this column Youth's Companion subscription via The News Office.
A promotional notice promises payment to readers to prove advertising efficacy in the paper, urging participation. It frames the offer as a direct earnings opportunity and emphasizes prompt action.
Poultry ads list incubators and a variety of eggs for hatching from Jasper Mo and surroundings. Breeds include S.C. K. Reds Bliss Masters Barred Plymouth Rocks and Single Comb Rhode Island Reds with prices per dozen or per hundred. Several entries mention pure bred stock, setting roosters, and shipments to Route 4 and other local addresses.
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