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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
8
The Jasper News presents its masthead listing Arthur F. Drake as publisher from Jaspel Missouri with post office entry details dated September 21, 1806, marking its second class mailing status.
Advertising rates listed for last page and inside pages at ten cents per inch per issue. Front page space contracted. Local notices priced by line at a set cent rate per issue. Copy must arrive by Tuesday evening to insure insertion. Obituary poetry and cards of thanks charged by line.
Local residents and visitors are listed as spending Sunday and Sunday afternoon with friends and relatives across Blue Star and nearby areas. Names include Myrrip Comen, W Teeler, Kauffmaan, Heeckman, Well, Mutone, Mikewell, King, Stockdale, Hull, Manchester, Wade, Law, Moser, Murriy, Smurl, Norton, Heckman, Wade, and many others. Several families plan moves and farm-related travel, with church attendance noted in Boxstun.
Lebanon residents Miss Zoam Andrews and Miss Beulah Stansberry spent Sunday with Miss Zoah and Miss Andrews. Claude W. Toward and family visited Bob Heatty’s. Allen Summerville and George Winter spent Sunday with the Andrews boys. Frank Basten and Fred Pugh families visited Elmer Pugh’s. Amos Murphy and the Wastell boys called in the afternoon. Ernest Billington and Noah Andrews visited Lena Dickerson. Gustav Andrews met Lawrent Cowgill and Cleo Haile at Dinwiddie. Luella Rex and Mrs Dinwiddie called on Mrs Brown Thursday. Chas Andrews and wife were in Carthage Saturday. Ay Kauffman visited Haile’s Sunday. Allen Brummerville called at Dinwiddie’s Sunday evening. Wiree Andrews and daughter Allel A visited Sunday. Homer and George Woodrow spent Sunday with William and Walter Woodrow.
Miss Lupa Dixon and Milton visited Eli Buxton Sunday. Chas Wescott family called on Ross Farr. Lula Dixon and Itay Parsons were guests of T. Woflard and wife. Farmers along the route sowed oats planted potatoes and prepared for corn. Luther Wescott and Robert MekKee visited C. R K. Patterson. Charles Rudy and May Parsons visited N. M. Dixon. Jack Milton and family dined with B. Milton. Clint Simpson owns a new Maxwell car. John Green spent Sunday with Forest Myers.
Luther Wescott and family spent Sunday at the Dick Patterson home. Emery Tiller and family visited Ed Calvert's. James Kingard called at Dave Lowe's. Dick Patterson, Luther Wescott, Will Wool and wife motored to Carthage Sunday. Dave Lowe and wife were Joplin visitors Friday. Mrs Frank Wing spent Sunday with Niley King. Mr Lance and family, Mr Dobbs and family and Lite Sills family from Pittsburg Kans were on a fishing trip there Sunday. Joe and family visited Dave Lowe and family. Mrs Joe Edwards visited her mother, Mrs J O Patterson Saturday. I O Patterson and wife spent Sunday at Joe Edwards.
In wartime readers are urged to buy the necessaries of life at the lowest market prices advertised weekly. The paper highlights special price offers and merchant announcements, encouraging careful reading of the advertising columns to stretch limited resources.
A compiled schedule of farm and stock sales with listings for buyers like A. W. Radford, M. L. Arner and Mrs. Will Polston, covering dates from August 4 to March 11. The notices name locations Jasper Carthage Leeds Golden City and others, with entities including Poland China hog and jersey cattle sales, breeding stock, and general farm sales.
A Missouri Republican columnist argues that buying at fair prices yields better dividends than wasteful spending. He notes that informed shoppers who study advertising columns, alongside news, gain access to volume-based savings and keep merchants thriving by sustaining steady sales.
Letters of administration upon the estate of Myrtle Madford in Jasper County Missouri have been granted to W Ab Waters Jr. The hearing date was March 7. Creditors must exhibit claims within six months for allowance or be barred. within one year from letters they shall be forever barred.
A fragmentary probate notice states that on the date written the court seals the document for Myrtle Stadford estate. Judge J Prankeberger signs as Probate Court, with the document dated in March and published in March.
In Jasper County Probate Court 1918 W H Waters administrator seeks sale of real estate to pay debts with four weeks notice in Insper News. Hearing set for next May third Thursday. publication required. Judge J Frankeberger certifies the order is a true copy. First published March 21, 1915.
The publication emphasizes that its advertisements are not filler but intentional content meant for readers. It highlights reader engagement with ads as part of the paper's value and trust.
Old newspapers at the News Office offer sale printing services. The News mentions availability of printed sale notices and related job printing options for local notices and advertisements.
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