24 Mar 1904
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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1904
Page
1
A local store announces a Corn Planter Opening lasting a week starting next Saturday. John W. Spaid will give an opening address from a high point on an American Wire Fence around 2 p.m., discussing Durability of Champion and other planters, with pointers on Osborne Binders if possible.
Old lager trade-in option advertised to swap for a Henney buggy. Proponent asks customers to line up stock west of the store and promises quick fitting with the new Henney. Advertisement touts American Poultry Fence made like rival brands, claiming lighter wire and no closer mesh, suitable for cages, coops, and farm yards. Music by local quartette is noted.
Your Humble Servants Webb Brothers Jasper Missouri announce a mass meeting to nominate a city ticket including mayor and three aldermen. A special council meeting Tuesday sets plans for the city meeting on Tuesday April 5. Citizens urged to attend, discuss education needs and school room expansion, with debate on district boundaries and candidate qualifications.
The quarterly conference adjourned with several clerical changes and financial reports. Andersen is to continue as presiding elder, and Fereuxon likely to be returned to the Jiapir charge. Attendance was robust, with stewards reporting steady offerings and church work activities detailed for the circuit.
Dave Hoover, a miner at Corosyie, fell four feet into a shaft while being hoisted to the surface. A rope malfunction caused the fall. he died minutes after being brought to the surface. He was 54, survived by a wife and several children, and was a cousin of Mire Hoover. Henry Hoover, near Unis city, laid to rest in Duckard graveyard. remains brought to Jasper Sunday morning.
The school board submits a bond proposal of 4444.00 to be voted on at the annual school election on Tuesday April 5 to repair the schoolhouse and add a building extension. Levy increases of 100 dollars for school purposes are proposed, with two new school directors to replace W. Bou cher and RW. Bhoot. Delegates for the Republican convention in Chicago are named, and local church and community notices are listed with social updates from Jasper County communities.
In Jasper crowds packed the town Saturday for two millinery openings at Simyaon and Miss Rick's. Music was by a striped orchestra. sales were steady as ladies admired displays from morning until night. Several local events and small notices follow, including a typhoid death, farm prospecting work, and business notices in the area.
WH Hagan offers cut flowers floral and funeral designs with 25 to 50 percent savings. Pansies bloom now along with cabbage and tomato plants. Customer orders encouraged with satisfaction guaranteed. April bloom mentions appear in an ad style notice.
Fragmented text references trouble and people with unclear names and events. The readable parts hint at social concern but lack concrete persons, places, dates, or actions to summarize into a solid news item.
The Jasper Mills sale is announced with details of operators Gee Dorag and Patria for the mill’s future operation. The Epworth League and local church activities are noted along with a community roadshow, social events, and various local names and places mentioned in the narrative.
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