Wild Waves Promote Local Store and Farm Goods Push
The Wild Waves urges readers to hustle this sunny year, touting corn planters, Black Hawks, Molines, and a broad range of farm and household supplies. Thomas B. Hardaway, a Democratic convention delegate, is away in Webb City, while Webb Brothers Mercantile, Linn and Sanders, and others tout dresses, shoes, coffee, flour, alfalfa stock food, pumps, wagons, and general merchandise in a lively Missouri storefront appeal.
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Missouri
Thomas B. Hardaway
Webb City
Tom
Jefferson City
Wm. Peterson
Bros. Linn and Sanders
Charles Ward
Gay Webb
Commencement Week Opens With School Play And Exercises
Next week begins with a three act comedy titled Mrs Briggy of the Poultry Yard at the opera house. The first annual senior class play will be followed by a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Leon H. Sweetland at the M E church. Classroom program includes class song, essay, oration, poetry, prophecy, and graduates. The Mirror yearbook is printed next week, priced at 50 cents, with proceeds supporting the school fund.
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Ulor
Mra
Briggy
Poultry Yard
Opera House
Penn
M. E
Leon H. Sweetland
BU rIbanaeot
Jasper High School
Opera Home
the Mirror
Sonal
Supt. Moon
Tax News
Famous Stallion Baron Wilkes Sold for Ten Thousand
Bar on Wilkes, touted as the greatest trotting sire, sold by EK Knell of Carthage to Emporia Kansas partners for 10000 dollars, a record price for a horse of his age. At 26, the famed stallion is described as nimble as a yearling and has sired 30 fine colts in the region since arriving from Lancaster Mass sixteen months ago.
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Baron Wilkes
EK. Knell
Carthage
Delegates Named at Larrick Spaid Office Primary
A Democratic primary at Larrick Spaid office Tuesday evening named eight delegates to the county convention at Webb City including Chandler Hinamon Hardaway Spaid Deardorff Burch and Seal. Webb City delegates then name delegates to Jefferson City and on to the national convention. Miss Minnie Sanford of Joplin spent Sunday at home.
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Larrick & Spaid
Ofice
Webb City
D. Chandler
Jobo Hinamon
Tom Hardaway
Weale Spaid
R. BR
Larrick Homer Deardorff
Harry Burch
Tom Seal
Webb
Jefferson City
Horse Thieves Galore In Jasper County Strain Officers
A Jasper County run of horse thefts nets one capture while another thief escapes. Lloyd Ludlow of Golden City, 21, stole a Conroy horse near the Conroy and Davis farms, swapped in his own wagon plug, and was caught after Mrs Davis alerted the Conroys and relatives. He confessed to the theft after questioning. In Joplin, a stranger stole a $600 team from Frank Allen’s barn and fled toward Carytown. authorities traced it to Carthage, then Jasper road, but the thief vanished. Authorities warn of rising horse thefts and plan further action.
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Jasper County
Lloyd Ludlow
Golden City
Joplin
Frank Allen
Carthage
Carytown
Jasper Road
Mark Shall Ward
John
Murder in Carterville Street Brawl Blue Held killed
Bam Mayfield known as Blue Held died after a drunken street fight in Carterville. Dao Copeland stabbed him in the heart during a dispute over a trivial matter. Copeland was arrested and jailed. Mayfield’s death followed from loss of blood after the weapon was pulled from his chest. Copeland reportedly said nothing beyond Mayfield’s last words. Both men were in their 20s or 30s. Mayfield left a wife and four children.
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Bam Mayfield
Blue Held
Carterville
Dao Copeland
Copeline
Copeland
Mayfield
Dumbauld
Copleland
Geo. Schiers
Presbyterian Services Cancel Sunday Morning
Owing to the baccalaureate sermon at the M E church there will be no service at 11 a m at the Presbyterian church. The usual Sunday school at 10 a m and services at 8 p m will be held. You will be made welcome. J B Srapievos, Pastor.
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M. BE
Presbyterian Church
Srapievos
Moral lessons from a Jasper incident and the Omaha corn expo
A Jasper incident involving a reckless revolver firing ended without harm and yields a quiet resolution between Mr A and Mr B. The piece then promotes the Second National Corn Exposition at Omaha in December, urging Missouri farmers to attend. Missouri aims to dominate prizes with a strong state campaign and broader cereal coverage.
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Omaha
Chicago
Missouri
Omahs
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Clings
Ruby Teter Eesay
Frank Tunnell
Paso
Virginia Hille
Elizabeth Etter
Benjamin Heffoer Uariette
Ethel Masters
Pearl Johnson
Fred Wagner
Benjamin
Heffoer
Juanita Hendricks
Orville Kyle
Richard Kyle
Ruby Teter
Joseph Probert
Sarah Dell Redmond
Gus Campbell
John Bright
Gertrude Keter
Robert Curtis
Eun Music
L H. Sweetland
F. Shepherd
D. D
Stapleton
Presbyterian Services
Jasper
Hare
Mr. B
Mr. A
Himuself
Star
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