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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
5
The piece lists judges and officials with party designations including W Hallidurton J D Perkins H oweaks Clark Ale W P Grisham J W Meredith J T Yaryan Pinpigae and D McCoy. It contains a doggerel verse about travel and home and the town spirit praising civic effort in Jasper. It emphasizes community support for road walks and street lighting beyond individual properties.
The Sheldon advertising merchants have a strong advocate in Mr. Storrs of the Enterprise. The Enterprise frequently urges readers to trade with advertisers, arguing that nonadvertisers drain the community while offering little in return.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a person named Jennie and a dinner plan. The readable bits describe dressing and preparations for an upstairs area and a stated intention to host a dinner, but the rest is severely unclear.
Neighbors and families in Rising Sun and nearby towns share visits and meals. Names include Nerrit Lown Abe Teeter Walter Weimer Krink King Tucker Carter Patterson Edwards Wood and others as they note dinners calls and roadside trips to Carthage Joplin Avilla and Jasper High School events amid typhoid fever concerns.
Miss EpNA YATES receives updates from Blue and Bethel connections. families and friends, including visits with Arner, Neher, Lucas, Cline, and Arner households. Sunday gatherings featured multiple calls at Arner and Watkins homes, with several residents visiting Carthage and Oakton events.
Advertised letters include Brashear RK KE Bond Mra M Halford Alice Sanders W W Hereford B C Derringer Edwin Herron F G Jasper Mining Co T B Hardaway and Postmaster.
An old advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a spring medicine to keep bowels active and regular, stimulate the liver, cleanse the system, and purify the blood for a clear complexion and healthy appearance. It frames the product as a natural remedy for skin health.
Jaaper a town of 900 rich in hospitality sits on the Jefferson Highway and Missouri Pacific line 140 miles south of Kansas City in a productive agricultural region. It boasts a four year high school a modern city park a live stock fair five Protestant churches a commercial club electric streets and a two bank system with assets totaling 273302.86 plus three grain elevators Wheat 281 cars Hogs 128 cars cattle 72 cars Horses and mules 40 cars were shipped that year.
Sunday visits fill the weekend as residents from Zion Carterville Alba and Columbus Kansas drop by with relatives and friends. neighbors attend a Juniors social at the school and family gatherings abound with Isenmann and Hubbard families seen in multiple towns.
Church News lists First M. E. Jasper with Pastor J J Martin 9 45 Sunday School Gus Campbell superintendent. Baccalaureate sermon to Jasper High School Senior Class by pastor 11 am and 7 pm Epworth League Leader Mendel Kake Mia Homer Bayne. Subject Capturing the Student of China 8 pm Hong service sermon by pastor Future Punishment Good music and cordial welcome Midweek prayer meeting Thursday 7 30 pm
The notice lists church activities at Jasper and Salem with morning and evening services on the first and third Sundays, a Sunday School at 10 p m, Epworth League at 6 30 p m, and a Wednesday prayer meeting at Jasper. C A Lewis is the pastor inviting all to attend.
Miller Missouri resident M Subtes will preach at the Christian Church Sunday evening at 8 o clock. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend the service.
The regular monthly meeting of the Womans Home Missionary Society of the M. E. Church was hosted by Mrs. Er. L. Thomas on Wednesday May 10. Annual officer elections were conducted with President Mrs A F Brake leading. New officers include vice president Mrs J B Thomas and secretary roles filled by Mrs Jay Good and Mrs L T McCune.
Mrs. C. M. Sheridan of Baird Texas and Miss Annie Callahan of Kansas City Missouri who had been visiting A. T. Berry and wife southeast of Jasper returned home last week. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Thompson spent Sunday with A. T. Berry and wife.
The county court last Monday rescinded its order from a year ago that offered a bounty for wolf scalps. From now on killing wolves will yield no revenue.
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