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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
6
Local ads promote high prices for poultry eggs and cream at Carr and Horton Crow Mercantile Co and Hammond. Notices seek produce buyers and strawberry pickers while listing wholesale oil and gasoline prices and various goods. A Ford auto headback is lost with reward offered by C W Wescott and John Taylor advertises log houses tents in Under-600 Mo.
Notice from I. O. Earl seeking the owner of an axe found on the road between Mrs. W. L. Carter’s property and the east pasture. Please call the finder. 38-at.
For sale a variety of sweet potato plants including Bermuda Vineless Big Stem Jersey White Brazil New Providence and Strasburg. 35 blocks east of Main Street and south of Grand Avenue at the D. A. Teeter place 37 61 V. A Cavence. The News accepts subscriptions for daily papers.
An ophthalmic ad by N. E. Cox, jeweler and optometrist, invites readers to restore or improve sight with the message Let us help you to see as you used to see possibly as you never saw. highlighting services in eye care and eyewear.
Jersey bull registered No 121361 described as fine, rich yellow in color. Located at Dr Hendricks farm.
The note asks readers who knows the fate of cuts of the M4 Church and pure sowage and cat she Wells blook new in files of e in the srear 1 when Lynn was the publisher. The present publisher seeks to reproduce the old cuts and asks readers for information on their whereabouts.
The Commercial Club emphasizes improving conditions in Jasper and asks citizens to support and encourage their efforts. It urges avoiding needless criticism and skull-finding to help advance community progress and unity.
Roadways have been graded in the Jasper Masonic Cemetery over the past week and a substantial iron fence with large gates along the south side is being placed. Trustees of the Masonic Lodge plan further improvements, aiming to make the cemetery a beautiful spot when finished.
W. T. Berry, longtime lightning rod salesman from Carttinge, spent Monday in Jasper. Berry, who has installed rods in Jasper County for four decades, is an engaging speaker on the subject. He previously fell in a barn two years ago, breaking his leg in several places, from which he has nearly recovered.
The News notes an inadvertent omission of I. W. Scott BK Davis and Drs. C Houser from the long list of contributors to the Jefferson Highway work carried out during the two good roads days by the commercial lab. The club and paper insist every participant receive due credit for this worthy effort.
Division Superintendent John M Summers of the Missouri Pacific Railway met with city officials and the commercial club in Jisper on Saturday morning to discuss electric lights for railroad crossings. Summers pledged to urge higher officials to install lights at the Grand Avenue crossing.
A special Jagper Commercial Club meeting was held last Thursday to review a subscription report for funding a rock road on the Jetleraon Highway within the city limits south of Grand Avenue. Chairman N H Patterson reported $107.40 subscribed and FE W Scott W C Thomas and C H Lilly were added to the committee which will report again at the regular meeting on Thursday May 15.
Frank Nlardenbrook reports a border drill four miles from Commerce Oklahoma with great excitement as U S deputies chase Missouri booze peddlers. He recounts a six car pursuit ending when a liquor driver wrecked to avoid a union obstacle, authorities seizing the men and $200 in liquor.
The ad touts a liniment claiming rapid relief from rheumatic pain and muscular stiffness. A customer testimonial from Philadelphia praises its effects on bone spavin and joint discomfort, urging others to try the product for quick warmth and comfort.
Marian comes home excited and reports students threw notes at school. The teacher warned that if it happens again the notes will be misspelled as punishment.
A reflective line by Goethe urging that youth learn from aging and aging find joy in youth. It frames life as a perpetual circle where both generations contribute to a fulfilled existence in Ife.
The newspaper proclaims itself the premier advertising medium for stock breeders in the area. It claims to reach more farm homes in the J r and Barton ee s region than any other paper, highlighting its effectiveness for livestock advertisers.
Mrs Zeiset west of Ischoulhouse offers fine healthy sweet potato plants at twenty cents per hundred. Includes 37 plants available.
Sheridan township poll tax becomes due and payable at once with collections arranged at the First National Bank of Jasper where receipts will be issued. Settlement requested on or before June 1 by Jacob Sunderland, Road Overseer.
Preston township poll tax becomes due and payable at the First National Bank of Jasper. Receipts will be issued upon settlement. Please make payment on or before June 1. W. H. Stark, Road Overseer.
Miss Jessie Martin offers instruction for organ and voice with a few students in Potnd. Inquiries welcomed at M. E. Parson. Age 4?
Ice will be delivered to patrons in a few days with no deliveries on Sunday. Customers are advised to fill their ice boxes Saturday as indicated by J. O. Buster.
Crandall Bros advertise Wesson's Oil for salads and cooking in pint cans at 20 cents each. The promotional note urges readers to try the product.
The accounts of the late P. P. Lear have been placed in my hands for collection. All persons knowing themselves indebted, please settle the same at once at the First National Bank, W. C. Thomas.
Complete line of Hero blouse waists for boys in white and colored available in sizes 5 to 5 and a half cents. Prices noted as a5 and so cents. Customers invited to view the new arrivals at The Cash Clothing.
Sixty days and nights have passed with many owing for meats and groceries. If you cannot pay in full, come in and make a few small payments and you can soon catch up. we assure you we will appreciate it very much.
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