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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
4
The Jasper News notes weekly publication on Thursdays serving Jasper and nearby areas. It lists train schedules and freight services for Missouri Pacific routes, noting through chair cars and through-ticket checks. O. Baker is agent. Subscriptions offered at one year, with advertising rates on application.
A collage of town notices and opinion bits compares regional loyalties and business, noting planned celebrations on July 4 in Jasper, ongoing local improvements, and cross town sports tensions between Jasper and Lamar. It touches on rain, national politics, and debates over Panama Canal costs.
A historical critique cautions readers about gambling on get rich quick schemes and the belief in sure things. It highlights how many trusted employees plunge into futures trading, lose savings, borrow employer funds, and ruin reputations, urging patience, steady work, and moral restraint over risky bets. The text also promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure and advertising for spring repair materials.
The notice advertises stock hogs for sale or purchase at the Jaapor Elevator. It lists clean barrows and weights from 8a. to 150 Deemch, indicating a livestock market brief with specific animal types and weight range.
A prudential view urges indiscriminate hospitality to gifts from the rich while critics warn that accepting tainted money implies support for the giver. The church should condemn questionable methods publicly, or risk eroding trust amid concerns that capitalism undermines republican ideals.
A historical ad style piece advises digestion tips and remedies for indigestion and constipation. It mentions liver teas to correct issues and promotes Hazel Salve for hot weather conditions and piles. The notice warns of debts and invites readers to visit the old stand of DeWitt & Co.
Fragmentary ad copy discusses Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar cough remedy versus others, noting taste, healing claim, and relief of cough. Mentions J. K. Schouler selling products and various rail tickets to San Francisco and other western points with date ranges and prices.
An OCR filled ad brief touts patent medicines including Kodol and DeWitts Little Early Risers with testimonials and a price of $1.00 for a trial bottle. It mentions a Jasper racke store and a devout belief in digestion aids and quick cures while noting a blend of marketing claims and personal anecdotes.
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