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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
8
A scanned list records Crandall Bros and F. F. G. seedings and assorted grocery items with unit weights and prices including currants barley dried fruits canned peaches pineapple flour meal and sacks. The note cites specific quantities such as Ib 100 for several items and 0.06 for apples, with prices like 15 cents per can and 81.75 for flour.
Mrs. J. Q. Persinger visited Joplin friends Friday and Saturday. Roy Wells showcases watches while offering repair services. Vertreone Biliot from Kansas City visits home. The high school class of 1900 enjoyed a Carytown picnic. Liniment samples at Schooler’s. Mrs. Ed Steiver visits from Carthage. Graduation attendance by Mr. and Mrs. Ned Frick from Joplin. Garden goods at Bright’s. Tours and visits by multiple residents from Joplin, Carthage, and nearby towns. Frank Gulick and Frank King attend the Butler stock show. Roy Wells promotes Boar-lege Liniment. Fox and Nora visit Mrs. Pierce Gur Jey at Pondy. Daisy Howard returns from Carthage. Watch and jewelry repairs advertised. Roy Wells at Bayne’s Hardware. Baptist church question about newspaper coverage. Glasses available from Roy Wells, a graduate optician. Hardaway family visits Jasper. Scar-luse Liniment guaranteed. Chester Melton recently in from Kaos for Bellphone work. Ivory cooking ware promoted. 4-22 Wheat & Bishop. Etts Steiner returns from Carthage with relatives.
Woe are paying 700 for good corn. PaRG meen Bnos. George Masters leaves today for Butler to headquarter for a Chicago portrait company this summer. Wheat and Bishop buy top prices for hides eggs and chickens. South Methodist church will have morning service Sunday May 40. Pastor F A Carmen. Fresh northern garden seed at Bright’s store 224 F. Mrs Roy Boucher returns to Kansas City after weeks with Harria family.
Community items list ball game attendance Guthrie Webb City visitations and daily services. Names include Moon, Wes Spaid, Kim Persing er, McComb, Burkett, Hendricks, Yancey, Bunen. Mentions painting class, laundry service, preaching at Presbyterian church, moving to Seattle, graduates trip, and local shopping deals.
The piece notes the center of population moved from Indiana in 1009 to Maryland near Baltimore, with gradual drift along the thirty ninth parallel. It attributes the eastern bias to resource distribution and continental geography, predicting the center will remain east of the continental geographic center as western lands are developed.
The piece argues thousands lack adequate housing and comfort while praising wives as keen judges of character. It cites businessmen who consult their wives before hiring or partnering, noting wives can detect deception and warn husbands about risky associates.
A wealthy New York banker visiting his parents in a small town falls ill and is cared for by his mother and a jealous doctor. After months of recovery he dismisses the physician and, in a twist, hacks at the hitching post with an ax, quipping that the doctor will now arrive in an automobile.
A Russian immigrant lands in the New World and learns a riot surrounds a baseball game as a mob attacks an umpire. His former neighbor escorts him to safety, remarking a Giants mob scene has broken out, echoing unrest described by the Chicago Tribune.
A witty exchange reveals that much of the pathos in last season's play resided in the bog office. Mr. Stormington Barnes notes the misfortune, highlighting the comic misplacement of sentiment in a backstage space.
The speaker mentions a watch theft where the thief was caught after returning the item and being recognised at a pawnshop. The exchange notes the quick identification and capture, framed as a curious anecdote from Filegende Blaotter.
Special rates offer twenty two routes between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Passengers may choose one route for outbound and a different for return if desired. Tickets go on sale June 1 and 2 and June 24 to July 10 with a final return limit October 31.
Seattle offers very low rates via direct routes to the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. The journey promises wonders of the west with liberal stopovers en route and a final return limit in October.
Fragmentary report notes horses and riders, including foal and colt details, with lane and fine references. Unclear specifics but implies a racing or stable event with penalties. Entities include Sue Pacebre and Brown, plus horse names and lane contexts.
Mrs Fred Merrell returned Sunday evening from Carthage where she spent several days at the bedside of her sister Mrs Chas Hedges. Her condition was serious for a time with life despaired of before an operation last Saturday. Since then Mrs Hedges has shown improvement.
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