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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
4
The Jasper News lists Lynn Monroe as editor and details weekly publication in Jasper Missouri. It prints train schedules with multiple Joplin and St Louis connections, local freight times, and through-ticketing policies, plus subscription rates and advertising terms.
The notice outlines AL McCawhey’s approval for Nowe to announce his candidacy for Jasper county prosecuting attorney under a strong law platform. It comments on political influence, road work, local officials, saloon licenses, and partisan newspaper bias, urging readers to view reports with skepticism.
A sprawling 1908 political screed rails against the phrase direct slap at Folk, citing county endorsements and convention votes as signs of opposition to Governor Folk. The text wavers into medical ads and business recruitment, naming Hall, Cheney Co., and the Columbia House in Chicago as it shifts from politics to catalog copy.
Heaths From Appendicitis decrease in the same ratio that the use of Jr Ming's New Life Pills increases. They save you from danger and bring painless relief from constipation and the ills growing out of it. Strength and vigor may follow their use. Cronranteed by Webb Bros. de. Try them.
A Chicago Illinois company announces openings for 10 men per state to travel, put up signs, advertise and leave samples of goods. Salary 875.00 per month with 8.50 per day for expenses, department W. Allas Brook.
A faulty claim in a reading from Caroling Wie notes Mrs Tuem Wilke did not find happiness with Mountain of Gold. An advert for Nuclleua Arnies Sal ve advertised as healing a leg sore that tormented her for two years. It sells at Web Bros. Drugstore.
The notice warns the public to beware fake solicitors soliciting funds for San Francisco relief and bogus refugees. It urges vigilance across cities, noting possible appeals by bank clerks and others, and calls widespread investigation before any money is given. It predicts impostors may travel the Midwest and promises enforcement to curb fraud.
A damaged column reports Riverton postmaster G W Mounts was robbed and nearly killed. The text mixes garbled testimonials and promotional copy about patent medicines, a Chicago yarn supplier, and an offer for an assistant manager in the county. It mentions DeWitt’s pills and Witch Hazel Salve as products, with generic claims and no clear local outcome.
An obscure tale follows Sam proposing a store venture with his nephew Jou and a plan to share profits. Local restrictions on store openings near a school and church fuel conflict as Jos seeks to open a shop that divides the community. Sam warns against noise at night and Sundays, fearing backlash from neighbors and children. The narrator urges the county to question what kind of place this is and how many such debates exist.
Postal clerks on the railway post office service between Joplin and Kansas City face salary reductions under a May 3 inauguration plan. The scheme halves mail car space, replaces older cars with combination baggage cars, and shifts the operating arrangement to routes on Missouri Pacific and Price between two points.Projected reductions range from 200 to 3000 dollars annually, affecting Curtunge area clerks and other on the run, as the service consolidates and expands the new technozero postal trains.
A Missouri correspondent writes that Dr Wings New Discovery cures consumption and related ailments, with testimonials from customers. The ad promotes Kodol for Dyspepsia as a digestor restoring stomach function, promising relief from indigestion and stomach upset, and lists sample offers and agents.
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