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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1902
Page
4
Regular correspondent reports on football with Lamar, upcoming games and glee choir events, plus social visits and local notices. Mentions teachers, students, and community figures like Mrs. Ventehood, Rev. Patan nat, and Mr. Lay, with local travel to Amity, Carthage, and Joplin.
A compact community column reports on residents’ illnesses and visits. Mrs Versa Castoll Paxton lies near death from typhoid, relatives settle into a new house for winter, and families like Hedyon and Gaddis share Sundays. Church events, a double wedding, sick lists, social visits, and local ads mingle with medicinal remedies and farm notes.
A Carthage Press temperance column lists three Missouri county fatal incidents described as self defense after knife threats by intoxicated men. It questions whiskey's role, laments lack of trials for killers, and condemns alcohol's grip on society citing Bible verses. The piece also notes a separate baking powder warning, a church appeal, and announces a W C T U meeting with Mrs. Carabelle Tilman.
Patchwork items report family affairs, minor injuries, barn work, and local chatter. Mentions of political talk, visits to Min Drowns, and social calls. ads for fencing, irons, cream separators, and Madison Mochining products. references to DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and Lauderbaugh drug store.
A historic bank statement from Jasper Missouri details loans, real estate value, securities, deposits, and capitalization. The document lists assets including United States bonds, real estate, and furniture, plus liabilities such as deposits and notes. Signed by Webb and Andrews, the report dates November lith 1902 with sworn attestations.
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