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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
4
The item promotes voting yes on a light machine proposition and advertises eye examinations by Jno C Cox, jeweler and optometrist, offering free exam and proper correction. It notes John C Cox and associates have left for Texas for the winter.
The Barnum and Bailey circus comes to Joplin Missouri on Thursday October. Big horse features include blue blooded stallions spirited racers and powerful Clydesdales and Percherons. The parade departs at 9am and rail excursion rates are advertised with special hats 4 and 9 cents. A women friendly acting contest is planned with favorable accommodations for entrants. Look up the catalog for details.
A National Air Heater offers ventilation and warmth for schools or churches by drawing in outside air and expelling foul air through the flue. Jackson Bros displays the new stove at Jasper, described as the neatest store in town. J. W. and Clyde Sharp traveled from Harwood, with Mr. H. H. Sharp joining for a visit.
Announcement notes added cleaning and pressing lines in the store and mentions H J Deardorn as agent for 8 P Glass dry cleaner in Carthage. Roy Bowers’ boys class and Mrs Wells’ girls class held a Sunday School tea for Frank Mouliot before his departure with parents to Arkansas.
A Jasper Missouri resident offers a stray red heifer yearling with cropped ears and a blue steer call and will cover advertising costs after owner identification. A notice urges voters to support the electric light franchise at next Tuesday’s election, promoting progress convenience home value and lower insurance rates.
October sale reduces stock with 14 inch harness valued at 16 selling for 27 and a ranch harness priced 32 offered at 215. Also a cool single harness available for 11 by H F Hughes.
F. C. Vandagriff announces prompt delivery of bakery products and groceries nationwide with short country deliveries available. The notice also warns that anyone found hunting or trapping on Hickory Grove Farm will be prosecuted for trespassing by Fred L. Kerrick.
Fence Fence Fence We have just received a car of the American National fence and you can bet the price is right. Full line of gates available from Jackson Bros.
Dry hardwood advertised for delivery at $1.75 a card. Order early while roads are good. Local notice from L. M. Harriman in Atlanta.
Readable advert notes strawberry plants offered at a5 cents per 100 near Kincaid, 34 miles south of Jasper. Invites buyers to place orders at local garden spot.
For sale a good hard coal base burner. See or call L. M. Harriman at If House and six acres on Hast Grand avenue. Contact E. Burns for details.
Voters urged to say Yes to the light franchise proposition while Deardornt’s ad on the back page promotes a weapon sale and October events. Crandall adds a room to his house as a horse-drawn crash spills furniture. a 100 reward is offered for a lost goat. Local notices mention hats, sales, and a basketball prospect in Jasper with players named Steiner Owings Goddard Tallman How. The season opens in November with games at the opera house.
A playful OCR fragment highlights OBn Buzcard smiling as he drives a new vehicle amid local excitement. Webb ros and others celebrate a buoyant mood surrounding the community event, with upbeat notes about progress and camaraderie.
Nearly a dozen candidates visited Jasper on Saturday for a daylong campaign in the morning and afternoon with more arriving for the evening frock and opera line event. Attendees included Col. Phelps Hon. K. A. Mooneyham Bert Johnson Frank I Ross A. I. Harrington J. A. Dryden J. I. Lee J. C. Rows and Perry Brock.
DL Jackson and his wife moved to Jasper with their belongings after selling their Golden City home in the south part of town. Jackson cited business interests as the reason for relocating, noting Jasper will be their future home and expressing deep affection for Golden City while saying the move is Goulden City's loss and Jasper's gain.
An OCR fragment promotes buying papers at The News office and a big package deal for cents. It advertises stoves, rubber boots, shoes, and a two year guarantee on National ange products. It mentions J Arthur and J. Wo Pbithipa offering services and a piano tuner in Jasper with praise for a Tyrler of Webby ron style piano.
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