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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
8
An elderly speaker mentions a boy failing to take a girl to dinner, with scattered dialogue about temper and favorite grandchild. The text is fragmentary and preserves only a few garbled quotes from a dressing room scene.
A fragment shows a landlady asking about another cup of coffee. The speaker notes the spirit is willing but the coffers are weak, reflecting a humorous or weary exchange over hospitality and finances.
Popular Mechanics notes that in China the pineapple fiber is cultivated for cloth making. The leaf fibers are extracted by a simple process, spun into thread, wound on bobbins, and prepared for weaving on traditional looms.
The piece contrasts the Fourth Estate with the term parate, tracing its civic role in newspapers as a designated power in the state. It notes the historical shift from a class reference to a force for public pride in work, with examples from Uncle Eben and a mentor who shows employment pride.
The article notes about 2000 wildflower varieties and over 1000 bird species in Itdéeky Mountain National Park. It mentions hummingbirds, forget-me-nots, fringed gentians, columbine, buttercups, daisies and delicate pinks thriving on Pike's Peak summit.
The Jasper News lists Arthur F. Drake as publisher in Jasper Missouri with a formal clerkly notice of entry and matter classification dated September. The snippet preserves the paper’s traditional imprint and print line from the era.
Advertising rates disclose cost per inch for the last page and inside pages at 1214 cents each issue. Space available off the front page contracted for local notices per line five cents. Insertion copy must arrive by Tuesday evening. Resolutions of respect cards of thanks and va... poetry charged per line.
James Orin Buster aged 46 died at 7 10 Tuesday morning at his home 211 North Meridian Carthage after a lengthy cancer illness. He was born in Independence Kansas and moved with family to Jasper County later living near Jasper then to Carthage two years ago. He formerly operated a taxi line between Jasper and Carthage. Survived by a wife five children Vena Lena Etta Charles and Roy all at home, and his parents Mr and Mrs Charles W Duster. Funeral at Dunkard church three miles south of Jasper at 2 this afternoon with burial there.
The Crawford team ends its week in Butler after a successful engagement praised by the Star editor. The paper lauds the Crawfords as lively, wholesome entertainers who draw full houses and please local audiences, noting the show is “clean” and worth the money. Sale bills available at the News office.
An optometrist ad offers eye examinations without drugs and in-house lens grinding. Dr. W B Pingree reports quick service at N Side Square Carthage Missouri, urging readers to think of him for eye concerns.
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