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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
8
The notice lists advertising rates including full page and inside pages at ten cents per inch per issue. It notes available front page space when contracted and local notices priced per line. Obituaries and resolutions of respect may be charged by line. copy must arrive by Tuesday evening.
A regional roundup notes bread prices across multiple towns for 16 ounce loaves and 14 ounce loaves, with cents recorded at Pleasantville Miami Rock Falls and others. The figures, government gathered, suggest bread price moves reflect flour costs and not strict pricing. Also covered: a livestock shipment fire wrecking revenue and an exemption board draft list with locals named.
Carthage residents and guests visited area residents this week including Margaret Beam Nadeene team Ruth McDonald Ruby Grieb Vena Carson Mra R Grieb Mrs Chas Halfer Otto Goddard family of Lakeside and others. Visitors from Lamar Noland and wife Montana party to Lesley Garrett and family. Genevieve Johnston from California visiting her parents C S Johnston and wife in Salem neighborhood. Dr Knott reports birth of a baby boy Tuesday the 16th to Marion Bruffett and wife nine miles east of Jasper. Martha Curtis Maxwell and Nell Hughes from Webb City among fair visitors this week.
Additional residents from Kansas and Missouri towns were listed among fair visitors and socials. Names include Roy Davis and wife from Kansas Clarence Lowe of Minden Mrs Harry Davis of Alba in Jasper Ed Cordz of Carthage Frank Gulick in Kansas City Ned Frick from Joplin Anderson Lear and family Webb Sam Phillips and wife Carthage Ruth Gurley Sarcoxie Lottie Duncan Lamar Daisy Kunkler Carthage visitors J Good family Oronogo Frank Gulick lamb shipments S R Mitchell buys Mary Butler home John Keener Camp Funston new subscriber Lida Drake Lamar Dimple Moore Lamar Louis Lear Webb City Bert Crandall Joplin visitors Rev Mr Lewis Carthage Revel Morgan Joplin Mrs Louise Burkett Greenfield W H Woods visiting A M Crandall Bonner Springs Dr Scholl Eldorado Springs Beecher Nealy Joplin missionaries in Kansas City Alnwick Peoria Ill L Harriman Magnolia Pilot Knob Mrs Isaac Herring Letts Ind J F Bright Taborville Ray Earls Long Island Camp sergeant Si Stuckey Mrs Eckman Ray Clark among first-day Carthage fair visitors.
A short verse praising a mother’s flag devotion as her son goes to war. The speaker, William U. Harter, reflects on mending the flag and envisioning his boy’s bright future, linking patriotism with sacrifice and freedom. The piece frames personal sacrifice within national duty through imagery of red white and blue.
An Ozark pictures exhibit is planned for the Annual Meeting of the American Civic Association to be held in late October at the Plantera Hotel in St. Louis. Organizers urge owners to submit high quality Ozark photos by contacting J. W. Booth, Missouri Pacific Railroad, Stailway Exchange Building, St. Louis. Owners should include name and address on the back of the print. pictures will be returned.
A historic ad touts Sanol Eczema Prescription as a universal remedy for eczema and skin diseases. It offers a 35 cent large trial bottle at the drug store, promising quick relief and guaranteed results.
The reader is urged to verify the paper’s subscription marking and that ads are not fillers. A quip about free medical advice follows, stressing movement while walking and advising exercise with coordinated limb motion for natural movement.
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