Jasper street chant linked to LosT-Geldeck chain
Ada Frick McNab witnesses a Jasper street scene featuring a LosT-Geldeck chain chant. The fragmentary report notes local sentiment and a chant on the sidewalks, with no clear context or outcome given.
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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
3
Ada Frick McNab witnesses a Jasper street scene featuring a LosT-Geldeck chain chant. The fragmentary report notes local sentiment and a chant on the sidewalks, with no clear context or outcome given.
Notice for heirs and creditors in Jasper County probate describes letters of administration to Wiletbinh Gotulwr and Hielle Carter as administrators and sets a claim filing deadline of November in the estate of Woh Caro drowned. Creditors must present claims to receive lawful settlement within the month after publication.
Ace and Will hatch a plan to advertise new stock at Save Hill as trade slows. Ace suggests parade with a dinner bell borrowed from the St James Hotel to showcase banners, while Will doubts the need for marching but agrees to take the goods to the Newsfire editor or editor’s devil for publication. The dialogue centers on marketing ideas and bumbling camaraderie.
Fresh Groceries and meat featured with Wee tables at Crandall Brothers. Phone contact provided for inquiries and directions.
Auction listing describes seven miles west of Jasper and seven miles north of Purcell. Items include horses, mules, cattle, hogs, hay, grain, implements, and gear. Terms: sums up to sixteen dollars and under due at once. higher amounts due in twelve months with 6 percent interest. 4 percent discount for cash. Auctioneers W G Graff and J R Russ, clerks Roy Toss Walter Forestier.
A brief instructive note explains greasing the cords prevents wear from friction and weather. For safety, rub with a well greased rag to dull edges and reduce wrapping and breakage risk in window blinds.
Local ads offer October harness sales with one inch harness 27 dollars and si inch harness 29 pounds. Old papers available at The News office. Small ad mentions six acres on Einet Grand avenue. Hunting prohibition posted for Hickory Grove farm with trespass prosecutions warned. Cords & Son advertise men shirts.
A sale pitch promotes a National Air Heater to ventilate and warm buildings, with displays at Jackson Bros. Also advertised are special fair prices on two piece brown ribbed underwear, toilet goods, Dr King’s Now Life Pills, and a notice of final settlement for the estate of Klieatoth Cather.
The Jackson Bros Jasper’s store offers a two piece boys suit at no cost during the fair. Every purchase includes a free hat or belt from the latest stock. All clothing claimed as new and up to date.
A damaged ad fragment touts Dr King’s New Discovery as relief for coughs and colds, claiming rapid soothing effects and family benefit. The wording is garbled but references antiseptic action and home use. Local names and place hints point to Manchester Ohio and individuals like Lewi Chanhorwin.
Administratrix Laura B Patterson has been granted letters of administration for the estate of George F Patterson by the probate court. Claimants must exhibit their claims within six months after issuance or be barred. claims not exhibited within one year from the last publication date are forever barred. First publication October 4.
The narrator notes a delicate flower two feet high between the horses path and wheeltrack. A small shift in position could have doomed it, reflecting on fate and restraint as he considers the risk of danger and the choice not to seek trouble.
A boy asks his mother to read a poem she deems old. He insists he can understand it and begs her to explain. The exchange reveals a child’s confidence and a mother’s gentle reassurance.
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