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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
5
Advertising rates listed: one inch ads on last page and interior pages at ten cents per inch. Front page space contracted. local notices billed per line at six cents. Insertion copy due by Tuesday evening. Resolutions of respect carded thanks and obituary poetry charged by the line.
Joplin police fail to recover Joe H Myers city car stolen near Censor hotel as officers pursue a clue. Myers blames state prosecutor laxity for many car thieves slipping into circuit court and going free, noting 28 cars stolen since he became chief with 17 recovered, a figure he says compares well with other transient cities like Joplin.
A New Jersey inventor devised a shoe ventilator idea with a small screw to regulate airflow into the shoe. The device fits into a punched hole and can be opened or closed, promising relief from foot troubles by controlling ventilation.
Letters from Stephen E. Cordz of Company C describe a brutal frontline drive in France in 1918. He recalls sleeping in a self made trench hut, sharing scarce rations, witnessing heavy bombardment, and pulling wounded comrades to aid stations while the unit pressed forward. He notes the harsh weather, constant drills, and glimpses of occupied towns, with glimpses of air battles and German advances.
The writer notes extremely limited paper supply with only one sheet possible at a time. They confirm address as 4th Co., Camp Pike, Aug. A. R. D. A. E. F., via New York, detailing logistical constraints and a pause in routine tasks.
Davie Grider describes sea voyage sickness, quarantine in England on August 16 1918, noting rainy weather fine crops oats cattle and sheep harvest time and concern about sons joining the Army. He mentions creosoted railroad trestles as safer than preserved timber and comments on local scenery and farm life.
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