This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
2
A mosaic of community life from Zion notes: visits between families, church choir plans, man and wife entertainments, Harvest show attendance in Neosho, and reports of travel to Carthage and Joplin. Delegates named for County Sunday School convention, and preparations for a Kazaar event on November 16.
A Lebanon column lists numerous visits and calls among residents and relatives. Zoah Andrews, Chas Woodrow and family, Frank Thacker, Geo Haile, Ruth Griffitts, and others are cited visiting in Jasper, Lamar, Pittsburg, Wentworth, and California. Sunday School attendance and services led by Rev. L L Pinnell are noted. community members are urged to attend.
Diamond J F Gulick and wife spent Saturday in Webb City and brought Gulick's sister home. Mrs Hartley died in St Joseph last week. Guy and Mary Serafine and Arlie Williams visited Roy Binney and wife of Alba. Mrs Clarence Hammond of Jasper visited sister Mrs Sidwards. Several outings to Greenfield for apples and first blis yard visit last Thursday. Dor Knott saw Mrs Elting who has been ill. Chesley Lunt sold potatoes in mining cities. Serafine visited relatives. Lunt home in Vernon county. Stonehocker bought a Maxwell roadster to fix as meat wagon. News will take subscriptions for daily papers.
Local notes report Mrs EKarra Turner in Carytown, Salem Brethren events, and attendees from Carthage Webb. Attendance at Salem Sunday School reached 76, with a box supper raising 11.50 for the League. Various families visited Turner home, motor to barn work, and a few illnesses and social calls noted.
Riley King shows improvement this week. FE Frost visited his daughter Annie Knight on Sunday. Mrs. C. A. King hosted dinner with Homer King and Carthage kin, plus Mowers family from Dewey. Liza Miller called on Press Wood. Orville Frost and Edith Knight visited E R King. Arthur Pearman and Brown families from Carthage also called. Ike Patterson and family dined with Mrs. Art Post. Fernpatrick spent weekend with sister Mrs. W. F. King.
Me RenrHa WEBBER and Davis Grider left town to husk corn. Mrs. Ross Baird visited her sister Mrs. Earl Garner and family. Grider back to the farm. Walter and Herbert Armstrong with Mr. Turner. Grider and wife stayed with daughter Mrs. Beasle Evans and family in Carthage. Charley Taffner improving. Mrs. Henry Winder having carpet woven. Joe Taffner and family with John Taffner and family. Dennis Grider to Carthage. Joe Taffner’s group visited J B Taffner and family in Jasper. Loyd Winder’s family with Sam King and family. Earl Garner and family visited. Mrs. Zinn at Webber home. Grider’s wife visited Grandma Armstrong. Earl Garner called to Carterville for Lon Garner’s sudden death. Neighborhood shocked by death, details limited.
Miss Norris Laws and various residents are noted in a Sunday to Monday social roundup. The report lists visits among neighbors including Patterson,Wescott,Lowe,Taft,Amphlet, and Beatrice Scott. Also mentions Joe Cline building a smoke house and Elmer Joiner working on a rented farm. Report cards for Rural Schools are available at the News Office for 1 cent each.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.