Jasper News page fragment from Missouri issue
Fragmentary OCR shows Jasper Missouri newspaper header with editor and postal details from 1883 era. Text is incomplete, with unclear subscription rates and stray letters.
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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows Jasper Missouri newspaper header with editor and postal details from 1883 era. Text is incomplete, with unclear subscription rates and stray letters.
The Barnum and Bailey show announces a return to Joplin on Wednesday September 15 featuring nearly 400 stars and a 108 cages menagerie. The parade by the circus and acts like Jupiter the balloon horse promise a sensational, unmatched spectacle with thousands of animal wonders and a giant street parade.
The article praises the circus for its unparalleled extravagance and street pageantry. It notes the show’s long history of nearly fifty years and highlights quality and quantity in all departments, including the grand street spectacle presented this year.
The Lamar Democrat quips about dry weather fishing as bays and hickory shad rise in tepid water. Boys at the lake report a one pound bass leaping into a boat during a night outing. Will McAdow kneels and prays after the scare, while Mack jokes about the constitution. A spoon hook provokes a bass to jump, and a fisherman spots six pound bass near his live box. Overall, it’s a heavenly time for fishermen.
Local notices advertise a community event at Jasper seven miles north offering carnival activities. Conat Bct per bu and several thousand bushels of coal are listed with contact Bincaam and Linty at phone 111 135 6-10. The Koro Karnival runs September 9 10 and 11 with calls to join the festivities.
Community brief listing school books from Pitts and Joyce, a fall corset line from W. T. Corsete Co, groceries from Crow Merc Co, and produce trades at R Wheat's. Neighborhood visits include Mrs. Chas Wilson and Miss Evelyn Thomson. fishing with Carthage party. millinery study trips to Kansas City. and a Baxter reunion hush. Includes housing, ice cream social, and local trades.
Crowds gather as Jospec showcases the Barnum Bailey greatest show on earth in Joplin with 14 acres of tents. The parade and wonders list include Jupiter the balloon horse, Barolly’s Hungarian stallions, musical elephants, Konsot troupe, seven foreign acrobat troupes, four serialist troupes, and hundreds of acts. The big arena promises a spectacle surpassing prior years and all other circuses.
Dreughon offers contracts backed by a chain of 30 colleges with capital and 20 seats, promising reasonable conditions or tuition refund to secure positions. Competitors are urged to adopt his bookkeeping and shorthand system taught by Draughon, touted as the best. For free catalogue write Joe F. Draughn at Draughon’s Practical Business College, 900 St Louis Ave, Springfield Mo, or Kansas City, St. Louis.
A brief ad notes house moving services at reasonable rates by Alec cement work Addregg, with contact Geo Brenneman Jasper. Hedge posts of all kinds for sale or trade via EPO OP or Rick. A local notice mentions new meat market hours opening Sunday mornings until 10. Sl OnanpaLt Bros.
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