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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
4
A concise notice lists Pacific Time Table numbers 208 and 210 for north and south bound routes. It appears as an transit timetable snippet indicating service designations without detailed schedules or stops.
Thursday Sept 10 the following party offers 3 heap mules 4 years old and 2 mare mules 4 years old 2875 wet 200. a 6 year old dark milch cow 8 years 6 spring calves. 41 Hesp Hocs Polish China sows 6 pigs 3 sows 11 pigs. 4 shoots wet 160 175 6 shoots wet 115 125 7 pigs wet 40 0. 2 pure Polish China male pigs 4 months. Shrev h extra ewe lambs from high Rams Ramboillett Oxford Shropshire. farm tools and household items. Jasper Baptist ladies serve dinner.
In a September 1908 letter G W Wearnescry of the Joplin Business College praises the News for advertising results. He notes Jasper Missouri audience responses with four students enrolled from Jasper including Miss Sanford Earl and Moses Wagner and Bright. He credits the paper with bringing more enrollments than any other medium. He encloses payment for the advertising bill to date and extends thanks.
Reports of a Springfield to Carthage electric railroad reemerge with two surveyed routes. One follows the St Louis San Francisco line toward Joplin via Brookline Republic Aurora Mopett Peires City and Barcoxie. The other runs west from Springfield through Mt Vernon to Barcoxie and Carthage. Strong local competition and expected rapid construction by January let are noted.
Thirty five volunteer teams compete in the Southwestern Firemen’s Association meet in Joplin next week. The event features automobile fire fighting apparatus races with 75 horse power engines, plus social events and a grand ball at the Joplin Auditorium. Eastern fire chiefs and representatives from major cities will attend, with a grand parade of 58 fire companies and 250 automobiles.
Payment terms shown for subscription durations include one year at 04.55 and six months at 50. The text lists charges in an unclear OCR style, with repeated garbled phrases and partial words. It references single copies and subscription rates. Entities include numbers and potential service terms.
The Jasper school district announces the opening on Monday the 17th with freshman enrollment at the library on Friday and Saturday. Text changes include Smith arithmetic for grade work and new texts for several grades. Senior year adopts Montgomery’s Advanced American History. tuition for outside high school students is two dollars per month. The district urges punctual attendance, notes previous tardies, and limits phone use to essential matters with principal A. C. Moon.
George Persinger narrowly escaped death after a shotgun discharged while he attempted to exit a wagon near Jasper. A fragment tore flesh from his thigh and scorched his face and ear. he was brought home for medical care and is expected to recover fully. His grandfather George File traveled with watermelons when the incident occurred. Dr. Knott reports the wound is minor and healing swiftly.
The Wolf Berd company promotes its Majestic range during the annual exhibition this week drawing many country visitors. A large Indies crowd saw the big cake rise again after being mashed flat, then regain form, with samples praised for toothsomeness.
Fred Read, who moved to Kansas last spring, returned to Blue Star with his bride on Friday. They were married in Kansas City on Tuesday, Aug 25 or 2%. Their first night back featured a lively party. The following evening a dance followed as they settled in. W H Harmon is sick, school Monday with Miss Bartists of Irwin in charge as instructor.
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