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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1922
Page
5
A damaged OCR snippet shows numbers and garbled text likely from a brief public notice or ads page. Readable elements include 91.50 76 and partial words suggesting monetary figures or pricing. No clear event or names are identifiable.
A homecoming at old Bethel Church six miles northwest of Jasper drew many from Jasper and beyond. The Sunday School gathering featured Rev E H Sapp of Jasper delivering a sermon and praise, with A M Berry of Lamar and others giving brief remarks. Attendees recalled past revivals and vows made at the church, with plans reported for a regular pastor and services in the near future.
Mrs Myrtle Coiner and Miss Fern Heston of Pittsburg spent last week with aunt Mrs E D Owen and family. Local visitors included Moyer and others from Lamar and Carthage. School opened with Miss Beulah Stan as teacher and 90 pupils enrolled. Various Lamar visitors and Kansas City travel noted. weather described as very hot and very plentiful work scarce news this week.
Mrs May Dewey and Rev Clendening to preach at Salem next Sunday. Dewey school reports small class with Gladys Rusk Aretha Flowers Helen Gaddis and Eugene Rice as seniors juniors and sophomores. Mrs Vernon Matthews returns from a three week visit to Carthage. Felske resigns from school board and district clerk post. Elmer Owens visits his mother in Pittsburg Kans. Local residents and guests include Gaddis Bradshaw Davis and Underwood families. Lena Rice receives a new Wing piano.
Misses Morlan, nieces of Mrs. Lane, return to Kansas City after visiting W. S. Lane family. J W Spaid Jr and Charles Lilly Jr of Peanes spent time at Armstrong home. Beulah Stansberry begins Blue Star School teaching. Various locals visit and seek medical council in Kirksville for Mr Waltz. Several social visits noted. Althea Armstrong suffers from an ulcerated tooth. Hattie Hyder starts third term at Farm es nee eos. safe, steady rural life sketches appear.
The article notes ongoing cost pressures in the newspaper industry caused by rising paper prices and supply issues. It mentions author observations from Golden City and says mills have withdrawn quotations with prices set for immediate shipment, underscoring the difficulty in reducing subscription costs.
The Golden City Herald notes a nationwide fifty cent rise per hundred sheets in print paper with expectations it will persist and possibly rise again if the coal strike reduces production. The piece jokes publishers could mine coal themselves if prices stay high, urging no other reasonable solution from critics.
There were 108 in Sunday School with a 20.88 dollar collection. The Santee School board will meet this week to elect officers for the team if M S meets with Mr Wheat on Tuesday September 12 at 2 30 p.m.
Mrs. M. L. Melugin and children thank friends and neighbors for help and sympathy during illness and death of their husband and father and for the floral offerings.
A humorous excerpt urges merchants to advertise at once to avoid a silent business. It mocks tardiness and promotes timely promotion as essential for commerce.
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