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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1921
Page
1
A vintage ad touts cash and one price policies, urging customers to buy at home for value and loyalty. It promises full value, honest leather shoes, and satisfaction guaranteed as a core selling point.
Rebekahs attend district gathering at Aloa with Mesdames Houser ford Mal Hammond Ay Craw Wornelton Griffin among attendees.
Dr V J Hendricks and Miss Geace Crow wed in Carthage with Rev E H Sapp officiating. The couple, accompanied by Frank Wine and wife, plan a Galveston trip and will reside on North Main Street after a homecoming. They are esteemed long-time residents. The Bark Harbur store theft yielded $100 in goods, with two young men arrested and some recovered in Carthage.
Jasper pounded Esrom 18 to 3 as Walter Hardaway pitched seven innings for Jasper and Len Quillin finished. Esrom’s pitchers Phillips and Gilbreath allowed the running total. Alibi Ike notes the score reflects the class of both teams after a prior upset.
Will Ward, a quiet and industrious man aged about 72, died after a long illness in Jasper County Missouri. Born in Allen County Ohio and moving with his family in 1868, he returned from Ohio in 1885 to live in Jasper County. He left a widow, a brother John A. Ward, and two half sisters. The funeral will be held at his home with interment in Brethren Church Cemetery on the Base Line.
Interest rises for the Jasper Fair to be held October 11 12 and 13 with many already arranging exhibits. The catalog printing is progressing and will be ready for distribution within ten days. Advertisers are urged to submit copy or call The News.
More than 100 bands from multiple states will vie in a Kansas City event at the American Legion Convention opening October 31. A total of 1760 dollars in prizes will be awarded with 1000 to first place, 500 to second, and 250 to third. Bands will be judged during the parade on day one under a committee led by Col. E. M. Stayton. Several bands have already registered from Massachusetts New York Ohio Michigan Oklahoma Texas Indiana Kansas and Missouri including a Portland Oregon bagpipe orchestra.
Hiram Hendricks and Emma Crandall celebrate fifty years of marriage on a Jasper farm first tied in 1871. Their five children Dr W H Hendricks Mrs Thomas Dodd Mrs Claude Boyer Mrs C R Waller and Mrs Will Roby join relatives in Jasper for the milestone with gifts including a diamond ring a gold headed cane and a gold pocket knife each. Grandchildren great grandchildren and kin from Joplin and nearby towns share in the observance and extend best wishes.
The bright bay horse and heavy harness belonging to W H Scarbrough, taken from a hitchrack near the depot two to three weeks ago, remain missing. Authorities suspect two jail escapees aided the theft, aiming to use the outfit for their escape. Scarbrough, a poor man three miles north of Jasper, relies on the animal. readers with clues are urged to contact The News.
Mrs Anna Spain returned Tuesday from Allane Oklahoma where she visited her brother H J Deardorff and family.
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