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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
12
A fragmentary OCR item from The Jasper News shows garbled text with stray symbols and a partial price reading roughly 1.50 in parentheses. No clear names, events, or places are identifiable within the readable portion.
Advertising rates listed include 4 cents per line for last page and inside pages, 6 cents per line for focal notices per issue, with front page contracts priced differently. The copy must arrive by the closing event evening. resolutions, expressions of thanks, and obituary cards incur additional charges.
Local residents report health concerns and family activity. Mrs Riley suffered injuries from an attack while Mr Riley faced a leg bone issue. both are recovering without surgery. Several Coiners and Carries visited HE Coiner. Ms Mayme Peterson and Dorothy left for Hut Springs for health reasons. Mr and Mrs White rented Peterson’s home. Local youths entered the garage business after buying Carter’s place with C L Havre’t.
Substantial community social notes from Jasper News of Lebanon Mississippi describe visits and gatherings. Names include DereE Andrews Mra Rex and Mra Ernest Rex with Fred Winters, Nellook at Farmers Union, Ville family of Pittsburg Kansas, Woodrow, Chiffites, Kt, Geral family, Fu from Kansas City, Beulah starting school at Carthay, Jess Bedell, Will Grtly, Frank family, E and son George, J W Bo wie and daughter Ne, W E Moulton relation, Mra H plobag Kan spent Sunday at Ernest Rex's house.
A fragmented reminiscence contrasts near death with survival and studious caution citing microbes and wrecks on land and sea. A local note reports a Junior League fundraiser about wienies and marshmallows at Coon Creek on September 12 with games, campfire tales, and a late departure.
Mrs J Houser and Miss Mary Alice Dreie hosted a rock club gathering at the former's home Friday afternoon for Mesdames Omer Webb Bob Wine Eli Scott Nora ox and Mrs Buchanan of Arkansas. A business meeting followed. Mrs Harry Watera was elected president with Miss Drake serving as secretary and treasurer. The club plans a September 26 meeting at the Crawford home with Miss Carrie Cather and Mrs Ernest Crawford.
The past week records renewals and new subscribers including Mark Thomas A W Schott L Winder H C Sharp Dyson Roberts D 1B Taggart GW Massey Muj Koy Hern V W Radford Bert Quillen PWG hew subscribers are J Willowers city.
The Rebekahs hosted the Odd Fellows last Monday night with a playful prank during a regular seasion where two applicants received the initiatory degree. A fine supper followed on the hall stage as the event closed. Arthur Teeter remains in Carthage Hospital after rupture surgery last week and is recovering well with plans to return home soon.
A patent has been granted for an electric shotgun design that uses sparks to ignite charge cartridges. The cartridges may be filled with an explosive gas or liquid as well as powder, enabling rapid ignition and firing. The invention outlines mechanisms for incorporating varied propellants within the energetic cartridges.
An electric fan inside a dark airless closet can provide ventilation when the door remains open during operation. It will cool the space and also help dispossess moths. The item advises using a fan to ventilate and deter pests in a sealed area.
A list of sale dates and locations for A. W. Radford and associates across several Kansas towns. Entries include Fred Johnston at 134 miles southeast of Asbury on August 27 and J. W. Beeman 234 miles southeast of Lamar on August 20, with numerous others near Jasper Golden City Milford and Carthage, spanning August to September. Names include J M Zinn FE M Rhoades W A Clyman Fred Wann Sans and Andrews C W Bedell James McCormick John Connell Charley Stonehocker Lewis Hartley A Beeson.
W E Moulton has been very sick at his home south of town for ten days. His condition alarms family and friends. His son Frank returned from Kansas City to be with his father. We express sincere thanks for sympathy and ministrations during illness and death of our daughter and sister. L A Cordz and family. B E B Johnson and family.
The Kansas City Times notes a story from the Lowry City Independent about a once wealthy man who earned riches by midnight toil now having a prodigal son who again faces night and doubt. It hints at family change and consequences in a reflective town newspaper voice.
The piece notes China lags in motorcar adoption as conservatives fear modern vehicles may unsettle horses central to tradition and daily life. It highlights how equines hold historical and cultural significance in the distant East while some resist modern transport changes.
A concise remark from the Ohio State Journal notes travel as a powerful educator. During a lunch conversation yesterday, the speaker described a warmed-over codfish dish turned into a casserolette with Newfoundland cod and an egg, illustrating cultural culinary adaptation.
A Chicago American item recalls a child named Ralph sent to a distant store, who, while it rained, rushed back and explained he was not anywhere but running. The anecdote captures a brisk, humorous moment.
Naturalists conclude the brain in birds is large in proportion to the body. If intelligence depends on brain weight, the goldfinch would rank highly, as its brain weighs one fourteenth of its total body.
The Vandat compares India to a lotus with Central India as petals and surrounding divisions as leaves. The motif is common in eastern temples and architecture, and the lotus is cultivated in public gardens. A pond in the Tax Gardens at Agra holds pure lotus blossoms.
A mother leaves young Jack to watch Ramona the cat. Ramona is found tethered to a rope while in sight, leading Jack to admit he kept her in place by tying her so she would stay within his line of sight. The oddly tragic misinterpretation reveals a child’s misguided means of guarding a pet.
Excerpt notes how “Yankes” or Yankee was a cant among farmer Jonathan Hastings of Cambridge around 1718. It cites Tan Kee horse, Yankee cider, and Itke as examples. Harvard students used the term in intercourse with Hastings, contributing to its adoption in early American discourse.
Report from early morning desk notes two young correspondents named Tine Blue and Bethel Dixie King filing from city bureau. Brief dispatches cover local events and community happenings with quick frontline observations.
An ordinance providing for proper disposal of human excreta in the city of Jasper endorses declaring unsanitary privies a nuisance. It defines terms, regulates the use and construction of sanitary privies, and fixes a penalty for violations of the provisions.
Creditors and others interested in the estate of Myrtle Madford deceased are notified that I. W. Waters Jr., administrator, will file a final settlement at the next term of the Probate Court of Jasper County Missouri to be held in Carthage on November 10 1919. First publication August 21.
The Memphis Appeal quotes a satirical exchange on rights and haste in court. A judge’s docket balance is teased as a man claims his own property while others covet his neighbor's. The dialogue underscores delays and the need for fair preparation in legal proceedings.
In 216 A D a senate of women met on the Quirinal with Elagabalus’s approval. The body confined talks to etiquette and dress, reflecting the era’s cruelty, extravagance, and vice that defined Elagabalus's reign and spurred such conferences.
A floor for dancing should be swept and scrubbed and dried before sprinkling with boracic acid rubbed in thoroughly. Children may dance on St Worth More Than That Now. In 1082 the Maryland patent granted to George Calvert was conveyed to his son Cecilius Calvert after his death. King Charles signed a new patent naming Maryland in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria. While Lord Baltimore held the grant he paid two Indian arrows yearly to the English crown, still shown at Windsor Castle.
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