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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
7
Jerry N Taylor promotes a quit business sale in Carthage featuring deep discounts on furniture rugs and stoves. He emphasizes wholesale prices fast delivery and cheap linoleum chairs and Brussels rugs with limited stock and calls out debtors while soliciting cash sales.
Arthur Hurt, studying in Springfield, visited Jasper Sunday with friends. Rev Pinnell of Oak Grove visited his father’s family last week. Bert Corder and C M Henbree bought overland cars. a church conference supported returning Rev J W Moore to Jasper. Local officials promote the Jasper City Fair. Ulmer family recently moved in and ordered The News. Miss Lida Drake traveled to Minneapolis to visit relatives, met by Judge A G Drake in Kansas City. California memories recounted by C Kenney. An ambulance corps member, Charles Grim, now at Camp Clark Nevada, aims for a commission. Advertised letters list includes Ela Kteybold, Rev Reynolds, A Cline, Mrs Wilters, Ernest Carrollly, J Patterson, Mrs Fred Wrickson, Mr Jim Smith, Mr Hamer Jarrett, TY B Hardaway.
The phrase fillbuster traces to cruisers described as fillbotes or vig-hotes in Iver Vly waters. Dutch sources credit followers of Dominique de Courgues sailing from Finis terre in a 1607 expedition against Fort Caroline. The term appeared as filbustero in Spanish before adopting English form, per the London Chronicle.
The passage notes wheat in ancient Egypt, celebrated for quality when bearded, sown in winter after barley. It describes how wheat escaped damage during plagues that hit barley, with rain or pest effects leaving wheat unharmed.
A Cincinnati Times-Star item notes that gossip suggests wives are kept busy supplying for the inner man as husbands are supplied for the outer woman, reflecting social norms and household roles.
Zion Mississippi social notes list numerous visits and gatherings: Rennick McConnell and families with Claude McConnell, Ek, Wubbard and John at Curthape, and multiple guests at various homes across Lamar Carterville Jasper Avilla Neosio and surrounding areas. The column records teaching appointments, school beginnings, conferences, and community hospitality highlighting local residents and their kin.
A quip on gifts for wives notes that tears come when a wife does not receive the string of pearls she desires. The exchange hints at romantic expectations and celebratory spend, reflecting a facet of social norms and gift giving in the period.
The piece argues that democracy strengthens yearly but cannot abolish natural aristocracy guiding business. It states the manager’s role remains crucial and criticizes cooperative production for underutilizing management talent, attributing this to fault in its structure and governance as introduced by Nicholas Paine Gilman.
A contributor to Minerva counts nouns and adjectives in Virgil Dante and Leonardi. In the second book of the Aeneid the Fall of Troy yields 1037 nouns and 689 adjectives. In Dante's Divina Commedia 6215 adjectives, only 17 are in the superlative.
The note cites Robert Louis Stevenson claiming fame runs short of lasting achievement. He jokes that Gladstone helped with his works and finances, noting fame’s limited value compared with a yacht. The remark contrasts literary fame with material rewards and status.
A mocked entry describes a youth in a drug store holding a phone for 20 minutes while loudly wooing his Indianapolis beloved as 17 men fish with a device to play the Instrument.
A dialogue exchange notes a Dutch chorus and wooden shoes as a humorous conceit. The excerpt presents character banter about cultural stereotypes within a social setting. It captures light theatrical wit and period humor without advancing a broader narrative.
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