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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1915
Page
2
Community mentions recount visits and calls among residents of Blue Star and nearby towns. Names include Myrtle Coiner, Adkins, Armstrong, Mikesell, Johnson, Pennington, Kaderly, Wells, Malone, Loyd Winder, Heckman, and others with various get togethers, calls, and a revival at Webb City. The piece notes a missed school due to high water and several Sunday or weekday visits.
Repeated notes from Carytown report heavy rains raising streams above bridges and flooding homes, halting school. Artie Millett and family visit from Kansas City. Martin Stith and wife visit relatives. communities discuss shortages of wheat and sowing supplies as waters recede.
Gandolma Wells dies at 46 in Jasper Route a home. Funeral held at home with Rev. J E Weaver officiating. Interment Waters cemetery. Local notices mention movements to Oklahoma, visits from California, Barton County, and Cedar Butt area. Preaching at Congregational church next Sunday. Community updates include health, travel, and social visits.
Henry Graham with serious injuries from a pitchfork accident shows gradual improvement after the Monday incident. Daily visits by Dr. Knott continue as families travel to Oklahoma and back. The Woodrow sale luncheon raised 21 in proceeds for the Lebanon church. Community members visit, share meals, and discuss crops and threshing delays amid ongoing rain. A flooded fairground event in Martin County drew witnesses to a memorable scene, with many neighbors aiding and expressing gratitude.
A Great flood swept through Dewey and Dry Fork washing out cornfields and wheat. Farmers report losses of alfalfa fields fertilizer and soil as houses and animals were moved by rising waters. Water stood along roads bridges and silos filled. rally day activities and local visits noted as communities recover.
Marl Harvey visited relatives in Carthage Sunday. D. I. Wampler made a business trip to Joplin Saturday. Miss May Sanford, principal of Benton School in Carthage, visited her parents Sunday. A. W. Radford was in Joplin Saturday. Homer Wampler and family visited in Carthage Sunday at W. H. Lukens. Miss Lizzie Bradshaw of Maple Grove visited her brother Chas Bradshaw and family. Saturday night Miss Mabel Tullman visited Mrs. Gus Campbell. A. W. Bradford and wife and son Alvin spent Sunday with relatives in Jasper. Charlie Hutsell went to Lamar Sunday to visit friends. Miss Ethel Harvey was unable to get to school two days last week due to high water. She fought Saturday to make up for one of the days lost. A horse belonging to George Jacobs was badly cut on the wire. the veterinarian could not save its life.
Miss Kanra Macens visited Fay Jarvis in Memphis last week before returning home. Jim Ett er’s baby was ill recently. Mrs Belline’s event drew a good crowd and partygoers enjoyed a fine time. Mrs Guy McConnell called on Mrs John Welsh, while John Wilkoo’s family attended church in Golden City. Meredith Hendrix bought a new Overland car. Ross McConnell and family visited home talks Monday. Fern Belling Iris Surburg and Raymond Wheeler were at M Magers Sunday evening. Virgil Carter visited Carthage last Sunday.
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