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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
5
The notice lists daily and sunday freight and passenger departures with times for No 208 No 204 No 210 No 201 No 293 and No 207, including 8 33 a m 2 55 p m 8 20 p m 6 17 p m and 11 00 a m while noting sun exceptions for some services.
Cars depart Jasper at 8 8:30 am and 1 pm plus 9:15 11:45 am and 4 pm from anaes. Saturdays and Sundays evening service leaves Jasper at 6 0 returning from Carthage at 11. Locations include Nunnellys Cafe and Carter Garage.
Local ad page lists ice, fertilizer, farm loans, auto tires, old Ford sizes, poultry and eggs buying at top prices, cold pop, cream testing, and top market prices for country produce. Promotes Airdome show nights Wednesday and Saturday with cool evenings and pictures.
Advertisement urges using Wilhoit Oil and Gasoline as a reliable fuel and mentions the product’s Jasper County availability. It also lists Schooler Grain Co and a rental notice for two rooms to a couple, signed by Mrs. M. A. Gardner.
Perry Grisham from the county seat visited Jasper on Sunday. Miss Ethel Peterson of Carthage visited her brother Allen. Mrs J R Bowers shows steady improvement after a long illness. F E Follmer sold two barrels of Jonathan apples west of town. A W Radford and family and Miss Ethel Peterson spent Sunday with Allen Peterson. Rev W O Thompson and family visited Jasper friends during conference at Joplin. Ward family returned from Arkansas, then headed to the State Fair. J R Bowers walks with a line after a horse accident with no serious damage. Mark Good, first drafted man from Jasper, left for Camp Funston. Hill couple hosted Emerson Crews and parents of Greenfield. Miller and wife from Kansas City visited and inspected their new barn west of Jasper. Dr Knott, P I Hill and Bryan Earp viewed Fort Sill mobilization in Nevada. Mrs Mary Gooding of Fort Collins visited Dodd family, then departed. Mrs Will Davis and Mrs Walter Stevens attended missionary meeting at M E Church South. Mrs L V Nunnelly hosted relatives from Fulton and Parsons. Grand Chapter Eastern Star meeting in St Louis included Walter Stapleton and others. Howard Gaddis and Clyde Buzzard, both 15, tried to enlist but were stopped by parents. they should remain in school longer.
Enlisted at Jasper McCune and Tallman raised two companies in the last two weeks. Company No 1 is armed with Hoosier and Kentucky drills and lists members Steve Garrett Clarence Simmons Jake Sunderland Wiley Courtney H C Earl Robt Sanders Ed Strecker Guy Tyler Pred Brock Merlin Williams Jasper Owings John Derr and Ed Heger. Company No 2 is armed with Corrugated Pulverizers and lists Will Lane Frank Bradley Fred Strecker Robin Wolfe John Murphy C Ball Henry Wise W C Meek Clarence Murphy Fred Schooler and Harve Bishop.
Notice items include a hunting trespass warning by J H Selror. pear sales near Jasper by D H Wampler. a special sale on crepe de chine waists Sunday September 29. nurse and mule sale by H L Tallmin. a nine room house for sale or trade by F B Dunning. administrator sale of lots 21 22 23 24 block 23 near Holiness Church by L C Wormington. and Farmers Elevator accounts due by Sept 1 managed by J E Hull.
A dense list of farm products for sale and services from Jasper and Carthage Missouri. Items include fertilizer, sweet potatoes, creek goods, and farm equipment. Names such as J E Hull A T Yves Ralph Berry Mrs I M Cline and G W Woodford are shown with addresses or routes. Also offers for loans, organ sale, tires, corn cutters, and livestock or poultry sales appear amid miscellaneous notices.
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