Jasper Street Fair Opens With Local Discounts Promise
The Big Street Fair arrives in Jasper with a promotional blitz listing numerous local brands and wares. Vendors advertise discounted Pingree and Walkover shoes, 10 or more cents off, and exchanges of V. B. and Turkey Flour for butter and eggs. The piece touts farm tools, heaters, stoves, bone meal, and buggies as featured goods, plus a Saturday $10 dish giveaway at 3:30, inviting readers to visit the sellers.
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Jasper
Goodenough
Black Hawk
King Bee
Swift
Jasper Street Fair Hosts Political Primaries and Rides
Jasper Street Fair draws crowds for Democrat and Republican speakers with Hon. J. B. Kimball, Judge Howard Gray, and John H. Flannigan on the program. Exhibits praised as best yet, Crawford Comedy Co returns, Collins rides thrill guests, a sunken reef delays the Flying Squadron voyage, a 74 pound pumpkin on display, and Nashville versus Boston baseball rivalry unfolds as we go to press.
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Crawford Comedy Co
Reliable Collins Company
Jaspers
Sateaxie
Fred Schodler
Carthage
Joseph Cather
Cozatt
Jasper County
Nashville
Boston
From Illinois visitor compares farming value to Missouri land
Chas Metger, formerly farming east of town, visits from Kappa Illinois and says Illinois crops will outproduce Missouri, with oats about similar, wheat 30–35 bushels per acre and corn about 20. He notes Illinois land costs and predicts Jasper County land will rise beyond $300 per acre soon.
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Chas. Metger
Kappa
Lis
Mr. Metzger
Missouri
Illinois
Jasper County
Harland Burkett Returns From Osawatomie Ball Club
Harland Burkett arrived Tuesday from Osawatomie Kansas where he spent the summer working when not playing with the Osawatomie team.
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Harland. Burkett
Osawatomie, Kans
Osawatomie
The Largest sc Tablet in town at Pitts
A public notice announces the largest sc tablet installation in Pitts with local officials inaugurating the project. Details describe the device’s size location and ceremonial proceeding planned by city departments.
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Pitts
Political campaign kicks off in Jasper at the opera house
A two hour political rally opens the campaign in Jasper with Col W H Phelps and Frank F Ross among speakers from Carthage. Democrats send Ex governors W J Stone and Jos W Folk with senatorial candidate Jas B Reed. Republicans schedule I B Kimball Judge Gray Fire Alarm Flannigan and Col Charles H Morgan to speak, with local hopefuls including W N Andrews Bob Sloan L M Thomas and H L Bright expected to attend Morgan's Jasper debut.
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Jasper
W. H. Phelps
Frank F. Ross
Bob Sheppard
Carthage
Opera House
Col. Phelps
Messrs. Sheppard
Ross
W. J. Stone
Jos. W. Folk
Jas. B. Reed
Kansas City
I. B. Kimball
Gray
Flannigan
Col
Chas. H. Morgan
Mr Morgan
W. N. Andrews
Bob Sloan
L. M Thomas
H. L. Bright
Col. Morgan
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Jasper Street Fair
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Stone
Folk
J. B. Kimball
United States
Howard Gray
John H
First National Bank
Rexall Store
H. F. Pitts
H. L. Tallman
Depot
Dr. Schooler
South Side Drug Store
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