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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1909
Page
3
The Lamar Democrat reports a Wednesday fire near Harklesa stores as electric lights caused sparks. An isolated live wire, left in the building for years after power removal, ignited a ceiling area above north show windows before being cut and halted the blaze.
A ceiling contact completed an electrical circuit that could have caused a blaze. If the lights had come on an hour later, the store would have been empty and the building might have burned, with the origin of the fire remaining a mystery. Fortunately the show window was empty at the time.
The second Alpha club meeting was at Mrs Triplett's home south of town on September 24. Members wore items representing well known books and posed baby photos. The group will meet again on October 8 at Mrs Ballard's home for christenings of Mrs Fairfield and Mrs Thomas.
W. C. Krum of Jasper offers loans to farmers at a low rate. Contact via address or phone. Includes mention of Crow Merc Co and a line of W. T. coranta products.
A San Antonio Light editorial urges typhoid prevention amid a national fever outbreak. It explains how the germ enters through the mouth, stresses fly control and screened food, and advises boiling produce and avoiding cistern water. The piece praises city measures and urges readers to educate children.
A reader cites an Italian astronomer who doubts Peary's claim of moonlight at the North Pole and recalls a Sarcoxie Record yarn about a shark rescue. The sailor explains shedding clothes before diving and drawing a knife, sparking a quip about being too darned particular.
A giant corn ear from W. B. Adams farm near Popular Bluff in the drainage district astonishes Missouri farmers and a real estate man Joe Kelley reports its remarkable size. Government checks show no ear longer than fourteen and a fraction inches or heavier than this 214 pound specimen. The ear measures sixteen inches long and 14 4 4 inches in circumference and was photographed beside a carpenter’s square.
A wholesale fruit merchant reports a scarce apple crop across Missouri Arkansas and Kansas with poor Ben Davis fruit arriving in Arkansas and high prices expected. Colorado apples are abundant but sellers quote 2.50 per bushel. California shipments are growing.
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