Senior class play and park fund drive headlines town
Mansfield items note the Senior class play on April 25 at the Opera House, a big week for the park fund with the merry-go-round ride, and multiple ads urging readers to support local merchants. Mentions include J.A.Mechite renewal, Prof J A Hylton visiting, and a forthcoming 1,000 phone directories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.W. A
J.a.mechite
Bryant
J.M. Thirkield
J. A. Hylton
Hartville
Grover
L.C. Nieder
van Buren
Wirsa- Beck's
Douglas Brown
Otto Brentlinger
Cash Mercantile Co
Mansfield Hotel
Williams
Park Fund
KE. C
Ross
Thayer
Joseph Davis
Opera House
Take a Peep to Our Windows CASH MERC CO
Local storefront announces a fresh spring stock of goods and up to date merchandise. The ad highlights a wide wall line of groceries and provisions available to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady G. W. Prerman & Son
Market Ad for Dry Goods and Groceries
Rice and meat priced per pound with fat back at 18 cents, syrup per gallon, white beans five cents per pound, sugar all kinds five cents per pound, dry goods including ginghams calico silks lawns per yard with low prices, discount on Robinett stock. new goods advertised by Arthur Stafford manager.
School Report Highlights May 1 Closure and Attendance
The school closes May 1 due to board decisions. Attendance in the eighth month was strong across grades with no tardies in two rooms and overall daily average at 186. The junior class finished Julius Caesar and begins another Shakespeare play. agriculture reports a Hen loss. Enrollment totals 212 with 5032 pupil-days, 118 attend daily every day, 21 absent five+ days.
Manstrekt Plans Clean Up Day For April 25 1914
The city announces a regular Clean Up Day on Tuesday April 25 1914 urging residents to gather rubbish in boxes barrels or sacks for easy removal. Citizens are asked to burn trash but not pile ashes in streets or gutters and to keep manure and wood piles off streets. Businesses must move machinery from streets. such obstructions will be banned and violators punished. Mayor GS Kurney signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GS. Kurney
Institute Program Promotes Suffrage and Temperance Topics
An institute program features songs such as On to Victory and A Saffoonless Nation in 1Wwee while discussing suffrage, temperance and legal status of women in Missouri. Mrs. Craig, Riley, Grissom, Hoover, Burney and others lead readings, discussions, and drills on Missouri Handbook with contributions from multiple speakers and musical numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah
Mrs. Cause
Jne Craig
Margaret Riley
Headly
Black
Hoover
Grissou
Mes. Rule
Beach
Grissom
Missouri
Mia Craig
Susan Burney
J. D. Reynolis
Saralic
Walton
Rogers
Norcross
Nancy Latimer
Inez Hylton
Cauble
Peters
Mount Pleasant Sunday Social and Church News
Health improving for Barney Smith and Houston Smith's guests with others visiting. Local visits include W IE Anderson, Henry Dennis with Mrs Rebecca Sikes, and Verbia Dennis with Myrtle Turner. A family trip to Mansfield ended with a frightened ride home. a broken back tongue noted. Dolphus Cooley assists at Hensley meat market. singing and church activities upcoming at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church with J B Seal as pastor and Md Taylor as Sunday school superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Smith
Houston Smith
Wim. Smith
W. IE Anderson
Zenda
Henry Dennis
Apent
Rebeccs Sikes
Oscar Lilles
Win
Smith
Verbia Dennis
Myrtle Turner
Lowell
Lorena
Marion
Stanley Anderson
Mansfield
Dolphus Cooley
Hensley
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Lincm
Ila. m
J. B.seal
MD Taylor
State vs Samuel Henderson Murder case in Hartville
In Wright county Hartville last week Samuel Henderson faced murder charges for killing Henry Johns at the Weaver home near Grovespring. The jury found Henderson guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed a ten year sentence, amid crowded court and emotional reactions from family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright County
Hartville
Sam
Uel Henderson
Bar of Justice
Henry Johns
Claude Johns
Spence School
Johns
Alexander Weaver
Henderson
Grovespring
Springfield
Weaver Farm
Groogespring
Weaver
Sammuenoil
J. J. Ellis
K. D. Ussery
S. H. Scarborough
J. S. Newton
R. J. Reynolds
James M. Tutsel
S. BE. Thornton
D. A. Kloga
Morgan Crewse
St. M. Eilis
5. P. Young
Sherif John N. Pryor
Attair
C.H. Skinker
Guessing Contest At Shinpaugh Bros Store Ad
A guessing contest is announced at Shinpaugh Bros store with a note to call the store for further details. An invitation reads Ady, Come clean next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shinpaugh Bros
Ady
Public Sale On THE SQuake Mansfield Missouri
Public sale on Saturday April 2 at 1 PM at the J C Freeman farm Mansfield Missouri featuring two dressers one library table one dining table six dining chairs two rockers large Spanish golden oak leather rocker one Axminster rug two Axminster rugs one colonial velvet rug several small rugs plus a kitchen complete with springs and other articles Terms cash Mrs D Valkenburgh A forest fire on the Freeman farm caused a small blaze but was contained with no further damage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inet Springs
D. Valkenburgh
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Casa Mercantite Co
Adv
Maid of the Forest
Cliss
Andy
Premo
Mansfield Drug Co
She
L. B. Johnson
Bb. A. Crippen
BE. H. Parnsworth
Mountain Grove
EB. Garner
Hilsabeck
Seymour
Mansfield Mirror
Weekly
Kansas City Star
Stapp
Charles Ross
Durango
Col
Ava
Holiness Church
Flat Rock
Woodcraft
IV. D. van Valkenburgh
California
Phillipsburg
C. P
Blatchford
J.B. Freeman
Strone & Williams L
J. B. Freeman
Frank Scheurmann
Mansfeld
Br. H Cowick
Ardmore
Okla
W. C. T. U. Institute
N. J. Craig
Wright
Douglas Counties
J.A. Hylton
C.A. Stephens
J. W. Brazeal
Cour New Spring
G. W. Freeman & Son
G. S. Burney
Kodak
Ady, Mansfield Drug Co
Robert L. Alford
Wright Co
Cash Merc. CO
Miss Keller
Miss Gaskill
Julius Caesar
Shakespeare
Mansfield Woman's Christian Union
M. E. Church
Mount Pleasant
Samuel Henderson
Roy K. Curtis
Pen Henderson
Leiry Johns
Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society
Squake
J. C. Freeman Farm
de C
Kansas City
Bonnell Produce Company
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