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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1913
Page
1
Local Mirror items report visitors from Vera Cruz Seymour and Bryant. G W Freeman and wife visited Springfield and South Greenfield while new signs appear for J H Robinett’s store and Bonnell Produce Co. Ads push Brown Cultivator sales at Freeman Miller Hardware and fresh baked goods at the Bakery.
A collection of brief notices and ads mentions hay for sale, 5c Sunday dinner at Mansfield Hotel, people traveling to Fairview Oklahoma, a new telephone operator in Springfiard, livestock for sale, thanks for apples, a move of the Brazeal family, and the Thirteenth Annual Missouri State Fair dates. Local council sets dog taxes, subscriptions paid, new goods arrive including an oil stove, and real estate activity. A Hayes Kansas normal school visitor and Sunday school plans with apple treats are noted.
A. A. Drennan will depart for Ocean Park California and arrange for the Mirror to be mailed there. The Mansfield community expresses regret at his departure but extends best wishes for his future success and happiness.
To my former customers I extend appreciation and invite the general public to visit my Millinery Display on the second floor of the Day Building. Adv. Mrs. G. W. MILLEN.
C Walter Beach and sister Lois join Ralph and Velmi Hylton for the concert. J N Danner of Cairo visited Wm Brand and may locate in the Ozarks. Mansfield transfers calls for trash haul. Cleanup day yields wagonloads of tin. Nevels from near Macomb visits with brother. Loyal Temperance Legion and Y P B formed in Steelville. McIntosh family consideration of California move. Bank of Mansfield installs new fixtures and vault lock. Yeomen delegates to national conclave named. Piano recital planned by C Walter Beach pupils May 9. Mirror notes and subscription gift from Charles Schafer. Senorita cigarettes advertised.
Dr Riley had the busiest week in Hartville while Rev J J Wolf of Seymour filled morning service. W A Newton of Kansas City, ex Hartville teacher and Wright County Republican editor, visited. Mansfield crowds will welcome Harber Nearing and Arthur Allen from Drury Glee Club for a piano and vocal concert in the Opera House Saturday night May 10.
The Young Men's Business Club met in special session chaired by Dr. Fl Riley. The park improvement plan was adopted and a contract for about $600 was authorized. A committee was named to coordinate with other cities on fair dates and to solicit funds for the carnival.
Mansfield hosts a meeting of representatives from Hartville Mountain Grove Ava Cabool Seymour and Mansfield to set dates for a fair circuit. Dr F H Riley will chair at his office tonight with J Frank Neighbors and R F Baker of Mountain Grove plus C L Beach Geo B Freeman Manefield Henry Wilson Ava Carl Garner Seymour Ben Mires Cabool Bert Ellis and R F Adams of Hartville attending to confirm arrangements.
Four men were arrested at Pine Bluff following a safe explosion. Investigators think they may be the same gang that robbed the Bank of Mansfield and the Bank of Alton. Detectives are on the case and City Marshal Roe Strong has led efforts that may have yielded arrests.
Saturday in Mansfield drew large crowds as streets filled with people and a band playing while surveyors and assistants measured marked and established limits and grades, giving the town a metropolitan air.
A national contest offers a gold medal to a student aged 10 to 15 who writes the best essay on repair and maintenance of earth roads. Submissions to Logan Waller Page by May 15, 1913, with name age address and school at the top.
Uncle George Freet traveled from Ava to Bryant to oversee a small mining effort. A trio led by E J Lefler, A Wallage, and Geo Freet claims 40 acres and plans two to three tunnels to find zinc veins marketable if successful. Freet, an experienced miner, says prospects look bright as foreign prospectors note diverse mineral varieties in Ava Enterprise region.
The notice reports triplets born to Elijah Todd and wife near Duncan north of Mansfield. Names listed are Woodrow Chester Bryan Lester and Rubey Vester. The writer implies President Woodrow Wilson, Secretary of State Bryan and Congressman Rubey should comment, guessing the mother may be a Democrat.
J A G Reynolds and A P Miller receivers for the Kansas City Ozarks and Southern railroad were each granted eleven dollars per day for nine days, with $300 total salaries taxed as costs. Attorney J S Clark received $100. Judge Gay D Kirby ruled salaries and fees part of litigation costs, noting the nine days of control yielded about $1,390 from sources and about $500 cash on hand, leaving roughly $200 profit for the nine day period.
A Southern farming excerpt argues the region can rival others in pork, beef, and butter production thanks to a long growing season and abundant feed crops. Alabama and Louisiana trials show soybeans and sweet potatoes yielding high pork value. costs per pound are very low when pasture crops are used.
Beginning work on the platform extension at the Frise depot and constructing a granite walk, prompted by Mayor Burney that summer. The Frisco company complied promptly, with freezing weather delaying progress previously.
N S Tyson of near Olathe phoned Saturday to enroll as a Mirror subscriber and says he has 333 square feet of sweet potato slips for sale.
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