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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1914
Page
7
In Pendergrass Georgia Mrs Della Lane writes of long years of womanly troubles and fainting spells. She credits Cardul with immediate relief and returning her ability to work. The ad promotes Cardul as a tonic strengthening the nerves regulating organs and urges readers to ask their druggist for guidance and a free booklet.
Special correspondence notes Pansy away on vacation leaving Rastus to handle letters and social visits. Mentions of Frye family gatherings with Maude McIntosh and others, Sunday meals, Springfield trips, and a playful jab at gardening for the women. Rastus signs off promising Pansy will write again.
Special Correspondent reports Decia Melotesh returning from Woolard where she taught. George Duggar continues earthmoving work. D Rowland’s farm advances corn planting as the season starts. Mrs Byron Shanes dines with her mother. Miss Ily Coday stays overnight at Marvin Coday home. Ed Pagans makes a trip to Mansfield. Oscar Duggar and family visit Byron Shanes. Marvin Coday and wife guest Tom Halland and wife. Rain Friday night shifts activity for farmers and neighbors.
Antiseptic powder to shake into shoes relieves burning, swelling, and blisters. Claims to ease bunions and callouses and enhance comfort for dancers and new shoes. Sold everywhere for 250 with a free trial package offer by Allen Co., Olmsted, LeRoy, New York.
Gardens and lawns show growth as parishioners attend the Church of God services at Jim Helsley and Pollock homes. Orie Walted delivered an appointment, with preaching at Freewill Baptist Church every third Saturday and Sunday led by Pastor C N Windley.
Sunday events fill a rural ledger with visits to L J Rushing Joe King Mt. Dale Now church attendances at Antoch Flint Hollow and Hargus chapel. Rain Friday night and Sunday showers bring green pastures as farmers report corn planting progress and local trades and trips in the community.
An effort is being made to organize a Camp of the Boys of Woodcraft in this city. The B O W is a great National order for boys with fraternal, insurance and beneficial features, lodge ritual, drill maneuvers, signs, grips and passwords. Members aged 10 to 15 eligible. Charter list at Cash Mercantile store. Otto Brentlinger and Joe Williams assisting. Charter fee and initiation cost $100.
The chicken pie dinner and bake sale by the Baptist Aid Society at the G A R Hall Saturday was well attended and enjoyed with an excellent repast served.
A specialty column reports village social life with numerous visits to neighbors and church events. It mentions crowds at Barges Chapel, Sunday school at Antioch, and various calls on residents, plus farm activity and community chatter about flowers, hair ribbons, and barn work. Peggy Short signs off inviting all to Llargis Chapel Sunday.
Brief notice directs use of the Mansfield Hotel for a special Sunday dinner. Details on time, menu, or attendees are not provided in the readable text.
A dairy type cow is described as slender and angular with a pliable, smooth hair coat and well developed udder. The article contrasts dairy and beef types, detailing the dairy cow’s wedge shaped body, deep hindquarters, large milk veins, and general refinement prioritizing purity in Holstein Jersey Guernsey and Ayrshire breeds.
The text notes that certain dairy breeds reliably reproduce dairy qualities and butter fat output. It emphasizes that dairy men aiming for success should adhere to one of the established dairy breeds to maintain performance and consistency.
Gibbs plans small items this week while spring talk fills the air. W E Tarbutton, Geo Tripp and Lt. Johnson host family visits. Gaskill couple called to Codawr Gap after a stroke. No. 5 singing drew a large crowd. Opal Stella and Oma Newton were seen in town. Dinah hints at a writer’s identity as she teases readers.
M D Gorman a Wright county pioneer and merchant died Monday morning at his Hartville home aged 71. He ran a general mercantile business at Hartville for 30 years before retirement to his son. Funeral at Hartville Tuesday conducted by Rev J A Russell with Masonic order in charge. Survived by widow two sons W H and Walter Hartville. daughter Mrs K C Young Okmulgee Okla. Also relatives from this city and Okmulgee attended. Undertaker T B Lenhart handled the service. Nearby visitors included Miss Ruby Mountain Grove and county officials Horace Carnutt and Jack Spurlock.
The Texas Wonder claims to cure air and bladder trouble dissolves gravel cures diabetes and ills of the kidneys and bladder for men and women regulates bladder troubles in children. If not sold by your druggist it will be sent by mail for $1.00. One small bottle lasts two months and often cures. Send for testimonials from this and other states. Dr EB W Hall 2926 Olive St St Louis MO. Sold by druggists Ady.
Farmers are advised to focus on breeding large milking cows for sale to dairymen and creameries. Sound stock commands good prices as dairies expand and many buyers seek well bred cows. Exercise caution when selling helpers from top cows to avoid harming long term herd quality.
A boy humorously compares his nine member family to a baseball team with father as pitcher mother as catcher and younger siblings in the field. The farm setting underpins the punchline of a quirky family dynamic on the homestead.
W T Norcross invites shoppers to view bargains in dry goods groceries shoes and general merchandise. Optical goods are offered with every pair glasses guaranteed and phone 101 provided for contact.
Special Correspondent reports visits among Brasher Rosevear Tripp Gaskill Pool and Dennis families with church and school events. Mansfield high senior play attended by Gasconade youth. A riddle ends the column as the writer asks readers to guess who they are and why a water is like a survivor.
A week of Freight wrecks disrupted Frisco lines. A tie car derailed in yards due to a broken axle. A chat car derailed near Macomb. The southbound local engine disabled between here and Macomb. Sunday five chat cars and four empty box cars wrecked between Lone Wood and Macomb from a broken flange. Delays lasted hours as wreckers and many section men cleared the tracks. Passenger trains were delayed and traffic slowed through Sunday night into Monday.
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