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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
4
K C 0 8 by Pasenger Car Schedule lists daily routes between Mansfield and Ava with times. From Mansfield at 6 04 a m arrive Ava 8 04 a m depart Ava 6 04 m arrive Mansfield 6 30 a m daily depart 10 00 a m after Frisco train arrive Ava 11 30 a m depart Ava 3 30 p m arrive Mansfield 5 00 p m
Sunday school times and pastors are noted for multiple churches with sessions each Sunday morning plus preaching on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Names include W B Fullington G W Freeman T B Ritsinger J Younger and J C Carter. Also an advertisement promotes BRONZONE antiseptic as the ideal healing agent.
A fragmented local notice claims a local sale or service with miswrites about a dollar price and promoting insurance savings. It emphasizes that money supposedly spent stays in the county and urges residents to call phone 274 for A C Barton in Mountain Grove Missouri for advice.
First Lieutenant HC Parr and Private Hugh Johnson of the Springfield station lead a ten day recruiting drive traveling through Marshfield Hartville Cabool Mountain Grove and Mansfield by motorcycle to Manefield. The Springfield recruiting office promotes U S Regular Army education benefits and open branches including transport tank and aviation services for literate men ages 18 to 45. Lt Harrison says his unit can provide information on various service branches and bonus mileage for veterans needing assistance.
Wm. Shelton, father of Recorder Herbert, spent a week in the city visiting his sister Mrs. Walter Wilson and touring major sites. He visited Montgomery Ward, Petticoat Lane, Jones Store, Emery Bird Thrower, and several emporiums. He enjoyed Swope Park, the aviation field, city markets, and Electric Park, ending with a depot visit before returning home.
Wright county chairmen Funston Mountain Grove and Reynolds Mansfield View lead the Missouri Home Service Campaign with J J Ellis as treasurer. An executive committee includes Freeman Maya field Curtis Thunter Whelchet Hartville Byene Mave Kuswil Grove Spring Dennis Mountain Grove and Sehofeld Norwood. The drive begins September 2 to aid two needy cases. The Salvation Army aided many boys overseas and now seeks local support.
It mentions sickness in persons and urges preparation for hay fever with Farris Colic Remedy from H. M. Morcross. The ad implies timely availability to prevent or treat colic symptoms.
Social and family notices recount visits and calls from Whitcrafts Hensleys and Pryors. Local events include a pound supper for John Pryor returning from France and various callers like Bertha Young Verbia Claxton Martha Dodgy Aunt Pryor and Fred Renkaut’s wedding congratulations. Community greetings from Misa Bertha Young and Miss Verbie Scott are recorded along with travel notes of Howard Williams James Benton and John N Pryor Jr. in St Louis.
Mrs Blanche Bowers of Indiana Pa says digestion improved after trying Chamberlain's Tablets. She had long struggled with poor digestion and limited diets but found the right treatment after a year of searching and started taking the tablets.
Crop conditions worsen from lack of rain as families in Bryant note visits and travels. Otis King hosts Jess King, George King remains in Sylvia Kansas, Dora Sullivan and Maude Edge visit relatives in Dade county. Mrs Charles Miller and Mrs Albert Brentlinger call on Rae Williams. Eva Miller stays with Rae Williams. Rae Ballew returns from St Joseph. Clint Sullivan appears in Mansfield with family. Alta Crain and Bessie Sullivan visit Ree Williams on Sunday. June Bug.
A fragment notes that a damp piece of flannel with Chamberlain's ointment bound to the painful back can relieve a lame back more effectively than a plaster and at far lower cost, reflecting a practical, frugal remedy.
Fragmented report notes Rev J W Hull filling the Mansfield Cumberland Predlyter pulpit on July 7 for Rev J T Younter who was away for protracted sighting near Phillipeburg. Mentions Joe King John Dudley, water well drilling near Jericho, and a minefield coverage by Rey J We. A sleeve refers to a clit pow purchase and a 14 inch measure.
Last week’s notes report niece rain on Monday easing crop stress after a dry spell in early July. Ira Goss suffers fever with no improvement noted. A singing is planned for the third Sunday in August at 2 PM in Lead Hill. Community visits include Melvina Douglas’ child, Joe Goas and Ora Winburh’s drives to Sam Goss, and John Poort’s visits to his mother Mrs. K Poort.
An aged advertising snippet promotes B. A. Thomas Hog Powder as a genuine tonic conditioner and worm expeller. It urges farmers to begin hiding worms, with a brief endorsement by H. M. Norcross of Ady.
A garbled notice notes constipation issues affecting early proceedings and claims a remedy will clear the bowels and restore system health. The text mentions the product DE RRINE and promotional claims by dealers.
Members of the Country Club of Jericho spent Wednesday at Joe King’s home with a program and a refreshments table. All contributed to the pleasant gathering and the group adjourned to August 6 for further festivities. If possible, a full patriotic program for the public is planned later this month.
An old advertisement urges parents to treat pale sickly children with White's Cream Vermifuge for intestinal worms. It claims the remedy clears worms and restores health and cheerfulness, noting it is sold by all dealers.
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