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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
5
An advertisement warns consumers to demand genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross seal. It notes fraudsters in Brooklyn sold counterfeit tablets, urges buyers to verify the safety mark on every package and tablet, and reminds proper dosage and directions accompany Bayer products.
An advertisement touts Freezone as magic for corns and calluses. A few cents buys a bottle to drop on tender areas, claiming instant pain relief and painless removal of the corn or callus including the root.
Rain eased hardship as Prairie Hollow and Olathe residents noted. Roy school opened with John Roy as teacher. Local visits included Mrs. James Freeman and San Hosea at Sid Williams, Henry Wilson and B J Thompson from Ava visiting Olathe. Reverend Pleas Davis attended Shiloh services and hosted events. Deacons Sidney Williams and J J Smith ordained. Shiloh school opened with Miss Mary One teaching. Sunday school 10, preaching first Sunday. Grave topic planned. RUBY
August rain blessed Bryant and vicinity with good hay harvests stored without damage. State highway surveyors from Bryant to Ava discuss improving roads for Ozarks access and mail service. Raymond Williams and wife welcomed a baby girl born July 26. Clarence Shinpaugh appointed postmaster, office moved back into building south of the mill. A wagon train surprised Mr and Mrs Alva Andrews with music and meals after a night out. Weekend gatherings at Joha McCuite’s featured games and refreshments. Several trips to Brown's Cove for camping and picnicking ended without incident. Jesse Wallace suffered cattle loss from a lightning strike estimated at about $400. Maud Brentlinger and husband visiting Charles Brentlinger overseas, Harrison Meteher and wife visiting George McCrite's. Christian Endeavor at Mt. Everett church every Sunday night with singing every other Wednesday.
Mrs Myrtle Jenkins of Hillsboro Ohio recounts how Thedford’s Black-Draught became her family’s standby. She cites relief for torpid liver constipation headaches and general malaise after using small doses and praises its effects on children. She urges readers to keep Black-Draught in their medicine chests and notes price at 25 cents per package.
Jo Missiburo of Seymour has left for Denver to pursue unspecified duties or opportunities. The brief note records a travel move and omits further details about destination or purpose.
Women relieved from monthly pains with Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills. A testimonial from Nellie A Jones of Jeanerette La says the first box eased years of suffering and she now does housework without pain. Free from opiates or narcotics. Money back if the first package fails. Sold by all druggists.
Hot and dry with few light showers. Mrs. Blackshire of Ozark County dies at daughter’s home. three sons bring remains for burial. Thrashing done. many local visits and social events noted. Navy leave reduces Bert Atteberry’s home time. Liberty School opens with Amon Calhoun. spelling match and Sunday school scheduled weekly. Dolly Dimple.
Midway residents attended a Saturday picnic in Hartville with strong turnout and ample ice cream. Miss Aleth Borders spent Sunday with Miss Effie Knight and Misa Ethel Young of Odin visited Newt Stanifer Saturday night. Grace Stanifer visited Laura Taylor, singing at Hargus Chapel drew listeners Sunday. Low Stogsdill and Ida with Lige Peters ard family were at L J Rushings Sunday. Knob school opens Aug 11 with J R Deckard as teacher. James Yandle returned home after visiting the country.
Mrs Sot Ulazer has gone to Sey Wor to make her home with her son I oC Blower. The note appears in a local society section of a historical newspaper item.
An old health tip urges drinking a hot glass of water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush poisons from the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It recommends morning baths to cleanse the system and improve digestion and energy, claiming notable health benefits for constipated or bilious individuals.
A Mansfield man was provoked while fishing when his bait ran away with the fish. An advertisement promotes The Ore Bait Carrier for Fish Hooks, claiming it works with live minnows grasshoppers pork rind strips. Price 225c 6-60 12-100 postpaid. The Ore Tackle Co Mountain Grove Mo.
A 1900s styled advertisement touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use hair darkener. It promises gray hair disappears by morning with repeated applications, claims no disease cure, and markets as a cosmetic cosmetic product rather than medicine.
Edward Ingerson travels to Kansas City for undisclosed reasons. Local observers note his departure follows recent community events.
Worn summier weather and harvest notes. Arnold Schufer returns home after eighteen months in the Navy with an honorable discharge. Miss Mary Roblin of Adrain visits at the J B Greenwood home. Miss Ruth Weightman and Corella Christy dine with Annie and Lizzie McKinney. Miss Edith Schafer of Springfield visits her father. Miss Jennie Duffield visits Mrs Emin Martin. Miss Anna Findley stays with sister Mrs Charley Nevils. Miss Mabel Pearcey spends Sunday with home folks. Hedth Weightman returns from Springfield. Elmer Greenwood and wife welcome baby boy Lowell. Macomb Christian Endeavor meets at Baptist church first and third Mondays. Methodist church second and fourth Sundays. Sunday school at Macomb Methodist at ten o'clock.
Pleasant Flat weekly items report visitors Moss Alta and Vada Tharp to Miss Imhoff. John A. Williams, Wm. Lenhart and families travel, now living away ten years, with visits to Roob, Linhoff and Marion Moore. Sunday School schedules and a baby care advertisement for McGree’s Baby Elixir. Lieutenant Verne Wilson of Ava has received his discharge from the army.
A dated print warning urges readers to reduce uric acid by using Tod Salta, a grape and lemon juice lithia mix. It promises kidney cleansing, relief from back pain and urinary irritation, and repeated daily intake as a safe, inexpensive tonic to flush clogged kidneys.
Joe Lee Dennis and family went to Gainesville Saturday for a recount connected to the death of Mia. Dennis' nephew Ocie Swafford is mentioned in connection with the case.
Mrs A J Wilder hosted a pleasant Athenian Club gathering near Mansfield. The Shakespear beaten was discussed and several inspiring papers read. Refreshments were served to Mrs Snyder Mrs Grace Snyder Mrs N J Crain Mrs Horace Paul Mrs Edgar Sisk Mrs Hill Mrs Le Wilson Mrs H R Frink Miss Garfield Carter and the hostess.
An old Mansfield advertisement touts wholesome pie with fruit and grain. It also promotes a remedy mix called Ad ler-i-ka with buckthorn bark and glycerine as a tonic to relieve constipation and improve digestion, claiming it cleanses the stomach and aids bowel movement.
Mountain Side Phillip Henson returned from North Missouri Friday. Harvey Banger of Wichita Kans is visiting relatives here. Joe Sheene has returned to his home in Arkansas. H A Samuals spent Sunday at G B Spence s. We have been having some nice rains which the crops were very badly in need of. Samp Letsinger was at Sid McCrites Friday. Mt Side Sunday school was HESPEN.
A short notice notes that berry picking is not allowed on the farm of Mrs C A Darnell and mentions a name addition time frame with a small charge of 25 cents.
Generally fair weather with temperatures near normal are indicated. Occasional focal thunder showers are probable during the first half of the week.
Catarrhal deafness is described as incurable by local applications and curable only by a constitutional remedy. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine is claimed to cure by acting through the blood, with a $100 reward offered for any case not cured. The snippet also notes the sale of the H. J. Douglas 30 acre farm near Springfield road to R. G. Bush and references Joel Martin planning to move to Colorado after influenza recovery.
I N J Craig administrator will seek final settlement at Wright County Probate Court Hartville Missouri on August 11 1919. Creditors and interested parties should appear.
A partition sale to settle the 1910 Wright County case Nora E Capp et al vs Emma M Ray et al proceeds on September 2 1919 at Hartville Court House. The sheriff will auction the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 32 township 29 range 12 for cash to the highest bidder.
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