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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
8
Local correspondence notes weather changes and social events. Mrs J R Deckard improving. Wallace child ill. Visits among families at Rushing and Halliman. Ice cream socials at Jericho and Walter Hamilton's well attended. Frank Borders and family visiting L J Rushing. Rushing selling property and moving to Oklahoma. Peggy Short denied visiting Hargus Chapel. letter writer asks Pearl and Jakey to recognize each other.
Reports from Pleasant Knob describe hot dry weather and local activities. People include Girlie Newton improving, Uncle John Prock ill, haypress at Sam Newtons, and trading horses by Frank Beckett. Several visits, school progress at No 5 and Pleasant Knob, and a horse accident near Jack Sundsy. Floyd Howards family moved to work with the thresher.
Local column from Lead Hill area recounts visits, church events, road work, and school notices. Mentions Mr Peabody improving, Moody eyes better, cream socials at the Starne and Goss families, and school starts August 17 with Miss Katie Conley. Includes village road overseer Everett Brown staying at Starne’s and a large sale at Mr Deaver’s.
W A Glenn still bathing Uncle Jack Prock ill election over Topsy not beat Frank Dodson visiting Hosea Newton Sunday Alex Yandell home from Idaho John Peters visiting Lee Rushing Antrim schoolhouse Sundays Ralph Chapman back from Kansas Willis Shimel back from two weeks with relatives in Phelpa county Lee Rushing overland trip through Oklahoma Texas hot dry with no rain blacksmith near Antrim set wagon tires for W L Kelly and J M Hail Borders bathes while wife and children visit father at T B Dearmond crowd at Lee Rothing sale sold well in hot dry weather Mills family and Arthur Gilley families passed through Antrim toward Paxton farm vicinity
Rain cooled the day on August 1 1914 with neighbors in Mountain Lineups noting a pleasant shower. Social visits include Mrs W B Gaskill hosting Mrs John Rosevear and Oma Newton visiting Clella Gaskill. Wilce Tarbutton and family joined Will Tarbutton's guests as A E Browns missed an ice cream supper due to rain.
Rev. R. B. Carnett of Lebanton, pastor of the Mansfield Baptist Church, filled his appointment Saturday evening and Sunday at the Baptist church delivering sermons and guiding services.
At Spring Center on August 10 1914 Charlie Baker spent Sunday night at TR Baker's Clarence Hunsaker visited Vand Worth Sunday Prayer meeting at Flint Point every Wednesday night Flint Point school began this Monday morning 10th Delbert Werth and wife called at Jap Morgan's Saturday Wasnt that rain nice Friday We should be thankful John Bailey and wife visited at Henry Hunsaker's Sunday Mrs T Baker visited Mrs Oscar Moora Sunday evening The Holiness meeting in the tabernacle is progressing nicely Claude Selvidge visited his aunt Mrs Werth Saturday night Mrs J Wilson and daughter Marjorie visited Mrs Baker Miss Lella Hunsaker spent Saturday night with her grandmother Mrs Pierson A son was born to Mr and Mrs Henry Prie Monday night Mrs Priest and baby are both getting along fine Roser Buy
Macomb locals report soon peach canning time and several Sunday visits. Norcross family illness, Mrs Henry Royal on sick list, and H R Robertson traveling to Springfield. Post office moved to W H Brakes store amid community chatter about prayers and rain.
Mrs James Helsley is quite poorly George Gann and children spent last week at Carl Junction William Shelton and wife visited at Harison Coday s Sunday Miss Della Coday spent Saturday night with her sister Sly in We had a glorious rain Monday evening Charley Morelands and John Coday spent Saturday night at Dorcas Coday s Decia Maude and Thelma McIntosh attended the German church Sunday Ray Fagan s and Lon Campbell s were guests of Roscoe Sikes and wife Sunday Misa Docia McIntosh and Mrs Harvey Young visited the Fagan School Monday afternoon James Ivy Cora Coday Gertie Holland and Mrs Sikes left Saturday for Willow Springs to attend the camp meeting Addison Crewes of Manes was a dinner guest of Harve Young and wife Sunday Ray mond Young also spent the day there There was no preaching service at the Church of God Sunday account of the minister being away at a camp meeting at Willow Springs Well here comes You Guess again I missed last week but am with you again How are you writers enjoying this hot weather and these fine rains Mrs Harve Young and Raymond came home Saturday morning from Blackwell Okla where they had been called to the bedside of their sister Mrs Lydia Crider She was a little better when they left her Ira who has been in Kansas came around by Blackwell and came home with them
Miss Ethel Oberholser visits her parents while Evans Frye searches for a new location in Manés. Andy Ross and wife visit Samuel Spence. Willie Curtis and wife at Mrs James Frye's. Frye family gatherings and church events noted. Fred Frye plans west to take operator exam. Alva Frye visits cousin Leota Brentlinger. A singing at Wilbur Johnson's honors a visiting brother from Oklahoma. PANSY.
The writer notes a measurable rainfall north of Mansfield improving late crops, reports on A. L. Foote & Son's cellar and wall work with Arthur Gilley, and observes corn heights around 8 to 11 percent tall in local fields. Mention is made of very dry weather and its impact. Rev. R. B. Curnett has resigned as pastor of the Baptist church.
August entry notes social calls across households led by L W Hensley and Hensley family members. Portraits of community life reveal visits to Mrs Coday, Bob Kelley, Verble Scott, Dollie and Nole Hensley, Verbie Scott, Ora Fullington, and others, plus a welcome for Casey Jones and a note on protracted meetings in Liberty.
John G. Thurtle of Kansas City will inspect the proposed Octandria Sacitariug site. Water from the local spring will be analyzed by Dr. Stone of Springfield. Plans include a bottling works with labeled bottles bearing the hospital image, marketed nationally. A large lake with fish, row boats, croquet, a ball park, and tennis courts are to attract visitors. A building cut will be published soon.
B F Hilsabeck sold the Hilsabeck bakery to a new partnership of B F Stone and R L Handy. The lane will open with a competent baker in charge. Stone and Handy own the Handy ice cream parlor and moved soda fountain fixtures to that location. Ice cream, soda, candies and cigars will be sold from the parlor while the bakery continues at the old stand with a restaurant in connection.
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