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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
8
Mansfield hosts a multi day fair from September 24 to 27, 1913. Organized by the Young Men's Business Club and Mansfield citizens, with proceeds benefiting Wright, Douglas, Webster and surrounding counties. Riley is president and Coday serves as secretary and treasurer.
Show rules cover premium eligibility for Wright, Douglas, Webster and Texas counties with free entries for all but stock. Entries due on opening day for most departments, stock by noon day two. Blue ribbons mark first premiums, red ribbons second. unclaimed prizes forfeited after ten days. Ground rights managed by Hitchcock, Miller, and Riley with judges chosen by department heads. Grand marshals listed.
The notice details awards for a boys corn growing contest and multiple divisions awarding cash prizes for best crops and kitchen goods. It lists first and second prizes for corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, tomatoes, onions, cabbage, pumpkins, squash, turnips, watermelons, muskmelons, beets, and various grains. Division B to E cover grains, domestic goods, fruits, and fancy work with named superintendents and prize amounts.
A list of prizes across crafts and farm events outlines first and second place awards. Potted plant displays, Hardanger embroidery, lace, pyrography, battenburg, silk quilts, and sunbonnets receive cash prizes from 25 cents to $1. Readers learn horse, mule, and wagon events with divisions for best matched team, single driver, saddle horse, and riders with cash awards from $1 to $3 plus variations in horse age classes and harness display. Superintendents are D. B. Cantrell, D. W. Hoover, and A. T. Friend.
Division G dermat clade shows judges A W Miller James Friend D 5 Cantrell and A J Wilder award cream prizes for best Shorthorn Durham Hereford Jersey Guernsey Red Polled Poland China Berkshire Duroc Jersey boars and sows fat steer milk test ram ewe spring lamb litter and Angora goats with first and second place cash. Pen competitions include barred Plymouth Buff and Wyandottes breeds with trio pens and supers.
A lengthy list of poultry prizes across breeds and divisions with first and second cash awards, plus maps and general exhibits for rural schools. Notable entries include Best Pair Ducks, High Scoring birds, and Best Map of Missouri. County school exhibits and a wood-cutting contest are noted with prizes and event details.
A bustling page of summer entertainment features merry go rounds, a towering Ferris wheel, tent shows, and vaudeville acts with contests of all kinds planned to draw crowds. Local organizers promote variety acts, street performances, and community prizes at the fairground.
In Prairie Hollow and Bryant areas a noisy threshing week spans Wed to Saturday with J W Brentlinger Marion Letsinger Ceith Samp Letsinger Crusinberry Wm Roy and Prairie Hollow residents busyinvolving Arthur Dry and wife welcoming a baby William Arthur Rev J D Avery preaching to a Prairie Hollow crowd Amos Roy Ben West Ben Freeman visiting Mansfield John Poort and wife welcome a 10 pound son Win Ernest Roy visiting relatives Rev Robert Young ill at Wm Shinpaugh's Little Allen Poort hauled wood and others moved goods while Bernice Roy fell ill and Haijen hauled ties over the week.
Macomb Methodist and Baptist church schedule and worship details listed. Uncle Syra Odle to lead annual all day singing first Sunday in September at the Baptist church with old Harmony song books and dinner on the grounds. Obituary for Wim Ussery born March 16 1942 died July 28 1913 notes his Primitive Baptist ministry, family, and funeral by Rev C Ashworth.
Readable fragments show market notes on eggs per WOON and butter per Dey, fat turkey prices, and per pound quotes for various items. The text includes several garbled brand-like terms and inconsistent spellings, but indicates typical market rate reporting for dairy and poultry items.
Local column lists social visits including Mrs J A Riley and daughter Marian at Mrs Barlow. Numerous calls at Brentlinger Letsinger Crane Dethridge Hale Turner Edwards and others. The piece notes a thresher sighting at John Brentlinger’s and returns from Mansfield and East St. Louis with several Sunday gatherings and visits.
The list names former subscribers who paid during August including Dr. F. B. Fuson Springfield Gas Brazeal Lindsay Calif Mrs. E. E. Marshall H. D. Norcross Loula Sisk Haydon Ariz D L Gaskill Seymour N M Ervin Fred Oetting James Poort Pindall Ark Harrison Jackson Romulus Okla Mrs W F Stone W A Rogeygar D K Boydston Bryant Tyre Newton C C Hensley W G Reynolds Urias H Buchtel Seymour.
Road overseers are urged to cooperate with loyal progressive citizen road workers on Good Ronde Days August 20 and 21. Call citizens meetings and plan work beforehand. Allow each group to reject its overseer on these days. Let every good citizen find something to do for the ronda. Wess Claxton Highway Engineer.
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