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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
4
Advertising rates are 10 cents per inch for display ads with front page double rates. Locals cost 5 cents per line per insertion, with about five words per line. Card of thanks is 25 cents. Legal ads at usual rates. No ad for less than 2 cents. No liquor ads accepted. All ads inserted and ordered discontinued.
A historical snippet lists a presidential ticket Hughes for president and Fairbanks for vice president with Fairbanks also repeated. It also names local officials including Dr F H Riley J W Brazeal James Coday N J Craig E E Short and Dr J A Fuson plus council members and health board figures with scattered abbreviations and positions.
Train schedule fragment lists multiple numbered passenger and freight trains with times and a few notes. It shows Borekney agent and daily departures from Mansfield via Ava and other connections, plus a church notice for BetIet Church with preaching by Rev J M Eggland and Sunday school details.
Eight school sessions held every Sunday at 9 45 a m. G W Freeman superintendent. Preaching services scheduled for the third Sunday morning and evening led by Rev J W Needham pastor. 9 45 a m J D Reynolds superintendent.
Bible school at 9 45 a m each Sunday J A Riley superintendent Ladies Aid Society meets Wednesday afternoon everyone welcome.
Preaching at Pleasant Hill every first Saturday night and Sunday and Sunday night. Rev. M. B. Clift serves as pastor. Sunday school every Sunday at 10 a.m. Crazy Madge.
In today’s Mirror News Stand To Day, the Recreation Review covers local leisure trends while Woman's World highlights fashion, home tips, and community profiles. Readers get quick takes on activities, crafts, and lifestyle ideas from a period-appropriate newspaper voice.
Macomb note lists regular appointments at the Baptist church and an upcoming all day singing event on Sunday Sept 3. Community members are invited to attend, with baskets encouraged. Also mentions Miss Martha Findley improving, Fred Bruzeal ill, and a recent pie supper at Geo Shores with good turnout. Fellow visitors are named along with Sunday school routine.
Railroads and railway unions clash over an eight hour day wage demand. Leaders claim the so called eight hour day would boost hourly rates and may force higher speeds, while managers warn it would raise costs and require more crews. Negotiations hinge on division lengths and overtime pay rules across freight and passenger service.
Prairie Hollow holds Sunday school every Sunday morning and Endeavor every Sunday night. Everyone is welcome. Shirley.
Hills and Mountain Sunday School at Mt Pleasant holds sessions every Sunday at 10 40 a m. Singing takes place every Saturday evening led by Gibbs.
In Rolla the Republican Congressional Committee of the Sixteenth District met and chose Harry Clymer of Steelville as chairman P A Bennett of Buffalo as secretary A M Curtis of Wright County as treasurer state committee men W P Elmer of Dent County and R C Rhodes of Webster. In Lebanon the Democratic Committee elected C O McCain of Lacledy County as chairman George W Shelton of Dixon as secretary and J A Wheeler of Wright County as treasurer state committee men Frank H Far ris and M B Reynolds.
A fragmented list of composers and performers appears with Opus numbers and titles such as Humoreske, Magic Flute Trio, and pieces by Dvorak, Mozart, Paderewski, and others. Names include Maude Anita Hart, Edward Holst, Pauline Craig, Lola Gaskill, Ruby Findley, Leona Hoover, Isabelle Wallace, and Otto Fischer among many.
Lead Hill hosts Sunday School at 10 a m every Sunday with preaching on the first second and third Sundays. Singing occurs Saturday evenings and every fourth Sunday after Sunday School. W S Gaskill to sing Saturday evening using the Pentecostal Power book. visitors include A E Tarburton and Miss Sadie Goss.
P. J. Hurley, national attorney for the Choctaw Nation, and Harry Ferguson private secretary to Congressman McGuire of Oklahoma, were seen last evening traveling in a Studebaker coupe. They were en route from Washington to Tulsa, stating the Ozark Highway roads they traveled were the best of their trip except for Maryland and West Virginia.
Harold Cover of Mountain Grove marked the Ozark Scenic Highway with the official sign along the route from Springfield to Union. The Mansfield Mirror reports the work guides tourists by tagging telephone poles within city limits.
The Wright County Republican records the death at Norwood of G W Ball grandfather of C H Jackson and Mrs F M Morgan and the death of Ava’s grandfather Thomas Andrews, a well known local figure.
Wright County Republican reports a marriage license issued at Ava for Sherman Hart Graves and Vera Smith both of Bryant Marshall Carter of Hartville and Hazel Houston of Windsor married at Columbia indicating a union recorded in the county notices.
Gospel tent series begins Thursday evening August 24 at 7 45 in a tent two blocks west of city park. Free seats and public invitation to attend.
N. J. Craig offers to loan money on good improved farms in Wright or Douglas counties. He seeks reliable borrowers and solid collateral to secure loans.
A home centered view argues the farm, garden, and home form an inseparable triad. It condemns the pursuit of wealth at others’ expense, warns against “deceitful Mighty Dollar” culture, and praises modest means as the path to a good home, farming, and family harmony.
A. L. Foote argues for balanced labor and smaller farms as the better path to useful lives and citizenship. He says an 80 acre, well built homestead with good stock and no debt beats a larger farm with poor buildings, debt, and hired help. Better management and family labor reduce cost and waste, promoting financial stability.
Pea Ridge Methodist Church hosts preaching every 4th Sunday led by Rev D D Killam pastor. Sunday school runs each Sunday with F A Dodson as superintendent and Miss Verbie Fuge as secretary. Steamb oat bill.
Pleasant Ridge hosts services every 4th Saturday and Sunday led by Rev CO N Findley with preaching and singing each Sunday night. Charley Findley and Reed Johnson lead the choir. Jim Henry also featured in the program.
Sitting in a cooldraft when heated may cause a stiff neck or back and seek relief. BAL LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT is advertised as the best pain reliever liniment, claimed to ease pain with bottles priced 25c 40c and 1.00, sold by all dealers.
J M Moutray of Wichita bought a car of horses at Hartville and shipped them to Wichita. Prof J A Hylton was in from Springfield shipping out household goods. Mrs Hylton arrived. T F Lenhart of Mansfield featured in a Humedaler article. Arch Schafer and G F Prentice of Kansas City visited. Charles Bly now at Crook North Dakota. Apply Ballard’s Snow Liniment to wounds and sores. price 25c, 60c, $1.00. J B Crouch of Knoxville, Tenn., now with The Mirror and to play with the Mansfield Band. Edith West, Springfield, Mo., stenographer, earns over $1,000 annually writing at 250 wpm. invites inquiries through J A Taylor. Ad.
Cocoanut Grove F D Case has a sick cow. J H Dennis and wife Thomas Young wife and daughters and Mrs A W Oberhulser and daughter Miss Susie spent Sunday with Mrs A L Young. Afternoon spent in singing and eating ice cream. Evans Frye moved back to Manes J M Moutray returned to Wichita Kas after visiting Mansfield. Jason Hight s Thus Young s and Miss Gladys Hire returned from a week fishing at Manes. An ice shower visited this vicinity Monday.
A reader note thanks subscribers who sent cash on, listing J. M. Moutray of Wichita Kansas Ernest Coday of West Plains Missouri S. Coday of Mansfield and J F Gaskill of Mansfield for continued support since the last report.
Route Number Three preaching at New Hope Baptist Church every second Saturday at 1 30 p m and Sunday at 1 la m Rev G Chad well pastor Sunday school every Sunday at 10 a m F A Rippee superintendent
A residence of Rev. O N Findley near Macomb burned Saturday night with most contents lost. The loss is about 700 dollars with 300 dollars insured.
The Roberts and Elder Canning Co reports receiving a car of 15 000 gallon cans for canned apples and is now canning apples at the factory. Read their ad in this issue and buy apples.
GeO and Freeman announce farm loans at the lowest prevailing rates with no delay, urging immediate action for farmers seeking credit and quick funding.
A group of her young friends gathered Friday evening at Miss Selah Cole's home to celebrate her 18th birthday with games ice cream and cake on the lawn. Attendees included Gorman Freeman Karl Tripp Elmer Strong William Grane Verner Rippee Charles Newton Clyde Turner and several others. All reported a fine evening and wished her many happy returns.
A Mansfield firm promotes Hays' Specific as a guaranteed epilepsy remedy. A Greenfield Tennessee letter claims the tonic halted seizures after years of suffering, with the sender describing personal loss of worms after treatment. The ad highlights the social humiliation of epilepsy and urges readers to try the product.
Friday night the A. F. and A. M. conferred the Master Mason degree upon W. H. Fullington and W. A. Black. Saturday night the Odd Fellows conferred the second degree on R. P. Williams and the third on F. M. Morgan of Ava.
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