Rainy days boost growth and local projects underway
Heavy rain drenched the area last Saturday and has helped vegetation flourish while Harney Rippee begins digging a well at Lead Hill schoolhouse and plans another for Jake Crider once finished. EK Matney improves after illness as do Mrs E Lee and others. Community visits and a move bring changes as BE Matney's brother Clarence to oversee the canning factory starting on the 18th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harney Rippee
Lead Hill
Jake Crider
Matney
Tl’. E Lee
Joe Goss
James Morris
Hob Davis
St. Louis
Andrew Morris
BE. Matney
Clarence
And They Were Wed In Mountain Grove Nuptials
SC Erwin married Miss Etta Hall on August 10 at the groom's brother Charles Erwin home in Mountain Grove. Rev J W Larrimore performed the ceremony. The couple are Mansfield locals and friends extend congratulations and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SC Erwin
Etta Hall
Charles Erwin
Mountain Grove
J. W. Larrimore
Mansfield
Mansfield fair promises big turnout this year
Terse town notices report fair dates Sept 20 30 Oct 1 2 and a steady stream of visitors from Seymour Joplin Ava Ava Kingsville and Kansas City plus ad copy for Reynolds Campbell hardware and Stoves. Local figures R E Pratt Ray Dennis W A Prender and others visit Mansfield area as civic events and church camps unfold ahead of the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Pratt
Seymour
Jesse A. Mitchell
Ava
S.H. Fuge
Mansfield
W. N. Simons
Quay
Okla
E. L. Yeowan
Norwood
C. P
Reynolds & Campbell's
Ady
Reynolds & Campbell's.—ady, Mrs. Blanche Anderson
Kansas City
Mansfield Produce Co
W.H. Kieschmick
Kingsville
Tex
J. Knauf
Leatherman
Geo. Henderson
Killed By Pitched Ball At Polo Grounds
Ray Chapman Cleveland shortstop died after being struck on the head by a pitch from Carl Mays at the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon. Chapman's body was returned to Cleveland tonight. Mays voluntarily appeared before the assistant district attorney and was exonerated of all blame in the fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ray Chapman
Cleveland
Carl Mays
Polo Grounds
Mays
Joyce
Mansfield Telephone Notice on Delinquent Rents
All rents on farmers lines unpaid up to Oct 1 1920 must be paid by Sept 15 or service will be discontinued at noon Sept 15 on all lines with overdue rent. Mansfield Telephone Co by F E Weed Manager. Ad mentions.
Mansfield Grays Defeat Mountain View 6 to 4 at Park
Mansfield closes business houses Tuesday to root for the Grays who beat Mountain View 6 to 4 at Mansfield Field Baseball Park. Mountain View led in the second. Mansfield scored four in the third and two in the fifth to win. Battery: Mountain View Vineyard Smotherian. Mansfield Dennis Gaskill Brasher. Mansfield had defeated Hartville 8 to 1 previously. Norwood’s team beat Mansfield second string 17 to 11. West Plains to run a special train for Sunday game vs Mansfield Grays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Mansfield Grays
Mountain View
Our Boys
Grays
Vineyard
Smotherian
Dennis
Gaskill
Brasher
Mountain View Boys
Mansfeld
Hartville
Norwood Boys
West Plains
Kansas Picnic Reunion Elevates Community Outing
The Kansas Picnic on August 4 at Prank Williams farm offered ice cream, lemonade, and a shaded spread for attendees. A Kansan committee fixed the first Wednesday in August for future meetings and planned entertainment. Invitations welcomed all, with notable attendees from Cedar, Council Grove, Paola, Lebanon, McPherson Center, Logan, Rushton, Neodesha, Window, Sharon, and Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
EA. Land
Cedar
Kans
J. King
Asa Wade
Wily
Council Grove
T. H. Marshall
Paola
C. Rice
Pete Upp
J. FP. Conover
Lebanon
P.H. Riley St. Scott
S. E. Palmer
McPherson Center
Mr. Williams
Logan
Farmers Plan Exchange Organization at County Seat
J Kelly Wright of the State Board of Agriculture A G C Ro sier Missouri Farm Association H B Kennedy president and M T Dooling manager of Farm Club Cold Storage at Springfield with Wadsworth Greene County Exchange president spoke Thursday afternoon and Hartville night securing 37 farm members there plans to organize an exchange at the county seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Kelly Wright
State Board of Agriculture
A. GC. Rosier
Missouri Farm Association
H.B. Kennedy
M. T. Dooling
Springfield
Mr. Wadsworth
Greene County Exchange
Hartville
E Taylor
GW. Tripp F
C W. Ashworth
Republicans in 16th district meet at Lebanon
Attendees J A Fuson John N Pry Jr M E Gorman and Joe H Dennis met in Lebanon Tuesday with the Republican Congressional Committee of the 16th district. A motion to instruct district committee men to back W L Cole's reelection as State Committee chairman was laid on the table by 9 to 2. L H Breur of Phelps and Dr. Robert Richey of Dallas were elected members of the State Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A Fuson
John N. Pryor, Jr
M. E.gorman
Joe H. Dennis
Lebanon
Republican Congressional Committee
16Th
W.L. Cole
L. H. Breur
Phelps
Robert Richey
Dallas
Sunday school convention at Nor wood hosts J R Deckard
The Sunday school convention at Nor wood features J R Deckard Eli Davis and wife and Miss Aleth Borders as participants in a local church gathering advancing religious education and community outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwood
J.r.deckard
Eli Davis
Aleth Borders
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. Leatherman
Harold Pool
Base
Mansfield Base Ball Park
Howell County
Wright County
City Park
G.E. Letsinger Co
Roy R. Dennis
G.C. Freeman
Fuson Drug Co
Ray Dennis
Oklahoma
Bronce Hoover
Joplin
Harness
Adv
Hauke of
C. B. Turner
Macomb
Reynolds & Campbell
W. T. Norcross
LE State of Columbia
Brushy Knob
Eugene Lovan
Bil Abbott
Willow Springs
W. H. Westbrook
Chicago
D. P. Ward
Geo, Muller
Henderson
J. W. James
J. Hodge
S. P. Hollister
Enid
I. A. Cole
Douglas County
Texas
Uosella Swift
Lois Beach
Pauline Paul
Mammoth Springs
Ari
G. N. Benjamin
A. B. Brown
Mr. Brown
Grove Spring
M. EB. Ladies Aid Society
Ady Mra
L. A. Quigley
Wichita, Kans
J. B. Freeman
S. H. Robertson
Ralph Chapman
Opal Chapman
D. S. Jones
R. J. Freeman
Gladys Fuson
J. C. Freeman
Fall River
Reynolds &Campbell-ad
J.W. Kennedy
Middle West
Republic
W. B. Hipchcock
J. W. Brazeal's
Henryetta
Burston, Kats
Cole
The
Lady
G. S. Burney
Colorado
Ash Grove
G. W. Nichols
Shw
Fuge
D.S. Jungs
Odin
W. D. Cantrell
New Grove
J. W. Kennedy
Advy
J. R. Deckard
Roy Hinkle
Hickory County
Deckard
Flint Hollow
R. Slezak
J.C. Ovender’s
A. &. Brown
GE. Dennis
J.lon Dennis
L D. Latimer
W B. Fullington
G. M. Hensley
Nancy Newton
Mt. Zion
Ozark Holiness Academy
L, Spindler
Farmers’ Meetings
Michigan
Grimes and
Brooks Mansfield, Mo
Oliver
Larga
R.A. Alcorn Hardware Co
Kennedy Lumber Co
Raymondville
Yellow Pine Lumber
W. T. Fuge
Swift
Mansfield Produce Company
Mansfield, Missouri
Sewall
D. J. Landers Lumber Co
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