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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1922
Page
4
Mayor J E Craig says Mans field and Ava governments are on good terms as Ava mayor Jenkins presents a 40 pound watermelon grown near Brashy Knob. The notice touts White's Cream Vermitage for worm expulsion with a 35 percent bold price from dealers.
An advertisement extols Hunger as the best sauce and praises Chamberlain's Tablet to improve digestion. It claims the tablets create a healthy appetite and prompt gentle bowel movements, presenting them as a right way to aid digestion.
A fragmented column notes an advertisement for Herbine claiming to cure malaria and cause chills. It lists prices and distributors. A local group including Mr. Ridgway and others vacationed in Taney County and Lake Taneycomo, praising the Ozarks as a future American resort and praising Harold Bell Wright's Shepherd of the Hills setting.
Annual settlement with the Hon. County Court of Wright County Missouri covers period from August 1921 to August 122. J H Dennis secretary presents balances with receipts by treasurer and balance on hand as of August 7 1922. Attest: J C Carter president and J H Dennis secretary.
Leedys expands operations in the Hemstitching Department due to increased business. A new hem stitching machine is added to speed up work. Cotton hemstitching priced at 5 cents per yard and silk at 10 cents per yard with free cotton thread. Mail orders welcome at 225-227 East Commercial, Springfield, Missouri.
After near seven weeks of rail workers strike over seniority rights, locals urge calm and focus on the Mansfield Fair set for September 27 to 30. A Navy enlistment headlines a local youth, Ralph Brentlinger, heading to San Francisco via St Louis. Community notes report picnics, visits, peach peeling, and plans for threshing machinery while Dr. W H Johnson prepares a 60 day absence and study in nerves and eyes in Chicago.
Recipe fragment describes cooking rice with tomatoes and olives. It instructs layering half a cup of rice, preparing a tomato sauce with butter and flour, then topping with grated cheese and sliced green olives.
A public health warning urges readers to avoid calomel due to mercury toxicity and harmful side effects. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute, claiming it can relieve bilious symptoms without causing salivation or liver damage.
Sunday visitors included Herman and Amos Williams Frank Harlow Cecil Avery and Austin Cameron. Miss Ethel Hall plans to enter school soon. Prairie Hollow revival ongoing with Ed Deaver visiting relatives nearby. Dave Crider helped Harley Stout and Frank Smalley attended the meeting. Road improvements progress near Brentlinger residence and G W Brentlinger area.
A note highlights events for Chautauqua to be held next Saturday, Sunday, and Monday with details pending, urging readers to mark dates and anticipate program times.
Visitors at M. J. Lansdown's last Sunday included Carl Edwards his wife and baby Mr and Mrs Albert Slate Melvin Douglas Jim Morris and Monroe Lansdown. Sam Goss and wife welcomed a baby girl last week. Monre Davis of Moanestinia visited and observed cattle. Robert Lansdown visited his parents. Rain is needed in the vicinity. Earnie Goss Ray Morris and Jim Morris plan to attend the Kansas fair Monday.
Local farmers seek to stock up on fly hike and spray gear at Mansfield Farmers Exchange. The event highlights agricultural supplies and equipment for pest control and crop maintenance.
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