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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
1
Tax notice for Pleasant Alley Township urging payment before January 1st. Office located in the rear of Reynolds and Cotlay store. Adv by W. B. Hitchcock.
terse town notes list Jason Goins from Weaubleau and Horace Paul from Mammoth Spring visiting Reynolds Campbell's for stoves and hardware. Other locals like Mrs J G Mick heading to Hot Springs and B F Richardson from Norwood socialize.
Saturday December 4 is set for a church dinner and bazar advertised by the church's advisory group. Proceeds support church activities and local outreach programs.
A local farmers exchange begins operations at Norwood with ads offering harness sets from Reynolds Campbell and other farm goods. The clippings note sales, exchanges, and ads for fertilizers, livestock, lumber, and general merchandise from Mansfield Produce Co and local merchants.
Notice from Roe Strong Street Commissioner states all poll taxes must be paid by Monday December 13 to avoid being sent to collection as part of the annual settlement with the city council.
The Wright County farm clubs met at G A R Y Hall in Mansfield on Tuesday to create a county association. Officers elected include G W Tripp as president and D B Thomas as vice president with a large turnout of about 75 farmers. Walter Wadsworth and C E Lane helped organize, a big dinner followed, and members aimed for a 100 percent local organization. An invitation advertises a dinner and bazar at the Christian Church on Saturday December 4.
A devotional outline lists speakers and topics: Elva Turner on Names ought to have meaning, Homer Brown on Jesus our hope, Helen Frost on Jesus our friend, Noma Dotson on Jesus is Divine, Sylvia Brazel on Jesus saves, Margarette Mathews on Jesus reveals God to us, Grace Baker on Worthy of our test, led by Walter Bean.
Local notice lists individuals including T. H. Ingerson D. R Snyder Dora Woody and others on several farms led by Mary J. Rippee Mrs C A Durnell and Otto farm owners restrict hunting and trespassing. Also mentions A J Wilder W Q Williams C H Sutherland on Recer farm and M F Dugan and Son.
A dinner and bazar are planned at the Christian church on Saturday in December. Ady notes the event date and purpose, inviting attendance and support from the community.
At Rocky Ridge farm a Christmas gathering honors Rose Wilder Lane though she is abroad. Guests, including Ada Hoover and Maude Reynolds, read Lane letters from Paris and Poland and write wishes for her return. Lane, a noted writer and Who's Who in America member, is remembered by her schoolmates.
Is Your Name Here The following have our thanks for cash on subscription since our last report J M Moutray Mansfield B A Crippen Chester Ill A E Newton Mansfield W O Williams Manati Id L A Johnson Mansfield Frankeacock Mansfield Elmer Strong Mansfield Ramie Lee Gas Chicago Ill Carl Mackey Mansfield J H P Pool Mansfield City Marshal Roe Strong has received word from federal officers at Pueblo Colo that Elier Louie Cameron had been indicted by a federal jury on a charge of counterfeiting 1 coins also that Cameron and Roy Bohannon had been arrested on a charge of holding up a taxi driver Strong also says that Cameron has been suspected of knowledge concerning the theft of 20 from the WB Cafe
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