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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
1
Old papers for sale and a flurry of local ads and notices from the Mirror. Names of residents, visitors, and tradesfolk appear with Christmas promotions, dinners, bake sales, and subscription pitches, plus a court fine and a missing robbery case in Hartville.
Notice for Pleasant Valley taxpayers states Ward 1 Hitchcock holds tax books and acts as tax collector. It forbids hunting shooting or trapping on farms of J M Tienda G W Miten and others. Names appear with minor payment note of five dollars a week.
Market report lists prices for eggs butter and various fowl including old hens springs turkeys ducks geese and rabbits with small figures and regional listings, indicating a local agricultural market snapshot and price ranges.
A vintage advertisement touts Kickapoo Worm Killer as a safe remedy for parasitic worms in children. It claims relief from feverishness and abdominal pains, noting its laxative effect aids health, with price 20 cents and distribution by Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Also mentions local social notes, theater notes, and a Christmas edition ad in The Mirror.
The Mansfield Concert Band reports net receipts of 84.55 and expenses of 42.20 with 635 to pay contributions. They note community support, including Ava’s generous 850,000 gift, and list past investments of over 1,000 in instruments and 1,058.85 in expenses since formation. Director W S Slater departs. W C Caday takes over, promising continued high standards after a well received opera hall concert.
Notice invites wives mothers daughters sweethearts and friends of the band boys to a dinner and supper for the band in the G A O R Hall on Saturday December 13. Country people invited to help prepare dinner and town folk urged to attend stay for dinner. Don’t forget the date.
Over Mrs. Coday's millinery store the Church of Christ lists preaching on the first Sunday morning and evening and Saturday evening previous idle school at 10 a m every Sunday Bible study and prayer meeting every Thursday evening Ladies' Aid Society every Wednesday afternoon. W H Anderson Minister.
A long list of Thanksgiving visits and gatherings around Mansfield highlights neighbors visiting kin, helping with meals, hunting plans, and small-town activities. Readers names include Brentlingers, Letsingers, Dethridges, Roys, and Brewers among others, with minor events like a sale, a pie supper, and a man building an additional room.
Miss Marie Gerber of Sawtelle California reports a severe cold settled on her lungs with persistent coughs and soreness. She used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after a friend's recommendation and notes the cough eased the first night and the cold was gone within a week. The ad mentions lawyers and a hotel serving Sunday dinners for 35 cents.
One hundred dollars reward is offered for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad notes Dr. L J Cheney of Toledo and a 15 year reputation, claiming financial ability to meet obligations. It promotes internal sale, testimonials, price 75 cents per bottle, and recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
At Church of Christ the minister W. H. Anderson preaches Sunday at 11 a.m. on the subject Mission and Culture of the Gospel. A cordial invitation is extended to all townspeople and visitors.
A New York physician jokes that doctors would be bankrupt if women did not wear thin stockings and shoes. The ad urges early treatment for colds to prevent pneumonia and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe and effective for coughs and colds, with dealers selling it nationwide.
Last week J A Riley received a silver communion service for the Christian church here. The gift came from the Christian church at Olathe Kansas, the home town and church of the Rilers, who are quite proud of the gift.
Advertisement proclaims Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal cough and cold remedy. D P Lawson of Eidson Tenn testifies it stops coughs and throat trouble easily. Priced 50 cents and one dollar, available at all druggists or by mail from H E Bucklen & Co.
A wedding was performed by Rev. J. D. Avery on Thanksgiving Day for a couple whose names could not be recalled. The ceremony proceeded as described in local notices, noting the occasion without full identification of the bride and groom.
A delivery of snakes for the Mysterial Garden resulted in one escaping on Wednesday. The management offers a liberal reward for the safe capture and return of the herbivorous creature, which is harmless and will not bite.
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