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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
8
Hartville circuit court week brings many locals visiting, with residents from Ava, Hartville, Mountain Grove, Norwood, Seymour and Springfield seen in the area. announcements include tax listings, sales ads, school notes, and upcoming events at the Christian Ladies Aid bazaar and Dec 15 refreshments.
The Southwest division plans a Dec 17 campaign to recruit 2,000,000 new Red Cross members in Missouri Kansas Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas by Dec 25. A national drive runs concurrently as the organization works to reach 15 million members by Christmas Eve.
A cable from France reports the American Red Cross running a children's hospital and a general 70 bed hospital at Evian. American doctors examine about 260 children daily from behind German lines, sending contagious cases to the hospital. A dental dispensary operated in an old hotel serves war displaced families, including a severely underfed boy from Lens.
Fifty public health nurses have been assigned by the American Red Cross to zones around national army cantonments camps and navy bases. They work under Red Cross sanitary directions with local state and federal health authorities. Nurses have begun work near cantonments in Hattiesburg Mississippi Fort Riley Kansas Des Moines Iowa Louisville Kentucky Little Rock Arkansas Ayer Massachusetts Chillicothe Ohio Atlanta Georgia Newport News Virginia Petersburg West Virginia. They will patrol rural areas adjacent to camps to prevent tuberculosis malaria and other infectious diseases and bolster infant welfare programs.
President Wilson approves Junior Red Cross program among public school children nationwide in a letter to Dr H N MacCracken head of the Junior Membership Board at Vassar College. The campaign runs with the Christmastide drive and involves organizing junior members across the United States.
William Allen White praises Red Cross relief in France as crucial to morale and future war readiness. He notes Pershing Petain and Maj Murphy coordinate efforts to care for French soldiers families and refugees, reducing hardship and conserving American lives for spring battles. Children nationwide will aid by making hospital supplies in school. Have you joined the Red Cross?
The poem Christ Flowers describes festive blooms appearing through winter hardship. It evokes pale snow, cold winds, and the consoling cheer of Christmas blossoms that brighten lonely rooms and fading year. It blends seasonal imagery with hope and solace for sorrowful days.
Miss Maude Reynolds of Mans field becomes district U S recruiting officer with commission issued on the recommendation of Dr F B Riley chairman of Wright County Council of Defense. She will operate from J D Reynolds store. Jefferson City heads the state recruiting offices. Lieutenant Paul Robinett visits family and heads to Cheyenne with first cavalry after choosing regular army. Arthur Glass of Ava en route to Springfield enlisted in aviation, will travel to St Louis then San Antonio. Frank Mays returns from Camp Funston for Thanksgiving with Douglas County. Erbin Sere and Charles Alen of Hartville join naval aviation. report for duty about the 10th. John Roy, a Douglas County rotator, spends Thanksgiving furlough at home.
Sanol is advertised as the best remedy for kidney and bladder troubles with relief in 24 hours. The ad claims guaranteed relief and lists 35c and 1.00 a bottle at the drug store.
A local notice lists individuals and towns such as Flora McClellan in Memphis Tennessee and Mrs Peters in Mansfield who are thanked for renewing subscriptions. The same column promotes Sand Eezema Cure claiming to remove black heads and eczema and urges readers to buy at the local drug store.
Weather outlook for December 2 to 8 1917 calls for light and scattered rains or snows in southern areas and snow in northern areas early in the week. Warmer or colder conditions expected to stabilize into fair, colder weather with no major changes through Saturday.
An advertisement touts Sanol as a family remedy with an absolute guarantee. It claims the product combats illness, noting a price of 38 cents and 100 dollars at the drug store and asserts the safety of using Sanol.
Joe Todd a 21 year old teacher at the Perkins school near Manes was shot during a Thanksgiving night supper at the Manes school. The bullet passed through his body and he remains in critical condition with faint hopes of recovery.
L T. Rice and his wife with two children ended a visit with relatives here and departed Tuesday for their home in Kansas City. Ruth Evelyn Rice arrived at the Rice home on August 21.
A trustee in a deed of trust dated September 23 1916 by Amanda Roberts will sell on December 28 1917 at Hartville Missouri courthouse door between 9am and 5pm. The sale will dispose of part of lot 27 Nettleton's second addition Mansfield to satisfy the note secured by the deed of trust. GEO W Freeman Trustee signed December 1917.
Among the lodges the M W A elects officers on Dec 15 and the Royal Neighbors appoint officers Tuesday night. The Odd Fellows elect Saturday night Dec 8. Eastern Star set election Friday night Dec T. Masonic district lectures to meet in Mansfield on St John’s day Dec 27. Mrs Anna Glass of Ava, Royal Neighbors district deputy, was here Monday en route to Hartville. Mansfield Lodge No 543 A P A M elects officers OL Robitett W M H B Paul S W R Wright J W P W Newton Treasurer C A Stephens Secretary. to be installed Dec 20 by Dr R M Rogers. Mansfield Chapter No 122 Royal Arch Masons elects officers Saturday night: M E Gorman H P J D Reynolds King N J Craig Scribe J E K Craig Secretary P W Newton Treasurer O L Robinett C H A Stephens P S Dr J A Fauson R A C. Those with appointive officers to be installed Jan H B Paul P H P M E Gorman and C bens appointed a Jag committee Poy Step ie audit
Fragmentary OCR lists several individuals and terms linked to a farm setting. Names include M Thirkield G Ww Milder A BR Brown and Paul Rippee with references to Guard and Spyder. A terse note mentions January 25.
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