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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1914
Page
3
A fragmented schedule lists departures from Ava at 10 a.m and 2 p.m and a Mansfield leg, with unclear times and placeholders. PRED GROVER and Avent appear as names or notes amid the unreadable OCR fragments.
Correspondents are asked to send Hews on Monday or Tuesday. The volume makes it hard to use items until the following week. Please try to send items Monday if possible to aid timely publication.
Local notes recount a Prairie Hollow gathering ending Sunday night with sixteen souls saved. Mentions of Lou Dennis injured, various visitors to Mansfield, hostess Esther Starne, and neighbors sharing meals, church visits, and outings. Also notes a funeral in Phillipsburg and minor injuries from a falling branch on the way to church.
Impoverished nerves ruin many before their time. Rosa Kenner of Birmingham Alabama shares her recovery from nine to ten years of nervous prostration after using Dr Miles Nervine. If you suffer loss of appetite poor digestion weakness or insomnia, try Miles Nervine. Sold by all druggists. Money-back guarantee on first bottle.
Gloomy weather marks the past two weeks though health in the vicinity remains good. Misa Bertha McClellan improves slowly while Clarence Borders returns home from Kansas. A family gathering at J H Shimel’s included many locals such as Mary Bausch Ada Carter Stella Glenn and others. Visitors and trips to Mansfield Reinbert and nearby areas are noted.
An old advertisement urges immediate attention to colds croup and whooping cough in children. It promotes Dr Kings New Discovery as a remedy that checks the cold soothes the cough reduces inflammation kills germs and supports natural healing. It ends with a call to buy from a druggist.
Lines From London recounts visits in the community. Arthur Gilley and Isaac Strong families, Allen Canaday and wife with John Hensley and wife socialized Sunday. A surprise party for Miss Susie Kelley Friday night. Several residents including Opal Buffalo and Doro thy Gilley visited Miss Made Hensley Sunday afternoon. High Point school events noted. Mrs. Rice’s mother visiting. Ben Grover of Catherine quoted on hogs.
Mountain Line reports ongoing rain as Nannie Looper visits Stella and Clelia Gaskill while Martin Gilley returns home. Marvin and Harley Bogart stay with Mrs Martin Gilley during Mr Gilley’s absence. W S Gaskill’s Kansas City nephew Sabina Copple visits. George Gaskill dines with Frank Gaskill. Byron Carver of Muskogee has supper with Mrs Sterling Gaskill. No. 6 Sunday singing well attended.
Poultry breeders display Buff Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, and Rose Comb Reds from Ava Poultry Yards. Mra fr P Hays wins first and second on Buff Orpingtons, first on Single Comb Reds, second on Rose Comb Reds. Grand lot of cockerels from eggs priced 10 to 20 dollars per setting from Owen Farms of Winhaven Mass. Big Dark Reds and Golden Buffs offered cheap to make room for younger stock. Ava Poultry Yards Ady Ava Mo.
Mansfield announces a new Harness Shop offering repair work at fair prices with guaranteed quality. The shop can custom-make leather items and is located in the Today Building near Bonnell Produce Co.
Morgan and Winburn Will Robinson traveled to Nebraska a week before last to visit his brother John while Ada Gaskin, visiting in Odin and Hartville, returned home last Tuesday. Local residents including Mr. and Mrs. 8. BE. Ware in Seymour on business and T R. Gaskin from Sheldon, Iowa. Otis Allen passed through Sunday night en route to Hartville. Needie Reese visited Dr. and Mrs. Trimble in Seymour. Agnes Connelly plans to spend Christmas in Kansas. Ozark Lassie shopped in Seymour. Mrs. Earl Stewart returned to Mountain Grove with her sister Mrs. Richerson. Bob Hester visited his parents in town Sunday night. Will Childress heads home to Joplin Wednesday after a brief visit. Christmas preparations keep locals busy with visits and plans. Bob Erb of Olden visited his father Col. Erb last week.
Health is fair in the neighborhood. Sam Box lost two cows last week. Rev W 8 Gaskill held a regular appointment at Hargis Chapel Saturday evening but dismissed Sunday due to a revival at Flint Hollow. Loren Land traveled to Hartville Saturday. M A Blankenship left for North Missouri for a few days. Mrs D H Brasher visited her brother Will Yandell for two days. J W Glass visited John Shimel Sunday. J R Deckard killed hogs Friday. G W Mackey went to Mansfield Tuesday. FD Howard's visited R T Nelson Sunday. Peggy Short.
Protracted meeting began at Pleasant Hill Sunday night led by Rev. C. N. Findley pastor with services every first Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night. Locals and visitors mentioned include Misses Thona and Elsie Young of Hartville visiting Hosea Young, Bob Kelley and wife dining at Sam Young’s, Gertie Claxton visiting Mrs. Jess Claxton, L. W. Hensley visiting Mrs. Nancy Scott, Elihu Coday and wife at Little Creek church, and several calls among families including Verbie Scott, Blanche and Bessie Davis, Larvel Dollie and Nora Hensley.
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment for neuralgia and related pains with quick surface penetration and a 25 cent bottle, promising near instant relief. A private letter reports the accidental death of Wil liams in Clarksville, Tenn, after a 20 foot fall while installing a vacuum organ blower at a Baptist church.
A roundup of visits and calls among neighbors in Ozark county includes Mentie Letsinger returning from Ozark county, Claud Kelley visiting Harry and Jim Nelson, Moutray and Nelson families calling on Mrs. Stone, Clint Williams hosted by Virgil Royal and Virgil Dake, Hosea Stout family at Dave Findley, and many young folks visiting Katie and Bertha Williams. Kate Williams returns from Kansas City, Leonard Moody ill, and several others mentioned at Sunday gatherings and a Friday night party at Mr. Brotemarkle. The report notes a large revival at Ashley ending last Wednesday.
Mrs W R McClain of Blairsville Pennsylvania shares that when her son Ray was small he suffered from croup and crep. She says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy relieved him quickly and she never goes without it in the home. For sale by all dealers.
Frank Morgan of Aya Pro duce Co has bought Bunnell Produce Co and will run the business as Morgan Produce Co. The operation here will be overseen by D. W. Morgan and W. L. Bunnell.
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