Christmas ads and society notes fill Mansfield pages
Local Mansfield notices recount Christmas shopping at the Mansfield Hotel and Fullington furniture ads. Subscriptions to Mirror and Kansas City Star offer a year, while residents like Miss Violette Craig and Miss Bessie Inman travel for visits. A piano mishap and a wedding between Jessie Newton and Gertrude Curtis are noted along with hospital and asylum mentions and family travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinah
James Poorte
Arkansas
James Brothers
John
H. D. Norcross
Shanes
Tom Slate
Tom Beazeal
Roy
Olatha
Tom Dean
Hartville
Jessie Brasher
Mansfield
Claude Tripp
Robt. Brewer
Albert Wallace
Crane
Margaret Crane
Elwood Bogart
Jordan
Thomas Bogart
Little Son
Jessie Newton
Aden
Gertrude Curtis
Daniel Brentlinger
Aren Newton
Freight Wreck Near Mansfield Delays Night Train Traffic
Around 10 50 o clock Tuesday night freight train No 130 traveling from Mansfield toward Springfield derailed seven empty refrigerator cars after a broken rail near the depot. Traffic slowed until a Springfield wrecker cleared the track. Section crews from Mansfield Macomb Cedar Gap and Norwood assisted. during the night further derailed cars occurred at Coker and Cedar Gap and the wrecker derailed at Cedar Gap Follington for Rogs Advy.
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Wus Prisco
Mansfield
Springfield
Macomb
Cedar Gap
Norwood
Coker
Notice of Tax List Request for Pleasant Valley Township
A notice states that payments should be made this month to avoid penalties. It mentions an official tax list for Pleasant Valley township including Mansfield and Cedar Gap and offers office contact. The message is signed by Ady Warp B. Hrrcucock and notes the first door north of Parmers & Merchants.
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Pleasant Valley
Mansfield
Cedar Gap
Parmers & Merchants
Ady
Warp B
Notice to Taxpayers Warns of Increased Penalties
Delinquent taxpayers face harsher penalties as state auditors require strict enforcement. A 1 percent monthly penalty plus a 4 percent commission total 5 percent added starting January 1. Taxpayers are urged to pay before year end to avoid extra charges. Signed Jno A Denys, collector, Adv. Vacation time.
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Jno
A. Denys
Mansfield social notes and market items mix
Jesse Payne of Webster county visited Mansfield this week, noting city improvements over the last three years. Advertisements urge subscriptions to Sunset and Ozark Magazine, with alfalfa seed for sale at Mansfield Produce Co. and a Mansfield writeup expected to boom the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Payne
Webster County
John Hensley
Mr. Hensley
Mansfield
Mansfield Producce Co
Isaac Strong
Local bank theft prompts magazine subscription offer
A package addressed to a local bank contained seventy one thousand dollars in U S treasury notes and was swapped with magazines. The cashier discovered the substitution and agreed with directors to cover the loss if placed on the Laff subscription list for life. A cheap one year offer for Laff, a humor magazine from Dayton Ohio, urged readers to subscribe. The ad also promotes Hillabeck's Christmas candy and the Ozark Magazine as state boosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Treasury
Luff
Laff
Dayton
Ohio
Craig seeks loans on good improved farms in Wright or Douglas
N. J. Craig advertises financing for farm loans on solid improved farms in Wright or Douglas counties. Also promoting a special Sunday dinner at the Mansfield Hotel for 36 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield Hotel
N. J. Craig
Wright
Douglas Counties
Robinetts win in federal suit over Willow Springs firm
Judge Smith McPherson ruled in Kansas City that O L Robinett wins the civil case for $1000 against him arising from the Daniels Commission Co failure. Attorney N J Craig secured victory on all counts, while creditors seek dividends from the firm’s collapse and missing shipments valued about $8000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J. Craig
Smith McPherson
Kansas City
O. L. Robinett
J. A. Britain
Caboot
Daniels Commission Co
Willow Springs
Craig
Robinett
G. M. Sebree
Springfield
Robert Lamar
Houston
Daniels Commission Company
John Schmook
Baker Blocs
Calouol
Commission Houses
San Francisco
Daniels Company
A. J Britain
Cal
California
Frank Warner
Concern
Christian County
Ozarks
United States
Eastern Commission
James A. Reed
McPherson
Warner
J. B. Thomas
Federal Grand Jury
Bank of
J.B Thomas
Out country stems what a beautiful Christmas
Mrs M M Williams and Miss Bertha Williams visited Verr Williams near Macomb. The Roy schoolhouse pie supper raised 7.92 due to bad weather, the best cake prize tied between Oma and Nora Letsinger for 3.42. Various visits and farm sales noted, including Dave Hoover selling his Prairie Hollow farm to a Texas native for 2000. Kodaks advertised as perfect Christmas gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Williams
Bertha Williams
Macomb
Verr William’s
Roy School House
Oma
Nora Letsinger
Paul Williams
Flora Robertson
L. M. Roy
Amos Peabody
North
Dinah
Lillie
Fred Frye
Jackson
Dave Hoover
Prairie Hollow
Mr. Williams
Texas
Hogan Williams
Verr Williams
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Fallington
J. Ae
R. N. Ferren
T.B. Fisher
Mirror
FP. A. Riley
N.J. Craig
St. Louis
Fullington
R. A. Stapp
Christ Anas
Mountain Grove
Ben Morris
Violette Craig
Fullington's
Adv
Bessie Inman
Ava
Hilsabeck
J.P. Anderson's
Mansfield Mirror
Weekly
Kansas City Star
P. Ef. Hyde
Near
M.F. Rippee
Ady Mansfield Drug Co
Kodak
Ady Manshrup
W. Eb, Travis of
Ritchey
Ozark Magazine
Woodruff Bldg
Hillabeck's
G.c.samuel
Ie Frisco Depot
Roy Handy
C. A. Stephens
Follington
Advy
Market Report
Se Springs
Anna
Hillabeck
The
Springfield Republican
Robi. Young
Ceith Letsinger's
Mrs. Lamp Letsinger
Mrs. Barlow
Mr. Parks
Lovery Dup
Ady Mansfkelp Deve Co
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