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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
1
Official tax list for Pleasant Valley Township available for payment at Reynolds and Coday Store. Office address provided. Hawkins Hitchcock urges prompt settlement of due taxes.
A tersely written town column records produce buys at Mansfield Produce Co and high market prices, local visits by Ed. Fage and others, wares for sale including a 1915 Dodge touring car and Percheron fillies, farm goods ads, and a note on enrollment at Draughon’s Business College with several classified promotions and local mover notices.
A Bosnian folk tale evokes the Nativity with sun and stars dancing as the Christ child is born. The piece reflects on gift giving and the spirit of goodwill across history, linking Magi gifts to modern Yuletide tokens and familiar Christmas imagery.
The article urges safe trimming practices using inexpensive decorations. It suggests strings of popcorn and cranberries, yellow corn gleam, cardboard shapes, and colored paper ornaments as affordable options. It notes placing larger packages under the tree and tying smaller gifts with bright paper to branches for a neat, long lasting display.
A fragmentary historical note discusses evergreen use in Christmas celebrations, citing ancient practices of decorating homes and churches with holly ivy and greenery. It recalls a later 17th century tale of a tree display on Candemas Day in the Leadentall to Cornhill, torn up by a tempest and blamed on malignant spirits.
A fragmented Christmas era poem with celestial imagery asks for heavenly light and peace. A Wisconsin boy writes to Santa Claus requesting a fair ride and a Christmas tree with gifts, imagining candy and toys as wishes for the season.
You may pay Pleas ant Valley township taxes at our office where the only official list is kept Roy and Stephens ready.
J A Arnold of John F Meyer & Sons Milling Co Springfield came to Mansfield to recover a stolen auto owned by L S Meyer general manager. City Marshal Roe Strong recovered the car. Two Springfield youths, Ernest Bridges and Harry Tyndall both 16, were arrested for the theft. Arnold estimates about 500 dollars damage from a punctured tire.
W. C. Coday and R. D. Berry are appointed to take the 1920 census for Pleasant Valley township with Coday covering the east end and Berry the west. Messrs. Coday Berry and Roy Dennis recently conducted the civil examination held here.
A list of names is thanked for cash on subscription since the last report. The names include Joe H. Smith Ava E E Allyn Mansfield Dr D J Davis Mansfield Mrs J W Miller Mansfield J M Moutray Mansfield Elbert Chadwell Macom F D Mooney Mansfield Lamp Letsinger Mansfield A L Hunsaker Mansfield Paul Williams Mansfield Miss Rose Williams Dunnegan J E Moore Parsons Kas O N Tool Mansfield Cynthia A Rigoulet Otley Iowa Mrs Jake Goss Bryant.
The Chautauqua Motion Picture Bureau presents The Chosen Prince at the Nugget on New Year’s night with all net proceeds to benefit the public school gymnasium. Reynolds & Campbell advertise Crook Stores stock at old prices while supplies last. The Nugget Theatre thanks staff with a Christmas gift for past year's service.
Don t Delay. Kidney trouble signs warning of serious illness. Doan s Kidney Pills praised for over 50 years with Mrs K. Stuart of Springfield Missouri reporting complete cure after two boxes. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Mfgs Buffalo NY Ad.
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