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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
8
The Mansfield Mirror Black is published by The Mansfield Mirror Black Publishing Co with A Black and Mrs W A Black serving as editors and proprietors. The note lists their names and roles, indicating ownership and editorial leadership of the newspaper.
Runyan of Springfield sold the 90 acre Callicott place two percent miles northeast of town to W. G. Reynolds.
Macomb residents attended regular Baptist services with Rev G Chadwell from Saturday to Sunday. N A Graves and family returned to Macomb Kansas City. Virgil Royal came home from Joplin. Miss Martha Lindley visited sister Mrs ET Gates from Saturday to Tuesday. Emma Findley visited Eva Richardson. E C Williams and family joined revival meetings in Mansfield as Rev J E Nevils planned to preach Sunday. Prayer meetings occur at Macomb Baptist each Thursday night. VENNY.
Notice is secretly given that the regular annual stockholders meeting of the Bank of Mansfield will be held at its banking lease on the 10th day of January. Said meeting will convene and be governed by three directors and has the object of electing five directors to serve during the upcoming year and any other business properly coming before the meeting. WORRREMAN, President. Attest: GHO. B PREMAN, Secretary.
An old advertisement touts Der King’s New Discovery as a soothing remedy for coughs and colds. It promises relief from throat strain, vitality loss, and winter ailments like croup and bronchial infections. Marvin Crenshaw of Blue Springs was here Monday.
A large Mansfield crowd watched as Ava defeated Mansfield 44 to 10 at Ava on Saturday night. Referee was Mr. Griffin of Springfield with Oscar Coday of Mansfield as umpire. Special train conveyed many Mansfield supporters to the game.
A vintage advertisement claims catarrhal deafness results from Eustachian tube inflammation and cannot be cured by local applications. It asserts a constitutional cure via Hall's Catarrh Medicine, offering one hundred dollars for any untreatable case, with a circular available through Druggists.
In Mansfield Thursday afternoon A T Friend Berry Perkin E F Gorman and Tray and Haree Hensley fought in a stone camp house beside the D W Hoover feed barn. Friend and Perkins were slashed with a knife while Tray Hensley was struck with a whiskey bottle and chair, Hensley severely injure. The Hensley brothers live near Hartville and Gorman was en route from Hartville to Durant Oklahoma that night. Friend was able to go downtown the next day.
A Norwood weekly roundup notes visits from residents like Chas Suicker and Walter Hiay, an election for road commissioner, and talks of oil drilling near Mountain Grove. It mentions people moving, farming activity, and efforts to boost local business while weather swings between cold and sun.
The discussion centers on the term realtor as a descriptor for a man who handles real estate. The speaker notes a harsher alternative could be chosen, yet suggests people may adapt to the label if favored by the new designation.
Winter inactivity is a frequent cause of constipation. Feeling heavy dull and listless with a sallow pimply complexion signals low energy. Dr King’s New Life Pills offer a laxative remedy to relieve congested intestines without griping with a nightly dose for an easy morning movement. 25 cents at your druggist.
Flat Rock defeated lint Point 2 10 at home Sunday in a well attended game. Will Johnson has gone to St Louis. Mrs Albert Shite has been sick. John Shite and wife visited Grandma Shite who has been ill but is improving. Argo Grouse visited Jerry Vierson. Chare Baker stayed with John Churchill. The party at Mrs Siiterys was well attended. Miss Nettie Smith spent Tuesday night with Gravee Slate CMC.
Advice on breaking a tendency to catch colds using a morning sponge bath with tepid water and sleeping with a window open. Recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to shorten colds and notes it is obtainable everywhere.
Lead Hill notes a winter scene with snow and visits by red cinder and wire in Seymour. Lead Hill Sunday School elected officers: Mrs Oscar Rippee superintendent, Mrs Charles Samuels secretary, Charles Samuels, Alex Salisbury and Mrs J Matney teachers. T W Goas has been sick since September. Sunday School at Lead Till at 10 am each Sunday. Singing Saturdays and every fourth Sunday after Sunday School. Preaching first, second and third Sundays. Liza Jane.
A reader from Lost Valley, Go, extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the most effective for hacking coughs and colds. He claims repeated success, noting a cough vanishes after using the product. The advertisement asserts availability everywhere.
Miss Zelan Wester stays with Elmer Rushing. Mrs. Austin’s daughter in law left Saturday for Kansas after a visit. Alex Glenn at the Bacon home has been ill but is improving. Cleo Kelly of Dartville spent Sunday with his parents J. D. Kelly and wife. Sunday school at No. 3 every Sunday at 2 p.m. All invited.
I B Wixon of Farmers Mills NY says Chamberlain's Tablets are the best aid for stomach and liver disorders. He has used them for years and claims they are the best he ever used. Obtainable everywhere.
Miss Rose Williams visits George Short in Macomb Wednesday night while Route Number 2 January borrows March winds. Rev. Joseph Davis sick. Mrs. Manta Mille of Seymour visits family before returning home. Neighbors gather as Zella Letsinger stays with her grandmother. Several locals, including Sam and Marian Letsinger and James Letsinger, call on Davis. Fern Biker returns from Mansfield. Paul Williams aids neighbors with wood. Mrs. Ezra Roy ill. relatives plan to stay. Myrtle Williams sick. gatherings at Paul Williams and J. Brentlinger homes.
P McKewen of DeWitt Arkansas was in town the other day as a brief local note.
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