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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1920
Page
2
ADelacy’s French Hair Tonic from Lacy Chemical Co. of St Louis claims to safely restore gray and streaked hair to its natural beauty, halt dandruff and male hair stop falling out. Priced at $1.00 at retailers or prepaid direct.
A pew garage has been constructed on the J. D. Reynolds property and the residence on the same site has been freshly painted.
A Mansfield man, W. S. Smith, testifies he recovered from years of kidney troubles after using three boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills. He describes swelling feet and back pain from heavy work and lifting, and credits the remedy with restoring his ability to work. Foster-Milburn Co. advertises the product at 60c a box.
L. R. Boyer of Hartville visited Saturday and plans to open a new store in Hartville, signaling retail expansion in the town.
An old advertisement touts a hot tea remedy to break a cold or grip. It instructs using Hambu Breast Tea with boiling water, strained, and drunk as needed. Claim states it opens skin pores, relieves congestion, loosens bowels, and is inexpensive and vegetable based.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment for rheumatism and joint pain. It claims quick relief by topical rubbing, notes it does not require internal treatment, and markets a 30 cent bottle as a remedy for backache neuralgia and stiffness.
K 8 Dowden writes that all Missourians around Sanger are well and doing fairly well with fine prospects for fruit. He notes daily rain from pumping plants and ditches, reflecting agricultural conditions and optimism in the area.
A Texas wonder cure promises relief for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatism. The ad claims mail order delivery for $1.25 and notes an email bottle in two months of treatment with often cures. Addressed to Dr BE W Hall 2926 Olive St St Louis MO and widely advertised.
Local notices detail harvest hands traveling between Sunset Hill and Fry residences, with multiple family members and friends visiting for meals, church, and gatherings at Macomb. Movements include Joe Fry's crew, Claribel Fry, Sybil Coday, and Owen families, plus Sunday church attendance by Claribel Fry, Elen Fry, and others.
Loss of appetite is usually not serious if meals are skipped briefly or only two meals are eaten for a few days. Allow five hours between meals for digestion and rest before the next meal. Eat a measured amount, exercise daily, and address constipation with Chamberlain’s Tablets if present.
Residents report cutting outs and harvest activity with fields in shock. Several families including Mr. and Mrs. Turley and Draper clan hosted visitors and discussed hay, wheat, oats, and Texas travel.
A vintage ad notes RAT-SNAP rat killer sold by KR. A. Alcorn Hardware Co. al Fusen Peng Co of Mansfield and Little Randall of Norwood. It promotes three sizes priced around $1.06 and guarantees effectiveness for households and farms.
Dry weather returns Everett Newton from Town. Ethel Mitchell and Ida Molliman visit Perry Jolliman. Mrs Elsa Dranateller returns to Manafield. Mrs H N Matlock and Lilly visit c F Harris. Low Lands gathering poorly attended. J B Derrell visits Mrs W T Andrews. Dillard Paxton couple back from Kansas after years away. Rev Wm Troute of Tantville preached at New Sfope. Miss Myrtle Holliman spends the weekend at home.
Mrs Nellie Whitaker spent a few days with Mrs A V Freeman. J H W Babb preached at Vera Cruz Saturday and Sunday. H M Babb and family spent Sunday at A L Bobla. J L Short and family and Anna Effie and Blanche Findley visited Eugene Doyal's. G N Findley and wife and Nellie Whitaker were with Dave Findley. Janes Prarcy and wife called in the afternoon. There was preaching at the M and E church Sunday. K J Letainger Harve and Clivey Findley helped Shard Findley eat wheat Saturday. Rev Shaw will preach at the Baptist church next Sunday. Filbber sibbet.
Mrs Henry Jewett of Clack Mille New York praises Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as instantly effective for severe stomach issues. Also touted is Liquid Brosone for rapid healing of cuts wounds burns and sores priced at $1.20 sold by Fuson Drug Co.
R embert notes show Sunday school at Pleasant Mill each Sunday at 10 am with George Pryor and family attending. Several residents including Miss Fredle Claxtog staying with W C Pryor, Mrs James Savage and daughter Pas visiting John Manory near Lincoln. Various small social calls and field work mentioned among Pryor, Huffstettler, Young, and Robinet households with Montana visitors in town.
An advice piece promotes drinking water and using Jad Salta to flush kidneys and relieve bladder irritation. It describes symptoms like cloudy urine, backache, dizziness, and rheumatic twinges, and claims Jad Salta from rapes and Idmon juice with lithia cleans clogged kidneys. It urges daily use before breakfast for a few days and notes the drink is inexpensive and beneficial.
An old advertisement claims RAT-SNAP rodent poison clears a MIM of R. J. Tucker night watchmen, with a bold guarantee. It markets three signs for 25 cents, one dollar options, and lists R. A. Alcora Hardware Co, Fueoning Co, Mane field, Little & Randall as guarantors and sellers.
The report notes Rev Spurgeon delivering a sermon at Wolf Creek this Saturday night. It also mentions Russell Matlock Coday arriving at the Mesca Coday home last week and several local acquaintances visiting relatives and hosting guests over the past days.
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims calomel causes cramping, nausea, and potential salivation, while Liver Tone promises quicker liver action with no sickness. The note ends with Geo. A. Freeman returning from Wichita, Kansas.
An 1900s style advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound for darkening gray hair. It promises natural color, youthfully attractive results after two applications, and claims the product conceals gray hair for a younger appearance.
Sulphur offers quick relief for itching irritation and discomfort from piles. A small jar of Mentho Sulphur provides soothing action, advertised by a Kansas City seller with statements of speedy results.
There is not anything like ao ma ny deaths from this disease now on before Chamberlain's Collo anid Diarrhoea Remedy came into such general use. When thin remedy is elven with eastor oil as directed and proper care is taken as to diet, It is safe to any that fully ninety-nine out of every hundred cases recover. Mr. W. G. Campbell, of Nutler, Tenn., says, "I have used Chamberlain's Collo and Diarrhoea remedy for sum mer complaint in children. It in far ahead of anything I have ever used for the purpose,"-Ady, Agon was born June 16 to FLA, Stippee and wife of Grove Boring.
An old advertisement warns readers to defend property from burglars and pests, touting RAT-SNAP cakes as a humane solution. It claims the product kills rats, mice, cats and dogs won’t touch it, and lists R A Alcorn Hardware Co and Furon Drug Co of Manefield and Norwood as sellers.
Warm summer weather dictates the day as William and Roberts Fry and Owa Melntosh work wheat and oats. Sunday visits include J Owens and family with Miss Ova Melntosh staying with Mee Lew Tope and Mr Pope heading to harvest. Melda, Pete Braxent, Tom Bogart and I vile Owens join harvest fields with Mea N C Fry and sons at W W Fry household. Snow Deer.
A garbled passage references Europe and battlefield imagery, mixed with local shop names and a hotel in a Pennsylvania town. The text includes stray phrases about hiring a Tig, down rate, RAT-ANAP, and mentions hardware and drug companies in Mansfield and Norwood-adjacent locales, reflecting damaged OCR with no clear cohesive event.
M. B. Nedham of Mountain Grow is named deputy grand master for Wright County by Grand Master Garner of Springtild, Grand Master, I. O. O. F.
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