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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
1
Advertisement for a joint sale by W C McCain Mansfield Missouri offers a four room house with cellar and a two room smoke house, household goods, and a fine garden on half an acre two blocks south of Mansfield Hotel all for cash.
Sealed bids to 3 p m July 18 1914 invited by the Ma comb District No 91 Board of Education for shingle roof on the school building twelve new windows and repair of old ones and two coats of paint on the building. Bids may be submitted for one or both jobs. President S A Binley Clerk Mrs C B Turner and date June 27 1918 on file.
Christian Endeavor program topic Lessons from favorite parables with questions from church leaders and members. Bible references Luke and Matthew guide the discussion on parables metaphor and revelation, inviting personal reflection and faith questions.
A list of individuals credited for cash on subscription since the last report includes K L Bouldin Springfield R A Pollock Norwood W J Brook Norwood D B Cantrell Mansfield J M Pierson Mansfield R F Warren North Platte NE Fue Campbell Ralston OK Mrs Alta Royston Wichita KS Dr W H Harrison Hockesville OK Fred Dennis Mansfield R W Keeling Mansfield Eph Moody Norwood George Gaskill Camp Pike AR W J Gaskill Mansfield H B Johnston Seymour M B Spock Seymour W A Brasher Mansfield Oliver Riley Mansfield Jesse Brazeal Mansfield Sherman Helsley Norwood Fred Chance Mansfield H H Scout Haskell OK Lewis Moody Coweta OK Amos Roy Mansfield Mrs W S Cassidy Sapulpa OK
The B Y P U program presents The words from the cross led by Mary Manes with special music by Elva and Lorene Turner readings by Eileen Stephens Lorene Turner Gladys Skrelton Mabel Keith Genevieve Skelton and others. Intercessory prayer Beulah salvation Ruth Turner filial care Silas Seal spiritual agony Dean Dennis physical anguish Grace Baker shout of victory Alma Draper commital Selah Cole concluding thought Mrs T B Ritzinger
Among the Lodges W A Newton district deputy grand master installed F M Gale as noble grand Culton Newton as vice grand John N Pryor sr as warden and other officers at Hartville He installed at Jericho Saturday night A L Hargus noble grand John Dudley vice grand and other officers in full Both lodges report gains since last report and are financially sound They have invested to their utmost in baby bonus and are full of patriotism.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis lists banks in Dent Shannon Texas and Wright counties subscribing to Treasury Certificates dated June 25. Names include Bank of Anutt Salem First National Bank Salem Shannon County Bank Eminence First National Bank Cabool Texas County Bank Houston Licking State Bank Licking Peoples Bank Licking Bank of Raymondville Piney River State Bank Simmons Hartville Wright County Bank Hartville Bank of Manes Bank of Mansfield Farmers and Merchants Bank Mansfield Mountain Grove Bank Ryan Banking Co Norwood Citizens Bank Norwood. The government asks all banks to subscribe to 2 percent of their resources when certificates are issued.
Ray Whittaker writes from France June 3 describing health, travel across the Atlantic, and the wait at Camp Mills. He mentions fellow soldiers Geore Farris and Marvin Dennis, asks about home news, and promises to write back, signing as nephew of John Coday and wife from Company F 140th Infantry AEF via New York.
All Red Cross officers and members meet at the M E Church on July 14 at 2 30 p m for electing officers for the year and settling accounts for the past year plus new members reckoned. Chairman R M Rogers notes promptness.
Chester Hensley, year old son of Talbert Hensley and his wife, died Saturday from bone erysipelas. Rev J E Seal led the funeral Sunday at Dennis church, interment in Hensley cemetery. The community extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
A column of brief notices from Norwood and nearby towns listing residents and visitors this week and last. Names include C Shelton W Black Otis Wagner Garner Nevils Kennedy Ball Gage Garrison Brasher Pryor Patterson Alcorn Hopper Louthan Yates family and others. Notables visit Camp Dodge and Springfield while local business updates and health news are mentioned. Estill Churchill welcomed a 10 pound girl at E B Churchill home. Rev Holmes to Deaconess Hospital pleurisy and Mrs Royston to Wichita joining husband.
A Mother's Day letter from Hope D. Carleton, a wagoner in Battery B, 128th U.S. Field Artillery, AEF, in France, praises mothers and home. It carries excerpts from a YMC A pamphlet urging tenderness, patience, and devotion, urging sons to honor mothers with extra notes and gifts.
The local board received word to send 66 men to the draft between June 22 and 26. About 60 men remain in Class I and some 25 more will be added by re classification, so this call should not exhaust Class L in the county. Sixteen men are to leave on Monday.
Haden Coday and his wife visited her Hartville area home for the weekend. Folks from the neighborhood joined in a singing event at Mt. Zion.
The Red Cross ladies of the Mansfield district invite personal application at the Red Cross work room to receive yarn. When yarn arrives, the paper will publish a notice, and the time of the next work meeting will also be announced.
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