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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
1
A compact town notes column lists visits from residents and out-of-town guests across Hartville Seymour Norwood and Mansfield. It records a Frisco freight wreck near Diggins, a Red Cross effort, Chautauqua attendance, farm shows, local business moves, and upcoming community events with multiple named individuals and places.
W A Newton of Hartville is appointed district deputy grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Officers to be installed at Mountain Grove July 19 Norwood July 20 Jericho July 21 and Hartville July 24. Grand Master Hartley will attend the Hartville installation at 2 15 p m with a public ceremony and county organization to follow. Ice cream will be served after the lodge session.
Last week in Macomb reports harvest work for wheat and oats, thanks for rain yet calls for more. Mrs Chas Doty visits her parents G E Short and wife as Ralph remains there. Residents attend Mansfield events, Doc Gates and Eugene assist Boss Findley with oats and hay. W H Brake family reunion at J D Reynolds in Mansfield. Clint Williams visits brother B K. Sunday school at Macomb Baptist with preaching quarterly. Penny.
Advertises immediate openings for musician roles in the U.S. Navy with pay from 41.00 to 47.60 dollars monthly plus clothing, food, and other expenses. Encourages applications through postmasters, directed by F. G. Condit and Joseph O'Neil, Navy League.
An adjourned Ozark Scenic Highway Association meeting is set for Wednesday July 25 at Bourbon Missouri following a July 9 Rolla meeting. President J A Chase and Secretary H E Lyles urge broad attendance from all towns along the route July 14, 1917.
Sunday School at Mission Temple every Sunday at 10 am. Prayer meeting every Saturday night and singing every Sunday night. Roy Dennis' baby has been sick but is better now.
If you feel blue, No ac count, lazy, you need a good cleaning out. HERBINE is the right thing for that purpose. It stimulates the liver, tones up the stomach and purifies the bowels. Price 50. Sold by Fuson Drug Co. ady.
John Holman, accompanied by his brother Preston, has returned to Detroit Michigan. The brief note confirms their arrival and the presence of Preston as his accompanying family member.
Readable local items note rainfall improving crops and social calls. Guests include Sam Goss and wife John Hendrick Raymond Smith Grace and Gertie Slate Mrs John Stacy Roy Woods and wife visiting T B German and others. Sickness and travel updates plus a crowd at a birthday dinner and a Sunday prayer meeting at Uncle Sam Buchanan's home. CURLY LOCKS
Eugene Knight of Wilmington N C writes that Chamberlain's Tablets are the best for constipation and indigestion and that his wife was helped as well. The ad notes the tablets are mild and gentle in action and urge readers to try them for an agreeable laxative effect available everywhere.
At Mansfield Missouri the M E Church official board grants Rev G W Holmes a September vacation due to his volunteer Army service in the great world war. He and his family attended both morning and evening services with large crowds. Holmes may also hold August or September appointments if called as lieutenant with Seymour Supply Company attached to the Sixth Regiment. The church expresses high approval and prays for his safe return.
About August 1 or after 200 breeding ewes and ewe lambs offered at ten dollars per head. Advertises that every farmer should keep 10 to 15 sheep, urging readers to place orders now before it is too late.
100 Angora goats for sale nearly all owned by W. M. Huggans located 1 mile northeast of Mansfield Missouri. Adv listing notes goats available for purchase through the seller.
Saturday rain blessed farmers as haying and harvesting progress. Wheat, oats good crops. blackberry yields down. Hart relatives spent Fourth at Hart home. Oren Findley injured in runaway last week. A new born boy to John Short and wife. Harry Williams ill. Miss Mabel Pearcey visited Norwood. Miss Annie McKinney with aunt Mrs Williams. S R Williams family welcomed a 10 pound boy. Noah Royal died at Mountain Grove after three years illness. Interment Macomb cemetery July 6. Sunday school at Macomb Methodist Church.
An advertisement touts Sand Eczema Cure as a treatment for black heads, pimples, and eczema claiming to smooth skin and suit any case. It mentions Adrial as a persuader and urges visit to a rug store for purchase.
Miss Fannie Joe Furrow and Dr. Ralph V. Ellis wed secretly at Hartville on June 26 as he prepared to join the U S Army Medical Corps. They left for St Louis then Ellis shipped to service, while Furrow plans to visit kin before returning to Mountain Grove. Olive Chadwell marries Jack Firth in Joplin with plans to reside at Oleva after Sept 1.
Advertises farm loans at the lowest prevailing rates with no delay. Attributed to GEO and B. Freeman, promoting quick processing and favorable terms for farmers seeking financing.
The note thanks for three nights of rain aiding corn and blackberries. It mentions a funeral for Mrs Street reducing Sunday School attendance, upcoming services at Moore Tharp Pleasant Grove and other churches, and hopes for more rain to save crops. Locally, J J Jones, Thurman Chadwell, Davis Ramsey, Dave Tharp work on timothy, wheat, oats.
An advertisement touts Sanol or Sanal as a family remedy sold with an absolute guarantee. It notes prices of 85 cents and 1 dollar at the drug store and warns that if it says Sanol it is all right.
Rain fell Sunday night in Bryant. Joe Odle returned home from Town Saturday. Willie Amos and wife returned to his father’s. Rev. John Nevels preached at Mount Everett Sunday. Miss Chloe Lewis stayed at E. B. Lester’s for a few days. Services were held at Rock House Saturday night and Sunday.
The Sunday school convention at Mt Dale drew attendees and features singing at J S Mackey’s Saturday night. Maybel Parker is improving. The S S young folks Baptist class at Antioch listed many members including Florence Null Nellie Spock Janie Mackey Aleth Borders Emma Ruediger Naomi Blazer Inez Viva Daniels Nora Ida Jason Annie Stogsdill Walter Parten Spock John Mackey Ray Howard Poley Eli Davis Willie Morrell Fred Carl Ervin Spock Horace Blazer Jesse Morris Moses Dolla Spock. Singing at Antioch every Sunday night with 10:30 am gatherings at Antioch. all invited.
In every home with a baby there should be a bottle of MeGEE'S BABY ELIX IR. It helps sour stomach wind colic diarrhoea and summer complaint. It is wholesome contains no opium morphine or injurious drug. Price 25¢ and 50c per bottle. Sold by Fuson Drug Co.
Mrs Allie Newkirk of Kansas City visited her sister Mrs Ed Brook and P O Carlson harvested oats and rye for Dr Johnson. Mrs Mose Killiam is very poorly, Killiam also unwell, daughters Mrs King and Mrs Creamer helping. Pleas Doyel and daughters Jewell and Hazel visited relatives. John Jarret ill with inflammatory rheumatism. Flossie Cole ill with tonsillitis but improving. Jule Turgen Philip Killiam G E Cooley and Henry Hill visited J R Bruton and wife. ice cream and a merry time. Will Duncan of Springfield visited. Gardens badly need rain. a shower Friday morning fell but was not enough.
Boston won 4 to 1 over Detroit as Mansfield youth Carl Mays allowed four hits. His strong pitching stalled Detroit and preserved Boston’s edge in the series.
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