Flat Rock Gossip and Community Notes
Flat Rock residents report on a Sunday baseball game in Mansfield. visits include Will James to Mrs D N Moore and Drapers at Mr Raby’s. C M Mills plans Springfield trip. Cora Draper returns to Kansas City. Jim Turley and Deaver to Brushy Knob. Rain continues, local farming updates, poultry praise, and Mrs Geo Ballgu visiting Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will James
D. N. Moore
W. N. Draper
Misa Cora Draper
Kansas City
Jim Turley
Mr. Deaver
Brushy Knob
Geo. Ballgu
Tom Slate
Mr. Miles
Pleasant Flat Social Notes From A Rainy Week
Last week's column from Pleasant Flat describes persistent rain and garden mishaps, mentions incubator chicks surviving despite wet weather, and records visits by W. R. Peace and wife to Robert Inshore and Miss Ida Gibson. It notes illness hindering attendance at a basket dinner, and recalls a grand birthday feast for J. J. Jones with Mrs. G. J. Jackson, car troubles, playful banter about youth, and J. J. Jones nursing a foot injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Peace
Buckner
Robert Inshore
Olathe Briefs Include Arm Injury And Local Visits
OLATHE. The little son of Mr. Munsell fell from a horse and broke his arm a few days ago. Leonard Roy is home again. Miss Alma Towe spent a few days in Ava. Bishop Babl was in Olathe last Sunday.
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Munsell
Leonard Roy
Alma Towe
Ava
Bishop Babl
Olathe
Flambone Breast Tea Promoted For Cold Relief
A vintage ad-like notice touts flambone Breast Tea as the best cure for cold and grip. It claims the tea opens pores, relieves congestion, loosens bowels, and draws the cold from the system using a tablespoonful in boiling water. It emphasizes vegetable safety and low cost.
Old St Jacobs Liniment Promises Fast Back Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts a 30 cent bottle of St Jacobs Liniment for lumbago rheumatism and backache. It claims rapid relief after a single use, with safe penetrating oil that does not burn the skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honest St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Liniment
Freman Spends Sunday With Daughter in Ava
S H Freman visited Ava on a Sunday to spend time with his daughter, noting family ties and a quiet day in the city.
Sage Tea and Sulphur Dye Promises Darker Hair
An old time hair dye recipe Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised as restoring natural color to faded or gray hair. Direction says dampen a sponge and apply strand by strand for dark, thick, glossy results. Not a medical cure. Lucy Towe spent Sunday with Alma Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Aspirin Brand Promoted in Historic Pharmacy Note
An old advertisement touts aspirin tablets as safe by millions and prescribed for over twenty years. It urges accepting only an unbroken Bayer package with directions to relieve headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. The offer includes handy tins of 12 tablets at a few cents.
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Bayer
Aspirinia
Ely Cream Balm Provides Quick Head Cold Relief
If nostrils are clogged and the head is stuffed Ely's Cream Balm offers instant relief. A small bottle applied into the nostrils soothes inflamed membranes and clears air passages for easy breathing. The fragrant antiseptic balm restores free breathing and relieves snuffles and dryness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Pryor Gorman and Fuson Attend Republican Convention
John N. Pryor Jr and M B Gorman along with J A Fuson head to Chicago for the Republican national convention. Pryor serves as a delegate from the 16th district and as sergeant at arms of the Missouri delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John N. Pryor, Jr
M. B. Gorman
J. A. Fuson
Chicago
Mr. Pryor
16Th
Missouri
Busy farm life as harvests loom in Mansfield area
The note describes a busy farming period with plowing seeding and harvests ahead including alfalfa, wheat, hay, corn, potatoes, and garden work. It mentions milking dozen cows, cream separation, feeding calves and pigs, and the daily chores after field labor. Community updates cover visits, family gatherings, and local business notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thia
Neva Baker
John Stenry
Springfield
C. C. Clark
G. W. Miller
Mrs. Baker
B. M. Freeman
Pleasants Territory Social Trade and Rainy Weather Notes
MT Pleasants Territory reports persistent rain with farmers busy in fields. George Frye visited C V Ashworth Tuesday and Sam Jack’s Tuesday night. Mrs Jeff Newton called on Mrs Niller Tuesday afternoon. C P Wilcox visited son A P Wilcox Sunday. Archie Wilcox visited parents Mr and Mrs Wilcox Sunday. Roy Buckles and family along with Muston Smith and wives noted. Elmer Fuge and wife and G F Dennis seen visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fry
C. V. Ashworth
Jeff Newton
Niller
George Frye
Sam Jack
Archie Wilcox
C. B
Wilcox
Roy Buckles
Muston Smith
Elmer Fuge
E. Dennis
Wright County insurer adjusts damage claim in Mansfield
Barton secretary of Wright County Mutual Fire Insurance Company visited Mansfield last week to adjust the loss of Jacob Crider after a Hutching fire. In May he wrote thirty thousand dollars of new policies for the company through over sixty agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. ©. Barton
Wright County Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Mansfield
Jacob Crider
How About Your Catarrh Do You Want Real Relief
An advertisement from a Georgia laboratory promotes a remedy for catarrh claiming rapid relief and cleansing effects on blood. The copy emphasizes a long history of combating calmed germs and touts Atlanta origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laboratory
Atlanta
Mrs Opa Roberts Visit From Bismarck Montana Grove
Mrs Opa Roberts, wife of Bismarck Mountain Grove, arrived from F. 8. Carr this week and is visiting relatives here in N. D. The note records a travel visit by a named individual and her spouse to a local area, reflecting family connections.
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Opa, Roberts
Carr
Bismarck Mountain Grove
N. D
Cedar June singing draws largest crowd yet
The annual June singing at Cedar drew the largest attendance on record with many from here. J W Gilley, a longtime attendee, has joined in nearly all sessions of the past 25 years, attending this last week. Adolph Feddle of Macomb also helped host the event, marking a long tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar
J. W. Gilley
Adolph Feddle
Macomb
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Hrovelty Shop
Birt Shop
Avalon
H. M. Norcross
E. B. McKee Com. Co
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St. Louis
Laclede Trust Co
Flist National Bank
Sparta
Ill
Dun’s
Bradstreeta
William Penn Trust Co
Ryan
I.H. C
Columbus
Weber
Carter & Beach
Mansfield, Missouri
Costa
Mountain Grove Grocery CO
Daugherty Drug Co
Mountain Grove
L RK
Boyer
Mansfield H. Rayburn
Mines
Macomb Mercantile Company
Flat Rock
George Ballew
C. M. Mills
Ira Turley
Game Warden
Mr. Moody
Mr. Nonamaker
Prarie Hollow
Gannla
John Hughes
G. B. Nonamaker
Loney Short
Mr. Dryer
Mr. Rush
Hartville
W. E. Rush
G. K. Novanaker
Ernie Wade
Alma Draper
Tom German
Ed Tharp
Tharp
J. J. Jones
Mr. Jones
Deine
Aub Bagbaghe
Lumbago
S. H. Freman
Lucy Towe
Alma Johnson
Otho Mays
Claude Towe
Dora Robertson
Carl
C. W. Tower
Ruby
G. W. Stentlinger
Sarah Ripper
Huth
Alice Fac
Herbert Bridger
Fendon
Mansfield Farmers Exchange
C. WH. Fry
Wolf Creek
I. M. Norcross
Roy Norcross
Mamafield
N. Perry's
G. W. Brentlinger
Mr. Miller
California
W. W. Fry
C.H Fry
A. J. Wilder
J. W. Brentlinger
Homer
Russell Stout
Joseph Wilson
Mansfield Cacmert Exchange
Harley Stout
Norman
Dave Crider
Missea Blele
Lisle Crider
J. W. Edwards
Misees Minnig
Marie Deathcrace
Mr. and
Mra. Edwards
WAM
Wim, Hale
Wills Moody
Jack Brazeal
Bill Hale
Mayme
Clark
Alice Fao
Harry Thomas
John Brentinger
Mes
Jon Win
Hale
Mt, Pleasant Territory
Stu
G. FE. Dennis
Charley Bogart
C. P. Wilcox
A P. Wilcox
Dodson
Enlomel
B. E. Latimer
H. C. Yancy
Robert
Lamar
Fletcher
Childen
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Tal
Mary Fricke
Bornman St
Belleville
Til
Mary Prick
Mra. Fricke
Peru
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