Community notes on visits, weddings and subscriptions
Sunday rain dampened plans for Children Day at Mt Zion. Miss Anna Dedman left for Mansfield. Several neighbors visited, with many local social updates including weddings at Odin and a G. S. Burney embroidery shower. A Springfield firm fire destroyed books and papers, affecting Perry T Allen and associates in Mansfield and Springfield.
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Mt. Zion
Anna Dedman
Mansfield
Tom Strong
Raymond Newton
Hubert Latimer
Edward Hickman
Rembert
John Rippee
Fred Buros
Near Duncan
Odin
J.A. Russell
Selph Jones
Pansy Newton
M. E. Church
N. N. Whelchel
Ruth
Hartville
Embroidery Club
Julian Newton
Perry T. Allen
Springfield
Allen & Craig
Gyroscope Aeroplane System Proves Stable in Tests
A new aeroplane gyroscope arrangement, weighing about thirty pounds, adds two wheels to control longitudinal and transverse stability and powers the motor. Early tests show automatic control maintaining a steady keel even in adverse wind, with a plan to volplane to ground when wind drops below thirty six miles per hour. The rig could also be used to send wireless messages.
Wheat samples promise strong Ozarks crop prospects
C V Ashworth displayed high quality wheat with four grains per mesh and 11 meshes per row, claiming this variety yields an unusually good harvest. He holds 2% acres of this wheat plus others, as the press deadline approaches for copy Tuesday. Local figures Yocum Shirley Lindsey Craig discuss movement and future relocation. Brazeal plans a public sale on June 24 near Macomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozarks
C. V. Ashworth
Stotesbury's Philadelphia Bank Deposits Revealed
The Pujo committee disclosed the total deposits of Philadelphia's largest private bank, amounting to 49 million dollars. The figure drew remarks from Oscar Hammerstein calling the banker a financial sponge, and was likened to a historic moment when J. P. Morgan welcomed Arthur Newbold to his firm, noting the fishing in a rich pond.
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Pujo
Philadelphia
Mr. Stotesbury
Oscar Hammerstein
Arthur E. Newbold
J. P. Morgan
Pierpont
Mr. Newbold
Philadelphia Ledger
Turn Jail to Roach Plant Tale Behind Milwaukee Jail
Prisoners at Milwaukee County Jail allegedly played a prank on a new non-partisan sheriff by breeding cockroaches to earn pocket money. After the sheriff ordered a cockroach purge and a bounty for each roach, some inmates allegedly saved heads of families from extermination and are now profiteering by collecting one cent per dozen cockroaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Efficiency of the Woman in Work Methods
A quoted passage from Ladies' Home Journal argues that a device's usefulness depends on the user's skill. It claims women's liberation from housework drudgery comes more from improved work methods than from tools, stressing training over gadgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Balked at Water Refuses to Ford Stream
Dialogue notes a Kentucky-bred horse named Redd giving trouble at a ford. Greene confirms ownership and mentions the animal refused to cross the stream, illustrating a stubborn behavior during travel or training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Suburban Car Line Question Sparks Dueling Proposals
A playful exchange unfolds as one suitor asks Miss Wisely to share his life path, while she counters with a line about a suburban car line. The dialogue hints at social expectations and transport themes in a light, period-voice style.
Unsigned Exchange On Sunny Lots And Aged Life
A humorous dialogue contrasts a sunny lot with buyers seeking shade and the riddle of aging. One speaker muses on what it takes to reach a ripe old age while another quips about being a rich uncle to someone.
First US Coal Finds and Early Production Milestones
Government experts trace coal in the United States to Father Hennepin's 1679 Illinois river journal near Ottawa. Virginia mining began around 1770s with 1822 production of about 4,000 tons, while Ohio shows discovery in 1755 and records from 1838. Anthracite in Pennsylvania started around 1700 with early shipments from Carbondale in 1814 and Lehigh trade records from 1820. The 1911 output reached 496,221,163 short tons.
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United States
Father Hennepin
Illinois River
Ottawa
Richmond Basin
Illinois
Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Philadelphia
Lehigh
Rior
Mind and Body Says Body Shapes Thought
Rev Dr Munger of Yale declares that thinking is bound to the body and that coarse or unsound health yields poor thought. He argues bodily condition influences all success and explains why weak health bleeds into books sermons and talk with illogical morbid or pessimistic ideas.
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Munger
Yale University
Traveling man in the smoking car trades in lumber tale
A seedy stranger asks for a match and shares a distant shortcut to a lumber career. The traveling man confirms his line while the other boasts of peddling toothpicks, hinting at past business ties in lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotter
Atlas and the world on his shoulders joke exchange
A brief dialogue toys with Atlas bearing the world, one character speculating on how such a feat could be managed. The exchange uses a light mythic reference to suggest problem solving and planning.
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Atlas
Deference Shown in Family Meal Talk
Dialogue shows Mrs Knicker Do you treat your cook as one of the family Mrs Becker Yee like our daughter just graduated.
Grand spinal staircase in our new house remark
A dialogue snippet mentions a grand spinal staircase in a new house with playful banter about location. One speaker questions its placement while another notes a dealer in pigs has business to and affliction combined, ending with a remark about a cry in his eye.
Bank Statement Notice from Mansfield Missouri 1915
At Mansfield Missouri the Mansfield Mirror published a bank statement dated June 4 1914 and June 11 1913 with details of resources loans and discounts real estate and staff affidavits from presidents J W Freeman and J D Reynolds plus notary N N Nichols. The page includes attestations of truth about financial figures and lists directors W Newton Geo B Freeman and M A Freeman.
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Mansfield
State of Missouri
Mansfield Mirror
Lowne
Onter Banka
Ankers
County of
Wright
GW. Freeman
G. C. Freeman
Sai Bank
J. W. Freeman
Jane
A. D
N.N. Nichols
Geo. B. Freeman
M.A. Freeman
Farmers and Merchants
Mansfeld
County of Wright
S. We
J. D. Reynolds
N.J. Craig
Gaid Bank
N. J. Craig
Ila
N.N. Nichola
Sica
N. J. Craig J. D. Reynolds
W. Newton
Route No 2 iSpecial Mori crops saved by rains
Farmers regained good spirits as rains saved crops. Local social notes mention visits among the Brewer, Walker, Brentlinger, Riley, Williams, and Turner families. Cherries are being picked and canned while various residents care for homes and fields amid a cold rainy day.
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G. W. Brewer
James Brewer
Chenney
John Walker
W.E. Stone
Walker
Angles
Hale
Joy Riders Band Concert Program Saturday
The Joy Riders present a Saturday concert featuring K L King and George Barnard marches and waltzes including Overture Sincerity My Lady Waltz Bohemian Girl Dance of the Imps Love's Way Waltz Garden of Eden La Paloma The Rifle Rangers March and more. Audience members may request pieces from the leader at the start. free seating in the park invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Barnard
K. L. King
Dalley
King
G D. Barnard
Yradier
Rifle Rangers
K.L. King
Is Your Name Here A June Mirror subscription plea
Several on a list have not stated if they wish to remain. The June offer: send The Mirror till 1914 to three subscribers for 1.25, totaling 41.25 for five people including the editor. If payment is not received or marked paid up, names will be removed. Roll of Honor lists unpaid subscribers: W B Fullington, M T Fullington, O E Murray, L A Shafer, W R Deaver, R L Handy, J A Young, John P Anderson, Mrs John A Rippee, Mrs Emma Henson, R D Berry, Harry Kupka, B F Veit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tland
Mirror
Roll of Honor
W. B. Fullington
M. T. Fullington
Springfield
O. E. Murray
Herington
Kas
L. A. Shafer
McFarland
Kay W. R
Deaver
R. L. Handy
J. A. Young
Monroe
John P. Anderson
John A. Rippee
Emma Henson
Tarkio
R. D. Berry
Harry Kupka
B. F. Veit
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. H. Robinett
Mansfield, Mo
Fred Dennin
Route 1
KR. P. Williams
Byron Shanes
Route 3
R. W. Inman
Mountain Grove
Wright County
New Mirror
Kansas City
Mins Zena Reynolds
G.S. Burney Home
Stanton
Eleanor M. Ingram
E. W. Yocum
Wright County Mutual Insurance Co
W. R. Shirley
Kansas
W. P. Lindsey
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
New York
J. J. Craig
J.F. Brazeal
Macomb
Bakersfield
Calif
J. Pierpont Morgan
ROACH
Bank of Manns
Aulmund
Eeeeeeee
Sespecee Cs
Epesee
Seenane
Caahier
Drue Turner
Mesdames
George Brentlinger
M. Barlow
John Brentlinger
Stone Cherries
Clarence Brewer
Ir. Riley
J. A. Riley
Drue Turners
Amos Roy
Thomas Dean
J.A. Riley
George Brewer
Market Report
The
Joy Riders
K. L
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