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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
4
The Mansfield Mirror entry indicates mail and office handling details at Macefeld, Maine with overdue typing about post office matters. The fragment references second class mail and a local newspaper publication process.
Advertising rates listed include Display 1W per inch per insertion, front page at double rates, locals 5¢ per line per insertion with four average words per line, card of thanks 3¢, and legal notices at venal legal rates. No ads under 25¢, no liquor ads accepted. ads run as paid and can be discontinued.
The document lists city government roles including Mayor Dr F H Riley Clerk W Brave Treasurer James Coday Attorney NJ Crisig Marshal EsE FUEL Short Street Commissioner KE Short Collector O L Robinett Police Judge PF M Youry Assessor WLC Coday Health Officer Dr J A Fuson Board of Health Dr F H Riley Dr J A Pason J E Craig Aldermen First Ward James Coday J E Craig Second Ward Dr J A Fuson Second Ward C L Robinett President Board Dr J A Fuson Council meets the second Monday evening of every month.
Daily except Sunday schedule from Mansfield to Ava and back lists passenger trains numbers 101 1035 102 104 with times. Notes mention agent LIVINGSTON and general manager W Byng Ava Missouri. Special trips available by contacting the general office.
The Baptist Church announces Sunday school every Sunday at 9:45 p.m. with W. 13 Fullington as superintendent. Preaching occurs on the second and fourth Sundays led by Rev. T. I. Ritsinger, pastor.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church announces preaching on every fourth Sunday led by Rev. John T Younger, with 9 45 a m service. G W Freeman serves as superintendent.
Preaching services held every 3 Sundays morning and evening. Pastor Rev. G W Hulmes leads worship. Superintendent J D Reynolds oversees the program with a 9 16 am timing reference.
Bible school at 0:45 p m every Sunday led by Superintendent J A Riley Preaching every fourth Sunday and Ladies Aid Society meets Wednesday afternoons for fellowship and activities.
A vivid promotional piece urges daily morning bathing with hot water and limestone phosphate to “wash from the stomach, bowels” indigestible waste. It claims benefits for constipation, bilious spells, and overall health, offering a quarter-pound of phosphate from drugstores as a cheap aid to cleansing before breakfast.
At the M E Church Rev GW Hales, the pastor, preaches at the M BE church Sunday.
An old health blurb advises drinking plenty of water and eating less meat to ease kidney discomfort. It promotes Jad Salts made from citric acids and lithia to cleanse clogged kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and stimulate normal activity.
Rembert preaches at Pleasant Hill each first Saturday night and Sunday with Rev. M. B. Clift as pastor. Barnie Claxton and family visited Mr. Chapman's Saturday night and Sunday. Farmers look forward to spring work as Nancy Scott stays with Jerry Oliver. Opal Williams has mumps. Frank Coday and wife visited John Low. Residents traveled to town Monday. Bertha Young and Thura Jones went to Springfield. Dale Long visits Frank Coday's sister. J D Jones went to Mansfield. Mrs F A Rippee on sick list. Crazy Madge.
Lead Hill hosts Sunday School each Sunday at 10 a.m. services every first Saturday night and Sunday led by Rev. M. W. Spain of Cedar Gap. Singing occurs on the fourth Sunday. Farmers prepare oats and potato plantings amid fine weather. Henry Wright moved from Poort to James Hester’s farm near Cedar Gap. Ada Peacock is ill. O. E. Winburn visited from Koshkunong and plans to move there soon.
Norwood residents note windy weather as Mrs. E Moberly visits Hartville this week. Ralph Dake is home on a 15 day furlough. Harry Thomas leaves for Kansas awaiting Army call. Alva Frye returns from Springfield nursing a family. Jessie Franklyn back from Kansas for the summer. Franklyn helps John France on farm. Everett Spence and wife visit Macon. Jewel Beulah and Eunice Smith visit Grandma Smith. John Frye’s friends harvest his corn while he seeks Springfield hearing treatment. Dolly Dimple.
At the Baptist Church Rev. T. G. Ritzinger preached Saturday night and again on Sunday drawing attendees from the community.
An ad touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use hair darkener. It claims gray hairs disappear after one or two applications, leaving hair naturally dark, lustrous, and youthful, with no disease cure implied.
Midway residents report J W Kennedy family enjoyed a Sunday pleasure ride in a Ford car. School will close at Pleasant Knob on Saturday March 23 for a program. L L Land made a business call in Midway Saturday and plans to visit relatives out of state soon. Charley Brazeal is home on a
Ezra Dennis helped move a five ton safe and fixtures from Mammoth Springs to Norwood for Citiens Bank of Norwood last week. The safe crashed through its platform narrowly missing Ezra, tearing part of his clothing.
A garbled OCR item notes a two month period connected to bottle usage and a remedy. The readable fragments reference a route and regravel process with a causal link to a bottled product. No clear person place or organization could be confirmed from the legible text.
Leavenworth Indiana story recalls Mrs Hattis Curts describing prior illness and weakness before using Cardui. She reports weight loss and fragile health, then four months of Cardui restored strength. later birth proceeded with notable recovery and return to health. The notice also mentions local social notes and visits among residents.
A furlough from Fort Sill Oklahoma brings cheer as Charley returns in good health. Friends express happiness at his well being and new strength.
An old remedy claim promises rapid relief from nasal congestion. A small bottle of Fly's Cream Balm, applied inside the nostrils, allegedly clears air passages, calms swollen membranes, and ends nighttime breathing troubles with speedy relief.
Uncle Sam has taken good care of him. Friday night singing at Bob Brazeal's honored their son Charley. The saw mill in Midway ran all week. Midway grows livelier as a community. Ww. Easley and son Fred were dinner guests of F. W. Thompson and wife on Sunday. Lee Rushing and Floyd Howard worked on telephone wires here Saturday.
Mountain Grove Missouri barber Henry Brumley says Dean's Kidney Pills relieved years of kidney trouble and back pain after one box helped, three boxes cured all symptoms, and by 1916 his kidney trouble was completely gone with no recurrence.
Rev T J Gideon preaches at Pea Ridge Methodist on fourth Sundays both morning and night and at Odin on fourth Saturdays and Sundays. The message notes spring weather windy and cool. Ethel and Velma Mitchell visited cousin Ida Holliman, while Mr and Mrs John Duncan stayed with G A Wells and wife. Bettie and Walter Newton stayed with their sister through Sunday morning.
Rev G Chadwell of Norwood filled his regular appointments and Sunday. Marshall Dodson and wife are proud parents of a baby girl. Nother and the little one are doing nicely and it is hoped Marshall will recover. Miss Vada Rippee and Mrs John Dixon returned from Norwood Wednesday. Geo Mallory and wife and Wil ford Dorrell were Sunday visitors at the Harris home. Several attended the musicale at Col Harris Friday night. L L Land and wife spent Friday night at C A Mitchells. Homer and Love Mallory visited the Pea Ridge school Thursday. H G Newton and wife spent Saturday night and Sunday with their son Jesse. This vicinity was visited by a sand storm and high wind Saturday. Plowing and sowing oats seems to be the order of the day.
The damp Marek weather favors pneumonia germs and warns that pneumonia often follows a cold. The quick removal of a cold reduces danger. At first sign of a cold, use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and ask others who have used it about its value.
Topped the Market Cutter and Murrell, enterprising stockmen of Wright county, had hogs on the market this week good enough to sell at 17 dollars. This shows what the county can do in five stock lines, as 22,000 head were on the market at St. Louis that day in competition with Wright county offerings from A. B. White & Co.
A ready remedy for burns cuts and scalds. The family that keeps a bottle on hand is always prepared for such accidents. Price 25c 50c and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by all medicine dealers.
A 1918 letter to Mrs S W McNaul details a rest camp stop during a long voyage. The writer notes fatigue from travel, companionship with Jess Ross, potential future unit splitting, damp but mild weather, and widespread cultivation. The sender asks about a $25 monthly remittance to their father for Sam.
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