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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
1
A collage of local notices, ads, and social items from Mansfield and surrounding towns. Mentions new Mirror subscribers J. Pruitt and W. Hart, local visits, plays at the opera house Francisco Co. on March 21, hospital dental work, hotel meals, subscriptions, and shop promotions. Includes farm sales, school news, and community announcements.
F H Riwey thanks fellow citizens for support at the mass meeting. He expresses pleasure with the result, pledges to boost Mansfield and cites progress as the key to success.
Mrs Mary Bragg aged about 34 died suddenly on March 11 seven miles southwest of Mansfield after reportedly being in good health. Funeral plans await family.
A mass meeting at the G A R Hall named a full April ticket led by Mayor Burney for reelection. N N Nichols was chosen Police Judge and ward officers Rick James Coday J A Fuson R M Rogers and J B Freeman served as nominees and judges. The mayoral race featured a spirited contest with strong showing for Dr. F H Riley and rivals noting his standing despite short tenure.
The Mansfield club met at its hall on Tuesday evening with F H Riley presiding. Twenty seven members joined and paid dues, old officers were re elected, and Dr F H Riley J D Reynolds J W Brazeal G B Burney W B Hitchcock and E Crippen were named to plan park improvements for a special meeting on March 25 at 7 30 p m. Members urged local participation and to join the club.
A recent Popular Mechanics description shows a power driven plow where the operator walks behind. A two cycle 9 hp gasoline engine sits between the handles, gears to spiked drive wheels that grip soil. When an obstacle is hit the wheels slip and the unit can be disengaged and reengaged easily. Attachments include seeder, disk harrows, weeders, listers, sprays, mower bar and rake.
Opal Agnes Handy, 17 days old daughter of R. L. Handy and wife, died at 6 a.m. Wednesday from pneumonia. Rev. Joseph Davis of the Co. church conducted the funeral from the home this morning, with interment in Mansfield cemetery.
Ady G S Burney writes to Mansfield citizens defending his two-term mayoral record. He details street and crossing projects, concrete crossings replacing gravel walks, repairs to bridges and culverts, and city lighting costs. He notes treasury balances and promised funds, asserts tax levy limits, and invites investigation into railroad dealings. Burney asks voters if his administration has been a success or failure.
A concise review of the 1913 American Newspaper Annual and Directory published by N W Ayer & Son. It notes 1410 pages, royal octavo cloth, price five dollars, postage and carriage, and its utility to publishers and advertisers. The work lists 24 381 publications with dense statistics, including census based town data, circulation figures, and a map of each state.
The G. O. D. feature will be added to the parcel post service July 1 and will not apply to amounts over 100 dollars. A 10 cent flat rate will be charged to cover collection costs when collection on delivery is requested.
Advertisement from Wiiant Beach Bryant Mo offering eggs for hatching from Choice Rhode Island Reds at 75 cents per 15. The brief notice highlights priced poultry stock suitable for breeders and hobbyists in the region.
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