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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
7
A December Popular Mechanics piece recounts a western front story told by a sole survivor. The account blends technical wave attack details with gripping human drama, describing reconnaissance, a German encounter, a fatal misfire, and a soldier driven to near madness under shelling and fear.
Rembert preaches at Pleasant Hill first Saturday night and Sunday. Rev. M. B. Clift is pastor. Mrs. Elihu Coday visits her son Hiram, while Elihu Coday’s family plows and sows oats. Local visits include Will Grogen at Frank Coday’s and at Elihu Coday’s, Nancy Scott visiting home folks, and Lawson Rippee visiting grandpa Ruben Young. Frank Branstetter’s family suffer measles. Hubert Rippee has mumps. Louis Tate closes a successful Pleasant Hill term. patrons dine on closing day. Will Randolph and wife attend CRAZY MADGE funeral in Grovesprings.
Macomb reports Rev. M. F. Standifer filled his regular appointment at the Baptist church Saturday and Sunday. Ralph Dake left Monday for Camp Doniphan Fort Sill Ohio after a few days visit at home. Eugene Doyel and wife welcome a baby girl. Rev. J B Nevels will preach at the Baptist church the first Saturday and Sunday in April PENNY.
Munsey at Mirror news stand reports a flood of visitors and shipments. Numerous locals including F A Cole in Springfield and J C Morris from Tula Kas visited this week. New shipments of shoes and dry goods arrive from G W Freeman & Son. Ed Taylor returns from U S aviation service with honorable discharge. IRA B Young furlough from Camp Doniphan reports weight gain and good camp health.
A devotional radio closing from Fort Mills Corregidor Philippines by Frank Ross prays for nightly protection forgiveness and strength to live a Christian life and to serve with mercy through the next day ending with a grateful Amen and hope for salvation in Heaven.
School notes report Rev T B Ritzinger visit and glee club singing at assembly. Lois Brown enters first grade. Students plan a garden and egg settings from Mountain Grove station with fall reporting. February report shows 182 enrollment, average daily attendance 191.5, 93 tardies, several students blamed. Room 3 posted only 4 tardies. list of students with lowered grades due to absences or tardies. Part of honor roll includes Mary Alcorn and Hazel Burney.
Acting as chairman of the Belgium Relief Committee Henry P. Davison designates March 18 to 25 for collecting refuge garments and warm clothing. Hoover as National Food Administrator appeals for five thousand tons of clothing. all Red Cross machinery to aid, with shipments to Atlantic seaboard for overseas distribution. Garments, shoes, blankets, and bedding needed. many local committees disbanded, Red Cross to oversee collection in rooms once used by Mrs James Coday's millinery. Committees named for townships and churches, with Mrs W. M. Divan supervising.
Editor Hammond toured the Mansfield lead and zinc district to learn what is happening there. He cites vast mines and strong claims that Mansfield will out rival Joplin or Miami as the world’s largest lead and zinc district. Local claimants emphasize the district’s potential and scale.
The Mansfield Mirror in a 24 page industrial edition extols the Ozarks region as a land of health and happiness. It declares Mansfield district the mother of all lead and zinc districts in Missouri Arkansas and Kansas and aims to tell the broader ore story.
C O Brown and wife of Ex celsior Springs visited at the home of her brother J H Atkinson during the week.
LT and Alfreds along with M F Dugan have relocated to this area from Putman Oklahoma. The arrivals bring new ties to local commerce and community life as residents adjust to the change.
Grace Craig and others appear on the honor roll roster with room assignments. The report notes only two students, Hazel Burney and Jack Craig, had two or more tardies since the last issue, and the rest of the honor roll will be provided next week.
In Fairland Valley residents tend gardens as planting season peaks. J R Deckard of Hartville visited Wednesday with his parents G W Deckard and wife. Mrs Verla Blankenship left for Springfield to join her husband at camp Funston. Fred Renukanf headed to Iowa for the summer. Charley Kelly visited Mansfield Saturday. Miss Frances Rutherford is sick with mumps in Ivanhoe.
Local report notes a well attended gathering at Antioch Sunday featuring singing. Lyle Wells returned from Illinois, Barney Wyatt moved from Rev. Null's farm, and N. J. Ball sold his farm planning immediate possession. Neighbors express best wishes as they depart. L. J. Rushing and wife visited Seymour, Everett Rushing has the mumps. G. W. Mackey visited F. D. Howard, and Mrs. R. T. Nelson with Mrs. F. W. Thompson made a business trip to Otto Simmons. Misses Mary and Alta King Nellie Spock and Sadie Murrell were dinner guests of Aleth Borders.
Wayside Gleanings notes Sunday school each week and good weather with farmers plowing and sowing oats. Two weeks left of Macomb school. Mr Dakes hosted a party for son Ralph on furlough. Miss Hazel Greenwood hosted the Gleaner class. Christian Endeavor met at Baptist Church with preaching. Next Sunday night at Methodist Church with Rev H J Fenwick. George Shores and Miss Alva Frye and Virgil Royal and Miss Ruby Frye married at Ashworth home. Frye sisters well regarded. couple praised. J E Greenwood injured two fingers on right hand. SOMEBODY ELSE.
Spring arrives with green grass and rye visible around Pleasant Flat. Sunday school runs at Thorp at 10 30 each Sunday with Rev F J Light's appointment next Sunday. Leonard and Sheridan Williams assist R Imhoff in rock picking while Ralph Barris shows a Hawaii cocoa nut resembling a squash measuring 29 and 20 percent inches in shape.
The body of Mollie Hammock arrived from Tipton California for burial in Thomas cemetery after funeral at the Baptist church conducted by Rev. G Chadwell. Several local residents, including Robert Purtle and family, plan to reside north of town on their farm while others visited Springfield and Hartville. Local business notes report Citizens Bank of Norwood nearing opening and Dr L T Van Noy property tenancy changes plus various visits and trades among townspeople.
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