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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1921
Page
4
A community’s vitality rests on its people and their actions. If residents stay awake and progressive, the town thrives. if citizens let issues slide, the place grows dull and lifeless. The piece urges active civic effort and notes a controversial proposal about taxation for a bachelor.
Fragmented OCR records show a community page with names Letsinger Brentlinger Edwards Frye Lene and others visiting, hosting and traveling. Mentions Devision of railroad men in Savannah Georgia, a May Prairie church gathering, and local social events with remarks on singing and a church grove gathering.
Ernest Miller and family visited L N Davis on Sunday while Alma Tow er assisted in a note on sick Felis Keith. Laura Bennett stayed with Cora Quessenber. L N Davis moved to the Myers farm vacated by Eukis Gat. Mrs J Ps is improving after illness. Roy Robertson and Orv Quessenberry attended church Sunday night at Macomb. Mount Pleagens all day services were well attended.
Rain persists with cool weather delaying corn planting while gardens look decent. local social visits include Matney family, Mary Gaskill, Ci a Heckendorn, Clarence Matney, and Mary Douglas with children visiting relatives at Crider, Kiser, and Gossday homes.
Saxophone clarinet cornet drums and all band instruments to cite. See J B Crouch Mansfield Mo.
Thomas Matney and Marve Coss attended Sunday Selvel at Oak Ridge Sunday. Ora Winburn and family visited Joe Goss. Mrs. Fred Goss returned from Kansas with news of a new baby. Viola Winburn visited Mrs. Kiser. G. A. Morris and family visited Fred Goss. Lead Hill program Saturday night featured a rocker sale to Karl Hydorn and a candy box prize won by Oma Freeman.
J D Reynolds longtime Mansfield business figure and Bank of Ava president since 1888 died after guiding the bank’s assets from 310000 to over a million. A Gaplist and LOOBF member, he served as county treasurer and Ava postmaster, married to Flinbeth Hailey 50 years. Survived by wife three children and siblings. Funeral attendees listed from Mansfield and nearby towns.
F. E. DuBois D. D. engaged in special service work visited with his brother-in-law J. W. Paterson's family Saturday and Monday.
Word has come of the death of M C Reynolds at Ava Jas Friday at about 70 years of age. Born in Roane county East Tennessee on December 50 1844. Funeral services were held at the Ava Baptist church at 2:00 Sunday afternoon with interment in Ava cemetery. He was a pioneer merchant in Ava, founding a mercantile business 47 years ago and remained active until 1910. He was associated with his brother in business.
A well known physician says a person who catches a cold should stay in bed for the first twenty four hours to reduce lingering distress. He argues many cases drag on with weeks of symptoms and sometimes develop more serious disease. The remedy Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is suggested for prompt recovery. Regardless of illness, daily bowel movement is recommended.
The Phelps Players closed a week long run in Mansfield on Saturday night and left for Mountain Grove amid warm goodbyes from many friends and admirers. The group delivered the cleanest and most entertaining show ever seen in Mansfield, and hopes are high for their return.
Periodic bilious attacks travelers advise on timing and behavior. People prone to attacks lose appetite before onset yet eat at usual meals. Skipping one meal and taking three Chamberlain's Tablets may help avoid an attack. Do not drink tea or coffee at any time.
Poultry experts urge dry ventilated houses and drafts control as essential for hens in winter. Provide a rich, balanced feed with mush and scratch, allow a partly open window for ventilation, and keep fowls active with flooring feed. Include green feed, beef scrap, and milk or bone meals to sustain egg production. treat illnesses promptly and guard against vermin with powders and ointments.
The article discusses red clover's high value and notes shifting land use from red clover to alfaltin, with red clover praised for adaptability to short rotation crops. It highlights Tony Faring as a figure associated with these observations and mentions the growing importance of red clover in farming practice.
Missouri citizens will host plate dinners to raise funds for the European Relief Council. The event aims to cover meal costs and donate all proceeds to relief efforts as St Louis starts with a 2-dollar dinner on February 8 and other counties plan similar events statewide.
G W Summers of the Hartville Democrat lists his plant and printing office for sale following his election as cashier of the Peoples State Bank, recently organized in Hartville. Summers also serves as postmaster at Hartville.
For Sale or Trade a four room house and two lots in Mansfield. Also a five passenger Dodge touring car in first class condition. Will sell or trade for cattle at a bargain if taken in ten days. Address or contact ALE Brown.
A fragmented report discusses Philippine independence and U.S. reluctance to grant full autonomy. It contrasts American restraint with a desire to avoid a domestic Irish-style crisis, signaling policy tensions over the Philippines’ future.
America can well afford to fund the European relief effort despite falling prices and wages. Herbert Hoover asserts the nation has ample food, clothing, coal, and stock to meet needs at home while supporting overseas charity. He warns hunger or cold would reflect the failure of domestic systems and urges continued aid and national duty.
A string of brief society and business notes from Mansfield Mo includes visits by A C Legere of Macomb J M Johnson and family to Marshfield and Mr Lefler from Merna Grove, plus Silveys of Ava and Poote Foote party. Also farm land wanted for fall delivery by L Jones Olney IL, fielding stray shoats, and job placements at Draughon’s Springfield MO Business College. A missionary addressed the Ladies Aid Society on Japan.
The article states that over nine tenths of rheumatism cases are chronic or muscular and do not need internal treatment. It advises massaging affected parts with Chamberlain's Liniment for relief and notes readers will be surprised by the relief provided.
Governor Myde urges nun s women and children across Missouri to observe Self Denial Day to raise 695 million for the European Relief Council. Communities will pause normal purchases with local chalks and diners skip desserts to feed starving European children, with a dime feeding one child for a day.
Advice on feeding a young heifer to maintain steady growth. Recommends calf and stock foods avoided, use of bran, meal, milk, oil meal, clover hay, and other nutrient rich feeds. Stresses avoiding overfeeding to prevent weakness or damage.
The writer argues for Philippine independence as a natural right, noting Americans have not achieved full nationhood themselves and should not govern others against their will. The tone rejects imperial control and asserts the colony’s claim to self determination.
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