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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
4
Advertising rates listed at 10 cents per inch per insertion with front page double rates. Locals at per line per insertion, average four words per line. Card of thanks 25 cents. Legal notices at standard rates. No advertisement accepted for less than 25 cents. No liquor ads accepted. Ads inserted not ordered may be discontinued.
City officials listed include Mayor Dr F H L Riley Clerk W S W Brazen Treasurer Coday Attorney N J Craig Marshal J E Short Street Commissioner Ek Short Collector Q O L Robinett Police Judge F M Young Assessor W C Coday Health Officer Dr J A Fuson Board of Health members Dr F H Riley Dr J A Fuson J E Craig Aldermen in two wards J E Craig Dr J A Fuson O L Rubinett President Board Dr J A Fuson Council meets the second Monday evening of every month.
Railroad timetable details list East Bound passenger and freight times and West Bound passenger and local freight times with specific train numbers and scheduled departures. Livingston, an agent, signs the notice.
Schedule for K.0., 0. and 8. BY Daily Except Sunday Service from Mansfield at 10:00 a.m. after Frisco train 103 arrives, to Ava, return from Ava, depart 8:80 p.m., arrive Mansfield at 5:00 p.m. FRED GROVER, Agent.
Baptist church lists teaching services on the second Sunday with Rev Neely as pastor. Sunday school held every Sunday under W L B Fullington as superintendent at 9454 m. W. LB.
James D. Willson files an order urging swift action to prepare a new recruiting drive in the Central Division. He notes Congress may authorize 80,000 more sailors and that the division must meet quotas despite prior slowdowns. Publicity, local cooperation, and efficient use of funds are emphasized to reverse declines and accelerate enlistments.
Mrs Rose Middleton of Greenville Illinois recounts treating croup with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy saying it broke up attacks immediately and she keeps it in the house for children and adults with good results for colds and coughs.
Mrs James Frye, about 40, died Friday at her parents home after a long illness. She had a maiden name Maude Curtis and was married twice, to Albert Coday who also died, and to a second husband. Survived by a son and a daughter, funeral at Pleasant Hill Free Will Baptist Church conducted by Rev M Clift, interment Pleasant Hill cemetery. Also noting Franklin Abraham Constell born Jan 14 1590 departed Nov 4 1017 aged 27 4 20. service at No 3 house by writer. Rhoda Rogers died Saturday at county alms house. funeral at Pleasant Hill Free Will Baptist Church. Interment in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
B I Bush Missouri Pacific Railway president and Missouri Council of Defense member disseminates a circular poster titled An Unnecessary Economic Waste. It cites five years through June 30, 1917, during which 15 railroads in Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana with 12.41 miles of right of way destroyed 121.50 head of livestock, about 10 head per mile, valuing the waste at 8780000.00. The circular urges fenced enclosures, local ordinances, owner appeals, careful train crews, and editor advocacy to curb losses, arguing the wastage could fund an army for a month. F H Riley chairs Wright County Council of Defense.
Mrs P O Stuchell of Homer City Pa recounts giving Chamberlains Cough Remedy to her son Ellis during a winter cold. She states it helped at once and quickly broke up the cold and notes the remedy has long been trusted, pleasant and safe for many years and by thousands.
The family enrollment campaign for food conservation in Wright county has been extended another week. CG A Stephens names county chairmen including J W Key Norwood and W T Fuge Van Buren township, urging all residents to sign pledge cards and eat less wheat bread meat sugar and butter to aid soldiers. Women’s committee chairmen are listed with communities from Mansfield to Cedar City and Hartville to Macon, urging prompt return of signed cards to Mrs W M Divan, Mansfield.
Adv Geo B Freeman advertises farm loans at the lowest prevailing rates with quick processing and no delays.
Grand Master A G Oakley asks Wright county lodges to appoint vice presidents for an executive committee. Listed are Hartville G W Summers Mansfield W A Black Mountain Grove W E Young Norwood I M Huffman Jericho Russell Walters Gedar Gap Wesley Rippee Grove Springs J M Bohannon Rayboro Wm Hopkins Manes J T Blackwell. Executive committee to meet soon to plan a county lodge gathering.
Hair removal method claims to banish hairy growth at home by applying a paste made from a small original package of model and powder mixed with water to cover the surface. Leave about two minutes, remove, wash skin, and hair supposedly vanishes with no harm. Warns to buy real medal and notes mail orders filled by American Proprietory Co. Boston Maas.
Rev F C G Neely of Seymour preached at the Baptist church on Sunday and Rev Davenport delivered a sermon there on October 2, reflecting a busy parish life with weekend services and visiting clergy.
JW Ezbert, a retired contractor and carpenter from Mountain Grove Missouri, reports severe back pain and kidney irregularities that disrupt sleep and daily life. After using Can Duan’s Kidney Pills, his condition improved and his back and kidneys have been in good order since. Advertised by Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also notes Drs Fusor and Rogers on program of Southwest Missouri Medical Society meeting in Springfield on November 15.
W. T. Norcross promotes a new line of winter underwear for men women and children along with blankets hats caps wool shirts gloves and other dry goods. The dealer also offers optical goods and offers eye fittings with new glasses.
Dr Herbert Calhoun was severely burned while cleaning a gasoline lamp in the Calhoun dental parlor. A needle slipped, gas spilled, and the lamp burst into flames, igniting a curtain. The blaze shook nearby buildings when the lamp exploded on stairs. He faces weeks of recovery with burns to his right hand and face.
Dr Wm Harrison relocates his dental practice from Ava to Picher Oklahoma establishing new patient access in the ongoing prairie town health service shift. The move signals regional professional realignment and expands local dental care options for residents in May.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tonic as a pleasant vegetable liquid that start the liver as surely as calomel but without salivation or sickness. It claims it is harmless for children and adults, contrasts with mercury calomel, and promises relief from biliousness constipation and stomach issues.
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