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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
3
An old advertisement asserts rheumatism stems from disease germs in the blood and promotes S S S as a blood purifier that cleanses the blood to remove germs. It claims liniments fail and offers free literature from the Chief Medical Adviser at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta Georgia.
Geo Henderson travels to greet Gale Mrs Giant Marean of Sapnipa Latin Tenn Okla as plans for a visit line up.
Route 2 community gossip lists visits and gatherings across Mansfield area families including Stout Frye Brentlinger Leteinger Trentlinger and others. Names like J E Stout Mary Gales Vanvills and Su key appear with daily activities and Sunday visits, reflecting small town life and shared meals and travels.
A health notice extols Chamberlains Tablets as mild and gentle for constipation. It recommends proper diet and exercise, then suggests trying the medicine, noting it is easy to take and costs a quarter.
Frost lingers Thursday night yet activity continues with fair attendance at Mansfield. Virginia Brake recovers from pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Baker return from California and praise the Ozarka hike. John Youn works for Sherd Findley. Revs Shaw and Dotson joined Findley for dinner. A boy and girl born to LD 1 Norcross and wife. J C Williams family visits for a funeral sale. Sinking at Baptist church every Saturday night. J B Dodson preaches at Hijet elurek.
A colorless liquid claims to seal wounds cuts sores and gallo and is promoted as the latest medical science. The ad from Fuson Drug Co lists prices 30c 60c and 1.20 and urges readers to ask for Liquid Bronyone.
Preaching at Pleasant Hill each first Saturday night and Sunday led by Rev. M. B. Clift with Sunday school each Sunday. Singing every Sunday night. Mrs. James Savage is on the sick list. Verba Claxton hosts Sthel Young for a Sunday visit. Dry Branch school progresses with Emmet Jones as teacher. George T. Pryor spends week in Springfield. Vadie Eaton stays with James Ravage. Elihu Coday visits daughter Mia. Nancy Glenn of Seymour attends Mansfield fair. Hartville students Jew el Hickman Verba Claxton and others from here visit home folks. Perry Wright buys cattle from George T. Pryor.
Joe TH. Smith and Owen Coday have gone to Nettleton Arkansas to join an extra gang employed on the Frisco railroad project. The move reflects resumed labor activity on the line with workers dispatched to bolster crews.
An advertisement promotes DeLucy French Hair Tonic as a pleasant effective preparation for gray and streaked hair. It claims to restore natural color, stop dandruff, and prevent hair loss, promising visible results with a bottle selling for $1.00 at druggists or tilet counters or by prepaid order from Delucy Chemical Co.
An old advertisement urges readers to notice kidney symptoms such as abnormal urine color sediment and frequent painful passages. It promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as effective, citing John M. Haire of Lebanon, Missouri, praising the product after back and kidney trouble. Price listed as 60 cents at dealers.
F. M. Morgan, a resident of Albion, Michigan, has been involved in a local event, highlighting his long-standing ties to the community and ongoing engagement with regional activities.
Miss Mary Allen Hughett of Dublin Virginia recounts how Cardus eased months of back head and body pains, improved appetite and sleep, and regulated her cycle after her mother recommended the tonic. She endorses Cardus as the best female remedy, urging others to start using it, with druggists selling it.
G W Freeman and wife have returned from the General Assembly meeting of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Buy Diamond Dyes guard against bad dyes. Each package contains easy directions so any woman can dye any material without breaking fading or running. Druggist has color card Take no 0 dye.
G M Summers and wife of the Hartville Democrat and Allen DP Rankin and wife of the Willt County Republican, with some of their children, were seen here attending local political gatherings.
An old advertisement promotes A Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel weak back and irregularities. Sold by mail for 1.25 with small bottle testimonials available. Address Dr E W Hall 2920 Olive St St Louis MO. Sold by druggists.
Local residents travel to Ava Castlesville Thayer and Parker Kansas while Kansas City visitors stay with kin. Advertisements tout a Great Short Horn Sale at Cold Goods Stock Farm near Mountain Grove with cows bulls calves and ranch gear, plus a tobacco sale from Dresden Tennessee.
Farmer Fred Lamb reports rats invaded his food store and tried for years to eat grain. A neighbor sold RAT-SNAP, which he says captured rats each morning. He bought more RAT-SNAP, and now has no rats. Sold by Mansfield hardware firms with guarantee.
Clint Webb of Elk Creek township seeks the Democratic nomination and wins support for assessor of Wright county. Born in Elk Creek and educated at Hartville High School and Southwest Missouri Teachers College, he taught rural schools seven terms and served overseas in World War I with the 28th Field Artillery, 25th Division, promising equalized assessments and effort if elected.
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It explains Eustachian tube inflammation causes deafness, and claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures by acting through the blood with a $100 reward for non cures. Free consultations and a 75 cent price point are noted.
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