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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1913
Page
1
Local ads and notes report Hartville aviation events next week and a Mansfield fair. Residents praise peaches and apples from area orchards, with many thanks sent to contributors. Community updates include moving pictures, farm listings, hunting and livestock shows, upcoming meetings, and school news.
Several new pupils this week and good overall attendance though Guss Brazeal is absent. The girls glee club excels yet fewer students join. Teachers attended the Hartville county association with few outsiders present. The agriculture class studied corn stands and ear bearing percentages. A clean grounds contest runs in lower rooms and a $1 prize flag drill. Pupils earned nearly $25 in stock show prizes, led by Clelland Hitchcock with top honors in model farm drawing and cow and calf prizes. The literary program featured student authors, Isabel Wallace delivering the critic’s report, and a debate on Washington versus Lincoln, all noting strong student effort.
A brief note covers the artist HisaBECK and the sequence of fan moments around a concert, detailing anticipation, performance, and postshow impressions. The piece emphasizes the artist’s presence and audience engagement across the event.
The Mansfield-Ava Telephone company purchases from Western Electric a 340-line combined jack and signal board, highlighting rapid progress since 1876. The article explains switchboard operation, benefits for rural service, and invites public inspection of the new exchange after installation.
Mrs Sarat Pool, active in Hartville, filed for voluntary bankruptcy in federal court in Springfield after her store was seized by Wright County sheriff on a $5000 alienation suit claim. Debts include $439.63 to a Springfield millinery house and loans totaling $119 to her husband IL D Pool. Assets list $1200 stock, $150 accounts due, $35 wearing apparel, and a sewing machine. Judge Cox appointed receiver Referee Schmook, creditors to meet soon.
Hartville hosts the Wright County Fair October 14 to 16 with a major aviation display by Curtis Wright Bleriot Aviators of Chicago. The contract covers flights on October 15 and 16 with morning and afternoon showings rain or shine, featuring sensational aerial stunts. Local residents are urged to attend along with Mansfield visitors to witness the flying program and other fair attractions.
The list shows October payments from Harry Axford of Cottonwood Falls Kansas W J Smith of Waldron Kansas and 8 P Morgan of Alma. Renewals count 145 new subscribers 219 for a grand total of 304 subscribers.
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