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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1916
Page
6
An Athletic Association in Mansfield is proposed with Prof HOE Couts guiding efforts. Plans include renting a building with a basketball court boxing gear boxing gloves wrestling mat and social events to promote fellowship and manliness among young men age 21 and up. A meeting will decide organization and support.
An old advertisement touts Dr King's New Discovery as fast relief for stuffed up lead and chest symptoms. It claims a antiseptic mixture soothes irritated membranes, clears the head, loosens phlegm, and helps you breathe easier. The copy urges continuing use until the cold ends.
Sunday notes from Macomb Methodist Church with mentions of warm dry dusty weather. Farmers busy with fieldwork and irrigation. Mayd Butcher and wife attended the Mansfield fair and visited W A Christy. Hartville residents DD Killam Ruth visited Shortridge. George M Millatt and wife visited Moberly and attended the fair. Macomb school dismissed Friday for the fair. All neighbors attended the Mansfield stock show and enjoyed themselves.
An old advertisement claims children’s sleep grinding, nose picking, bad breath, strong appetite, pallor, and dark circles signal worms. It touts White's Cream Vermi Kage to clear worms, strengthen digestion, and restore health and cheerfulness, priced at 2e per bottle, sold by dealers.
Jd A Edwards formerly ran the Cash Mercantile Co store here and now works in Blackwell Oklahoma. He is visiting his family and tends to move them to Oklahoma Sinn in the near future.
Joplin resident KOE Cox of 1722 Grind Avenue says Tanlac cured his head cold and catarrh, eased throat and stomach discomfort, reduced headaches, improved appetite, strength, and weight. The booster notes Tanlac’s benefits for stomach liver and kidney troubles. Advertisement promotes Tanhie master medicine at Mansfield store.
Frisco J. J. Robinett, longtime chief clerk to W. C. Smith and more recently connected with the traffic department in St. Louis, has been promoted to assistant to the chief clerk in the general freight office. He is well known among railroad and business circles in Springfield.
A letter from J M Rose of Delweou Illinois praises Hays Specific from Hays Medicine Co Pauducal Ky. for rheumatism relief. Rose says his severe case in Illinois was cured after twelve bottles and allowed him to work again, claiming the tonic was worth twenty five dollars a bottle. Ad notice states the tonic is sold by Muson Drug Co.
Roy Huggans and Beverett Spence returned from California where Huggans sold his Chevrolet car. He says conditions are better in the Ozarks than in California.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a crime or court matter involving a sale, months, and a medical or drug context. Names and precise places are unreadable, but the text implies a legal action or witness timing and a local inquiry.
Henry Burle Dugan aged 6 12 died October 3 1910 after a long illness caused by an internal injury. Born July 28 1904 in Conway Missouri he was active in school and boy scouts. Funeral services were held at the Christian church with out of town relatives listed and Oswego Cemetery interment reported.
Henry Burle Dugan, deceased, was a nephew of Wilson Dugan, a well known Mansfield resident.
J D Jones and daughter Hite attended the Springfield fair last week. Mitty Coday and wife visited Jason Coday Saturday night. Roy Coday is on the sick list. Curb Hake made a business trip to Mansfield Friday. Several from here attended the Mansfield fair last week. Mrs Arthur Kelley returned home in Oklahoma last week. Sweet potato digging is a thing of the past for Reimbert farmers. Miss Dollie Hensley visited home folks Saturday night and Sunday. Elbert Coday has been carrying the mail on Route 2 the past week. Curb Hake has been cutting saw logs the past week. Preaching at Pleasant Hill every Saturday night and Sunday night. Rev M J Clift, pastor.
Prof Maynard Lee Davey delivered Foolish Folks at the Mansfield public school building Thursday evening as the Community Lyceum Hereau opening. Attendance was light due to an agricultural show, but audiences were rewarded with strong, well delivered ideas. Cheney Concert Co is set to appear Saturday Oct 2, highly recommended.
Mrs J M Livingston and two children visited from Mansfield spending several days with her husband employed in Ava. He is seriously considering moving to Ava, according to the Herald.
The Millisfield Mirror published a 16 page edition this week focused on the weed display and advertisement. Col Pic is praised for weekly paper handling and special editions, while Sey mower Cihwen is noted for production and layout prowess.
Mansfield resident J T Mason of Milland Missouri endorses Down's Kidney Pills for back and kidney pain. The testimonial notes sleepless nights, dull aches, dizziness, and painful passages, claiming relief after using the product sold by Milburn Co. Props in Buffalo New York. Price 50 cents at druggists.
G. L. Burney and wife together with Misses Hagel Murney Alice Mooney and Marjorie Somers drove to Springfield Sunday for a motor excursion joining other local travelers.
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