Mansfield Mirror Adverts and Local Notices Highlights
Local items include sale notices for old papers and fences, new store signs at A Glenn & Son and McCanse Store Co, and a Mansfield Hotel Sunday dinner ad. Other notes report people visiting Ava and Seymour,订 subscriptions offers, farm sales, and upcoming shows and meetings in Wright County with multiple public sales and community events through October and November.
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Adv
McCanse Store Co
Mansfield Hotel
A Glenn & Son
Clare Tarburton
Ava
Seymour
Mansfield Mirror
Kansas City Star
Corn Cutting Outlines Sunday Social Visits
Local social notes record T J Smith and wife at Jim Findley, C N Findley and wife at Rd Rich's, D pieces and wife at A 5 Findley's, Tom Kirk and wife at Everett Spence's, Rosetta Schlicher with Effie Findley, Kingsley Findley and wife at Ralph Bennett's, Opal and Meggie Bennett with Berta Johnson, and Herbert Shelton and wife visiting Mr Short and wife Saturday night and Sunday.
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T.j.smith
Jim Findley
C. N. Findley
Rd. Rich’s
Herbert Shelton
Mr. Short and
When You Take Cold Do Not Ignore a Common Cold
Take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the first sign of a cold. The ad claims it shortens colds quickly, has a long-standing reputation, contains no opium or narcotics, and is obtainable everywhere.
Sunday visits and fair attendance in Missouri town
Wild Rose Lee Pope spent Sunday with J. H. Pope in Mansfield. Mrs Lee Pope spent Saturday with Mrs. Tom Bogard. Miss Jersey Comham spent Saturday with Miss Ova McKintosh. Herbert Young and family and Mrs. Ed Crane visited Mrs. Maday McIntosh. Fred Anderson, Reed Johnson, Ernie Crippen and Fred Shreeve attended the Mountain Grove fair on Saturday.
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Lee Pope
J. H. Pope
Mansfield
Tom Bogard
Jersey Comham
Ova McKintosh
Herbert Young
Ed. Crane
Maday McIntosh
Fred Anderson
Reed Johnson
Ernie Crippen
Fred Shreeve
Mountain Grove
Dr King’s New Life Pills Ad Veiled Claim
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a laxative that releases poisons from the body. It claims accumulated waste causes ailments and lists dizziness spots before the eyes and a miserable feeling as signs. It promises relief by morning after a dose tonight.
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Dr.King
Dr. King
Weekly Weather Forecast for Upper Mississippi Valley
A Weather Bureau notice outlines the week of October 13 1915 with fair conditions Wednesday turning to rain Thursday or Friday, then generally fair again. Warmer in the Plains on Wednesday and cooler by Friday in the north. The forecast covers Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska South Dakota and North Dakota.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D.C
Upper Mississippi Valley
Plaids
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Despondent Feelings Lifted by Chamberlain Tablets Ad
Despondency arises from indigestion and biliousness, and Chamberlain's Tablets are advertised as especially valuable for this. The ad claims a return to feeling all right in a day or two and notes availability everywhere.
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Ady
Mansfield Produce Market Furnished by Mansfeld Produce Co
Market listing showing eggs butter green hides ducks fat turkeys geese and old hens with weights and prices from 1915. Items include eggs at 168f, butter 141, ducks, geese, turkeys, springs weight 1% lbs, and old hens priced accordingly.
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Mansfeld Produce Co
Doot a Diet and Exercise Promised to Improve Complexion
An advertisement urges using Chamberlain's tablets with a vegetable and cereal diet and daily outdoor exercise to improve complexion within months. It claims the remedy is obtainable everywhere and dates no specific source.
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Ady
Miss Essie Newton Takes Post at Ava High School
Miss Essie Newton of Mansfield arrived in Ava on Friday and assumed duties at the Ava High School Monday, taking charge of her work as a new educator.
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Essie Newton
Mansfield
Ava
Taxes Due Again Before January First Payment Reminder
Taxes are due again and should be paid before Jan 1. Drop in to pay when convenient and save a trip to Hartville. Official Tax List advertised by Ward B. Hitchcockson.
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Hartville
Ward B. Hitchcoce
Left-Overs and Local Social Roundup From Last Week
A fragmentary notes page lists 8.J. Pearl laying a foundation for a store, Miss Marie Bagaby staying with Grandma Dudley, Bud Rushing and family dining with P. J. Wells, Miss Julia Blevins visiting home folks, Rev. Carpenter and Thos. Morgan with Geo. Mackey, Rev Lane and Rev Claxton with Leonard Murrrell, Andrea Boggess with her parents, Wm. Deckard and wife hosting, Ww. Brasher and Sadie Murrell at F. D. Howard’s, and school visits by Miss Minnie Sullivan from New Grove to Pleasant Knob. Numerous neighbors and families, including G.W. Mackey and Aleth Borders, are noted as dinner guests and callers at various homes.
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J. Pearl
Marie Bagaby
Grandma Dudley
Bud Rushing
P. J. Wells
Julia Blevins
Rev. Carpenter
Thos. Morgan
Geo. Mackey
Rev Lane
Rev. Claxton
Leonard Muurrell
Adrea Boggess
Wm. Deckard
Ww. Brasher
Sadie Murrell
F. D. Howard
New Grove
Minnie Sulivan
Pleasant Knob
Reys
Lané
Claxton
Jas. Murrell
Pool
J. Mackey
Aleth Borders
G.W. Mackey
Charles Hensley
Vilas Wilson
Rae Howard
Lial Wells
Guy Stanford
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
A 100 reward advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, claim of constitutional treatment, and promises one hundred dollars for any case not cured. It notes internal use, blood and mucous action, testimonials, and Toledo based makers F J Cheney & Co, Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hail
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Program At Oak Ridge Oct 23 Song and Readings
A community program lists a sequence of acts including audience songaddress recitations by Oma Freeman Mae Hopper Lois Hopper Florine Hopper and others. Featured items include a trio Where the River Shannon Flows by Anne Gaskill Mabel Berry Mae Hopper and a club scene Dialogue The Church Organ and a tableau Nearer My God to Thee with embroider y club contributions.
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Oak Ridge
Mr. Hopper
Oma Freeman
Reading
Mae Hopper
Myrtle Larbutton
Shocking Aunt Jane
Florine Hopper
Sloan's Liniment Promises Pain Relief For Rheumatism
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia and other pains. It claims blood flow congestion causes pain and asserts the ointment penetrates to relieve it restoring warmth. It urges readers to keep a bottle at home and compares a bottle to others in size and value.
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Sloan
Sunday School Tour Through Wright County Planned
Under the Wright County Sunday School Association a tour of Wright county Sunday schools is set for Oct 81 to Nov 6. Seven institutes will be held as schools of methods in practical Sunday school work. Two sessions at each point, 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm. Charles Bottorff of St Joseph will accompany county officers. Dates and stops to be announced.
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Wright County
You Can Own a Maxwell For a Day Free Contest
A Mansfield Mirror contest offers Wright County residents who are paid-up subscribers a chance to win a 1916 Maxwell for one day with chauffeur. Participants must write a sealed letter of up to 100 words describing what they would do with the car, sign a coupon, and enclose it in two envelopes for anonymous judging by Mirror editors. Three winners will receive a Maxwell for a day and have their letters published.
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Deatherage
Lake City
Ark
Adv
H.L Pier & Co
Dubuque
Iowa
M. EB. Ladies Aid Society
A.B. Base Co
John Sexton & Company
Lake & Prenklin Streets
Chicago
Maxwell
Automobile
Mirror
Mansfield
Wright County
Mansfield Mirror
Coupon note from Mansfield Mirror subscriber
A Wright County Missouri resident, of legal age, states they or an immediate family member is a paid-up subscriber to the Mansfield Mirror. The fragment hints at a reader or subscriber claim or acknowledgment in a local newspaper notice.
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Wright County
Mansfield Mirror
Four Legged Woman Miss Josephine Myrtle Corbin Charms Audiences
Feature at the show this week highlights Miss Josephine Myrtle Corbin famed as the only living four legged woman. Once attraction at Coney Island and Riverview Park in Chicago drew 500000 paid visitors last year. The report notes she is highly educated and entertaining, urging all to see her.
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Josephine Myrtle Corbin
Coney Island
Riverview Park
Chicago
Ady
Flour Brands Promoted by J. D. Reynolds and Cash Mercantile
Advertises Kansas Diamond Bull Dog and Crescent flour brands sold by J. D. Reynolds and the Cash Mercantile Co at bottom prices. Every sack guaranteed. Call for these brands when in need of flour.
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Kansas Diamond
Bull Dog
Crescent
J. D. Reynolds
Cash Mercantile Co
Adv
Pioneer Jesse Hoover Dies at 88 in Seymour Missouri
Jesse Hoover died at his daughter’s home in Seymour Missouri after a cerebral hemorrhage while dining Sunday. Funeral services were held at Seymour Baptist Church conducted by Rev J M England with burial in Masonic Cemetery Seymour. Hoover, born January 1827 in North Carolina, moved to Missouri in 1854 and lived on Finley Creek before living with his children. He married Amanda Ross in 1948 and left 18 children, 46 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 68 total descendants listed with many relatives attending the funeral from Mansfield and beyond. The family expresses thanks to supporters in a formal card from his children.
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R. L. Alford
Jesse Hoover
Seymour Baptist Church
J. M. England
Mansfield
Masonic
Seymour
D. W. Hoover
Jake Hoover
Thomas Rosevear
T. F. Lenhart
W. B. Fallington
A.J. Hoover
Joplin
Walter Whitney
Guthrie
Okla
North Carolina
Amanda Ross
Better World
Theos Rosevear
E. V. Barner
J. D. Hoover
James Hoover
Parkdale
Col
Frank Hoover
Missouri
Finley Creek
the Mirror
Farm Loans At Lowest Prevailing Rates
Farm loan offer states no delay with lowest prevailing rates. Advertisement lists FPREEMAN as contact in geographic area.
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Geo
B. Fpreeman
Dynamite Ad Invites West Mansfield Buyers
A brief advertisement offers dynamite for sale to miners prospectors and farmers at the Dynamite Magazine in West Mansfield. The ad notes buyers can obtain supplies locally from the magazine, attributed to Ady.
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West Mansfield
Ady
Money-Saving Store Advertises Wide Family Line
A vintage ad touts tablets, first-class talcum powder, Nations Hosiery for all, groceries including coffee, turpentine and peroxide for wounds, overalls, candy, towels, fancy meats, and a broad general merchandise selection with price emphasis.
Wheel Scraper Iron Wheel Scraper for Sale Ad
Classified ad seeks buyers for a wheel scraper iron wheel scraper for sale. Inquiries directed to Peanut and Popcorn Roaster.
New Store Opens in Old Post Office Building
A new shop occupies the old post office building one door east of Bank of Mansfield offering high class service. Phone number 70 listed for inquiries.
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Bank of Mansfield
High School Attendance Fair and Literature Program
Attendance fair reports several new pupils including Stella Seal back with the school. Friday afternoon literary program praised for its musical parts, with a debate on dog extermination judged in the contest. The Hyltonian society and eighth grade will present their first program this week. Mrs J E Craig assists the quartet and will lead a weekly chorus after school. A new Washington picture decorates the intermediate room and a local stock show exhibit invites inspection at J D Reynolds store. Typewriting letters by Bertha Miller and Eula Newton show promising beginner work.
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Stella Seal
Hallowe'en
Miss Osborn
Hyltonian Literary Society
J. E.creig
George Washington
J.D. Reynolds
Bertha Miller
Eula Newton
Ruth Hoover
How Catarrh Is Contracted
Mothers are warned that neglecting a child’s cold can lead to chronic catarrh. The ad notes the mucus membrane inflammation may become lifelong and recalls many who had frequent colds when it began. It urges early use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to avoid trouble. Available everywhere.
Christian Endeavor Program at M E Church Oct 17
A Sunday program at the M E church features Unity as the subject with songs We're Marching to Zion and Trust and Obey. Includes a concert reading of Psalm 133, Mintie Avery's prayer, roll call, Lookout Committee report, and plans for future work led by J A Hylton, president.
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M. E. Church
Zion
Mintie Avery
Lookout Committee
Worl
J. A. Hylton
Pine Pine-Tar-Honey Cough Remedy for Children
Mothers and Dr Bell s Pine-Tar-Honey is touted as the cure for child coughs and colds. Pine helps loosen mucous and open airways while honey soothes, making it an ideal remedy for young ones. Priced at 250 a boule in Ady.
Money to Loan by N J Craig in Douglas and Wright
N J Craig offers to loan money on good improved farms in Wright or Douglas counties. The lender promotes reliability and prompt action for eligible borrowers seeking farm mortgage funds.
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N J. Craig
Wright
Douglas Counties
N. J. Craig
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