Route Number 2 Weep Not for Precious Chances
Weep not for chances past and worn ages. Alva Letsinger dined with grandparents J. W. Edwards and wife Sunday. Weather cooler after a shower Thursday night and Friday morning. Lloyd Deaver chopped wood and helped cider at J. W. Brentlinger’s last week and again Monday Tuesday this week. Sam Letsinger and Harley Stout visited Chas. Davis Sunday. he’s better. Brentlinger and wife returned from Oklahoma last week after Old Soldiers’ Reunion in Tulsa and visits in Sapulpa Beggs and Springfield. Mrs. Jack Bragal and child visited Mrs. Hale Thursday. Mrs. Sam Letsinger and daughter Zella called at J. Edwards Sunday. Everett Brazeal sick Wednesday night. Mrs. Rinda Brazeal staying with her son Gus in Mansfield. he weak but fever broken. Mrs. W. A1. Hale visited Mrs. Edwards. Floyd ill in Camp Funston hospital. G. W. Brentlinger and wife, Mrs. J. M. Baker and children visited J. W. Brentlinger Sunday. Rev. M. A. Barlow at Paul Williams Sunday. Harland Williams and J. BR. Moore and family dined at Paul Williams Sunday. Miss Myrtle Williams better and up Sunday. SUEEY.
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Alva Letsinger
J. W. Edwards
Lloyd Deaver
J. W. Brentlinger
Sam Letsinger
Harley Stout
Chas, Davis
Jack Bragal
W. H. Hale
Zella
Everett Bravzeal
Rinda Brazeal
Mansfield
Gus
W. A1
Hale
Edwards
Shiloh notes weather and school closings amid flu
The Shiloh area reports beautiful weather while Spanish influenza rages locally. Misses Marie Towe Elna Hyt on and Nellie Howard attend church services in Macomb Friday Saturday and Sunday. Shiloh St James Brushy Knob and Endeavour schools close due to influenza. Ernest Miller and wife welcome a baby boy. Sunday school remains held each Sunday at Shiloh. CURLS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Towe
Elna Hyton
Nellie Howard
Macomb
Shiloh
St. James
Brushy Knob
Endeavour
Ernest Miller
Lost address notice from Mansfield Mirror in war era letter
Cecil Marshall in Atlantic Ocean asks Mansfield Mirror to update his address to C Rathbun Marshall Co 18 350 Inf American Expeditionary Force. Letter notes wartime mail changes and optimism. Ad copy promotes Herb ine as a digestive tonic sold by medicine dealers.
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Atlantic Ocean
Mansfield Mirror
Mansfield
C. Rathbun Marshall
Pleasant Knob Health Faces Spanish Flu Surge
Pleasant Knob area reports several influenza cases of the Spanish variety as local health concerns rise. Officials urge caution and remind residents of hygiene and early treatment measures.
Midway News Notes On Influenza Reach And Moves
Several villagers struggle with Spanish influenza causing delays in travel plans. Elmer Rushing and wife postpone departure to Iowa. R. T. Nelsons stay put until illness fades. Joseph Rushing and wife plan to move into Elmer Rushing residence. Lile Wells plans a river bottom farm in Batesville Arkansas. Various locals including Willie Murrel James Tods Fay Virgil Kennedy and others recover or remain ill. James and Thomas Yandle return home from eastern county visit. Michigan couple Dethiloff and wife settle on R T Nelson property and express satisfaction with the country. The Deckards visit Hartville for ill relative J R Deckard. Song lyric and moral aside accompany local notes.
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Elmer Rushing
Iowa
R. T. Nelson
Batesville
Ark
Lile Wells
Willie Murrel
James Tod
F. D Howard
Fay
Virgil
Jason Rox
Jesse McClellan
Dan Brasher
Irmey Kennedy
Joseph Rushing
Lee Rushing
James
Thomas Yandle
Dethiloff
Michigan
Wmn. Deckard
Hartville
J. R. Deckard
Adrian Boygesa
Seymour
Local Family News From Norwood Route 1 Area
Norwood Route 1 residents share weekend visits and health updates. John Frye and family hosted Virgil Royal and wife while Miss Maud Shores recovers, and Emma Findley stayed with Mrs. Avery Freeman. A baby girl arrived to C B Turner and wife on October 10. Mary Shores and Myrtle Shores stay with relatives as illnesses and hospital visits continue. Mrs. Geo Shores Jr. traveled to Springfield. Dolly Dimple closes the notices.
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Virgil Royal
John Frye
John Shores
Maud’ Shores
Ollie
Nellie Frye
Emma Findley
Avery Freeman
Macomb
C. B. Turner
John Kennedy
Averyreeman
Henry Royal
Children of
Joplin
Geo, Shores, Jr
Springfield
War news and camp life from Mansfield to editor
Walter H Spock writes from Camp Funston Kansas to Mansfield Mirror readers about sickness in camp and frequent hospital transfers. He notes Wright county soldiers present and recalls a false rumor that the war had ended prompting celebratory yells. He expresses optimism the Kaiser will be whipped in time.
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Battery FE
F. A
Camp Punston
Kansas
Mansfield Mirror
Mirror
Wright County
Mansfield
Camp Funston
Kaiser
Walter H. Spock
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Eno
D. J. Landers
COLE
F. A. Cole
A.C. Roy
Jim’s Cafe
J. H. Atkisson
Mansfield, Missouri
Mack Davis
T.F. Lenhart Undertaker
Ward B. Hitchcock
C. A. Stephens
Manafield, Missouri
Lodge Directory
Mansfield Lodge
Egee
W.a.black
Noble
Fara Dennis
R. A. M. Mansfield
Royal Arch
M. E. Gorman
J. E. Craig
SEO Eee
Woodmen of America
W.A. Black
Henry Dennis
Brotherhood of American Yeoman
Mansfield Homestead No
Oklahoma
Old Soldiers
Tulsa
Sapulpa
Beggs
Myrtle Williams
Sueey
Cecil Marshall
Medicine
Ady
P.J. Wells
F. D. Howard and Sons
F. Opper
W. T. Norcross
Mansfield, Mo
Georgette
James Coday
Frank Eberle & Co
Missouri
Buffalo
Cleveland
U.S
Caeeeee & Batiche Ureat Oy
Basroger
Norwood
Myrtle Shores
John
Fred Frye
Mra
Marie Pope
Wim, Shores
Dolly
Murdock
Hi. M. Norcross General Store
Ford
W. G.reynolds
R. A. Alcorn Hardware Co
Mansfield Light 6 Power Company
Bank OF Mansfield
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