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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1913
Page
1
Local journal notes renewed subscriptions and sales pitches. Advertisements feature Mansfield Hotel Sunday dinners, Thelma Rose Artist Co. at Opera House November 8, and farm land and hardware buys. Community items cover visits, weather, wood, church revival, and the stock show’s success. residents seek support for bank statements and subscriptions.
Winter conditions bring about a foot of snow with timber stress from the burden. Local updates include Antioch meeting closure, saw mill curtailment and move plans, several family visits and movements between towns, new baby, lost colt, brick pickup and home improvements. Schools closed due to snow, Mrs Borders visiting Ozark county kin, Breckenridge travelers in Missouri, and no mail Monday.
Mount Pleasant residents recount a cool weekend with visits from Hiram Jackson and others. Friday to Sunday included apple trips toward Whelchel and a well attended singing. Several church attendees and baptisms are noted, plus a John Deere buggy purchase and mailbox move. Snowfall reached about 18 inches by Monday. Sunday School persisted despite rain and snow.
Two high school pupils were absent on Tuesday, one senior and one junior. Fourth grade memorized all presidents for memory exercise. Eighth graders map igland divisions in geography. Sixth grade boasts best attendance. only 12 total absences, 15 tardies, one truancy, one corporal punishment. Earl Cauble donated cloth bound agricultural reports for library. pie sale netted 15.25. Agriculture apparatus stored in glass-clad case. chicken house pending weather. Enrollment totals 233 with 174 days attendance so far. 152 present daily, nine visitors.
Cold snowy weather reaches Route No. 1 as James Frye comes back from Nebraska to be with his father in his last hours. Miss Dena Shreeve plans a Kansas City home visit this week for angel food cake and vinegar pies. Mt. Pleasant church holds services every second Saturday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 11 a.m. with J. A. Nevels as pastor.
Prairie Hollow and Beyant notes show John Robertson visiting from Monett and staying a week at T. M. Roy's. The group moved to the Jake Hoover place. Joe Segsworth relocated to Illinois. Jason Hight’s moved to the Rinda Prazeal farm. Ben Weit and Mr. James visited L. M. Roy's Saturday night. Wm. Roy and spouse from near Olathe spent Sunday there.
Friendship Baptist church Sunday school meets every third Saturday at 11 a.m. and Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Rev Griffith is pastor. Sunday school and service at Preewill Baptist church. Rev Findley pastor. Holiness Church holds Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. with James Lyn as superintendent. Prayer meeting each Sunday at 6:30 p.m. R Hilsabeck is superintendent.
Snow covers knee deep beans and ripe tomatoes while talk centers on weather disrupting big meetings. Earl Anderson's baby was ill last week. Alva Frye helped at Grandpa Frye's, Ollie and Alva Frye dined with uncle Joe Frye on Sunday as rain fell. Joe Frye family moved to Evans Frye's Lilly place and James Brazeal returned home before the cold spell.
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