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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1914
Page
2
Local notices report fine rains and daily visits among Macomb residents. Virgie Norcross dies at 15 months after illness. funeral held at Macomb cemetery. Revival services at M E church led by Rev Chadwell. Macomb school opens September 7. all-day singing at Baptist church next Sunday with baskets.
Notice posted by Wa Branp warns that anyone found hunting or trespassing on the farm will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. No further details or dates provided.
Rev J M England of Seymour will preach at the Baptist church on the second Sunday and the Saturday night preceding. The message is expected to draw attendees from the town and surrounding areas.
Mrs J W McDaniel and daughter Muriel of Memphis Missouri visited her brother Wm Huggans and wife last week. Mr Huggans and wife joined them in Springfield Sunday morning for a visit and did some shopping there.
The Norwood High School plans a two year approved program for the coming year with a new faculty, new course, and new equipment. The board finds the plan reasonable with tuition set at $2 per month. Adv. B.S. DELLINGER, Principal.
A short notice page from a Springfield Missouri advertiser section lists estate and farm sale bargains with owner names and addresses. The item appears in a 20 page periodical offering subscription details and per copy prices for the advertisement department.
August 31 1814 brief society column lists Sunday calls and visits among residents Peggy Short Ora Fullington Ava Jones Bertha Young Henry Young and others. Notes a protracted meeting at Pea Ridge, rains, rye sowing, farm sale to Leonard Murrell, hay baling, and a long aside about Jakey and Pegey Short with a Devil quip.
The Christian church will begin a tent meeting on the first Sunday in September with Rev. D B Warren of Pomona assisting pastor Rev. W H Anderson. The event, starting Sept 6, aims to be a major city gathering uniting Christians to lift Christ and spread the Gospel through faith and prayer.
D B Warren, noted standard bearer of South Missouri, will speak and lead a chorus at the Mansfield church tent meeting starting September 6. A singer, preacher, and organizer, he has helped establish the cause in Southeast Missouri. Join to support the revival effort.
Norwood beat Mansfield 5 to 3 on Sunday in a local baseball game. Norwood's pitchers limited Mansfield's offense while Norwood manufactured runs with key hits. The result improves Norwood's season record and keeps Mansfield winless in this matchup.
A local advertisement urges shoppers to visit the store for a fall season sale. Tom Fullington offers furniture rugs carpets wallpaper trunks suit cases and various other items with mail order catalogs invited for consideration.
A long classified ad offers free settlement on a large tract of Oregon farming land. It promises good climate and rich soil with no irrigation needed for high yields of grain, fruit, and gardens. For maps and instructions, send 34.40 to John Keefe, Oregon City, Oregon, a three year U.S. surveyor and timberman.
Miss Gertrude Avery directs that the Mirror be sent to her address at Basher.
Local column records visits and events around Red Wing on a sunny Sunday. Highlights include multiple Frye family gatherings at John Frye’s, Sunday croquet and singing at Ashley, and a 4 pound baby born to Byron Shanes and wife. Readers exchange friendly jabs and town gossip as Bertha and Mona Willis attend church, school teaching by Herbert Shelton progresses, and preparations begin for Macomb singing day.
W I Diffenderffer announces acceptance of the Republican nomination for Congress in Missouri's Sixteenth District. He thanks the party for the honor, expresses gratitude, and hopes to run an aggressive campaign with hearty support. The letter is dated September 1 from Lebanon Missouri and addresses members of the Congressional Committee.
Fred Thomas of Macomb has toured the globe over three years visiting the Philippine Islands Japan China and the Hawaiian Islands. Recently honorably discharged at San Francisco he may reenlist and his home is with his uncles W T and H M Norcross.
A Monday sale in Oklahoma drew strong prices and good attendance. A. E. Brown and family traveled toward Gracemont and Olla, with possible stops if looking the country over. They plan to return in about a year.
A valuable cow owned by John Dennis entered a cane field Friday evening without permission, ate the feed, and paid the usual penalty of death, as reported by the Hartville Republican.
A Saturday afternoon free show at the opera house drew over 200 attendees despite short notice. Patrons praised merchants for funding the entertainment and urged punctual arrival at 2 PM. Tickets, wood only for the afternoon, available from local merchants. New ticket holders include D J Landera Lumber Co, Jake Hoover, Jack Rippee.
In Justice J D Avery's court Monday Thomas Keeling was fined 40 dollars and costs by a jury for giving liquor to a minor. Prosecuting Attorney Fr Garner of Hartville represented the state and Col Nieder of Mansfield defended the defendant. An appeal was taken to the circuit court. The Freeman Miller Hardware Co was awarded judgment on account for 0.75 against Mrs Leona Tarburton and for 25 against C M Howland and wife in the same court.
C M Tarte notes strong local interest in music in the Ozark region. He describes plans to attend the Free Will Baptist Association at Oak Grove on Sunday, visit the Concrete Presbyterian church on Elk Creek, and then go to Green Valley, highlighting a thriving regional music scene.
Citizens wishing to can tomatoes are urged to contact A P Morse of Prairie Hollow or call Willis Moody at the number 195. The notice appears in the Ady column seeking tomato donations or purchases.
A fragmentary local column records neighbors visiting relatives and friends on Mondays and Sundays, mentions Evans Pyge and Thomas Young, and recalls farm work, social calls at Mrs Stipp’s, a near theft at P W Newton’s, and playful disputes among locals including Ace and The Devil, with light humor and gossip about daily life.
J. R. Brewer trades his 40 acre farm to Avery and Stephens for the residence property occupied by M. Hodge and W. O. Wright. Hodge plans to move to the Taylor property formerly occupied by Jim Friend.
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