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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1913
Page
3
In Mansfield a fundraising drive organized by the Young Men's Business Club and local citizens honors Wright Douglas Webster and Texas Counties. F H Riley serves as president with W C Coday as secretary and treasurer.
The notice lists entry eligibility and fees for Wright Douglas Webster and Texas counties. It states stock entries timing, exhibitor risk, supervision by department superintendents, ribbon prizes for first and second premiums, acceptance of unlisted exhibits, non competition for out-of-county entries, ground rights controlled by committee, judge selection, premium forfeiture if unclaimed after ten days, and names grand marshals and farm division superintendents with specific prize amounts for corn and popcorn categories.
Prize list for a youth fair events includes best corn by a boy under 16 with top prize 2.50 dollars, plus prizes for best wheat oats potatoes sweet potatoes navy beans tomatoes onions cabbage pumpkin squash turnips watermelons muskmelon beets and more, with varied first and second place amounts noted for each category.
Division B covers grains and grasses with best entries in broom corn cane rye stalk tobacco millet alfalfa clover wheat oats and more, with first prizes of 50 cents and various seconds. Division C domestic exhibits lists butter bread canning fruit jellies honey candies and preserves with monetary awards. Division D fruits names several apple varieties with first and second prizes, Division E fancy work tallies home spun garments and curios prizes.
List of prize categories with first and second place cash awards across crafts embroidery weaving lace sewing and textile arts. Also includes livestock shows with prizes for farm teams single drivers saddles and various horse and mule classes. Superintendents named D B Cantrell D W Hoover and A T Friend.
Division G outlines prizes for cattle swine and calves including Best Shorthorn Durham Best Hereford Jersey Guernsey and Red Polled animals with first and second place cash awards. Division H lists poultry entries with superintendents and prize pens for Barred Buff and White Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes and Wyandottes breeds.
A long listing of poultry and animal show prizes includes Best Pen bets for multiple breeds with first and second cash awards, division notes for school exhibits, maps by child age groups, and a Wood-Sawing Contest with a $10 cash prize for fastest half cord cut, under Rural School show rules and supervisors.
A Pueblo Colorado woman, Anna Kounz, credits Dr Miles Nervine with curing years of nervous prostration after ineffective remedies. The ad urges readers with loss of appetite, poor digestion, weakness, or insomnia to seek Nervine, noting a money back guarantee after a failed first bottle. Sold by all druggists, Miles Medical Co. Elkhart Indiana.
The piece argues farmers pay hidden costs for credit on machinery groceries and services. It notes lenders issue debentures to investors earning about 6 percent, while farmers cover interest, guaranty, collection, and bad debt costs. It advocates farmer co operatives financing themselves and buying for cash, claiming communities would be ahead in five years.
An advertisement urges farmers to drop Old Line Insurance and insure with Wright Co Mutual at cost. It claims 25 cents per $100 annually over the past three years and provides contact: E. W. Yocum, Secretary, Mt. Grove, Missouri.
The piece argues pastures are good this summer and that chores after turning out cattle distract from calls to confine cows to stalls all summer. It predicts few farms of 160 acres or more will be forced to do so when that time arrives.
The Ozark region leads Missouri in poultry production with profitable farming expanding. Short winters boost egg output and rocky land proves suitable for poultry. Turkeys chickens ducks and geese fetch good local prices, enabling 10 to 20 acre farms to support families with easy payments on sale.
Doctor Hamilton bought a Jersey heifer calf for 20 dollars and the animal freshened May 30 at age two. In ten months the dairy yielded 67.50 dollars in butter and milk to one family and 60.20 dollars to others, totaling 127.70 dollars. The doctor notes his family's consumption nearly matches the cow’s feed cost, with no special care beyond pasture grazing. the cow remains part of his herd, now 38 years old. Mansfield Advertiser reports.
The Advertiser notes several farmers near Mansfield own strong dairy herds and profit from selling cream to local buyers. Mansfield is a major cream shipping station on the Frisco line between Springfield and Memphis, with cream shipments routed by express rather than freight.
The Square Dea Mill held a free flour day drawing at Mansfield park on Saturday August 14. Anyone who bought flour that day can get a refund by calling at the mill before September 15. A second free flour day is planned for September.
Columbian Woodmen announces regular meetings on the first and third Wednesday evenings at the L O O F Hall. Visiting guests are welcome to attend.
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