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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
1
School enrollment totals 210 with 175 in grades and 35 in the high school. Visitors showed strong town spirit. plans include insects for the fair, basket work displays, new lab chairs, and lab tables. Tire testing cars visit Ozark roads to showcase B P Gondrich Rubber tires. A P Wilcox advertises a cream buying outfit.
An advertisement urges buyers to purchase the John Deere Mower and Rake from Ady before stock runs out, touting them as the best made at all time prices. The notice presents a bold call to action and highlights limited availability.
Ad shows a hygienic sample case of toilet requisitios for sale at Barber Shop. See F A Cule for details.
Wanted wood choppers to cut by the cord will pay 1 dollar per cord. WWNI Draper runs the advertisement for hiring labor.
The Mansfield fair runs September 26 27 28 29 1917 with the M E Ladies Aid serving dinner on Sept 28. Premium from Earnshaw Knitting Co Chicago offers a complete infant clothing outfit for best collection of infants clothes. Exhibits likely in Freeman building. Special stock show edition planned.
An ad notes Herbine as a medicine that cures biliousness malaria and constipation. The first dose makes you feel better and a few additional doses cure completely. Price 60. Sold by Fusun Drug Co. ady.
Read at the M E church on Sept 9 the Christian Endeavor program presents a lesson on excuses titled Are You a Yes-But Exodus 4 179. Led by Miss Lula Riley with introductions by Mrs Eliza Peters and J C Carter. Speakers include J D Reynolds Jewell Hoover Alice Tombleson Alice Mooney and Leona Hoover covering temptations responsibilities witnessing talents worldly interests and friendships.
Real estate note states two fine resident lots in Bur ney’s Addition Mansfield are for sale. Contact B. A. Taylor at Huntley Montana for more details.
The Indianapolis News notes enlistments thinning the pool of young workers, prompting a shift to older men around forty five. The Pennsylvania Railroad and other firms bar or ease limits by age, hoping experienced, physically fit middle-aged workers can fill industrial roles during and after wartime. The piece argues such age-based barriers are unjust if middle-aged men prove as capable as younger workers.
War cabinet sanctions a Mond plan to form a National War Museum with the first commissioner of works as chairman. A committee will collect objects showing Britain's role in the war, including arms, enemy trophies, battlefield souvenirs, munition innovations, regimental literature, maps, music, government placards, medals, flag-day items, and autograph letters from notable participants.
A wartime report from Great Britain shows beef prices up 112 percent since war start, eggs 78 percent, fish 138 percent, and milk 62 percent. Maj Waldorf Astor chairs the special war committee on milk production and distribution. The panel notes prewar milk imports, including butter and margarine, had grown yearly to about £38 million in 1914.
The dialogue hints at a Red Cross dog named Patience. Patrice remarks the color wasn’t exactly red, implying a notable aid animal connected to relief work. The exchange focuses on the dog’s service and color description.
An account recalls a patient who was initially violent but has since fallen into a somnolent state. The report highlights the shift from aggression to deep sleep, with no further details on cause or treatment provided. The incident underscores concerns about safety and care conditions.
Dr Mattoon M Curtis of Western Reserve University mounts a case against the then common view that humans descend from anthropoid apes. He cites Duckworth and argues key skull differences and ancient skull shapes challenge evolution theories, urging science and education to rest on fact rather than speculation.
Dr Charles E Banks senior surgeon US Public Health Service accuses millers allied interests of discrediting whole wheat bread. He says milling uses 75 percent of grain for starch while the remainder rich in minerals and vitamins is sold as animal feed. White bread diet allegedly leaves Americans pale in youth and fat in middle age.
A New York correspondent notes a Boy Scout encamped with his Palisades troop growing wary of camp glitz. His father, a newspaper man, sent him to observe and write, producing a voluminous account misread as resort news. The youth laments picket duty while roasting chickens during service.
A wry line about a husband who professed love to gain favored status, then schemes to mortgage a spouse’s ancestral domain. The exchange hints at deceit and control within a marriage, exposing ulterior motives framed as affection and inheritance.
A disciplinary note records Miss Jones repeatedly going to the floor above without permission and a supervisor orders her immediate recall. The exchange ends with a directive to call her down.
An eminent alienist declares the defendant possibly insane amid a court encounter. The man sent a paltry ten dollars as a retaining fee, underscoring tensions between legal and medical judgments in the case.
In dialogue the old miser falls ill and relatives sense possible tragedy. One quip suggests they hover between fear and false hope, highlighting a tense family moment over an ominous prognosis.
A fragment hints at German leader Kaiser Wilhelm II and Germany’s wartime occupation rhetoric. The line contrasts a claim of rightful place in the sun with a dismissive comment about granting him a spot, reflecting prewar or wartime discourse. The text is fragmentary and lacks concrete events or dates.
In a playful exchange they note that face value can pay, with the Ingenue boasting that her face is her fortune and the Soubrette agreeing there is good money to be made in funny caricatures.
A terse exchange reveals officials attempted to draft a man, but he resisted, stating he came out flat-footed against the effort. The dialogue captures a moment of protest and defiance amid recruitment pressure.
The column lists many subscribers thanked for cash on subscription from T J Rippee Mansfield to Aaron Calhoun Mansfield and others across Mansfield Albion Mich Cedar Gap Hartville Springfield and Macomb. Just arrived six new cook stoves and eighteen new heaters announced by F N Dyer Furniture Co.
Winborn Oliver of Hartville area reports drilling a well six feet north and west of Fuson struck a six foot coal vein with oil beneath. He has sent samples to Springfield and neighbors await results on the coal’s value at a depth of sixty feet.
See us for a cook stove or heating stove. We have them. N. Dyer Furniture Co advertises stove options and materials for home heating and cooking.
Help wanted for 75 tomato peelers and pickers with peelers at Deber Pail and pickers paid $1.50 per day. Job at J. W. Kennedy's Canning Factory located 10 miles northwest of Mansfield Missouri.
The Parent-Teacher Association met at the school house Wednesday afternoon and announced a change of meeting time to Tuesday. The adjustment affects upcoming sessions and schedules for members and staff.
For Sale a good four year old Jersey cow advertised by J M Thirkield. Also new furniture arrivals advertised by F N Dyer Furniture Co. Rev G Chadwell begins a series of meetings at Shiloh Sunday.
Eckles Town Improvement Co. managers Cobbs and partners have bought 1 acre north of D. Cantrell’s home and west of Hartville road from D. B. Cantrell through Avery & Stephens. They plan to subdivide into city lots to be sold at auction with Avery & Stephens assisting. The land offers an excellent location for desirable residence lots and will expand local property options. Watch the Mirror for sale announcements.
Livestock receipts reach 24000 cattle with corn fed steers at 15.65 top. Market slow but about steady. veal calves up 50 cents. 900 lb feeders at 9.20. black stocker loads at 7.90. Packers hold fat cattle. prices high. Forecast for week calls for liberal run and fair market. hogs selling strong but no $20 hogs anticipated. Top lambs 16.83.
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