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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1913
Page
1
Local items report new Mirror subscribers and readers in Ava Springfield Hartville Gainesville and Seymour. Mentions farms moves games trains dinners theater sales and ads for Mansfield merchants. A daily newspaper proposal, farm loans, and community events fill the week’s civic chatter.
Is your name here. The list shows subscribers who paid in September including Wm R Ummethun Topeka KS H K Smedley Chapel OK C L Morgan A J Wilder Mrs M F Grissom E J Knight Buffalo W H Hart Missoula MT J G Brewer B Murphy Kansas City J C Montgomery Memphis W M Hutsell R A Stapp Miss Norma Burney Gainesville TX Henry Hunsaker Reed Baker C H Shreve A A Drennan Seymour Total renewals 138 Total new subscribers 208 Grand total 846
Cane drought relief and rainfall praised as green fields recover. Barney Smith and his wife hosted relatives from Seymour while Miss Rena Holt of Macomb visited the Seal family. W. H. Anderson and Mrs. Howland were among those listed as sick. Mt. Pleasant church holds services every second Saturday at 11 AM and 8 PM and Sundays at 10 AM led by pastor J. A. Nevels.
Rainy weather and peach canning occupy the scene in Antrim. Movements include James Brasher visiting in Oklahoma and Annie Dedmon with Elmer Rushing heading to pine regions. Local notes mention sick lists, calf loss to blackleg, social birthday dinner at Nelson home, and curious queries about Daisy and London’s whereabouts.
Entertainment lineup includes Medley Overture Indian Maiden Q M Fulton and other acts by Mansfield Concert Band Glee Club and Readings. Local notes mention rain cooling weather and school sickness updates with church services and social visits around Mansfield.
Rain lifts spirits as farmers finish fodder work and prepare to sow wheat. Amos Roy visits Mansfield with family while rain delays her return. Several neighbors, including Ralph and Charley Brentlinger, Wm Hale, and J W Brentlinger, socialize at local homes. Some travel to see relatives and assist with building, while Mrs Angles and Mrs Marshall recover at home. Local interest centers on rain relief after dry spells and community visits.
Aviator Wilson ships his largest balloon aiming to break height records at Mansfield. C.Z Reading arrives Saturday to operate a $7,000 carousel starting Monday night. The Arrighi airdome offers nightly reels with fresh programs all week. Forest the trick horse and the Hartville band are among featured acts. A new agricultural hall and poultry exhibit space is under construction between the Bank of Mansfield and M G Hensley’s. Milk testing prizes are offered by Fox River Butter Co Springfield Creamery and Mountain Grove Creamery Co.
The Ava band writes Prof W. Slater of Mansfield Concert Band that they expect to visit the show Friday and perform new pieces. Jargo the wonder near Mountain Grove will be exhibited. Ten pounds of raw meat to the meal satisfies its ravenous appetite. Committees will prepare for the Mansfield Agricultural and Stock Show with booster trips by Mansfield residents and the band to Seymour and other towns.
Visitors passing the poultry exhibit will enter Dr Hoover's mule barn, now decorated for the stock show expected to be much larger than last year. Stock men from other counties have already corresponded with the committee for space.
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