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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
4
The city board names members James Curdity from First Ward Craig from Second Ward Dr J A Pusan from Second Ward I Robinett presides and Dr A Fuson serves as counsellor at the regular monthly meeting held on the second Monday evening.
Local freight and passenger trains listed with numbers and times. No. 241 at 10:00 p.m. No. 103 at 12:15 p.m. No. 102 at 53 an. No. 240 at 12:15 p.m. No. 104 passenger with 685 pounds, 5 Burney, agent.
Train schedule lists departures and arrivals with times from Prisco train 104. Arrives Ava at 4 20 p m and leaves Ava to Mansfield at 5 00 p m. Service labeled PRED GROVER Avent.
Baptist Church announces preaching services on the second and fourth Sundays led by Rev J K Seal. Sunday school held every Sunday at 9 45 am under W L Fullington as superintendent.
Preaching services held every fourth Saturday evening and Sunday. Rev Joseph Phavis serves as pastor. Sunday sermons begin at 9 45 a m with GW Kreenan as superintendent.
Rev Jo Needlin conducts preaching every Sunday morning and evening with services at 645 am and other sessions led by J D Reynolds, superintendent, at the church.
J A Kiley superintendent of the Ladies Aid Society promotes a Bible sellout every Sunday at 6 45 in the afternoon with weekly church-related appeal and social gathering opportunities for attendees.
The Community Lyceum Course presented by the PTA will feature seven numbers including two home talent acts. Tickets are priced at 31 for adults and Toe for children. The first act, Maynard Lee Daggey, is set for Thursday October 3. He is highly recommended and the organizers seek strong local support and liberal patronage.
Improvement continues in Mansfield with the west end of Commercial Street receiving work. Mayor Riley coordinates ten teams to haul gravel from Wolf Creek and spread it on the street. Costs are met by subscriptions from street property owners and willing contributors. This marks the first residence street to benefit, with plans to start on others upon completion.
A list of subscribers thanked for cash on subscription since the last reports includes J. M. Livingston Manefield E J Nichols Kansas City J A Riley Manette Houtonsaker Mansfield OW Mensley Columbus Kas Ralph Dake Fellows Owl W K R Camethon Topeka Kas F C Case Manefield Mise Mae Conley Hedrick Okla WL Kelley Hunter Okla RB B Riley Joplin
N J Craig offers money to loan on good improved farms in Wright or Douglas counties.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to me will please make arrangements to pay promptly as my store burned Tuesday morning September 12 and I must have money Ady EK Lefler Bryant Missouri
Pleasant Ridge hosts preaching every second Saturday and Sunday with Rev CN Pindley as pastor. Singing Sunday night led by Charley Findley and Reed Johnson. Jim Henry also featured in services.
Lead Hill church events list Sunday School at 10 a.m. each Sunday. Singing every Saturday evening and every 40th Sunday after Sunday School. Preaching on the first, second, and third Sundays. Liza Janke is named in the record.
Rembert preaches at Pleasant Hill on the first Saturday night and both Sunday services. Rev Mew Clift is pastor with Sunday school every Sunday at 10 a m. Crazy Madge.
State cases listed include Fike and Whittaker with various charges and nol pros, Dickerson Prock and Stacey felonies and pleas. Prock and Moore assaults continued or pleaded. Civil actions show verdict for plaintiff in Ozark Motor Co case for 755.28 and other title, deed, and ejectment matters continued or dismissed.
An old advertisement urges quick action when aaciety and dull fatigue warn of malaria or chills. It promotes HERBINE claiming it destroys the malarial germ and purifies the body. The text notes bold pricing and availability from all dealers.
At the Baptist Church Stew I P Langley preached at Mansfield Baptist Church Sunday delivering a sermon to congregants about faith and devotion.
A slow rainfall delay leaves farmers cutting corn while fodder dries and orchard fruit holds. Peach yields shine in the Ozarks despite drought. Families relocate on local farms as George Babb and Oscar Moody depart for new homes in South Dakota and nearby properties change hands. Shortridge attended Mans field Friday and two local churches schedule services on Sunday September 24 with Sunday school each week.
The ad promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy for constipation and biliousness claiming they help keep the liver and bowels healthy to look and feel younger. It asserts ease of use and broad availability.
For sale from prize pedigrees: Barred Rock cockerels with 240 plus egg records and Panama prize pen sires, April to July hatch at $4, $3, or $2. State Fair and County Fair prize males offered at $3.50, $2.50, or $2. Also promoting White Holland Turkeys from Panama prize birds. September October only.
At Wright County Poultry Association meeting in Mountain Grove plans were made for this year’s show from November 29 to December 2. E H Evans was named president Ed B Floyd vice president G W Post secretary treasurer J Max Cassil assistant secretary J W Sallee show superintendent. Preference expressed for either Patterson or Crosby as judge of exhibits.
DS Cantrell George B Free man Marve Gorman and C A Stephens agreed to Hartville Tuesday in a legal action.
An old ad extols Chamberlain's Tablets promising relief from constipation. It claims regular bowels prevent many ailments and that the laxative also improves appetite and digestion. The note notes the remedy is obtainable everywhere.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a gentle laxative that purges impurities from the system. It claims accumulated waste poisons the blood and causes dizziness biliousness and a muddy complexion. A nightly dose guarantees a morning bowel movement. At your Druggist 25e.
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