Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
Many Mirrorettes

TOnight Is CHRISTMAS eve.
Monday was the shortest day
Of the year.
Trade - worth nj Mrs. James
Coday's Millinery Store and gel
a handsome rug free. ADV.
B,F.Julian, democrat, has been
elected sheriff of Webster coun
ty, vice Bertie Brixey, deceased.
Yon can buy any. suit of mems
and boys clothes at Reynolds
store now at closing out prices.
ADV.
The Mansfield Christian Bible
School took a " collection Sun.
day for the European war suffer.
erS.
Go to ]. D. Reynolds and buy
your Christmas ties and hand.
kerchipfs. They have just re
ceived a nice line. ADV
Buy your wagons and bug,
gies from j. d Reynolds. He
has the John Deere, and you
know they are the best : Adv.
H. B. Weed slipped on the ice
on the back porch of his home
Sunday night and was quite se.
tperely bruised. lie was confined
to the house for a while. but is
now able to be around again.
Three young n on contributed
So each in Justice G. l.. Beach's
cpurt Friday for the fun(:) of be-
ing drunk at the Fiat Rock
school pia supper the Saturday
night before. Gut ont the booze,
boys; it doesn't pay. Besides, it
will come higher next time
Secretary Ernest Coday of the
Young Mems Business Club has
received from the state $50 90 on
account of Mansfi Ids Third An
nual Agricultural and Stock
SHOW, this being, 500 of the
amount paid in premiums This
will enable the club to pay all III.
show accounts, and have "a sur
plus to pay other obligations
The entertainment and pie
supper at the school house Fri
day night was a thorough sue
cess. An excellent program was.
rendered. and about S25 was re-,
alizsd from the sale of the pies.
Dr. FIJI Riley acting as auction
eer. The top price for pie was
S3. 25, while a box of candy
brought S1.8O. The proceeds are
for the piano fund
The piano pupils of Chas. Wal
ter Beach will give a recital In
the opera house Tuesday night.
The program will not be long,
and there will be, several violin
solos. Miss Ruth Creese, a grad
uate viOliniste of Springfield,
who wishes to organize class in
Mansfield, will furnish the violin
numbers Watch for the hand
bills Monday. ADV.
Mansfield had her first tag day
Saturday, the purpose being to
raise money for the war,stricken
people in Europe. Several of our
pretty young ladies placed on all
who donated tags bearing the in.
scription: u have donated to the
war stricken p .ople to-day. Have
your" A total Of $6 q was real
ized from the tag day and other
donations, and a draft for that
amount was mailed yesterday.
The whole city was like one
vast frozen pond this week, and
walking was periIous under
taking. Some of our people
came to town on skates, and the
small boy--and sometimes the
small boys papa and his sled
were very much in evidence.
This fact made it almost impos.
sible for farmers to get to town,
and 1t has been quiet week.
| In last weeks Mirror Rural
Carrier Turner's salary should
read $84.50 The various re
cent increases should read; G.
L. Turner, SO; Frank Smally. 81;
Hosea Newton. ~, Ane now
the feasibility Of reducing the
SALARY Of postmasters generally
is discussed--too bad, just after
80 many of the faithful have
landed plums. too!