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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-11
meeting at No. 5 Sunday, and a

meeting at No. 5 Sunday, and al
reported q good time.
Miss Bertha Newton returned
home Monday from Wakita, Okla.
where she has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. w. II. Brasher, the
CAST four months.
w. A. Brasher and wife visited
WI. Newton's one day this week
Thomas Rosevear. who is in a
Springfield hospital, is reported
blind in one eye
Mrs. M. A. Gaskill and daugh,
ter, Miss Stella, called on Mrs.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-11

Bette Gaskill one day this week.
Uncle Hugh GaskiIl is reported
quite poorly.
Tom Freeman's visited Robert
Newton's Sunday
Well, as Hazel is so tired and it
is 50 hot she will close. Good bye
to Sukey, Dinah, and Katherine.
| think | know you three | am
well known to you. HAZEL.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-11
A Letter
McLean's Pharmacy
N. G. Mclean, LII. D., M. d.
Dhre,oi,n opl Sncnn,~

McLsan's Pharmacy
N. G. Mclean, LII. D., M. D..
Physician and Surgeon
Breckenridge, Okla.
W. l., Kelley,
Mansfield, Mo.
Dear Friend:
Your letter received. In reply
will say that | have known you
and your family for 6 years and
have never heard one word from
any one derogatory to you or any
of your family. Your neighbors
all speak very highly of you and
your family and there never was
a man who paid his account any
better than you and your sons,
and you are often spoken of in
this community, and your family
is missed in the neighborhood in
which you lived. Now. Mr.. Kel.
ley, you have my permission to
have this published or show the
same to anyone. Hoping you are
all well, | remain
Yours respectfully.
DR.. N. G. MCLEAN,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-11
ROUTE NO. 1.

Oh, my, this hot dry weather
A good rain would certainly b
appreciated now.
There was a large crowd at tn,
Baptist church Sunday. Their,
was good preaching and lots o
nice for all on the grounds. Ed
ers C.C.Aggie of Springfield an,
Reeves of Howell county wer'
the visiting ministers.
Sam Thomas's of Norwood at
tended church Saturday ant
Sunday and visited at Joe Frye.
Saturday night.
Mrs. Case is no better. Miss
Claribnl Frye is still staying witt
her
Katie, didn't Fred Shreeve's
automobile get away from HIN
Sunday night again? l saw you.
You think l don't know you, but
you are sadly nistaken-for
certainly do, and you had just as
well not deny il to me
Why, my poor little Dinah,
what was the matter with you
last week that you failed to be in
with your items? We miss you
most of all when you fail us SO
please don't fail Us again.
John and James Frye are wor.
king the roads, Shooting out the
stumps near MIR. Whites. They
blasted and fixed a nice spring
for John Frye last week
Ollie, Alva and Claribel Frye,
Vernon Bennett, Alva Hensley
and Ernie Crippen took supper
with Roy Higgins and wife Sun.
day night and all went to singing
aud had a real nice time
Misses Pearl and Mae Spence
went to singing at Ashley Sun
day night and spent the night
with their sister, Mrs. Roy Hug.
gins.
Miss Agnes Young came home
with Miss Susie Oberholser from
Sunday school, and they went to
the Baptist church in the after.
noon.
Mrs. Mary Rodkey is staying
with Mrs. Tom BOgart and doing
her work. Mrs. Bogart is some
better.
Marvin Dennis has learned the
road to Mr.. Shanes' pretty well
by this time; wonder if he will
learn to sing t!nor as we'll as
George did? Poor George! He
has forgotten how to sing tenor
low.
Miss Mabel Anderson is get
ting quite a little practice now
making pictures; she made some
for w. N. Johnson's and Everett
Spence's Sunday. We wish her
as much more work and good
luck with them.
Elders Aggie and Reaves and
l. Stone spent Saturday night at
John Frye's.
The road workers have been
making some good road on the
Mountain Grove road.
We presume almost everybody
will be at the old log church at
the children's day exercises Sun
day. Pansy thinks she will go.
Sukey. you and Dinah mad better
come and go with me. We will
have a jolly big time. Dinah, why
weren't you at church Sunday
or did you go to Cedar Gap?
Pansy is rather scarce of news
so will ring off, bidding all good
bye. PANSY.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-11
Shake Off Your Rheumatism

Now is the time to get rid of
your rheumatism. Try a TWEEN
five cent bottle of Chamberlain's
Liniment and see how quickly
your rheumatic pains disappear.
Sold by all dealers.--adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-11
AT. M. E. CHURCH

Rev. j. j. Wolfe of Seymour,
pastor of the Mansfield Methodist
Episcopal church, preached here
Sunday morning and evening.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-11
Smoke

National and Silk Tie cigars. For
sale by Mansfield Hotel, Fuson's
Drug Store, Mansfield Drug Co.,
Stone l. Williams, and Steve
Yates.-Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-11
PLEASANT RIDGE RIPPLES
Especial Correspondence

Hello to all. Here comes Katie
I with her little bunch of news.
We are still having hot and dry
weather-still waiting and look.
ing for rain.
!. The all day services at the Old
Baptist church was well attend,
ed, lots of good dinner and ever
one invited to help to eat 1t. Kat
lie wanted to go but it was so hot
and far.
Lon Smith and wife were Sun.
day visitors at Vim. Crippen's.
Well, you don't know how
much fun Katie mas been having
hearing them guess who she is.
No one yet has guessed who it is,
poor girls, | am sorry for them.
Sherman Coday and wife were
dinner guests at Marion shell.
tons sunday.
Mesdames Ona Johnson and
Linda Findley were Monday Wis.
itors at Mrs. Ellen smiths.
The surprise singing on Roy
Higgins was a success. Everett
spence and wife spent the night
with them.
Quite a crowd spent the even
ing with Letha and Allie shanes
sunday, Those present: Pearl
spence, Ralph White, Marve
Dennis, Della smith and AlOth
Findley and all went to singing
that night.
Mae spence called on frankie
Mcintosh sunday.
Quite a few boys from our
country are going to harvest this
week.
That was rather a hard joke on
Della smith and Aloth Findley
singing alto, | wouldn't care
girls, tell Miss Pansy if she can
beat it come ahead.
We wonder where Kingsley
was sunday, his horse wasn't
tied at smiths gate.
o, my! just come out and see
the fine road Everett Brown has
made he sure knows how. Hur-
rah for him.
G. H. Shreeves and wife visited
IT.. smiths Saturday.
sunday is Children's Day at
the Log church; everybody in
vited.
Mrs. Etfie shanes visited her
sister Mona Fletcher saturday.
Uncle Bill Box is improving.
Everett spence and Claude
smith were in Macomb Friday.
The Ashley class invites the
Dennis class and Wolf Creek
class to come and bring their
leaders and books and help en-
joy June % with us. Everybody
is welcome, Bring dinner.
Mrs. c. N. Findley is quite
poorly.
Herbert Young and wife called
at her fathers sunday.
Miss Ora Calhoun, who has
been visiting her sister, Dora
Bartlett. Game home saturday;
they also came with her.
Mrs. Nan Lakey is staying
with her father, while her mother
is visiting her daughter in Kan.
SaS.
Daisy you L mistaken about
seeing Katie at the picnic. Rastus
went, | think, | had to watch the
chickens.
We are glad they are going to
celebrate at Mansfield this year.
Claude Smith and Kingsley
Findle.y changed their cattle's
pasture this week on account of
dry weather.
Preaching at Ashley every 4th
Saturday and Sunday. Rev. c..
N. Nndley pastor. Singing ev.
cry Sunday night.
Don't forget to tell everybody
that there is going to be an all
day singing and dinner on the
grounds at Ashley church the
fourth Sunday in June. Every
body come, bring their song
books, also a well filed basket.
Come and enioy the day.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-11
Guessing Contest

AT Shinpaugh Bros. store. Call
at the store for further particu-
lars.-Adv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
3oo-MILE BATTLE LINE BY

HSNHtNSIiN2 0GnUNiN n ]
London.-Germany has advanced in
one vast battle line from Lille to the
Swiss border, a distance of 800 miles.
The movements in Alsace and Lor-
raine, if not merged with the Belgium
campaign, have been so timed that
1000, 900 Germans are advancing sim
ultaneously through Belgium and AL
sace-Lorraine into France. The losses
are the greatest in modern history.
London does not confirm the report
ed successes Of the German Crown
Prince. The admission, however, that
the Allies have been forced to retire
is open to most serious construction.
Battles more sa%nguinary than the
world has ever known are now in
progress on the fields. More than a
million and a half men are engaged.
Along a hundred miles of territory,
from Mons to Luxembourg, for three
days 250,000 Germans have been in a
death grapple with an equal number
of the Allies.
Along the Lorraine frontier, extend
ing over into France, another great
German army, under the personal COM
mand of the Crown Prince, is hammer
ing at the French.
Finally, a third great battle is under
way in Alsace, where another German
army is endeavoring to wrest Muel-
hansen from the French.
Reports are received of a score of
smaller fights linking to the three
great great battles into one continu-
vi struggle along the 300 miles of
frontier
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
100000 Men,
Britain Prepares for
Three Years War
Lord Kitchener in First Speech az
Minister of War Asserts Reinforce
sments VIII Flow Until Army Meets
sExtreme Needs of Nation.

LondoE.-Lord Kitchener in the
House of Lords in his first speech as
Minister of War, drew an impressive
and SOLDERING picture Of what the
present conflict has in future for the
British Empire.
Asserting the Government is now
calling into being a field army which
in six months may rise to 600, 900
men, the Field Marshal warned his
hearers the struggle may last three
years or more and will strain to the
utmost the of the empire.
Lord Kitchener said:
"Over seventy battalions have,
with fine courage, already volunteered
for service abroad. When they are
trained and organized in larger for
nations they will be able to take
their places in the line.
The hundred thousand men asked
for in the first place have already
been virtually secured.
Entire Male Population With CoIors.
The empire with which we are
at war has called to the colors al
most It's entire male population. The
principle we, on u part, shall OBJ
serve is this: That while the max
imum force undergoes constant
diminution, the r-einforcements we
prepare will steadily and increasing
ly flow out until we have an army in
the field which in numbers will not
be less in quality and OF be un-
worthy of the power and responsible
tyof the British Empire
Il cannot at this stage say what
will be the limits of the force re-
CURED, or what measures may event
ually become necessary to supply and
maintain 1t.
THE scale Of the field army which
We are now calling into being is
large and may rise in the course OF
the next six or seven months to a
Total Of thirty divisions (about $780,
600 mem, to be continually main
tanned in the field.
But If the wal should be protract-
ed, and if it's fortunes should be var
led or adverse, exertions and sacri-
fees beyond any which have been
demanded will be required from the
whole nation and empire. And where
they are required we are sure they
will not be denied to the extreme
needs Of the state by Parliament o.
the people"
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
French War Office Announces 1t Has
Withdrawn All Troops from Alsace
as matter Of Hard Necessity to
Meet Onslaught Of Kaiser's
Legions Now in France
DEVELOPMENTS q THE WAR

Austria formally declared war upon Japan.
Lord Kitchener, making his first speech as Minister of War In the
House of Lords predicted a longdrawnout European conflict.
remain in office until the end of the war unless It lasted more than
three years. After three years, If the war continued, he said new
leaders would have to be chosen and a . army recruited to take
the place of the forSss now in action.
A Japanese aZy is being landed near TsingTau, the port Of
KIaoChow, and TIE Japanese and British fleets IRE cooperating In
Smelling the city.
Russian troops, following up their advantage in GaHcIa, captured
several passes south of Tarnopol, on the Sereth River. Tornopoi is
eighty miles to the east of Lemberg. A division Of Austrian cavalry
SLAMS captured two batteries of artillery and 200 prisoners.
The Notifications of Cataro, the Austrian seaport in DaInaNa, on
the Adriauc, have been destroyed, and the Austrian commander Is
pareyng for terms of surrender. The bombardment was conducted
by fleet Of the Allies.
A dispatch from Courtrai says that Kaiser WnheIm's nephew
Count Won SchWerin, has been taken prisoner. He ws in command
of a detachment of Uhlans who reached Harebeke. French chasseurs,
being informed of the present of the Germans, arrived o n the scene
and killed one, wounded five, and made prisoners of the others.
to impose a war contribution of $4ooooooo upon the city.
Austrian troops in great numbers ire being concentrated at Leo
poldische, near Basel 1t is declared that fortyeight trains were re-
quired to convey troops. q
Vienna reports that the Austrian Government has issued a final
call to arms for all abIe-bodied men from the ages of twenty to forty
two years.
official adMces from St. Petersburg report that 100000 Russians
are now upon German territory.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28

London.-For the first time since
the wal began word came from vari-
GUS sources telling what the immense
Russian army is doing.
An official statement given out at
ST. Petersburg asserted that Russia
has now 100000 troops in Germany.
Dispatches Indicate that the Rus
slams are already deeper into Ger
man territory than the Germans
are into French territory.
The Central News correspondent
in Rome sends an official despatch
from st. Petersburg asserting that a
Russian army, composed of twenty
army corps, will carry out the inva-
sion Of Prussia, under the direction
Of Grand Duke Nicholas.
The Germans are reported to have
less than five army CORP to meet the
invaders. The German army corps
consists Of 10000 men and the Rus
sian about the same. This would
mean 100000 Russians against 100000
Germans.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
WHOLE GERMAN ARMY
MAY MARCH ON PARIS
~conce1tric Advance of Entire Force
Is Predicted in Berlin Wireless That
Says French Under Joffre Are "No
More Capable of Action.


Washington. = A c%oncentric ad-
vance of all the German armies
toward Paris is probable, the Semois
River, Longwy and the greater part
Of the Belgian-French frontier being
In German hands, according to a wire
less dispatch to the German Embassy
from its Foreign Office, received via
Sayville, Long Island. 1t says:
"The German troops facing the
French troops defeated them in bat
tie from August II to date. Numer-
Gus ensigns, more than $50 guns and
10000 prisoners have been captured.
Luneville has been taken, and the
army of General Joffre, broken up, is
no more capable of action. The Ger
man Crown Princes army has chased
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
NAVAL CALL UPON CANADA.

Active and Retired officers Must BE
Ready to Proceed to England.
Ottawa.-The admiralty has issued
instructions, the Naval Department
stated, for all active service and re-
tired commanders, l~ieutenants and
warrant officers, other than those
holding appointments under the De-
partment of Naval Service of Canada,
to held themselves in readiness to
proceed to England at a moments
notice. Such officers are to report
their names, ranks and addresses.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
FATE OF FRANCE HANGS ON BATTLE RAGING
FROM MUBEUGE TO D0N0N, PARIS ADMITS;
GERMANS DRIVE ALLIES TO NEW DEFENSE

West of the Mouse the English
army OF our left was attacked by the
Germans, but behaved admirably, hold
ing Its ground with traditional stead
f~astness.
"The French assumed the offensive
with two army corps. An African bri-
gade In the front line, carried away by
their eagerncss, were received by a
murderous fire. They did not give
an inch, but, couater-attacked by the
Prussian Guard, they were obliged to
retire, only, however, after inficting
enormous losses. The Prussian Guard
especially suffered heavily.
East Of the Mouse our troops adj
vanced across IN extremely difficult
country and made a vigorous attack
when they emerged from the woods,
but were obliged to fall back after the
stiff fight south of the river Semois.
Promise New French Offensive Soon.
"On order of Gen. Joffre, our troops
and the British troops withdrew to
the covering positions. Our troops are
intact; our cavalry has in no may suf-
Tered and our artillery has affirmed it's
superiority. Our officers and soldiers
are in the best of condition, morally
and physically.
CAS- q result of the orders which
have been issued, the aspect of the
struggle will change for a few days.
The French army will remain for a
time OF the defensive, but at the right
moment, to be decided upon by the
commander in chief, it will resume a
vigorous offensive.
Our losses are heavy; it would
be premature to enumerate them. 1t
would be equally SO to enumerate
those of the Germans, who suffered
SO heavily that they were obliged to
abandon their co-unter-attacks and es-
tablish themselves in fresh positions
in Lorraine.
wye delivered four attacks from
our positions north of Nancy, infict-
ing very heavy loss on the enemy.
Defenses Intact and Enemy Weakened
In regard to the general situation
we have the full use Of our railroads
and retain command of the seas.
Our operations have enabled the
Russians to come into action and
penetrate the heart of East Prussia.
1t Is to be regretted that the offensive
operations planned failed to achieve
their purpose as a result Of difficult
ties impossible to foresee. 1t would
have shortened the war, but our de-
lenses remain intact in the presence
of an already weakened enemy.
Every Frenchman will deplore the
temporary abandonment OF portions
of Alsace and Lorraine which we had
occupied, and certain parts Of the
national territory will suffer from
events of which they will be the
theatre.
THE ordeal is inevitable, but tenn
porary.
Thus detachments of German
cavalry belonging to an unattached
division operating on the extreme
right have penetrated to Roubaix
(six miles north of Lille) and the
Tourcoing district, which are defend
ed only by territorial r%eservists.
Our valiant people will know how
to find courage to support this trial,
with unfAiling faith in final success,
which 10 not to be doubted. In tell
ing to Che country the whole truth,
the Government and military authori-
ties give it the strongest proof of
their absolute confidence in victory,
which depends only on our persever-
apce and ~tenacity."
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
NAIVE APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT.

Calls Upon r. r. to Be Rough Rider
With French Army.
Partisan appeal to Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt to come to France and
join the army has been addressed to
the Colonel by Donald Harper, an
American lawyer.
Come with your courageous regi-
ment," Harper cabled. land fight in
this great war. Come, Colonel, with
your flag and the sword of Lafayette,
Rochambeau and Garibaldi and your
glory will he eternal"
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
REcHRlsTEN FRENCH AVENUES.

A Bias German Names for All Paris
Streets.
London.-The council of ministers
at the French capital has approved
the proposal to rename the Rue
d'Allemagne as the Rue de Jean
Jaures, and the Rue de Berlin as the
Rue de Liege.
The French minister Of finance has
announced that in order to expedite
business the Bank of France will dis
count commercial bills as extensively
as nossihIe.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
FASHION HAS CEASED IN LONDON
People Awakened to Realities-Ex-
pensive Food Now Cheap.


London.-This city has almost at
a blow lost her whole trade. No one
wants to buy furniture, Fragonard
paintings, Chinese vases or Paquin
gowns or to ~redecorate his house.
Fashion has for the time ceased to
exist, for even the most frivolous
nan or woman has touched something
serious at last. All foreign invest
ments have ceased to mean dividends.
People are finding out what they can
do without.
One quite unexpected result Of the
public's economies and trade exigen-
cies in this strange time is that
people Of modest purses are dining
on salmon and English peaches. The
more expensive foods are now cheap
er than the commoner sort.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
PARIS ANNOUNCES FRENCH AND
ENGLISH HAVE RETIRED ON
COVERING POSITIONS.

Paris.-The French War Office is
sued this announcement:
'The French and English, the plan
Of attack having failed owing to un-
foreseen difficulties, have retired on
the covering positions.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
] GERMANY ORDERS
BOYS IN TRAINING

Retired Army Officers WIN In
struct Lads Between Ages
of 16 and 10.
LoNDON.-The official news
bureaus says;
1.-THE German papers Of Au-
gust 70 and "a publish orders
that boys of from sixteen to
nineteen years Of age shall be
put through a course Of musket-
ry and military training. Retired
officers are to be engaged as In
structors."
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
AusTRIANs ON ITALYs BORDER.
Despatch Says 1000 Men Are Con-
structing Entertainment.

Rome.-A message received from
Trent states that Austria, which has
hitherto modified it's troops with
prudence, is now openly mobilizing
at the Italian frontier. All trades
men are obliged to declare their stock
taken by the military authorities. A
thousand workmen are engaged in
constructing entertainments. Famil-
les of Austrian officers at Riva are
1~evinR.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
MoUNTAlNEERs REINFORCE.
Monteneqrins Now Make a Serb
C0rne

Corps.
Misunderstanding to the Milan
correspondent of the Chronicle the
maiu body of the Montenegro troops
has been incorporated as an army
corps in the Servian army. They
have entered Herzegovina.
The Albanian insurgents are NOV
ing forward rapidly. They occupy
Fiera, and are now marching south
on Avlona on the Gulf Of Avlona, in
the Adriatic.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
kAIsER's SONS IN LIEGE.
Princes Eitel and August Reported
at Head of Troops.

London.-Hugh Martin, the Rotter-
dam correspondent of the Daily News
and Leader, t~elegraphs that he has
learned direct from Liege that Prince
Eitel Friedrich, the Kaiser's son, has
taken up his residence in a wing of
the Palais de Justice and has been
gazetted commander Of the First
Regiment of Foot Guards. His broth
'er, Prince August Wilhelm, is there
c1sn
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-08-28
WOMAN AERIAL SPY.

French Arrest Girl Disguised as
Airman.
Dijon, France.-French gendarmes
stopped a young girl who, disguised
as a man, had left with a group OF
Pau aviators for the a She was
wearing a military ayiator's uniform
and had cut her hair short.
1t was found that she was an Eng
fish girl, t~wenty-six years old. She
will be sent back to her parents
by the military authorities by a spe-
cial boat.