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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-07-16
LEAD HILL.

Singing al the Lead Hin church
every Wednesday night. Everybody
come and help us.
Oh! but didn't We have a nice
rain Saturday. 1t made the
corn and gardens smile.
Wheat thrcshing for the mas
culine, cooking for the feminine,
is the daily program here.
Rev, a. Ross breaches at Lead
Hill every third Sunday and Rev.
Spain every fourth Sunday.
Misses Lula Carter and Jewel
Hoover called on Mrs. Nancy
Order one afternoon last week.
What has become of Honey
Kid: Did he have to herd the
chickens for his wife and lose
out:
ArastuS said he knew who
Liza Jane is, but | talked to him
in town Saturday and he didn't
know me.
don't know any of the writ.
ers and they don't know me. but
| guess meet some of them in
town every Saturday.
Mrs. Scott said she thought
Lille Herod had changed roads,
as She hasn't seen her going to
Mr., Goss for quite a while.
Mr.. Matney said he was I'M
easy about Mr.. SCOTS corn, for
the showers and the work are
sure to ruin all the COW nubbins.
Bob Morris said he wished it
was leap year so the girls would
come to see him. He has so
many he cant go to see all of
them.
Misses Marjorie and Susie
Wilson, EStle Matney, Clara
Goss, Emma Kiser and Sadie
Goss, and Will Crider. all called
at Mrs. Tom Goss' Sunday after.
noon.
Mrs. Hensley said she would
not care if wheat threshing last
ed the year around if she could
swing around the circle with the
others and get something good
to eat.
Mr.. Salisbury says he wishes
Mr.. Scott would go back to Ken.
lucky for he has ruined the
morals of this country by work
ing all the time. ar example that
has caused everybody else to
60 TO work.
Liza Jane wishes there was
wheat t~hreshing every day at
such places as Mr.. Crider's and
Mr.. Matney's where the tables
groaned before the meal with
their weight of good things to
eat and he groaned from the
SAINT causes afterward.
LIZA JANE.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-07-16
HAPPY HOME GLEANINGS
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspontence.)
That was indeed a fine rain.
Little Roy Moody is much bet
ter.
Mr.. Peabody is reported to be
improving,
Grandma Short is having
rheumatism.
Rob. Freeman went to Macomb
Sunday afternoon.
Eli Beavers took dinner at
Mrs Hale's Sunday.
Mrs. Starne called on Mrs. Il.
j. Freeman Monday afternoon.
The singing at Prairie Hollow
last Sunday was well attended.
r. j. Freeman spent Satur.
day night with relatives in Mans
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gideon
spent Sunday at Wayne Letsin.
gers.
Miss Lucy Shipaugh spent
~
Friday night with Miss Esther
Starne.
Miss Maggie Moody called on
Miss Esther Starne Thursday
afternoon.
Frank HensIey hus been help
ing his brother-in.law, Elmer
Shinpaugh.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-07-16
GASCONADE AND PLEASANT
VALLEY
Especial Correspondence

Especial correspondence
Tina was absent last week.
M. A. Gaskill and wife visited
at John Newton's Sunday,
Miss Clara Newton, of Ava, is
visiting at home this week.
Uncle Hugh Gaskill has been
in very poor health for the past
two weeks.
| suppose everybody is busy
picking and canning blackber-
ries this week.
Miss Amy Newton was a guest
of Misses Florence and Grace
Barton Sunday.
Miss Jessie Brasher is. stay
ing with her sister, Mrs. Ernest
Coday, this week.
May your harvests turn out
better than you think they will,
is our heartfelt wish.
Thomas Rosevear, wife and
daughter, Lavina, We're in
Springfield one day this week.
Gibbs, | see you we're absent
last week. Don't run away for
Tina enjoys reading your items
very much.
Mrs. Devease Klllion and
children,o Oronogo, are visiting
at her sisters, Mrs. Will Bra.
zeal, this week.
Quite a number of young folks
attended the Sunday school con.
vention at Mt. Dale Sunday and
all reported a good time.
Several of the young folks of
Gasconade attended the music
party at Mr.. Mink's Friday
night in honor of Gertrude and
Howard Mink.
TINA.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-07-16
MACOMB MENTIONINGS.


d. d. Norcross' baby is on the
sick list.
Mrs. :. Ii. RobcrtSon's mother
spent Sunday with her.
Mrs, Harve Graves spent
Tuesday at Nath Graves.
Grin Nndley's wcre visitors at
5. ii. Rpbertson's Saturday.
Roby Dennis, of Mansfield. is
Il guest Of his sister, Mrs. John
Garner.
Mrs. Melvina Dunlap spent
Tuesday with her sister, Mrs.
Jesse Baker.
Lum Freeman. of Olathe, is
visiting his daughter. Mrs.
Jessie Baker.
Mae and Maude Nelson and
Nergie Dake spent Sunday at
Ed. Williams.
Several young people spent
Sunday with Misses Bertha and
Maria Williams.
Now, Miss Liza Jane, the first
girl | meet dressed in overalls |
will know it is you.
John Short and wife, of Prai-
RE Hollow, visited relatives here
a few days this week.
Fred Short and Miss Virgie
Baker spent Sunday at John
Shorts on Prairie Hollow.
Arthur and Edgar Freeman
left Sunday for Ozark for a few
days visit with their sister, Mrs.
Novels.
I,s, Miss Daisy. Sunshine
celebrated in Mansfield on the
Fourth, but | can't imagine who
you are.
Yes Pdnsy, | was at Ashley
the 4th Sunday, as were several
others of the reporters. | also
saw you.
Will NorcroSS and family, of
Mansfield. were guests of Mrs.
Norcross' si5ter, Mrs. jesse
Baker, Tuesday.
Prayer meeting at the Macomb
Baptist church every Saturday
night: singing every Sunday
night. Everybody invited.
Preaching at the Macomb Meth
odist Episcopal church the second
and fourth Sundays each month.
Sunday school every Sunday.
Brad Findley and wife ard
Boss Findiey and wife spent
spent Sunday with the lntter's
daughter. Mrs. George Novels.
Mesdames John Robertson
and Perry Dake aud Misses
Ethel Robertson and Nellie Dake
called en- Mrs. Avery Freeman
Sunday afternoon.
Preaching at the baptist church
every first Saturday at II a. m.
and at I p. m. and Sunday II a.
IN. by Rev. G. Caldwell, pastor.
Everybody invited.
Everybody come TO the All
Day singing at tho Macomb BaG-
fist church Sunday, July ~.
Bring well ii led baskets. Din-,
ner on the ground. Singing
every Sunday night. :.
MrSdamcS ]. d REYNOLDS and
Coday and Miss Maude
Reynolds, of Mansfield, came
Sunday and spent the Gay
Mt W. II Brakes. Little Mar
garet Brake, who had spent the
past week at j. d. Reynolds,
came home with them.
SUNSHINE.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-07-16

The trial of Thomas Keeling.
on u charge of giving liquor to a
minor, set for Monday before
Justice j. d. Avery, has been
postponed until tomorrow.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-07-16
SPRING CENTER
Especial Correspondence

Hello!
Everybody threshing wheat.
Oh, my! but aren't these warm
days.
Ed. Churchill nearly cut a
finger off last week.
Piayermeeting at Flint Point
every Wednesday night.
Esband Bailey attended church
at Mountain Side Sunday.
Ova Baker attended the bap.
tizing at Mountain Side Sunday.
p. d. Moore's visited with
their son., Oscar. Sunday even
in.
Delbert Werth and wife have
moved TO the John McCrite
place.
Mrs. Oscar Moore and son,
Harold, were both sick the past
week.
Charley Baker visited with his
uncle, G. w. Baker, at Ava last
week.
Miss Lille Herod visited with
Mrs. John McCrite Thursday
evening.
Columbus Wallace spent Tues
day with his sister, Mrs. John
McCrite.
Mrs. Ann Lovall visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Baker,
Tuesday.
John McCrite is home from
Mountain Grove for the wheat
threshing.
Misses Ella and Thelma Wal.
lace visited with Mrs. John Nc
last week.
Esband Bailey's baby who
took sick Sunday evening, is re.
ported no better.
John Pope and wife and Mr..
and Mrs. Cassidy visited with
Oscar Moore's Sunday.
Jack Selvidge and family have
moved to Lead Hill, where they
will reside for a few weeks.
Sid McCrite and family visited
With Marvel Ballew's, at Olathe,
Saturday night and Sunday.
Miss Ella Wallace and Mrs.
'ulia Lewis have gone to Ten
lessee on a two months visit.
Little Sylvia Johnson, of Ava,
up for a weeks visit with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hosea Herod, who has been
with his uncle on Gas.
was home Saturday
light for q short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hunsa.
er visited with Mrs. H~unsaker's
arents at Norwood Saturday
ight and Sunday
The baptizing at Mountain
ide Sunday was well attended.
hose baptized were Mr.. and
rs. Bailey and Mrs. Ellen
die.
ROSE BUD.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-07-16

The Ozark Holiness Associa.
ton will hold their annual camp.
meeting Sept. 1 to IL at Mt. Zion,
s miles south of Mansfield.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-07-16

Jake Hoover, the livcryman,
has added a new Ford car to his
equipment. He now has two
automobiles.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-07-16
ON ROUTE NO. Q
Special Correspondence

L. II Beach Is Stlll working at
the farm.
Miss Fern Baker has the
whooping cough.
Clarence Smalley visited at his
fathers last week.
Paul William spent Sunday at
George Brewers.
John Hitchcock is back in our
neighborhotd again.
Cecil Marshal attended Il party
in town Friday night.
W. o. Williams baby is sick.
1t is troubled with boilS.
Dinah, keep on writing. We
all miss you when you stop.
Miss Alva Turner visited her
aunt, Mrs. Amos Roy, Friday.
Amos Roy and John Dennis
are buying up stock this week.
Mrs, Harrison Jackson visited
Mrs. Sarah Rippee first of the
week.
Celia and Alva Letsinger were
at their Grandma Edwards Sat.
arday.
Mrs. Robert Morris accom-.
panied her brother to tnwn Sat:
urday.
The colony men are through
t%hrcShinS and took their ma.
chine home.
We notice Lewis Lotznnhizer
goes with his papa to town again
on Saturday,.
jim l. tsinger and wife called
on MIR. Peabody and wife one
day last week.
Frank Barlow says he is work.
ing to get rich. | hope he gets
there, don't you.
Quite a crowd of the Olathe
boys went to the ball game at
Mansfield Sunday.
Mrs. Elmer Ungles and daugh,
ter, Dorothy. made a few DAVIS
visit at VIM. Ungles.
Clarence SmalIey's baby is
sick. They took it to town Fri.
day to get medicine.
Misses Lois Beach and Hazel
hurney spent Sunday and night
with Rose Williams.
j. w. Edwards and wife and
Sam Letsinger's visited Harley
Stout and wife Sunday.
If | We're in Evans Frye's
| would make times lively
for some of you writer's.
What a fine rain we had last
week. I'm afraid we'll have to
get the hoe and get busy.
Clarence Brewer attended the
show at town Saturday night
and visited his brother James.
Garland Ungles bought u little
pig Friday. ] guess he means
TO start into the stock business.
Sukey used to have a beau"
Ace" though | suppose
ne is no relation OF our new
writer.
Redwing, I'm sorry | mis-
judged you so, if you were just
'esting. Sometimes I'm not
cry sociable myself.
Well, cousin Willie, how are
'ou getting along housekeeping
incc your mother is gone? |
your letter o. X.
Scph Letsinger and family
we're in town Saturday and
allied on her mother, Mrs. -
nd on account of the rain they
pent the night there.
| wish | could think who |
talking to last Saturday, 4th.
bout 5 o'clock. I'll bet if if
AS Dinah he chuckled in his
|eeve to think | didn't know
now him, ;
lssitt, [ believe you are in love '
18th Esther Starne. If | had
)mebody to write about me |
ke that my joy would be com
No, | was not particular.
tired Saturday night. Who '
d you think / was: s
Nearly all of G.. w. Brentlin-
,r's children are at home now: j
rs. II. M. Baker and daughter, Il
arn, Harrison Jackson and
FL Mn r,.c;1r o,l ..:r.
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Market Report

Eggs...... ~ Butter.....1Or
Butter Fat. 21f Old Hens. 1Oc
Greenflidesl0f Ducks..... ~
F'atTurkeys ~ Geese -. ~
Springs -191l-1N lbs. up. 13f
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Especial Correspondence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

one that the woman had
was in the tray with the
others. The man, who looked like
gentleman, was interested In it. He
picked il up from the tray and ex-
amned ii closely. He had held it up to
the light and slipped it on and off his
little finger. Then he looked at some
other stock, but when the jeweller pre-
pared to replace the tray in the show
case the two-stone ring, which was the
costliest Of the lot, had disappeared.
1.-The man seemed greatly cut up.
It's very annoying he said. L sup
pose you take me for a thief. and l
don't see why you shouldn't, for you
don't know me, and it's natural for a
stranger to be suspected. You'd better
search me now, and you can arrest me
Il you want to. But ia give a good
deal of money if this hadn't happened
"They searched him, but found moth
ing, and he departed with protesta-
lions. The ring could not he found.
ION the next day the woman drove
up in her barouche and asked for it,
She said her husband had agreed to
pay the price, and she waved a big
wad Of greenbacks. The jeweller told
her that the ring was not on hand, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

she walked up and down beside the
counter for ten minutes, lecturing him
because he hadn't kept his word. When
she left he remembered that she
had passed her hand beneath the
counter. and he took a squint beneath
il. In the place where her lily fingers
had brushed lightly against the ma
hogany he found a lump OF chewing
gum. In il was an exact impression Of
the ring"
I'VE seldom have trouble with
women, because we don't trust 'em at
ALL" said another and portly Jeweller
of many years standing. IF you want
to find out something more about lady
crooks l suggest Police Headquarters"
Thither the reporter went, where he
was allowed to consult the records and
was given some interesting data by In
spector Faurot in charge Of the de-
tective division. Inspector Faurot has
the same ,outwardly genial look that
is common TO the successful detective,
but the twinkle in his eye betokened
shrewdness as well as good nature.
We've had a good many of them in
here" he said with a smile. But not
so many jewel thieves Of recent years
as formerly. Women, l mean. They
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
CAPE COD CANAL NEW, YET OLD

committee, 600 vessels passed around
Cape Cod, and go vessels were piloted
from Martha's Vineyard across Nan
tucket Shoals. at an average cost of SD
each. These were pecuniary arguments
for the construction of the canal. The
General Court resolved that it would
grant a charter for the construction of
the canal by private enterprise, but no
satisfactory application was made, and
the matter was again dropped. The
War of 1912 accomplished the need
of the canal, as our Spanish War did
the need of one at Panama, and few
years later. in 1924, Congress took the
matter up and had the route surveyed.
There is reason TO believe that the
canal would have been constructed a
few years thereafter had ii not been
for the election Of "Old Hickory" Jack
son in 1898. and tho change which then
occurred In the attitude of the national
government toward internal improve
ments.
lie ltAl -llONt was ny
thaniel p. Banks when he was Gov
ernor Of Massachusetts, in 1860. He
urged the matter upon the General
Court, and committee was appointed,
which made a most interesting report
and strongly commended the enterprise
TO the patronage OF the national gov
eminent. But, as in 1776, the war was
in the way.
In 1870 a charter was granted to a
company. but it was permitted 10 lapse.
In 1880 Henry NJ. Whitney and others
got another charter and did some work.
and then abandoned it. In 1883 an
other company was formed, got a char
ter, excavated million cubic yards,
and then failed. In 1891 a charter was
granted to another company. and 1t.
too. lapsed.
At last In 1904 August Belmont and
some of his friends became interested
in the scheme. and on June 30. 1909,
work was officially begun by Mr. Bel
mont in person at Bournedale. Will
lam Barclay Parsons was the chief en-
gineer.
Ii is a sea-level canal, about twelve
miles long, and 1t will be ultimately 800
feet wide at the surface, 100 feet wide
at the bottom and thirty feet deep.
When II is opened a few weeks hence
il will be only about half that depth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

in places. But it is easier, quicker and
cheaper to dredge out mud than to dig
out earth, and the deepening will pro-
coed rapidly when once the canal is
flooded. There is no rock, nor any
thing but sand and gravel, boulders
and some beds Of clay.
The route followed by the canal is
along the valley of the Monument
River from Buzzards Bay eastward to
the watershed and thence down the
valley Of the Scussett River to Cape
Cod Bay. There is nowhere any con-
siderable elevation above tldewater,
and it is observed that if there never
has been a natural waterway across
the isthmus at that point, nature must
have intended that there should be
one. The crest of the ridge is only
twenty nine feet above mean tide level.
AS at Panama, there is a difference
in the height of the tides at the two
sides of the isthmus, although, of
course, the mean level is exactly the
III iphLEdl u . Day AiltA rise ana
fall only five feet or trihe less, while
in Cape Cod or Barnstable Bay they
rise and fall more than nine feet. Ii
was on this account that former pro-
jectors thought that locks would be
necessary. None will be used. however.
The difference In the tides will simply
cause a moderate current to flow
through the canal. securing the chan
mel and keeping the water fresh.
The saving Of distance between New
York and Boston by way Of the canal
will be great. 1t will be nearly seventy
miles over the Vineyard Sound route
and about twice that distance over the
full outside route. The avoidance Of
danger will be Of still greater value. as
the waters around Cape Cod are no.
toriously unsafe.
The total tonnage Of vessels now
rounding Cape Cod every year is fully
2J.OOU,OOO, and for the vast majority
of II the canal will be available. The
number Of passengers carried each wear
is fully 100000. The saving in marine
insurance is also expected To be con-
siderable. The canal will be the first
stretch. at the Northeast, in the no.
tential series Of inland coast water
ways extending unbroken from Boston
TO Savannah, and perhaps to the Gulf
Of Mexico.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

TF the Panama Canal is a realiza-
ton OF the dream Of Columbus
ard Cortez, the Cape Cod Canal,
which Is now practically completed,
fulfils a plan in which George Wash
ington and John Hancock were inter-
ested. Indeed, the enterprise was VEN
cradle even in their time.
As early as 1857 the project Of con-
Meeting Barnstable Bay with Buzzard's
Bay was practically considered. That
was only six years after the union OF
the two colonies OF Plymouth and
Massachusetts Bay. The General Court
that year adopted a resolution setting
forth that il was thought TO be very
necessary for the preservation Of men
and estates and very profitable and
usefu! TO the public" that such water
way should be constructed. and ap-
pointing John Otis. Of Barnstable, and
William Basset and Thomas Smith, OF
Sandwich, a canal commission to SUI
vey the route and estimate the cost.
These men do not seem TO have report
ed upon the project, and the matter
was then dropped for time. But in
1886 ii was revived as something which
had been talked of this forty years.
The General Court of Massachusetts
again took the matter up in 1916 and
Amounted a commission. which en-
gagged Thomas Mschin. a government
engineer. TO begin work, but Washing
ton had need OF him to construct forth
fications at New York and ordered him
away for that purpose. But on June
10. 1776. Washington wrote to James
Bowdoin a letter expressing his inter-
est IN the canal and his regret at hay
ing TO disturb the work by calling
Machin away. He added that he hoped
General Ward had been applied TO for
expert advice in relation TO the canal
The General Court then made appeal
to the Continental Congress for aid for
the venture, but the greater needs OF
the war compelled the abandonment OF
the canal for that time.
1t was revived again in 1901. with
John Hancock at the head OF the COM
mittee in charge. Surveys and esti-
mates were made for canal four rods
wide and fifteen feet deep. with three
sets OF double locks. IL was reckoned
that the total cost would be about
s3JO,OO0. In the year 1890. said the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

favorite method was to request drink
and then to jostle the stranger, who
usually found that his encounter had
cost him all OF his valuables.
Leaving New York in hurry. she
took up with Eddie Guerin and kept
the police Of European capitals busy
for many months. The pair were
finally arrested in Paris for robbing
the office Of the American Express
Company Of $4,000 in cash. May got
a four year term and Guerin went to
Devils Island, from which he escaped
IN sensational manner. After her
release Chicago May is said TO have
bribed his guards to bury dummy
body and give out that he died in
prison. The manner in which she ac-
cCmplished the feat is doubtful. At all
events Guerin made his escape and the
pair had a meeting in London, where
Chicago May learned that another
woman had attracted her former pal.
In a meeting between Chicago May,
Guerin and a man named Miller, alias
Smith, Guerin received a bullet that
nearly cost him his life. For this crime
Chicago May got fifteen years In prison,
which she is still serving. Her COM
panion in the crime was sentenced to
life Imprisonment.
Another lady crook who is at present
"out" Is Nellie O'Brien, pickpocket, who
at one time bore the reputation of being
the most famous female thief in the
whole country. She is said TO have
come originally from Chicago and was
first arrested in this city in 1894. Her
photograph in the old Rogues' Gallery
was No. 22S7. According to Inspector
Mclaughlin. as well as to Inspector
Faurot, she used to be 1.-THE best fe-
male dip in the business"
Little Nellie who has several
aliases, among them being that of
Sophie Croll, first did ten-year term
in Joliet, after which she was run In
by Inspector McClusky when he was
a detective sergeant In 1897 she was
sentenced once more to Joliet, and after
doing her time there was arrested again
by Detective Sergeant Becker. In all
she has been arrested in most Of the
big cities in this country, as we'll as in
Paris Her husband was arrested many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

on board
The great liner. with its paintings
sculptures and decorations. has been de-
scribed as floating museum. The grand
dining salon. which seats 500 guests, Is
finished I'm white and gold, It's ceiling
being supported by Ionic columns. In
contrast to this, the Ritz Carlton restau-
rant is in mahogany and walnut. deco
rated with heavy garlands In bronze. The
smoking room is panelled in Elem h oak
IN low tones. while the main lounge. which
may be converted into ballroom. is deco
rated in warm red tones. The art treas
ures Include paintings by the old Italian
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
liner VaeraPa

The remarkable speed developed by the
steamship Vaterland on her trial trip OF
263 knots per hour proves her to be one
of the fastest steamers. as well as the
largest. in the world. The new Hamburg
American liner was scheduled 10 sail on
her maiden trip May IA. reaching New
York May q. The Vaterland measures go
feet in length and 100 feet in beam and has
tonnage Of $500, thus SURPRISING the
Imperator, which is now the second
largest vessel in the world
Luxurious hotel conditions may be en-