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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-03
Route Number Two.

eryOouy Reports q nue. Tune.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Edwards
and grandchildren, Celia and Al
va Lrtsineer, dined with Mr.and
Mrs Harley Stout Thanksgiving
Sukey is certainly very sorry
that she is always making mis-
takes and putting the wrong
things in the paper, but the item
about the broken bone was writ
ten inst as it was received over
the phone.
Albert Brentlinger and family
and G W., and Chas Rrentlinger,
sr.. spent Thursday at J.W. Bren'
fingers.
Jesse King is saving wood fol
George Grain this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Roy and
baby and Mrs. Paul Williams and
baby were dinner guests at l.
NJ. Roy's Thanksgiving.
All the boys went hunting
Thanksgiving and just had a love
ly time.
A crowd of the friends ana rel.
atives OF Bill Baker and wife,
surprised the family in a very
agreeable way Thanksgiving by
each bringing a basket of dinner
and dining with them at theil
home, more than forty people
were present.
Geo. Brewer called at Veri
Williams Thursday afternoon.
Grandma Dennis is visiting in
Hartville this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Williams
spent a pleasant day Sunday at
Amos Roy's.
Miss ZelIa ,Letsinger visited
Miss Ona Letsinger Saturday
night and Sunday.
Bro. Davis dined at Marion
Letsinger's Sunday and spent
Sunday night at r. W. Starne's
Mrs. Geo. Brewer got her new
teeth last week.
Ernest Wade visited Garland
Ungles Wednesday night and
Garland accompanied him home
and stayed until Sunday.
Mr.. Shelton and family OF
Mansfield ate Thanksgiving din
ner at VIM. Ungles.
George Grain and wife are the
parents of a new baby boy. Con.
gratulatiOns.
l consider myself very fortu.
nate indeed, for l live just exact.
ly half way between two good
meetings and attended both Sun.
day, Mansfield in the morning
and Prairie Hollow in the evening
Mrs. Peters dined with Mrs.
Kinda Brazeal and both called
on Mrs. C.L. Beach, with several
others to plan a Christmas pro
gram.
Albert and Geo. Brpntlinger
called on Verr Williams Sunday
afternoon. They report that he
is improving nicely.
Miss Alice Tombleson is visit,
ing friends in the country.
Sam Letsinger's and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harley Stout were dinner
guests of NV Edwards last Sun
day.
Paul Williams called on Verr
Williams Sunday afternoon and
later in the evening Mr.. Barlow
came over for a while.
SUKEY.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-03
Heart Disease Almost
Fatal to Young Girl

MY daughter. when thirteen years
old, was stricken with heart trouble.
She was 50 bad We had to place her
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-10
oscA4T! ~ 70, 9sY4
8sRee cBocflg
He Explains TO cassy This sudden Apathy Of the
People Concerning the QId-Worid War
sy TOM MAY.

SIvv tn BLOWN
w much
~
"Hows thatf" Casey
.
wasr sd afther ALL svsrythin
what
tn
McGraw Connie Mack
moo Yark Phiadsphia quit spean each other about th
first sv n 6Re
gun min bot a
WASH n lie q
calin
a he insoide tn
q q changed
whole brigade
couldn't wd
stains Braves
an
Petrog an or
fr
iker. q
have FIN q on
andin'
one wain' their Z buy uckeu sE
whoy tn England
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-10

looks loike
Office. 800 ~ ~
Min they Q quarter bssf
hangns
Money whoy Hiney Ford would think
listen tsth' talk a. thin.
pourin' tn tn tn positions
AIR tn.
goes out av tn county whin Baker hits a. fs
tn Boston second base ben trained
In tn braidin
oke ould maid thyn e tn
s'0f 49,
Maybe"
He's Q close mouthed a-ad IL that Connie.
TT instance whin asked him what he
tn
an that's Ne
'Begorra he 10 conservative" nodded
est that he whole Dethr him
harsin tn people r sein' tn
Me pitchers ne BE-
than their ~
Johnny gets fsstined In th sr ~ van
IN impoire: he an thin bet all tn
ION =
can = psrfscty
lovely" tonne .S3 T 80 49,
o ked
Boston IT,
Athletics
oks tn o. before tn Bull
TIL elephant 10 - MOLD Ferris,
But ots afraid Baker said that
looks - though lost that spspen
tn opposition pitcher recovers" fs ~ '7~'S,t
ne can hi them all. hsf" Casey
butcher fE7- -
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cured has its decided bearing In en-
couraging just that kind OF trial mar.
riages foredoomed 20 failure.
Desertion. too. IL another legitimate
ground for divorce. In which the
looseness OF terms harbors countless
fiimsy excuses. Dssertion comes In
handlly, for instance. when the hus-
band succumbs 10 the wiles Of the
pretty stenographer at about the time
the wife discovers her "soul mate" In
her professor OF music. They have
only to live apart by agreement to
accomplish desertion within the
meaning OF the law.
The plaintiff In these cases should
be put through the most rigid exam
nation 10 make certain that there IL
no collision. When possible always
hale the defendant into court az well.
This should be universally done. and
II an amicable understanding In dis
covered, the decree should be with
held.
hope the women Of the nation
will exert themselves TO incorporate
In the laws this crying need for re-
form by compelling both parties In q
divorce action TO appear In court.
The chances OF reconciliation are
thus greatly increased. and the per
Torrance Of parental duties TO chill
dren much more readily assured.
To say that divorce IL sanctioned
by some laws and consecrated by
some religions II merely to say that
duty IL powerless to sustain some
families and to govern some souls.
And to proclaim liberty OF divorce Ia
implicitly to proclaim duty as second
airy: TO make uncurbed sentiment the
prime essential or the family.
In effect. sentiment, sensibility and
emotion. laid down as q rule and su-
preme explanation Of marriage, are
advocated by all those who preach
unlimited facility OF divorce, insolent-
ly declaring that marriage II servi-
tude and duty tyranny. Such doc
trine makes marriage depend upon
chance or q passing within.
II would make all weddings trial
unions In q very sordid sense.
The need OF divorce IL. after all,
largely q selfish one. and to grant II
freely IL to OFFER open encouragement
to legitimatized adultery.
Continued Tomorrow.)
II
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-10
Woman and Divorce EuH

vestigation In hearing and deciding
divorce cases. That r. the most I'M
mediate check that can be exercised
by the state
The possibility Of painless divorce
without scandal or social ostracism
has already reached . point where
separation II secretly contemplated
1t the altar itself II every ideal shall
not be realized during the honey
moon. These mental reservations.
and often frank avowals, operate pow
erfully for failure, violating the basic
principle of monogAmic marriage
which contemplates that the two shall
become welded together for Life. de-
spite the differences that can nearly
always be remedied with q little pa
tience and forbearance.
Neither Of the dissatisfied partios
are apt to get any better life com
panions.
Painless divorce marks the passing
OF the period In which marriage was
regarded ~ heaven-made. Naturally
the result 10 many matings Of clay,
with the sacred character Of the
union tacitly repudiated.
Often one or both the parties de-
liberately conceal their evil nature,
without any intention 70 curb II after
the ceremony. Misery, Of course. viii
attend such unions.
And 80 the law must dissolve them.
Just - the law breaks . business
contract entered into through fraud
or Misrepresentation. The cure here
lies beyond and prior TO the divorce
courts, but nevertheless the facility
with which separations may be se-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-10
Let the People Rule
land Write
The Best Governor Michigan Has
Had In Recent Years.

The Best Governor Michigan Has
Had In Recent Years.
70 the Editor OF TIE Tfmes:
have noticed the Gov. Ferris car
toons in the Detroit Times. and de-
sire to say to you that regard such
presentations In The Times Of any
man--let alone the best governor that
Michigan has had In recent years
as contradiction Of all the claims
you have ever made regarding The
Times az clean and unprejudiced
Journal.
l have known. the governors Of this
state for some years back. and you
know j have never been accused OF
being q Democratic partisan, yet !
firmly believe that never before has
such sound justice and discriminat-
Ing Judgment. coupled with real com
mon sense and desire for fair play.
been 90 much Q characteristic OF the
governorShip of this state.
Whatever may be said in favor Of
the candidates Of your choice. II Ger
tainly will not appear consistent for
q paper whose pretensions have been
those OF The Detroit Times to 90
maliciously libel the candidate whose
clean record appeals to people Of al
Very truly yours,
HENRY M. LELAND.
Detroit, Oct. 3. 1914.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-10
From another Point of NielD

'Przemysl reported taken" says q
dispatch. II sounds ns though Il ought
TO do them some good. II It's q medi-
cine, but II ITS dissSss II must be
terrible.
II Antwerp has at last fallen, we
would term It fall Of about IL con-
dicting stories.
II IT'S the championship Jess WI
lard Il after. Il looks a. II Judge Pie
Ian, rather than Jack Johnson, n the
man he win have 90 Lick
We resent your inquiry. Phyllis.
You ought to know that none Of the
prize ring rules permits OF the use Of
an umbrella.
SO far az the present series II con-
cerned. Chief Bender has the appear
ance Of being good Isdian.
Connie Mack says he knows who
put the rude In Rudolph.
They haven't surrounded Gen. Won
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KInck yet suggesting. II would seem.
some waist measure.
How ionf WI 4 b before the war
Il n asked a . matter Of course.
Our opinion Il that It win keep going
Tnl he or she gets . divorce.
Just what would the allies give. we
wonder. for Jimmy Duck In this emer.
gency.
Old Detroiters win recall that jim
my surrounded 10 men and captured
them all
There II one thing certain about .
worlds series game. and that II the
fact that II the special writer's all get
IN there's bound to be Q crowd.
One OF the turnstilss In Philadelphia
registered one admission Shy. That's
probably the one Connie Mack went
In through.
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dency will 60 ON
until practically
Ill mating II vir
tually Of the trial
variety unless this
almost painless
separa tfon by
courts II stopped.
Perhaps tn .
most discouraging
element of the
evil we Of the
courts have to
deal with y the
Increase Of ami
cable agreements
among welded and
dissa tisfled couples
to separate. They
are making the
state q party TO .
portentious crime
against the insti-
tuition Of marriage.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-10
MI YOU HELP THIS SHIP OF Joy
TO SAIL TO WARS STRICKEN ONES!

n e. 4
How then children here il story you:
dark when supper time for Fall here and the sun
~ . rest early
Rssps you are reading this while mother cooking supper and
~ \ spahing about In the hath
lights and everything and and after supper
daddy going to take to movie show or for walk along
<o1sstshewn street
During the day At school you many things and
geography and teacher talked Of the dreadful
"a ut Il raging ACROSS the in Europe
~ you only the glory Of marching sodies and heard the
M q drum you boy You wished were there on
white horss with sword BY dde leading charge
you little girl perhaps dreamed OF the Florence
zgs tho battlefield in fanes giving aid
- 10 Who wounded By shot and she'll
1usthss another part Of the war that psraps you think
1at Il the part little children q Europe bearing
1hx dad aw1y the 'front.' WIN come home
Vim come without arm hmping rutches some win
4 NH ana others helpless caipples.
1T b sad enough for the children who remembered their
- = ~ and stzung a. your daddy il tonight
ts Srs foR already who cannot Kiss
sun1sd he buried in nch or d stH on
|1r0il
Wls YOU arc playing laughing tonight thousands and
Il little children sitting Of darksnsd homes sobngl
= 6ik Httls hearts because daddy il dead
n 1Ash mother, too, l. weeping and the home il sad.
+ lev shot vsels Chrmas and these little folks
= ruizg 70 fsos day without gift
s money with which buy toys for the countries are
~ bsaans II cost war; and the fathers who could money
"a
Anua going great bsteshp to Europe next month
gens laden with toys and gifts sent By the children hare
z1er little brothss and sisters there
n w - Detroit must help load this great ship
E VI nna help make thsn happy
W that shp sails Che and stripes 1t her stern
hgA her win float dag beautiful white flag with al
the center the Star Of Hope and the motto win Be lnas
His part Of the the Bible that nasmnch
- have done unto Of these my brethren Ye have
- Il unto mss
usy great newspapers in an parts Of the country helping the
Zkm st ready this shr
y he Times il doing II in Detroit
q Dent Jon want to helpi
Al you have do i to send to The Times contribution
10 matter how small viii be forwarded to New York and spent
y sifh 70 be borne to Europe the Christmas shp
And want do just for the days an
ling away fast toward the time Of the ships sailing
Come Let make sacrifice and instead Of just Ainngl
sh plea Let help bring sunshine into the daened homes
little children in Europe the fatherle great gief
j bmx
M indeed know that followers Of the Christ Who'll
~ little children and preached to them Of Love and Peace
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--'' ThfB compIaib-
ant breaking Of marital ties by com
mon consent II little II any better
than unfsttered mating. tending as
Il does to make marriage . mere epi-
sode and leading to wider scattera-
ton OF loose morals sanctined by
law.
x viii have to be combGtted with
greater oficial care and deeper In
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-10
chokino Him or.

George" said the wife to her gen.
orally unappreciative husband. how
do you like my new hatr'
We'll, my dear" said George, with
great candor. Ito tell you the truth.
Stop right there, George! II
you're going TO talk that way about
II don't want to know"
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nus.lsn soIdI.rs without Fear.

nsaeDlan soldiers Without Fear.
Many military experts have pro-
nd admiration for the Russian sol.
~ whose very lack Of imagination
III education makes him tenacious
~ feariess. devoid Of class ambitions
~ oensitiveness. The Slav mind.
~ though Il be 70 make plans and
&Imates, IL slow In interpreting them
- oction and movement so that the
wage Russian moujik may be sent
. certain death or led to victory with
on1 lack Of interest In the event In
lch he II but an inanimate pawn.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-10

James A. wakefield. Of Pittsburgh.
who arrived recently from Europe.
said that he add seven, other Amer
icsns, ambitious to see . battle, per-
suAded Q Captain Antord. Of the
French commissariat. TO take them
within three miles Of the rear OF the
engagement 1t Mons They paid the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-10

The Disgusted Golfer-Have you
ever seen such rotten play?
The Weary Caddie (who has cad
died three days for only his bare
wage)-No. sir. but I've read Of II
in the comic papers
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-10

Nevertheless. he IL q fine lighting ma
chine. and Is wellequipped. Properly
directed by skillful generals, the Rus
sian army 10 capable Of anything.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-24

Of Rice and LIE sueur, where reside
the hundreds of Industrious and
wealthy farmers. Of whose good Ameri.
can citizenship their Celtic names give
sure guarantee. When the first legis.
lature Of the newly-organized state Of
Minnesota convened in 1858, It chose
as its representatives in the senate Of
the United States. Henry NJ. Rice and
James Shields the continent-wide
fame Of the latter commencing him to
the electors in lieu Of more immediate
labors in Minnesota itself. As the re-
suit Of the drawing of lots between
the new senators, James Shields took
to himself the short term Of two years.
This expired, the majority in the state
legislature meanwhile having changed
its political coloring, he ceased his
service in Washington, and shortly aft
erwards sought new home in Cali.
fornia.
James Shields was the Irishman and
the American-the 1rishman by birth,
temper and education, the American by
loyalty and service-the 1rishman and
the American to a typical degree. His
The Irish standard., 1914-10-24

in the service of humanity and Of coun.
try his deeds Of noble and disinterested
patriotism and valor.
No unusual occurrence is 1t in Amer.
lea that a monument be built to pay
honor to James Shields. In the Hall
of Fame. beneath the dome Of the CAPT.
toll Of the nation In Washington, there
stands his figure. placed there by the
state Of Illinois, when It was summoned
to name to Americas admiring vision
two Of. its most distinguished sons. A
statue, also, has been erected to him
by the state Of Missouri in the public
square Of the city Of Carrollton. Min
nesota may well, without fear or peril
of blame, do as its sister.states, ILL.,
nois and Missouri, have done-extol
the fame of "the Jurist, the Statesman,
the Soldier" James shields-and do
so, with especial joyousness, inasmuch
as at one period Of his career he was
q citizen and a loyal servant Of our
commonwealth.
From 1855 to 1860 James Shields
claimed Minnesota as his home. While
The Irish standard., 1914-10-24
CATHOLIC CHURCH MOST LOYAL
New York Sun Takes Occasion to
Contrast Work of Protestant
and Catholis ministers.

'Is it any wonder that believing
Protestant ministers preach to empey
benches and that thounsands Of Pro-
testant churches have been closed in
this Christian land in the last few
years. as reported by the different
Protestant denominations? And is 1t
any wonder the Catholic Church has
been increasing so rapidly in Ameri-
ca, since that great church does not
stand on a shifting and uncertain
foundation?
"While yearly reports show many
Of the Protestant clergy going about
in the dark, feeling for some solid
Biblical foundation stone upon which
to build their religious belief. the old
Church stands firm. as 1t has done for
ages; it has never repudiated the
great foundation truths of the Chris
tian religion; the virgin birth and
resurrection Of Jesus Christ. We must
therefore admire this great religious
body (the Catholic Church) for be-
ing able to Withstand the fierce as
saults of agnosticism. infidelity and
so-called new thought, and to be to-
day a lasting defense Of the funda-
mental truths OF the Gospel Of Jesus
Christ"
The Irish standard., 1914-10-24

other uncle. a priest who had been q
professor in the College Of Maynooth,
a liberal education. At the age Of sew
enteen he emigrated from Ireland in
search of fortune in other lands. Ar.
rived in America, he first adopted a
sea.faring life. afterwards serving as q
soldier in the Seminole War, thence
pushing westward to Kaskaskia, at the
time the Territorial capital Of Illinois.
There he was the lawyer, and quickly
the ofilce-holder. He served four years
in the state legislature. was elected
state auditor, and in 1S43 succeeded
Stephen A. Douglas az Justice Of the
supreme court of Illinois. Two years
later he was named by President James
X. Polk, commissioner Of the Land Of
flee in Washington. This office he re.
signed to become brigadier-general Of
to be soon breveted major.
general, in the Mexican war. The war
over, he was sent by the state Of ILL.,
nois to the senate of the United States,
where he served the full term Of six
years. In 1855 he was in Minnesota,
the colonizer and its representative in
The Irish standard., 1914-10-24

The program given at the unveil-
ing of the Statue to General Shields
was held Tuesday afternoon after the
by Archbishop Ireland
made the following address, which is
reprinted in full. He spoke as fol-
lows:
To James Shields, the soldier, the
statesman, the jurist, honor is paid by
the citizenship of Minnesota. A mon
ument of him is enthroned In the hall
of the capitol of the state, there to per-
petuate his name and memory, to the
intent that coming generations may
know him, and, knowing him, emulate
The Irish standard., 1914-10-24
FILIPINO BILL PASSED

The administration Philippine bill,
which is designed to grant q more
liberal form of government than at
present to the PHILIPPINE people. and
which declares it to be the purpose
Of the United States to withdraw its
sovereignty over the islands and rec
ognize their independence "as soon
as q stable government can be es-
tablished therein" was passed by the
house last week, The vote was Eli
to 59-all Democrats voting for it;
seven Republicans and four Progress
sives.
It is understood the bill will not bs
taken up in the Senate until next
winter.
The bill as it stands lacks the fea-
ture which Senator Quezon and the
Aguinaldo Aid Society most desired
fixing the time for the withdrawal
of the American forces in the archi-
pelago and the establishment Of an
Independent government by the Fill
pinos.
The President. It is reported.
would not go that far. and his wishes
had to be met. 55 N
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'.TUE To GENERAL SHIELDS UNVEILED At CAPITOL
Shields
Wars Native Of Ireland
IN Minnesot
Archbishop Address Gifted Irish
Rebuk Who Speak Against
Religion He Represented, Declare. Archbishop

commissioner of the Federal Land Of
flee in Washington, he had learnt of
the fertility of our fields and the salu-
briousness of our climate, and had re-
solved, that, when freed from the tolls
of public Office, he would draw hither
colonists from the ranks of his fellow
Irishmen in the eastern states and in
Ireland itself, less likely to find else
where than in Minnesota peace and
prosperity. He became one of the pro-
prietors and founders Of what Is now
the flourishing city Of Faribault, and
thence sent far and wide Invitations to
settlement in the neighboring districts.
The fruits of his labors as q colonizer
are the townships Of Shieldsville, Erin,
Kilkenny, Montgomery, In our counties
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whole career is summed up in those
words, the Irishman and the American.
give the outlines Of his life. He
was born in Ireland, in 1906, Of honor
able and respected lineage. His direct
ancestor, with four sons, fought on the
losing side in the battle Of the Boyne
one of those sons later Joining the
army Of Spain and there rising from
one honor to another until finally he
was commissioned the Captain General
of Cuba. An immediate uncle Of our
hero was a soldier in Americas revo-
lutionary war and in that Of 1872.
James decidedly sprung from a family
In which fear of the battlefield was un-
known. In his native isle he received,
mainly through the tutorship Of an.