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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-26

Tchsrnayoda by Field Marshal Won
Y Nackenssn's army has definitely turned
the military situation in Dobrudta in
our favor writes the military critic
Of the Overseas News Agency.
THE right wing Of the combined
German Bulgarian and Turkish force
I marched on after the taking Of Con-
stanSS and In a powerful push ad-
svan0od twenty kilometres (abouu
tvStte fAiIesl beyond that place. From
that moment the capture Of Medjidie
was only question Of a few hours as
Stbe town was threatened on the flank.
,She RUSSO -Rouman nian positions thus
king rolled up from the east, the west
frn point Of support on the Danube,
the town Of Rashoya, also had to be
kiSen up.
y With this situation brought about.
] The attackers stood before the strong
Danube t1!dgehead OF Tchernavoda
which then had to serve as q cover for
the hasty retreat OF the defeated Rus
SANS and Roumanians. To-Day the
railroad line from Constanza to Tcher-
navoda is in the hands Of the victorious
Teutonic forces, constituting, with the
valuable materials in locomotives and
railroad cars taken with 1t. a first class
7base Tor strategical purposes.
Defeated Army ts Divided.
..rhe defeated army was separated
into two parts. Those who did not rs-
main on the battlefield or were not
taken prisoners saved themselves by
flight across the bridge over the
Danube, to the northward in Dobrudja
After the capture Of Tchernavoda this
= + famous Danube bridge was dominated
4 bys Won Mackensen's guns. The bridge
,eis the largest in all Europe. its total
'skngth across the Danube and the
3swampy terrain traversed being seven-
Aeen kilometres. It was completed IN
Asss. !.
with the loss OF the ,Constanza-
.sTchernavoda line by Roumania, the
transport Of provisions from Russia
! will have to be conducted over two
2 minor railroad lines in Moldavia or by
i way OF ithe Danube posts Of Galatz and
1braiiia, which are by no means COM
4 parable to Constanza. At the same
I time the most important route for
artillery transportation by way OF the
/ railroad from Constanza to Bucharest
is virtually eliminated.
.eThe situation for the RouManians
Z a 7
the past two da:a.yys has become more
critical, especially as the Germans and
! B1lgarians have already partially con-
Quered the Carpathian passes"
Further Progress For Germans.
Teutonic troops have pushed their
way further into Roumanian territory,
according to today's war office am
nouncement. Ground has been gained
u ~, fhA mad hv Cvnania .tste
The Austro- Hungarian foreign office
i has published red book dealing with
4 lie cases which are termed violations
) 0k sfisesest! t!amal law and declared to
have been committed by the countries
at war with Auatria Hungary. 1t Is
8 stated that Of a total number Of $1,000
\ 4Anstro- Hungarian prisoners III the
hands of the Serbians from SSG.eee TO
i 10000 died u captivity
Teutenie Pressure Weakening.
PetroGrad. Oct. 26. The pressure Of
Field Assshal Won Mackensen's army
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-26

Paris, Oct. 26.-The French troops
at verdun are following up as fast as
they can the advantage gained in their
latest sweep on Tuesday and have
closed into within less than 500 yards
oc vaux fort. Announcement Of the
capture is momentarily expected here.
thus completely restoring the French
line held on Feb. %.
The German forces are reacting 80
slowly and with esuch lack Of strength
that evidently they no longer present
a general reserve but are obliged to
withdraw men from one section Of
front to reinforce another in case Of
need. j.,
Casualty lists show the French
losses were very light indeed, consid-
erably less than the number Of prison.
ers taken. and many were cases in
which the men were slightly wounded.
Considerable material was captured
The Germans had masked guns Of all
cal!her in the "ravine Of DEATH" all
of which fell into the hands of the
.Trench The three lieutenant generals
who led the attacking divisions were
all lieutenant colonies at the begin
ming Of the war.
Germany Admits Loss Of DouAumont.
Berlin, Oct 26.-Fort Dolaumont, in
the verdun region. was evacuated by
the German garrison, prior toNhe cap
ture by the French, the war office an
nounced today. French attacks against
Fort vaux We're repulsed yesterday by
the Germans the statement says.
The admiralty today made the fol-
Lowing announcements:
"In the month Of September 141
hostile merchantmen with an aggre-
gate tonnage Of $4,000 were sunk or
brought In by submarines, or destroyed
s,v mines. Thirteen captains OF hostile
ships were taken prisoners. In addi-
ton thirty-nine neutral merchant
chips with an aggregate Of 72,600 tons
were sunk for carrying contraband."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-26
NEWS OF THE DAY
T.-R. BULLETIN.
The Weather.

Sun rises Oct. % at 1924, sets at sos.
Iowa-Probably cloudy and warmer
tonight; Friday probably cloudy ana
colder in northwest portion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-26

Teutenie Pressure Weakening.
d PetrpGrad, Oct. 26. The pressure Of
E1ela Nas0hal Won Mackensen's army
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18
Elected at Mountain Grove

Mountain Grove made good
when the Board of Education g.
lected Friday night two of the
teachers from Mansfield to posi-
tions in the school there for next
year. Miss Veril Ellis, who has
made such a splendid record
here in the intermediate grades,
was selected for a place of the
same kind and Miss Cloe Osborn,
who has been principal of the
high school for two years and
won not only the esteem of the
pupils but also of the patrons as
well, was elected to the position
of history teaching. Miss Os-
born has made special prepara.
ton in history and all the people
here will be pleased to know she
has such desirable work anu that
she and Miss Ellis will be no far.
ther away than Mountain Grove,
next year.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18
Educational Echoes

!. For sweet potato slips see j..
K. p. COday. ADV.
Miss Gertrude Keller has been
re employed as teacher in the
Seymour schools
Prof. j. A. Mckinley has been
re elected superintendent of the
Gainesville schools.
Miss Rebecca Manary, former
ly of this county, has been re,
employed as a teacher in Lincoln
Co., Neb. at $55 per month.
Prof. w. H. Lynch, visitor of the
Springfield state normal, passed
through here yesterday, enroute
to Willow Springs to address the
high school graduating class. He
spoke to the l69 rural graduates
of Mcdonald county ut Pineville
Saturday
This has been a record break
ing year for the Springfield Bus
mess College. Every student
finishing a guaranty course has
been placed in q situation. It Oul
young people realized that prepa
ration in that school means q
good salary and constant EN-
ployment, many who are now id
le would go Immediately to that
school. ADV
At a special meeting of the
school board last Saturday even.
ing Prof. J. A. Hylton, of Man
sfield, was selectedsuperintendent
of Thayer schools. He is person
ally known TO the writer as Q
schOOlmanof excellent ability and
will make good here as he has al
ways done elsewhere. Prof Sim
mons has accepted the snperin
tendency at Mountain Grove
'Thayer News.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18
Out of Town

"Out of Town" was the title OF
the play given by the Junior
class of theManstield high school
in the opera house Thursday
evening. The Juniors were hand
icapped by the fact that there
but six members Of the class,
but they presented a highly
pleasing and satisfactory play,
in a manner that ELECTED the
hearty applause of the audience
All did their parts exceedingly
we'll and are to be commended
for their good work.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18
Memorial Proclamation

Sunday, May %, a union ser
vice will be held at the G. P.
church and Rev. Joseph Davis
will deliver the memorial >ad-
dress. All pastors. al! churches
and all citizens and visitors in
Mansfield are invited TO the SEP
vices at II a. m. Good sermon,
good music and lots of flowers
Whereas, it has been the Gus
tom in years past to remember
the dead, not only The soldiers
who fought for their country and
died on the battle field but the
may friends and relatives who
have gone before, once II year as
Sembling on memorial day, which
is Tuesday, May 30:
|, therefore, as mayor of the
city of Mansfield, do hereby re;
quest all. citi2ans h.. u.,sst on the
public square ut 10 O'Clock a. IN.
with flags and flowers and march
behind the band to the cemetery
for the purpose of decorating ev
cry grave in the cemetery, even
those who have no friends here
to do so, for this is duty we owe
to all mankind. This part of life,
Memorial Day. is left for the
living. Let us not forget, lest
we forget.
All parties owning autos are
requested to decorate them and
have them in the line of march
All old soldiers are especially
asked to assist in this work. also
the Scoutmaster and boy scouts
The following committee is re-
quested to select flower girls
and boys, and be in the line OF
march with an abundance of flo,
wers: Miss EuIa Newton, chair
man; Misses Pearl Newton, Opal
Freeman, mabel Wallace, Jewell
Hoover, Blanche Rurney, Mabel
Coday, Bertha Miller, Roxir
Rratcher, Maude Crday, Mande
Reynolds, Opal Hooncr, Lulu I'll
lev and Lncatta Roberts.
At 10 o'clock prompt all stores
are requested to close until TO-
clock and at 10 a. m. the process
sion moves toward the cemetery
The flag at the park will be low
cred to half mast and remain So
the remainder of the day. Let
every one plan to be present for
these services and bring plenty
of flowers so that we will be able
to decorate every grave in the
cemetery. Rev. j. w. Roberts
will have charge of the. services
ut the cemetery.
T.. II. RILEY. Mayor.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18
A GOOD ROADS SCENE IN MANSFIELD FRIDAY
THE OZARK TRAILS
Tourists Here Friday-Col.
w. Fl. Harvey a Mem.
Der of the Party
Photo by Leathermam

A large crowd greeted the O..
zark Trails tourists upon their
arrival in Mansfield at II O'Clock
Friday morning on trip of in.
spection of the proposed routes
between Springfield and st Lou.
is. This Is what is known as the
southern route, the return trip
tn Springfield from st. Louis be.
ing made over the northern
route. Another trip is to be
made shortly before the Ozark
Trails convention at Springfield
June q aud %, at which time
the official route is to be deter.
mined and we hope the route
through Mansfield will win.
This ronte will connect with
several routes at St, Louis. and,
passing through Springfield, cen
meet in New Mexico with the
Santa Fe Trail, thus making the
road through Mansfield, il we
secure the official route, a link in
trans continental highway,
whn.i, H"u,u .ts"t'' much Tt'i"
travel tl,r .usI, here. biiuging
many tourists and, incidentally,
settlers.
The party was met by automo
Iilists and escorted into Mans
field. Some of onr people also
accompanied them on their way
to Norwood
During their brief stay here,
addresses were made by Col. w..
II. Harvey of Monte Ne, Ark,
president of the Ozark Trails AS
soclatiOn, and by John ". Wood
ruff and Jesse A. TolertOn OF
Springfield. E. J. Sanford Of
Springfield was also member OF
the party. Seymour and MacOmb
we're also represented among
the good roads boosters.
Music was furnished by the
Mansfield Concert Band, and the
school children were present in
a hody, giving their school and
good roads yel|s.
The speakers were introduced
by Mayor II. ii. Riley. They spoke
Of the work already done along
this route, and the splendid in
tert st manifested, but there ia
mach WOlk k To be done before the
~rnad is what it, should be Work
j. now under way, and we hope
That the scenic rOut" through the
Gem City of the harks will be
chosen AZ the official route
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18
Is Your Name Here?

The following have our thanks foi
cash on subscription since our last re-
port:
Al Pillars, Bryant.
James Hoover, Pmkdale. Colo
Ben Moore, Hartvllle.
J. W. Gilley, Mansfield.
Joe Emberton, Hamburg, Iowa
Autice Newton, Mansfield.
l.. D. Thompson, New Bloom
field.
Mrs 80. Miller, Howard, Kas
Mrs. H. Nj. Baker, TT. Gibson
Okla.
NJ. Letsinger, kelso, Wash
A. w. James, Mansfield.
Nj. A. Gaskill. Mansfield.
Fred Getting, Mansfield,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18
For Sale

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Worth $1,000. Will sell for ST..
500. Terms to suit purchaser.
ADV. j. A. HYLTON.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18

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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18
Preparedness At Home

Home money to loan at 7% on
improved farms in Wright and
Douglas counties, on seven years
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ADV. Mansfield, Mo.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18
School Notes


find n do!
A most happy and successful
year closed May II.
Miss Osborn returned to her
home at Springfield Monday eve
ming.
The junior class and the high
school teachers spent Sunday af
ternOon at HartviIle and ate sup
per at the Findley spring.
Miss Gaskill's pupils counted
the tree; IN the school grounds
very carefu..y and found the
number TO be l3O of all varieties.
Lynn Cantrell was the only
pupil in the second primary
room who attended every day of
school and was never tardy "a
pretty good record.
On account of chickenpox and
measles the attendance in the
first primary room fell off con.
siderably the last five or six
weeks but it had been very good
until the children were attacked
by these contagious diseases.
Miss Ellis has the highest rec.
ord for attendance for the entire
year of any of the grades. Her
average daily attendance for the
lsO days was about 40 pupils,
nearly all of whom will be pro
NOTED to higher grades.
Eleven of the 13 eighth grade
students were promoted to high
school and will make up the ninth
grade next year. This is not as
large a number as there should
be but with the additional pupils
who come in from the adjoining
districts there will be a right
good class of sophomores in 1916
III.
School work was continued
regularly all last week until Fri.
day afternoon. The pupils in the
different rooms sang songs, ci.
phered. or had a !itarerT pro.
gram until the last quarter and
then came the last assembly per.
iod. 1t was a trying time for
pupils, teachers and parents TO
close the day. The seniors and
a few others found excuses to
stay away and so avoid the close
which came with singing God
Be With You Till We Meet A.
gain"
Several of the teachers will at.
tend summer school at. Spring
field. Until it opens about June
| Miss Hoover will remain in
Mansfield Miss Gaskill will rest
ut her home in tie country near
here, Miss Ellis will spend the
time with her mother at New
Grove, Mr.. Fullington will find
something to do in his garden
and tomato patch, Miss Osborn
will be at home with her mother
in Springfield and Prof. Hylton
will stay here and take care of
the Strawberries and make some
repairs about his property.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18

FOR SALE Pure. bred Barred
Rock eggs; heavy laying strain;
roosters heading flock came from
one of the largest breeders of
nure bred Barred Rocks in Mis-
souri,, MRS. L. J. IMBLER,
Adv Phone RI, Norwood, Mo,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18
THE CLASS OF 1916
Of Mansfield High School
Give a Pleasing Com
mencement Program

Class Roll Cecil Brazeal, Wade
Rippee, Mabel Coday, MabeI
Hoover, Menti- Avery. Minnie
Dennis, Alice Tombleson, OpaI
Hoover.
A capacity audience filled the
opera house Friday evening tC
attend the graduating exercises
of the class of 1916 Of the Mans
field Eigh school.
The invocation was given by
Rev. j. w. Needham of Seymour,
after which Miss Alice TOmble
son ably rendered piano sole
Valse Caprice by G, Bachmann.
Cecil Rrazeal delivered the
welcome address in manner
calculated to make all glad that
they were present.
Miss Mabel Coday's essay on
THE Community Center' was a
strong plea for the use Of the
school buildings for that pur.
pose where better means we're
not available.
down Where the Daisies are
Blooming" was sung by a quar-
tet composed of Misses Mabel
Coday and Mabel Hoover and
Wade Rippee and Cecil Brazeal.
The class poem was a produc
ton of much merit and was Civ
en- by Miss Mintie Avery.
Miss Opal. Hoover read good
Glass Hstefy.'
In the Palace of Dreams was
the title of a pleasing vocal solo
by Wade Rippee.
Miss Minnie Dennis essay on
THE Future Rural School" was
an able expositiOns of her ideas
as to what conditions should ex-
ist in this respect.
Miss Mabel Hoover read the
Glass Will," making suitable
disposition of all the property OF
the class.
The Glass Song" was unique
in that it was composed by a
member of the class, and it was
sung with enthusiasm.
The address of the evening
was delivered by Superintendent
WV. Thomas of Springfield, and
was a masterly effort on. the sub
iect of character development
and a plea for the building OF
good character. His discourse
was of a high order and yet told
80 simply that none could fail tt
grasp it's import. Our peopl.
we're indeed fortunate in having
had an opportunity to listen t.
Mr.. Thomas.
Following the address, the
howers and presents for the
graduates we're presented by the
flower girls.
The presentation of the diplo
mas was made by Prof. J. Hyl
ton, who desired TO do so because
of the fact that this was his las1
year in the schools here, a fac
which brings dee sorrow to oul
people, and especially to the stu
dents. There was not a member
of the class who did not shet
tears as the professor spoke 81
earnestly and to the point. Hi
services here have certainly beer
productive of great good, not on
| ly to the school, but to the entire
city, and he will be missed by
school children and citizens alike
The krnediction was delivered
by Rev. Needham.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18

OyerdraWn. n......,..$ 524 / ]
Approved by Board, May -,
1916.
+. H. RILEY, Mayor.
}. W. RRAZEAL, City Clerk
NOte-At the time the above
statement was made there was
something over $40O due the city
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18
ALUMNI BANQUETERS
They Have Enjoyable Time
Saturday-Other Notes
of Interest

The annual alumni meeting is
always the most joyful OCCASION
of the commencement week and
this year the program was the
best one ever given. The initia-
tion of new members was in
charge of the class of 1914 and
they had provided ample means
for trying the candidates both
mentally and physically. The
motto of the class this year is,
Not at the top but climbing
and the ceremonies emphasized
tine "climbing' most effectively.
Each member was marked with
the number II, given good bait
of angle worms and taught how
to kiss the Bible when an oath is
taken besides roller skating and
other amusements. After the
initiatory work was over several
contests were engaged in, all Of
which afforded fun for everybody
At the proper hour refreshments
were served, descriptions Of
members present were written
and read for others to guess the
person described, letters were
read from absent members,
speeches were made and before
anyone was aware of it the clock
struck time to go home lit being
Saturday night and there dis
persed about Is of the represen.
tative young people of Mansfield
from one of the most enjoyable
events one can hope to occur as
often as once year.
Prof. Hylton has taught longer
in the school than any other
teacher, so far as the records
are known. He has been at the
head of the school nine years,
though not in succession. Mrs.
Ora Rippee Riley taught seven
years gurressively and Mrs Be-
tina Jackson Ream and Miss Ger
trude Keller each we're here SIX
years in succession. Miss Gas.
kill taught four years and part of
another. EJ. Knight and Arthur
Arnold were here three years
each. Miss Dora Newton was a
teacher here four years. W. F..
Bland, C.A.Stephens, E.B. Hens.
ley. Foster Rippee. John w.
Stephens, Cloe Osborn and Veril
Ellis have each been in the school
for two years.
Some very interesting letters
from absent members were read
Saturday night. Among the mum.
Der was one from James Bell,
Violet Craig, Lola Henson, j. R.
Deckard, Paul Hopper, Eudora
Barlow and CIV. Evans.
The teachers who have been in
Mansfield since the first class
graduated in 1905 are more wide
ly scattered and fewer of their
addresses known than the grad.
yates of the school themselves.
Four of the teachers for next
year are members of The alumni
association. They are Mrs. Nor.
ma Newton, Horace Fullington,
Mabel Coday and Jewell Hoover.
Eighty of the members of the
alumni association graduated un
der Prof. Hylton. l3 the first
class-under CA. Stephens, and
one under Id. Curly.
About 40 of the alumni includ-
ing the wives and husbands of
members had picture made
Sunday morning.
Every one of the 81 alumni is
living and the address of all but
one, Harry Hogeboom, is known.
The 1912 class has the distinc.
tion of being the largest of all
the classes IA.
The smallest class is that of
l9lO-One pupil.
There was no graduating class
in 1909.
Ninety four graduates of the
NJ. H. s.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18

Over 100 extra copies of this
weeks Mirror we're sold before
publication. We have a limited
number of extra copies yet un.
sold, which we would be pleased
to sell to You for sc each, while
they last. Get yours today.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18

County Superintendent of
Schools John M. Carter of Hart
vile was here this week having
bridge work done toy Dr.. F. H,
Riley, the Dentist. ADV.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-18

Fine White Rock Eggs from
Pure Bred Stock on wide range;
81 for Is. $3 for SO, IS for 100. --'
MRS.W. r. TOBIN, Malta Bend,
Mo. Adv.