Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-03-09
Terseiy Told Town Tales

; A brick oven is being added tt
HilsabecE's bakery.
The W. G. n. q. met with Mrs
i, C.L. Beach Tuesday afternoon,
Col AIeG Salisbury cried
sale for Mrs. Mcdonald of neal
F'ordland.
Greer Bros. 4 Mcknight oI
Marshfeld will erect canning
factory at Ava.
M. Hodge is trying out an In
ternationaI auto truck on the
| Mansfield-A Ava mail route.
State Bank Examiner HalWood
side of West Plains is to be fed
eral bank examiner, it is said.
| For Nentilat ing FIues, We'll
Casing and Foos Caps see Small
LEY I'D door north of telephone
Office. ADV.
Jake Hoover has bought two
car loads of cattle at BrandsviIie
which he has put OH his farm
near Mansfield.
Spring Millinery latest styles
-reasonable prices. See the
new display at Coday's Millinery
Parlors Saturday,-Adv,
| According to the report of J.
H. Bowen, register of the u. s
land Office at Springfield, there
are 50 acres of government land
in Wright county.
Ava's high school is now a first
class fonr-year high school, This
speaks volumns for the able ad-
ministration of the board of edu-
cation and the superintendent,
Prof G. II. Boehm.
An efficiency conference for
officers of the county and town.
ship Sunday School Associations
for Douglas, Howell, Wright and
Shannon counties will be held at
Willow Springs Monday, March
12.-Republican
We have received from Al Al,
exa nder of Pittsburg, Mo, some
fine seed corn of the Reid S In
proved Yellow Dent variety This
corn is of the prize winning kind
and certainly looks good, 1t
may be seen at the Mirror office.
Rev. Nv Borah of Springfield,
superintendent of the Poplar
Bluff district Of the Nj +. church,
gave an interesting stereoptican
lecture here Tuesday evening,
illustrating the missionary work
being done il foreign countries
Not a single employe has beeu
killed or injured on the Southern
division of the Frisco for two
yeart, it is reported The South,
ern division comprises what was
formerly known as the Ozark
division and the Southeastern
division. For three successive
years the Ozark division won the
safety first honors under the
supervision of c H. Baltzell, now
located as division superintend
ent at Ft. Smith, Ark.
Uncle Jimmie" Wood, aged,
rs, who for nearly half a century
conducted mercantile establish
ment in Gainesville, died at his
home in Gainesville. Mr. Wood
served as a Union soldier in the
Civil war. He was on the ill.tat
ed steamboat Sultana which cap
sized in the Mississippi 10 miles
above Memphis. Tenn, while re-
turning from the South at the
clole of the war, and was one of
the few who succeeded in swim.
ming ashore. Fourteen hun
dred discharged Union men, who
we're aboard the boat, We're
drowned. .-Mtn. Grove journal.
Do you feel the need of a bet
ter cream separator than you
have now? If so, don't fail to
read about the u. S. Cream Sep.
arator in A. Glenn Il Sons ad.
this week-read it anyway; peo'
pie, especially the women folks,
are saying that the U. S, Cream
Separator is so sanitary there is
nothing left to be desired in that
direction. In order that you may
know just why, A. Glenn 4 Son
would like to show you the non
rusting Nickel Silver skimming
device, also how in three minutes
it can be washed perfectly in a