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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-02

special meeting of Mecca chapter,
Order of Eastern Star, has been called
for Saturday evening OF this week at
8 o'clock. Quite a large class of can
didates will be initiated on this occa-
sion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-02

cial time and refreshmentss, were en-
joyed after a short business meeting.
%
The local Votes For Women league
will be entertained Saturday afternoon
at o'clock at the home OF Mrs. II. l.
Bolley. 1902 Seventh street north. Mira
Robert Clendening. of this city, state
president. will speak on the topic, The
Work at the IeRislature
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-02

DR.. Stratton afforded the diversion. and
later Mrs. Stratton. presiding at the
coffee table. served dainty refresh
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-02

Covers were laid for twenty-four at
the dinner party given Thursday eve
ming by Mrs. r. p. Freeman and Mrs.
Elmer May at the formers home. with
the other ladies of'the Mosaic club and
their husbands as the guests. Small ia
bles were set for the guests. and each
bore a pretty centerpiece OF pink car
nations, that being the predominating
color of the various appointments. A
delightful evening at five hundred fol-
lowed the dinner.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-02

The members of the Ladies' Aid so
ciety of the Scandinavian Evangelical
Free church were pleasantly entertain
ed Thursday evening at the Gust An
derson home, Tenth street south, by
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-02

liar affair, her guests numbering a dog.
en- on that occasion also.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
Lent Services

In addition to the regular services at
st. Simeon's church there will be dur
ing Lent q service on Wednesday night
each week at 7.30 with addresses on
practical personal religion with the OBJ
ject of making the application of relig-
ion to life more real and practical.
There will be a service for children es-
pecially at 4.l5 on Thursdays. There
will be also a second celebration of the
Holy Communion on Fridays at 10 q. m.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
DRY BILL after
LOCAL OPTION
Prohibition Measure Now Be-
fore House.
FRANCHISE TAX BILL CUT.

Act Expected to Go Through With
Corporations Earning Less Than
$4,000 a Year Gross Excluded From
Provisions-Move to Repeal Seven
Sisters Laws" Recommended.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13
Among the Lodges

The M. w. A. elects officers
Dec. Is
The Masonic lodges of this dis.
trict WILL hold their next meeting
in Man field on St. Johns day,
Dec. 81.
Crescent Camp. No. 1884, Roy.
al Neighbors of America elected
officers Tuesday night as follows;
Mrs. G. L. Beach, Past Oracle
Mrs. G.. w. Miller, Oracle
Mrs. J.. D. Reynolds, Vice
Oracle.
Mrs. w. A. Black, Recorder.
Mrs. O. S. Coday, Receiver.
Mrs. j. W. Brazeal, Chancellor
Mrs. May Ross. Marshal.
Mrs. Jason Hight, Assistant
Marshal.
Miss Frona Rippee, Inner Sen.
tiEel.
j. D. Reynolds, Outer Sentinel
Mesdames John Strong, NJ. T..
Stephens and l.. B. johnson,
Managers.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13

n Christmas HeYestie

Compiled from the Yuletide Utterances
the Baltimore Sum-
n LITTLE child. thou art u guest,
AThat weary ones in thee may rest.
Martin Luther.
M'sTLETOE hung in the castle hall,
I4The holly bough shown on the old oak
wall. Thomas Haynes Bayly.
ENGLAND was Merrie England when
LOld Christmas brought his sports
again. Walter Scott.
DING out We, crystal spheres.
AOnce bless our human cars!
John Hilton.
n AMY clouds possessed the earth
kAnd sadly fell our Christmas Eve.
Alfred Tennyson.
NE who sang Creations glory.
Now proclaim Messiah's birth.
James Montgomery.
CHRIST is born, the great %anolnted.
VHeaven and earth his praises sing!
j. Caword.
n ARK, the herald angels sing:
III "Glory to the new born King!"
Charles Wesley.
10 iNS tnc Ucli6 dho liz ~ ctiohhp
IL And hang up garlands everywhere.
Susan Coolidge.
HEAR along our streets pass the min
s;rel throngs,
. Hark! They play so sweet on their haut-
boys Christmas songs.-Longfellow.
CING the song Of great Joy that the
- angels began,
Sing of glory to God. and Of good will
to man! -John-G. Whittier.
snHIs day hath God fulfilled his prom
ised word,
. This day is born a Savior. Christ the
Lord. j.. Byron.
May you have as many happy: months
III As you taste mince pies at Christmas
-Old English Saying.
A T Christmas play. and make goot
n cheer.
-Tusser.
q oMETIMEs with oysters we combine
~ Sometimes assist the savory chine:
From the low peasant to the lord.
The turkey smokes or every board.
walter Gay.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13

Hon, w. s. Gambler, mayor of
Mountain Grove has been appoint.
ed fuel administrator for Wright
county by Lieutenant Governor
Wallace Crussley, the state ad.
ministrator.
DO you want to sell or
trade your farm or timber
land? If you do, see Avery
4 Stephens.
Clyde Turner and wife were
here this week. Clyde has re-
signed his position inthe Cabool
postofice and has accepted a
place with Frank B. Smith Laun-
day ca. at Springfield.
Oscar Coday is captain of the
rifle squad of home guards, who
will take part in the 1913 at
the opera house the night ofDec.
81. Secure your tickets eafly as
there are only a limited number
of $. ats.
Dr.. F. H. Riley, chairman of
the Wright County Council of
Defense, has recommended the
appointments OF NJ. D. Richmon
of Cedar Gap as a member of
the county council. vice il. Lee.
of Cedar Gap, deceased.
M. T. Fullington of Spring.
field, formerly secretary of the
Order of Railway Photographers,
has been appointed Assistant
Cashier Of the Bank of CONNER.
ce IF Springfield. He is son
of W. B. Fullingt,n of Mansfield
A snow storm, cold wave aud
blizzard has visited Mansfield
since our last ISSUE, and the
thermometer has been hanging
a.Ound the zero MARYLAND even
below that. Wood and coal are
hard to get-but 1t, has been a
guod time to hunt rabbits.
IT. F. Lenhart has taken up
the body of H. B. Weed, which
has been buried in Mansfield
cemetery 2 years, 6 months and
Z days. The body which Mr..
Lenhart had embalmtd was in
fine shape and will be shipped
to Simsbury, Com.
j. Henry Schroeder, the con.
tractor on the new Bank of Man.
sfield building says he expects
to spend Christmas with home
with hcme folks in St Louis. The
big bank safe was moved into
the new building yesterday al.
though it will net be completed
until about Feb. !
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13

WueN l tulnk oil Tue Iuppy uuSS
spent with you. my little dearie.
Now what lands between US lie,
How can / but he eerie:
4 5 yuletide draws near. n mans
N mind is very apt to revert to
~ happy Christmas times that
have gone before. There Is
most always a woman connected with
a mans happy times and pleasant day
dreams. The man who left the farm
to make his fortune in the great city
and who has become rich, a bachelor
boarding at a fashionable hotel or club,
can usually recall some particularly
happy Christmas in the long ago-a
Christmas dinner in the old home,
| taking his first sweetheart Christmas
eve to a ball in the town hall; the de-
light OF taking her home-a mile
through snow drifts on n winter night.
| He had written to her a few times aft
err leaving home, then the excitement
Of city life had crowded her out Of his
memory and his life. AS Christmas
draws nigh again. thoughts carry him
back to the girl he loved when time
wa young with him. On the impulse
of the moment he dashes of a letter
to her. He does not know whether
she VIII receive it. She may be mar
ried or she may have moved away.
The old folks at home had been care
full never to mention her eve III an
swer to his inquiries.
HoN. Str,p.r, ~ fS thot tho cn1i
thought can fill two different minds at
the same time. The girl of long. ago,
still single. knowing he has not wed,
picks up courage to send a Christmas
card to the hoy grown old now who
took her to her first ball on Christmas
eve The letter and card cross each
other as each flies to its goal. The
bachelor finds it in his Christmas mail.
The lonely woman standing by a win
dow in Il far-off farmhouse has a let
ter handed to her by a neighbOring
farmer who kindly fetched 1t to her
from the post Office Christmas morn
ing. simultaneously there is a warm
glow in two hearts widely severed.
- And vet there are people who won.
der that there are rOmances which are
revived ut yuletide when men and
women no longer young sigh for love
and hcme cheer, if they sit alone and
lonely listening to the chimes Of the
Christmas bells.
Christmas day is the time to light
the sacred fire upon the altar of old
hopes and loves and make the longing
and dreams realities. Sending II little
Christmas card with n well-choser
kindly verse is sure to find m echo in
II lonely mans Renrt at this time Of
all others. One should not check the
kindly resolve to send one. 1t Gun dt
no harm and it may bring much happi
ness. To whom are you going to SEM
your "Merry Christmas" card in Thu
year of our Lord 1917? Perhaps II
find one in my stocking. I'll. hang !
up and see. l take this occasion II
, send each Rnd-cvery one Of my reader
T Il Merry Christmas, together with. tn
l wish that the coming year may be tn
most successful one Of their lives.
+ (Copyright.)
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13
Notice to Regi.trants

All registrants under jurisdic.
ton Of the Wright County Local
Board are hereby notified that
unless other orders are received,
we will begin the mailing Of the
Ques,iunarre on Saturday, Dec.
18th, 1917. These will be mailed
to every registrant not indicted
into military service at that date
regardless of Neutrality-suspicious.
or discharges have been hereto
fore granted and all such dis.
charges and exemptions have
been revoked.
X There has been a Legal Advis.
DRY Board for the purpose OF aid
ing registrants in filling out the
QUESTIONABLE which consists of
every lawyer in the county. Rel.
Istrants are expected to call up
on them and they are expected
to give the required assistance.
No fee will be charged by them
f"r this assistance. Registrants
who can secure the services of
these attorneys in other towns
will not need to come in person
but may mail Questionarre. The
Board of Exemption will not be
expected to help legistrant> in
filling outline Questionarre. The
attol neys who willgive assistance
are as follows: Charles w. Evans
Z. H. FarnswOr,h, f. +. School
ey and d. Warren OF Mountain
Grove, NJ Craig ind l. q.
Nieder IF Mansfield and j. w.
Jackson, G. e. Mur.ell, II Il
Frinx, John T. Pope and 9 H
Jackson OF Hartvil!e.
REMEMBER that Questi,n.
are must be b .ck with this
Board within Z days after 1t has
Ten mailed to registrant.
Local Board Wright County.
By A. NJ. Curtis, Chief Clerk.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13
Obituary

J L.. Lee of Cedar Gap, amen
of the Wright County Council Of
Defense and one IF the c%ounty's
ablest, most prominent and in
'fluential men, died Friday. The
Seymour Citizen gives the fol.
lowing account of the Sad affair:
Luther Lee, proprietor Of the
Cedar Gap Mercantile Company
store, committed suicide Friday,
December Z, by shooting himself
with a 3S.caliber revolver in the
right temple, about 2:3O p. IN.
He did not regain consciousness
after the self.inflicted wound
and died about 8 p. IN. The deed
was committed in a wagon shed
near his store in Cedar Gap. Mr..
Lee was carried into his home
and Doctor Trimble sum moned
to render surgical aid but the
life of the injured man could not
be saved Mr.. Lee left a note
in his pocket for mis- wife and it
is understood that the reason
assigned for the suicide was
worry over many business affairs
His assists are far larger than
the amounts he owed.
An inquest was held Saturday
by the coroner Of Wright county
Funeral services were held at
the Presbyterian church in &c.
dar Gap Dec. Il at 10 a. m. aud
interment followed in the Mason.
ic cemetery at Seymour that at
ternoon, the Odd Fellows con.
Quoting the services.
Mr.. Lee was reared near Sey
mour. and had a wide acqnaint,
ance throughout this section Of
Missouri. He was a prosperous
business mau, sober, upright
and INDUSTRIOUS and the whole
community was shocked 10 heal
of his d. ath. It's sympathy goes
out to the stricken nth n, wife
and family in their sad bereave
ment.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13

With coal so hard to get and
vet selling in Mansfield below
the market price was the anoma-
lous situation here this week,
w. r. overly of Sey mour, gene
raj superintendent of the Red
Bird mine, had a car Of coal on
track he E., which he was unable
to get to mines on account OF
the storm. and SO he sold it out
here for quick delivery to avoid
demorage charges on the car
The school procured some and
reopened yesterday and so Mr..
OVERLY played Santa C'aus
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13
Hunters!

Take Nutice-Ali persons are
forbidden to hunt, trap or shoot
on the farms of j. NJ. Thirkield.
G.. W. Miller, A +. Brown, u. f.
V.it, Mrs John A.. Rippee, Paul
Williams, including eorge Brew
Ell farm, T.. J. Slate, S. f. Slate,
z. B. Archer, D. r. Snyder. W.
O Williams, VIM. Brand.-ad
Your name added unit. Jan.
fer 25c.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13

orialn Of Word Christmas.

The word Christmas is Of compare.
lively late origin. The word was first
used in 1893, Its form then being
Christes-Maesse, the mass Of Christ,
Origcn. nm early father Of the church
said that in the Scriptures 1t was the
sinners alone, not the saints, who Gel.
brated their birthdays. Another early
writer referred to the fact that the
birthdays Of the pagan gods were kept
by the people. The very drst evidence
Of a feast having been held In honor
or the birth of Christ was in Egypt
about the year 200. Clement Of Alex.
andria said, "Certain Egyptian theolo.
CLANS over.curiously assign not the
year alone, but the day OF Christ's
birth, placing 1t on May %" Another
date assigned to the event was March
28.-Exchange.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13
Tersely Told Town Tales

G. l.. Beach spent Friday in
Springfi' Id.
I. Rev. G, Caldwell was in Nor
wood today.
James Newton has been at
Truman, Ark.
Dr.. L. T.. VanNoy of Norwood
was here Tuesday.
CIV. Tripp visited relatives in
Springfield this week.
H c.. 'rarbutton was in Sey'
motr during the week.
Rev.G. W. Holmes was a Mans
field visitor last week.
Spring Wagons and Buggies
at J. G. Carter's. adv.
Miss Ethel Harris is visiting
relatives at West Plains
Auction sale, Dec. %, F.. N,
D., err Furniture Co.-ad.
Cream wanted, Square
Deal Milling CO.-adv.
w. A.. Jones was here from
Mounta Il Grove this week.
All Story and Argosy on Mir
ror news stand every week. ad,
Manson Daubenspeck has re
turned from his Indiana visit
Square Deal Milling Go
wants your cream.-adv
Coroner ia. Fuson was calico
to Cedar Gap on account of the
death of J L LIE.
Full program OF the 1913 en-
tertainment will be published ir
next weeks Mirror.
Thoroughbred Barred Ply
mouth Rock cockerel for sale
call at this of1ice.-adv.
Arrangements are being made
for Christmas trees by the var
ions Sunday Schools here.
Go to j. d. Reynolds and buy
your Shoes he has the Bes'
Styles for the money adv.
John Gambler, father of Mayor
VS.. Candl er OF Mountain r0ve
is dead at the age of SO years.
r. N. Dyer Furniture Co. viii
sell to the highest bidder a mum
Der of useful things, Dec. %. -ad
Mrs Isaac Strong, who has
been visiting relatives in Canada
and elsewhere several months
has returned home.
Take your cream to the
Square Deal Mill.-adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13

1918" at the opera house the
night of Dec. 81. Will you be
thereY Many surprises for you.
Re, erved seats on sale at the
Fuson Drug Co.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13
Il Your Name Here?

The following have our thanks for
cash on subscription since nj last re-
port:
Rev. J. ". Roberts, Mansfield
Mrs. l. b. Lati'Der, Mansfield
". T. Andrews, Hart'iile.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13
T. F. Lenhart
undertaken and Embalmer
Dicture Framing fnansfteld, 7+'issour'

Harina bought the Undertaking and Picture Framing business o. me r
" Duer Furniture Co i am noe ready for all business l" Ms Ae
For Ne present all persons uishing pictures trdmed "W please @te
them at the furniture store r. +. LENHART, Mansfield, Missouri
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13
Christmas
and Old Loues
lean LLRREY

When I think on the happy days
l spent with You. my little dearie.
Now what lands between US lie,
How can / but he eerie?
s yuletide draws near, a mans
~ mind is very apt to revert to
~ happy Christmas times that
have zone before. Where Is
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13

The children will have a booth
Of their own at the bazaar and
cafeteria by the Christian Ladies'
Aid Society Saturday Dec.l3 adv
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13
At the Christian Church

Rev. J.H. Jones of Springfield
failed to fill his appointment at
the Christian church.Sunday on
account of the storm.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13

Eat at the Christian Ladies
Aid Society calet Saturday
Dec. 15.-adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-13
With the Colors

ter was written by Walter Dale,
formerly connected with the Ry.
an Banking Co. of Norwood 10
his uncle and aunt, Il b. Bouldin
aud wife, of Norwood:
Honolulu, Hawaii, II i4.'ls.
Dear Uncle and Aunt:
We left San Francisco at noon
the 6th,and arrived here at Z An,
today We are leaving tomorrow
at noon. We have had 4 very
pleas ant trip so far with nothing
exciting happening. 1t vas very
rough for a few days but the last
two or three days has be II dan
div. They say it is most always
calm the rest of the way. 1t will
take us II DAYS IL g" from here
tn Guam which is orr next st p.
Then il taxes five days from
there to Cavite. | hava been n
round over the city quite a bit
since | wrote III. card and find
il "A wonderful y ac'. The groves
and llwnS here arr certainly
great. You can Sce cucoanutS.
pineapple> and bananas all grow
iny almost together. | think |
! would like it fine h're, but they
tell me that il is not much tot,er
in Manila than It is here. There
is a fine bre re and clouds come
up like they do at hume. 1t 10 ks
! now IS Though it might rain.
How is everything in and il
round home: Are they still draft
ing the dogs: How is Frank
taking it by this time? am as
far from home now as the boys
IN Frarce are, and l still have
5000 miles to go. sure will be
d long Nays from home then.
Think | have written most all
| know Will wife you again
hen | get to Guam Best wish,
es. AS ever, WALTER.
p S. Xmas Greetings, This
will likely b. the last time you
get to hear from he before then
as it is a long was over here
and nail is pretty slow. Do not
, know where l will spend Xmas
! Be sure to write me care Re
; ceiving Ship Cavite Z. l and if
am gone it will follow me.
WALTER.
Camp johnson, Jacksonville
Florida Dec. i, l9l|
Dear Editor: Am stationed
here for present and want tin
Mirror. The further away
get tbs more appreciate m.
Home PAPER. Ii you know o
the Wright county toys her
publish their names and comp
any in your paper so | can flint
them.
The climate here is grand. w
do not wear coats. About tn
same weather now that We ha
in Wright Co in May and June
There will be about $4,000 i
trimming here when the camp /
completed. 200 Field Artiller
men are here to train with arm
, trucks and tanks before goin
across: this is an exclusiveQua
! ter Master training school.
Private ROY E. CODAY, Cam
: Joseph Johnson, Jacksonville
. Fla. in care of-Service Co No.
Dr.. r. NJ. Rogers has been al
pointed a member of the medic;
advisory board of Wright, tn
other members be ing DR.. A. i.
Farmer of Hartville and Drs. x.
r M, Hubbard and A. G. Ames
: Mountain Grove, at which plat
the board is to meet and orga1
= ize. The appointments wei
i made upon the recomm ndatic
,of President Wilson and the n
tifications were sent out ffom II
n Office of Adjutant General NJ
q Cord of this state. This boar
s acts as an appeal board wheI
V dorbtful physical cases will
decided. A registrant may al:
appeal to the board for a secJr
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-21
FireIiqht Photoaraphs.

1t is worth noting that the most sue
cessful freight photographs do not
show the fire at all. The subject is ar
ranged so that the fire is screened in
some way from the lens. The mental
piece, fire-irOns, rug, ETC., are included,
however, and the fire itself is suggest
ed by the lighting. On the whole this
is the best way of doing what we
want. If we arrange things on these
lines, with the illumination proceeding
from the spot where the fire is sup
posed to be, we can get true fire.
light effect, although the light actu-
ally used may be electric, magnesium,
flash or ribbon, or even daylight it.
self. In the last case, the bottom
foot of glass in a French window may
be used, with sheet of white paper
on the floor to serve as a reflector, and
the whole of the rest blocked up. A
figure posed against this will give
very successful freight effect.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-21
White Deer Skins as Cash.

In China, the first country in the
world credited with using banknotes,
certain skins were so valuable that
they were accepted as cash and passed
from hand to hand in the same way
as banknotes are at the present day.
The negotiability of these skins arose
thus:
The Emperor Gu IT, being in want
Of money, gave his treasurer to under
stand that such state of affairs must
not continue. At that time it was GUS
tomary for princes and courtiers on en-
tering the royal presence to cover their
faces with piece of skin. Taking adj
vantage of this custom, the treasurer
ordered a decree to be issued forbid
ding the use of any other skins for this
purpose except those of a certain white
deer in the royal parks. Immediately
there was a demand for pieces of these
skins, which, being a monopoly, were
sold at high price and the royal cof-
fers refilled. The steady value of the
skins thus secured made them readily
pass and acceptable as an equivalent
of coin of the realm.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-21
Church Theaters.

Few people know that plays in Eng
land, Germany, Italy and France were
fostered for religious purposes by the
church centuries before they were TAX
en- up as separate secular business.
Moreover, few visitors to st. Paurs
cathedral, in London, realize that that
church during ElizaDeth's reign and
the first years of the reign of James 1.
set aside one of its adjacent buildings
for use as a secular theater Its little
stage was famous, and the company
of choir boys as actors presented many
Of the great plays of Shakespeare's
time. They acted from about 1893 to
1908 under the management Of Ed
ward Pierce. their great master in mu-
sic, who as church almoner had bust
ness control of these adjacent buildings
owned by the church.-London Stand
ard.