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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-02-14

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The government of the United
States ia offering the safest invest,
ment in the world and one which is
within the reach of everybody, and
through this investment every man,
woman and child in the United States
will be able to do his part toward
financing the great world war for lib
erty and democracy.
During the last six months the
growth of the United States army has
been phenomenal, expanding from
?07 900 officers and men to 100000
To maintain this army will require
hi ions Of dollars, which must be sup
Piled to the government from every
source. Through the thrift propa.
anda and war savings plan every per,
sor in the United States can aid the
| United States in the financing of this
%stupendous army.
A single Thrift Stamps cents
will buy a tent pole or five tent pins. a
waist belt or hat cord, shoe laces and
Identification tags; two Thrift Stamps
will buy one trench tool, n pair
wooden gloves; four Thrift Stamps
will buy two pairs canvas leggins: six
Thrift Stamps-S1.50-will buy five
pairs wooden socks, three pairs sum-
mer drawers. summer u%ndersh1rts; II
Thrift Stamps will buy n steel helmet
to protect some soldier at the front:
one War Savings Stamp will buy 100
cartridges, another will buy a car
fridge belt, a scabbard for a bayonet;
four War Savings Stamps will buy a
rifle for some soldier at the front
fighting for the cause of liberty; three
and one.half War Savings Stamps will
buy three pairs Of WOODEN blankets for
the comfort of the man In the trench
es, and two and one-half War Savings
Stamps will buy a gas mask for the
protection Of some mothers boy from
the deadly attack Of gas; three War
Savings Stamps will buy an o%vercoat
or two WOODEN service coats. Two War
Savings Stamps will purchase two
pairs of wooden breeches or two flan.
mel shirts.
st. Louis and Missouri are already
far in the lead in the sale Of Thrift
and War Savings Stamps organization
publicity and advertising. The thrift
propaganda has received the hearty
endorsement and cooperation Of the
city and rural public schools, as we'll
as the parochial and private schools
in the cities and throughout the state.
Every public school teacher in Mis-
souri, is engaged in propounding the
thrift propaganda to help pupils in a
selling campaign. The stamps are de-
livered to the school teachers by the
mail carriers in both the city and
rural districts.
The telescrlbe, an instrument
which records both sides Of a con.
versation, Is said to be Thomas Edi-
sons latest invention. The tele.
scribe consists Of a debating machine
which has special receiving appliances
and a socket In which the ordinary
telephone rec siver Is placed. The
message may he confirmed ut any time
by use Of the debating machine.
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j. The great worlds war is being :
! waged to secure liberty to pos. :
4. terity. The debt Of the war will
= fall upon the shoulders of the :
1. youth of today. The thrift propa. :
+ ganda is the first exercise toward !
+ training him to meet his future 4
+ responsibility. -
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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-02-14
Tersely Told Town Tales

s. j. Hoover was in Norwood Sat-
urday.
Frank King visited in Norwood
last week.
G. H. Robertson of Norwood was
here Monday.
A. NJ. Brotcmarkel of Macomb was
here Saturday,
I. f. Westbrook was in Mountain
Grove Saturday.
Miss Viola Stokes of Mawer, Can
ada, is visiting here.
w. A. Black and son Francis were
in Norwood Saturday.
O. II. Young and wife of Hart
Vile visited here last week.
Mrs. Steve Yates and Ned Grimes
we're in Norwood last week.
w. F. Reynolds of Ava was i'll
Mansfield the first Of the week.
Everyone in this vicinity, who have
had measles, T. getting along well.
Mrs. L.. r. Plummer, of the Ava
TELEPHONE exchange, was in Mans
Mansfield the first of this week.
Col. L. O. Neider made a trip to
Carter county the first of the week
to look after some legal business.
Mrs. w. Il. White, Robert Davis
and Miss Mac Hooper and Oma New,
ton were here Friday and attended
the play at the opera house that
night.
Marriage licenses have been issued
to Richard Carter and Ora Moore OF
Norwood, and to Lloyd, McAllistcr OF
| Norwood and Harriet Hall Of Noun
tain Grove.
j. O. Briggs of Ava, who has been
out in the Picher mining field, re-
turned home the first Of the week.
| He says he has como home to see what
all this Mansfield boom means.
John H. Bolt, Jr., and G. II. Rob
ertson of Norwood were here Tues
day en- route to Hartville. They were
taking VIM. Bruton, a prominent Nor
wood citizen before the probate court
for an inquiry as to his sanity.
Good mornings you tomato grow
ers. Contracts for your 1918 acre
age for growing tomatoes for the Full
lington Canning Company will be
ready for your signature Saturday.
Sign up for a good acreage and make
some money raising tomatoes this
year. Yours for tomatoes, w. B.
Fullington, Proprietor Fullington
Canning Company, Mansfield, Mo-
adv.
At a meeting of the Wright ou-
glas County Medical Association at
Mansfield Friday, DIR. r. NJ. Rogers
of Mansfield was elected chairman OF
the medical council Of defense; DR.
ii. G. Frame Of Mountain Grove
vice vice-prcsident; DR.. Palmer OF
Mountain Grove, secretary. Those in
attendance were Drs. r. NJ. Rogers
and j. A.. Fuson Of Mansfield; Drs
r. A. Ryan, and L. T. VanNoy OF
Norwood; Drs. Palmer, A.. C. Amcs
and H. G. Frame of Mountain Grove
go, the happy days of childhood
or words to that, tenor and effect were
doubtless in the minds the other day
Of H. NJ. and George Horcross, as
they wandered here and there ant
elsewhere over the scene Of thcil
boyhood days in Wright county
George lives in Indiana, and after nj
absence of several years returned
recently for a visit here, and II. NJ
has been so busy raising Poland
Chinas and selling cheese and lace
and such articles that he hasn't hat
much time to chase around.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-02-14

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= Every Thrift Stamp buys five /
\ bullets for use against the Kaiser. y
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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-02-14

Collector J.. r. Dcckard of Hart
vile was here Tuesday. He had
been to Mountain Grove on business.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-02-14
S5s,654.77 COLLECTION

Collector J. II. Deckard has turned
over his December collection to Coun-
ty Treasurer D. C. Carter. The to-
tai December collection amounts to
$50, 654.77 which is IL little 10 than
5000 better than the December col
lections Of last year which held the
record to that date. The statement
of the collectiOn is rs follows:
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-02-14
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UNITED SnIES
= FOOD =.
ADMINISTRATION

let the good old Corn adorn
The hills. our fathers trod;
Still let vs., for his golden Corn,
Send up our thanks to Cod"
-Whittier's Corn Song"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-02-14
''True Adventures of the Great War;
6 Volumes Free!

The .Rcytew Of Review, ha. collected these two hundred and moro
stories In six handsome volumes. containing altogether 1900 pages, pro-
fusely illustrated. Every one Of these stories is absolutely genuine as
to the facts related: every one Of them is told in the words OF the person
who Is the hero or heroine Of tho exploit. And row. for a limited time.
M. with . two-year subscription to the Review Of Reyisws
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-02-14
E M E M R

better hone.naliag 10
the ideal back Of TO.
DAYS HOUSEWIFE,
il reason for existence.
III earnestly ~pl.nned-tor
goal. Better homemak-
ing in il largest sense.
with the spiritual and
mental no less than the
material needs Of the
family in view: home
making Is the biggest
Of woman's ~oppottun-
ities rather Than house
keeping y the most
dreary Of woman's
drudseues.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-02-14
\ Close Up of the War

Newspapers and magazines treat the war along broad, general
!ses--they speak Of nations and armies. But these stories
MEN.,.indyiduals They tell of exploits which even now
the history of literature could tell such stories. for no mans
true-and so startling that the mind simply stands agape at
wonder. They would thrill . man with blood ss cold as 1 Ash,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-02-14

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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-02-14
How Does a Soldier Feel in a
Life and Death Crisis?

He was caught-ike a rat in a trap-with only one chance in million Of
coming out alive. He thought Of
What does a soldier think OF in a ife-anddcnh crisis? How does he
feel? What does he do? What is the milionth chance that he takes o escape7
While trembling and hot from the experiences they have gone through.
over two hundred men-aimen, trench raiders, submarine commanders,
grenade throwers-have told what they saw, heard and felt To read these
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-15
Press Liners bring Quick Results.
My Boy "Over There
BY o. X. shimansky

Ny boy is "over there
Maybe your boy is at the front, or
well on his way to the battle lines.
n he is abroad, in camp or on the
draft list, it is not necessary 10 tell
YOU that he cannot be supported IN
his work without guns, ammunition,
iood-and other boys. Those OF us
who have direct, personal interest,"
in this war through the activity OF
our sons and brothers do not have
10 be asked the second time to buy
Liberty Bonds. We dig down deep into
our pockets and buy all we can.
Why should we fathers and brothers
alone furnish the boys and the money
10 insure the success of this war?
You know boys who are now in
TncIr Sans service, They have been
vo1r uci1hbors, your employees, your
.,ma.utancCs. You surely fee' that
They should have all the backing Jhey
c.u got You want them to be the
best fighters in the world. You want
them 10 get through with this job IN
hurry. You want them TO come
,ack home. You want peace-and Il
ynu're the kind OF man the boys
think YOU are YOU would put up every
last cent you have to guarantee a
speedy and lasting peace
It's odd isn't ii, that it is an easy
matter for Uncle Sam to get all the
bows he wants To fight for your rights
and mine. hut that it is hard to get
money 20 back up these fighters?
But we'll show the Kaiser now that
our money. as well as our boys, is
M the command Of the Government
Ven over-subscribe this Third Liberty
Loan. and wen prove TO the centra
powers that this world will get along
without a Hohenzollern dog collar.
OF course We Will We're going tc
prove to my boy; TO your boy and &c
the million other boys that we shal
back them TO the finish with oui
dollars.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-15

Floto circus, coming to Ell Centro
Sunday, to exhibit Monday, April p,
and explained the case to Albert Hod-
gini, one of the great family of rid
crs. now with the show.
II see,' said Hodgini, you want
something with the crashing action of
the Ben Hur chariot race, don't you?"
Right on the nial, AL" returned
the seeker after effects.
well, I'll get four of my white
jumping horses and take hurdle Cor
YOU"
And that was what Mr. Hodgini
did. He did it just as we'll as he and
the eight members of his troupe turn
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-15
FACTS ABOUT THE
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN

The campaign wril run from
April 6 to May A.
Payments on Liberty Loan SUBJ
scriptions are as follows:
Initial payment. May 8, per
cent; second payment, May IS, 20
per cent; third payment, July Is,
35 per cent; fourth payment Au-
gust 10, 40 per cent.
Third Liberty Loan Bonds are
ten-year gold bonds payable in
1928, bearing interest at Az per
cent. Interest dates from May 9,
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-15
Insane Asylum Eurns.
iBy Associated Pressl

Norman, Okla, April 13.-Between
80 and 81 boys, aged from 10 to Is,
principally patients in the ward for
idiotic minors in the State Hospital
for the Insane, were burned to death
in a fire of undetermined origin
Three wards and the dining room
were destroyed. There was a panic
among the children.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-15

1918. Applications must be ac-
companied by payment of 5 per
cent of the amount OF bonds ap-
piled for or by payment in full.
Bonds will be in denominations of
$50. $1OG, $500, $1,000, $4,000 and
$4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-15

somersaults from a horses back in
the rings of the big show. The four
handsome horses in the picture will
be seen in the two-mile street parade
marching just behind Sunrise, recent
ly purchased by Sells-Floto for the
most marvellous piece of horseflesh
in the world. In the opening spec
tacular extravaganza of the Sells
Floto performances, "The Birth of the
Rainbow Sunrise and the four whites
lead the hundreds of horses and ami
mails that take part in the groupings
and displays of this beautiful pa
geant.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-15
Imperial Valley Grocers
Discontinue Free Delivery

Administration and the State e0e"
held Ell March % 1913 0u
too dconin rec
will made point inside the corporate
dtyfm one o echcut special deliveries
Restaurant Trade Deliveries in the
forenoon, family trade in Afternoon
Their rhng If made this
is epHcwin
tho end tina foodtuf the a
lCenroC Caifrn Apn5
following yesterday TIL o
2SGs G 81 BLUE
MT SAN FRANCISCO CALF LOO2A APR 1915
GALEN NICHOLS
CHAIRMAN COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE Ell CEN
TRIO, CAIIF IN ORDER TO RELEASE MAN POWER AND
CONSERVE MATERIALS FOR WAR PURPOSES WE
STRONGLY ADVOCATE NO FREE DELIVERIES OF RE-
TAIL MERCHANDISE AND SUGGEST A CHARGE FOR DE-
LIVERY SERVICES ONLY SUFFICIENT TO COVER IT'S
COST THIS CHARGE TO GO INTO EFFECT ON OR BEFORE
MAY l, INCLUDING ALL LINES OF RETAIL MERCHAN-
Disc IN IMPERIAL COUNTY.
STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
O32A
We endorse and adopt the abo,ete gram in
IMPERIAL COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
MARE
CROOKS & ] GROCERY
Arizona republican., 1918-05-22
The Airmen

The death of Raou Lufbery recalls the recent of Richthofen and the earlier of Guynemyer and Immelman, the foremost of the flyers who have participated in the Immelman had sent down than eighty machines Rchthofen and Guyne- myer nearly many, and Lufbery in his brief vice with the American flyers and his earlier with the Lafayette escadrie had already long list of victories.
 These men possessed in the highest degree the qualities required of the airman-courage quickness, skill Yet they are gone. It may be predicted that there is not fighting airman of repute who will be living at the end of year. Immelman the longest lived of the great He survived nearly two years. Since first went to war; enterprise in connection with was ever so filled with danger as that of battling in the sky. When knights went forth in perilous paths, there always the chance in their favor that skill and strength would them. But the most skillfu of all the airmen have fallen.
 In the earlier days of air fighting, the greatest peril was that of defective machinery. Most of the fatalities in the first months of the the results of accidents all of the hundreds of fatalities which attended flying in this country. Many of our accidents were attributed to reckless ness. the performing of stunts" which we thought would not be necessary in practical flying. But the development of flying in has introduced and necessary stunts beside which the old ones which thrilled us are tame.
 The who goes aloft to battle with the enemy has already offered himself a sacrifice to his country. Experience has taught him that the sacri flee will be actually made, that sooner later he will come hurting down from the sky and that for him there will be the end of the and the end of all things.
 He cannot reasonably hope to participate in the glory of victory to which he is contributing. His reward will be a shining and splendid death. The reward of which he will be conscious is the glory of the sacrifice he offers and which he knows will be accepted
Arizona republican., 1918-05-22
RIFLE CLUB ACCEPTS CHALLENGE
 FUR GULLEY AND CHANDLER MAN

The Phoenix Rifle club has accepted the challenge of H. G. Beardsley of Chandler and designated Col. c. Y. Gulley, commanding the Phoenix Po lice Reserves, to meet him. The letters exchanged and the terms are as fol- lows:
 May 20, 1918. MT. H. c. Beardsley,
 Chandler, Arizona. Dear Sir:
 Your letter enclosing a challenge to some member of this club duly re- ceived. In reply say we will accept it and c. V. Gulley will shoot. He has already deposited in my hands as sec retary of the club S25, winner to take all.
 Minor details to be arranged, such as judges, etc. We have no standing targets. and will have to ask that you be willing to use the D target which is the one so marked in the book I en- close. The match to be shot at 1 o'clock P. M. on Sunday June ?. There is one concession we will have to ask and you will see why, for the last year we have had a series of matches in different, classes, the finals to take place in three matches cover ing a period of three months. Mr. Gulley is in the Class A. and the first match of the finals will take place next Sunday. May 26. This match will consist of F shots at one thousand yards on the c target, if he is not al- lowed to shoot this he will have thrown away his years work, and he asks per | mission to take part in this final of | the club, confining all his shooting un- til otoh to el, l yards.
 Kindly let me hear from you in time | to arrange for this, also make such plans as you wish for a conference where all details can be arranged. I am with the Vic Hanny company. | Phoenix. and you can get me on the l telephone there any time or call during l the day when you are in town and we will get MT. Gulley and go into final | plans.
 l As secretary of the Rifle club here I wish to thank you for your sports manship in issuing this challenge, and | I will of course be present at the match. and do everything in my power to make it a success.
 Yours very truly,
 L. CHAPMAN,
 Secretary Phoenix Rifle Club.
 P. S.-We will of course lend you a rifle, giving you your choice of several guaranteeing them to be in perfect | condition. also I will see that both contestants shoot the same grade of ammunition, Government loads.
 Chandler, Arizona,
 May 18th, 1918. Secretary Phoenix Rifle Club,
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 Dear Sir:
 Will you please say if there is s member of your club who would like tC engage in a little single handed rifle shooting contest along the lines in dicated below?
 While I have not fired rifle on z range since 1908. my sporting blood i: "het" up to such an extent that I an impelled to back myself for about s2I on the result. Winner take all O. winner $40 and loser $10. | Place-Your rifle range.
 Weapons-U. S. Springfield rifles (you will have to lend me one).
 Time-First Sunday in June or frs
Arizona republican., 1918-05-22

error was common, almost universal one. We have learned since
 The real supremacy in the world is commercial and nothing else The long purse carries farther than the big gun. The soldier wears the gaudy colors makes the loud noise and stands in the imeligh but in the wings is always the merchant holding the string that pulls the puppets hther thither The bravest soldiers and the abest generals all the fruits of their victories away when bankers say the game has gone far enough. Money is the only real force armies amount to nothing except the of the grand stand and the parade ground
 We all persisted in this same error until Ger many crossed the Belgian frontier and even then thought that when the world bankers recovered from the shock they would reassert themselves and pull the purse strings. But the governments had taken them out of their hands. It has done so now in MT. Russells America.
 MT. Russell believed the absorption of Austria Hungary would quickly follow the death of its aged emperor, when the disintegrated pieces would be taken up. The empire might have disntegrated if Francis Joseph had died in time of peace but when he died the empire held together by firmer hand than his the power of Germany.
 Sedan gave to Germany Asace and Lorraine and when it how easily the world took that protest from any quarter, there appeared no limitation upon Germanys aggression.
 Little attention was given by Mir. Russell to Ger manys military development and designs, though it's naval developn. 4nt touched upon. Germany was conceang its activity the sea- belittng it's puny navy. Only those who fortunate as to secure admttance to Kiel were amazed at the extent of naval preparations
 But Germanys mercantile marine was making tremendous strides. Great Britain being crowd ed out of all ports and its merchants were being elbowed out of all markets. The commercial invas- ion already under way in England. This the world empire MT. Russell foresaw It would carry with it empire of influence and undoubtedly world control. But eight years after MT. Russell made those observations, Germany found the pro- cess too slow, rapid it had been, and sought it's end by more direct means.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-22
To Even the War Burden

What is my share of the cost of the war?7 is the title of an interesting pamphlet issued by the Bankers Trust company of New York. The object is to point out to each individual just what his share is During the first year of the war, the expenditures of the government amounted to more than nine and a half billions. fourteen times the average expenditures in the years preceding the Nearly half of this amount expended behalf of allies. About SS per cent of this amount was derived from the sale of bonds and fl per cent from taxation.
 The estimated expenditures for the next twelve months is s16,OoOOOOoOO No say what expect that billions will produced by customs and excise taxes, leaving thirteen and half billions to be raised by war bond sales and by the income tax
 It is estimated that the savings of the nation for the will be eighteen billions of dollars All of it, of course. cannot be turned to the govern ment but it is estimated that billions of it will be available to the government for the conduct of the that two and three quarter billions be directly contributed by individuals. This leaves three and half billions which must be provided by individuals and by corporations from future savings financed through the banks.
 The pamphlet issued by the Bankers Trust com pany proposes equitable apportionment of
 
 been prepared covering all incomes from ss5O to s5.OoO,OOO. The percentages to be contributed by income tax and bond purchases increase with the income, from 96 per cent of income of ss50 to @ per cent of income of s5,oOo,ooo. There is to be deducted from the amount found the amount of the income tax, the balance to be invested in bonds.
 There is suggestion that this any other scheme of contribution should be made compulsory It is rather a2 appeal to the individual to do his share. Whether the arrangement of percentages is equitable not. whether the percentages of the larger incomes is not too low may be debatable certainly, whether not it is just among all citizens, it is just as among those who receive similar incomes of whom have expended liberally for bonds. while others subscribed nothing.
 If the should last long enough it is not inn probable that the government would adopt table compiled at least the plan of this