Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-07-10
From Hartville Democrat

ing her father, E. G. Purtle.
A. NJ. Curtis, wife and children an
Mrs. L. l.. Steele departed for Colora
do Friday to spend the summer.
Sturgeon vanNoy and wife an
mother of Norwood spent the first o
the week here visiting Mrs. G. {
Murrell.
Roy E. Curtis, wife and daughte
arrived from Jefferson City Tues
day. Mr.. Curtis has accepted a pa
5ition in the Wright County Bank.
l.. X. Boyer and family spent Sun
day with their daughter, Mrs. Nori
B~razeal. Another daughter, Mrs
Verna Claxton, of Carthage, was Wis
iting there also.
Bowman Gideon has resigned his
position with the Wright County
Bank and accepted a position with
the Frisco Railroad with headquar-
tiers at Springfield.
Chester Hall arrived Sunday for a
visit with friends and is visiting hi.
uncle II. E. Mykrantz near Grove
Spring. He has just been released
from the T.. S. navy.
DIR. b. l.. Johnston of Names passed
through here yesterday on his way
home. He has been in the hospital
at Springfield having undergone an
operation for appendicitis.
Larkin l.. Turner of this city and
Miss Pearl Callahan of Jonesboro,
Ark, were married by Rev.T. j. Gid
con Tuesday. Mr.. Turner served with
The 35th division in France.
Roy Soladine and Miss Verna
Bramhall of this city were married
by Squire Lewis B. Tate yesterday
The bride is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. P. Bramhall and the groom
is a son of the late Peter Soladine.
Mrs. Nancy Ward, widow of ex-
Robert Ward, died at her
home west of Odin last night. Rev.
A Russell and Rev. T. j. Gideon
of this city conducted the funeral SER
,h;, ,ftarrnnn nf Iniin
James Latimer near Loring died
Thursday. He has been in poor health
several months but the end came
having dropped dead. He
was one of Wright county's oldest
settlers being a brother of Lease
Latimer of Mansfield.
George Ryan, who has been with
the U. S. Army in France the past
year, arrived last week and is attend
ing the bedside of his father-in-law,
Thomas Coday, of Wolf Creek, who
is at the point of death with heart
trouble and other complications of
diseases.
Charley Latimer, who has been in
California the past ten years, is ex-
pected to arrive here today to take
charge of the estate of James Lati-
Charley has been away less
than ten years, but during that time
both father and mother have passed
away.
DR.. B. E. Latimer and wife re-
turned from Claremore, Oklahoma,
Thursday. They had been to the
Springs for Mrs. Latimer's health.
She appears to be much better having
been able to go to the table by the
use Of cruthches for each meal since
her return.
Rev. Watt Walker closed the pro-
itracted meeting here Sunday. A
large crowd attended the basket din
ner and services on the court lawn
Sunday afternoon. Rev. Walker is
now in Franklin county attending to
business matters. and he will return
to Hartville in a week or two for
another revival.
EX-Judge Hayes, Of Macomb was
here Sunday visiting his grandson,
Jesse Findley. Mr.. Hays left Wright
county eighteen years ago and has
since resided in Oklahoma and Cali
fornia. He was postmaster at Ma
comb a number Of years, Justice of
the Peace twenty years and Associate
Judge Of the County Court from
1SS6-1S9S.
l.. W. COttengim has purchased the
stock of merchandise formerly owned
by j. p. Preston, southeast of this
city, and has brought the stock here
to sell. A few years age Preston's
store was one Of the best known
country stores in Wright county. A
few months ago he traded the stock
of goods and the farm to Merton
Cottengim.
In the proceedings of the County
Court published elsewhere in this is
sue will be found the levies made by
the county court and attention is call
ed to the fact that the levy for county
revenue purposes--is forty cents on
the 500 valuation instead Of fifty
cents as in the past. This levy is
occasioned by the estimate which the
court made believing the assessed
valuation Of the county would be in
1ynaSS 80 4 million lollorS law