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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1914
Page
5
A 26 cent bottle of Knowlton's Dandeline is advertised to revive hair, claiming after first use the hair becomes lusterous and fluffy with new growth visible in weeks. Includes assorted old time ad quips and a joke about a youth's temper, china painting, and a remark on Dr Pierce's Pellets as a constipation cure.
A Mexico City dispatch reports on Huerta funding his administration from within Mexico. It details forced loans masked as special taxes, bank bond purchases, and heavy stamp duties, with examples from Cuernavaca Guaymas Jalisco and the City of Mexico.
The text portrays Huerta as modest and not money hungry, denying gossip of wealth and claiming concern for old age pensions. He shows frequent courtesy to Americans, praises President Wilson, and remains cordial to Chargé d’Affaires Nelson O'Shaughnessy. He aims to outlast Wilson and instructs officers to protect Americans while ignoring minor provocations.
A Royal Botanic Gardens bulletin notes that the edible crab grows large and is a major burrower and scavenger in Grand Cayman. Males reach about six inches across with big claws. They raid nests and saplings, eat eggs, and damage young coconuts and vegetation, requiring thinning to protect new plantings.
Mrs Antoinette Funk head of the National Woman's Suffrage Association in Washington pushes a federal amendment. She challenges anti suffragist Augustus Gardner to a joint debate to frame the issue. Grace Wilbur Trout welcomes Funk as best representative for the cause. Funk, a lawyer, helped craft Illinois suffrage legislation.
A Geneva inquiry reports British turf bookmakers here, taxed by law, run vast betting ops on England. One firm buys 60 000 stamps at 1d each. another ordered 600 000 stamps. Telegraphs flood in, sacks of telegrams arrive, and the federal post office earns large income. Yet there is a belief foreign betting should not be tolerated.
California Syrup of Figs touted as a gentle yet positive liver and bowels cleanser for children and adults. The ad promotes a 50 cent bottle with directions, claiming it replaces old fashioned physic and prevents sickness tomorrow. A separate item notes William Steamer catching a shark at Breakers Hotel pier and a rare sea cow sighting near Palm Beach.
The revival of birth-rate discussion recalls schemes by statesmen to boost family size. Pitt argued relief should be a right and honor for large families, not a reproach. Napoleon offered to take under his care a member of any family with seven children. Louis XIV exempted from taxes those who married before twenty or had more than ten legitimate children.
Mrs John White of Roxbury Massachusetts reports her two week old son suffered widespread eczema with itchy pimples and nightly scratching. After three weeks of no relief a wash with Cuticura Soap and application of Cuticura Ointment cleared the condition. Advertisement notes Cuticura products sold worldwide with a free sample offer and Skin Book.
Queen Mary’s close confidante is Lady Mount Stephen, wife of a Canadian peer likely to become high commissioner for Canada in London. Before her 1917 marriage she was Miss Glan Tufnell and served as lady-in-waiting to the late duchess of Teck. She has long been the queen’s friend since girlhood and well regarded by the Teck family.
Guard quotes Farmer Whitietree and Win as both joke about cows and friendships. The dialogue hints at cautious attitudes toward trust and complicates relations on the farm. The exchange preserves local flavor and character without explicit action or setting.
A literary critique notes how numerous flaws expose the very sins a fictional figure aims to hide, highlighting the tension between virtue and vice. The piece argues that moral conceits collapse under scrutiny, revealing deeper flaws in the character’s portrayal.
Aunt Rosa enters the library in distress and demands $15 bail for her nephew Rastus, claiming he was arrested for defending himself with a knife. Willie questions the incident as the boy allegedly patted the doorstep when an unrelated person fell on the knife, injuring himself. In other news, the Manila agriculture director reports record rice output last year, cutting imports by over 176 million pounds, and hemp exports hit a historic 144,576 tons valued at $23.64 million.
A humorous Peach State style quip features a young wife sharply correcting her husband at dinner. He recalls using an old leaking fork. The exchange plays on manners and misfortune during a festive meal.
A curious exchange centers on a book described as a dyspeptic hero. Readers debate whether such a work can conclude happily and whether pleasure seeking trumps duty in literary taste.
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