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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
2
A dated advertising pitch promotes daily morning hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims improved appetite and skin clarity, and relief from constipation bilious attacks and acid stomach after one week.
Observations of Saturn at the Lowell Observatory reveal a marked color shift to a pinkish brown tint and a noticeably darker planet compared to its rings. Comparisons of the planet’s stellar magnitude with Capella Procyon and Mars indicate brightness is dimmer than previously predicted.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for constipation in children and mentions signs to watch, proper dosage, and cautions about counterfeit syrups. It also briefly notes Palm fiber substitute for cedar in cigar box making and a dated sales pitch.
A sermon-style reflection on John 13:1 framing Christians as Christ’s own. It details three ways believers belong to Jesus by gift from the Father, purchase with blood, and surrender. It notes God’s peculiar care, guidance, and provision, and asserts Christ’s steadfast, unending love even amid failure or doubt. Includes brief apposite quotes and a closing moral about reputation versus character.
An advertisement promotes Pape's Diapepsin as a fast harmless remedy for indigestion dyspepsia gastritis and gas. It claims swift relief when taken for sour stomach upset or discomfort after eating and urges keeping a small fifty cent case at home for immediate use.
In a compact tale titled Natural Revenge a speaker recalls a dry town turning to a flood the following week. The dialogue suggests a local superstition linking prohibition to a sudden inundation as a form of reckoning or payback. The brief anecdote blends regional folklore with a punchy wry tone.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as highly effective for dandruff itching and scalp issues with a free mail sample offer. The piece also notes Minneapolis flour exports hit a record 6,400,000 barrels in three months, equating to over two barrels produced each second of a workday.
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline promising dandruff free scalp and growing hair. It describes immediate effects of soft, glossy hair, and urges readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from any store, noting also a topical piano joke from the Cornell Widow.
A new sectional fence, praised for easy erection, uses U shaped wire units driven into the ground. Each unit overlaps and binds to the next, with one leg bent to form two loops at the top and ground line. Sections are driven in sequence, the leg passed through the loops of the adjacent unit.
A newspaper item advises improving back yards to equal or surpass front lawns. It suggests installing a sanitary underground garbage receiver, screening ash barrels, and screening or removing clothesline poles. Build a pergola with climbing vines, and add rustic seats around shade trees using inexpensive materials and simple woodworking.
The Real Estate Magazine notes that decorators now require knowledge across rugs furnishings draperies plastering carpentry and cabinet work. They must advise on finishes and provide cohesive room schemes to meet tenants demand for finished modern interiors alongside architecture.
In a light exchange Singleton questions who first joked about the difficulty of finding a woman's pocket. Wederly responds that he does not know, guessing it was a man who married into her family.
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a person asking if Klasing is unhealthy and another person replying cautiously that they do not know. The exchange includes a cue about a father at home later that evening. The text is imperfect and leaves many details unclear.
Letters from Canadian settlers recount favorable conditions and strong yields in Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1915. Farmers like Lohmann, Goetz, Blake, and others report large wheat and oats crops, improving living standards, and schools. The notices frame migration as productive, with high per-acre yields and thriving communities.
A brief dialogue exchange centers on a couple moving measures. A husband’s car and mortgage are mentioned in a humorous back and forth. The sketch plays on language misunderstandings and everyday concerns around moving home and debt.
An OCR fragment markets Castoria as a trusted infant remedy with claims of 30 years use and child appeal. The text also includes stray quips about borrowing family trees and a misplaced note on Africa’s white rhinoceros, plus an unrelated red Cross mention and a bizarre line about reexport leading to a volatile pound value.
An Ohio data summary links dry counties to fewer imprisonments and jail costs than wet counties. It contrasts county outcomes across care facilities and penalties, then critiques liquor advocates with a quote from Ex-Congressman Lands of Indiana about the moral and economic costs of alcohol.
A saloonkeeper offers a young minister 40 to help pay a church debt. The minister refuses, warning he will attack the saloon as long as he remains in town and votes to shut it down. The saloonkeeper pushes the money, saying he would have no respect for the minister otherwise.
Britain reports 4 000 090 men applied for service with 1 000 000 rejected. If peace standards applied 3 000 060 would have been rejected. Eugenist Dr C W Saleeby notes youths were tempted with drink at sixteen and says the million rejected were once younger. He adds that German figures would be worse, if instructed.
A brewery agent told a W. C. T. U. woman that two forces push national prohibition forward. He cited the demand for efficiency in industry and the enfranchisement of women as key factors. He warned that big corporations may end the business if conditions shift.
Congressman Caleb Powers of Kentucky argues that national prohibition could aid the common defence by making the nation strong and sober and by promoting domestic tranquillity, contrasting with the impact of widespread drinking in the country.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets for liver and bowel relief, claiming a 10 cent box cures constipation indigestion biliousness and various aches. It urges nightly use for a clear head and improved health and advises all stores carry Cascarets and even children need cleansing.
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