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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
4
An advertisement promotes drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate each morning before breakfast to cleanse the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. It claims improved digestion, clearer skin, relief from headaches and bad breath, and an increased appetite. The cost is a quarter pound for the phosphate at a druggist or general store.
Recent observations report Saturn displaying a pinkish brown tint and darker appearance than its rings. Comparisons of its stellar magnitude with Capella Procyon and Mars indicate the planet is fainter than earlier predictions.
An old style ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for child constipation noting tongue coating and lethargy as signs. It promises gentle internal cleansing within hours and warns to seek fresh bottles with clear directions. Also mentions Palm fiber substitute for cedar in cigar boxes and an alleged universal remedy for piles with a money back claim.
A devotional meditation on believers as Christ's own possession bought by his blood. It explains their secure status with the Father and the Son, the Lord’s peculiar care in guiding and providing, and the enduring, unfailing love that remains despite failures or slowness to learn.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, harmless remedy for indigestion dyspepsia gastritis and gas. It claims rapid relief when contact with the stomach neutralizes fermenting acid and undigested food, with a fifty cent case sold by dealers and a worldwide reputation.
In a sparsely described scene a speaker recalls a town that went dry and faced a sudden flood the following week. The quotation highlights a sharp reversal of fortunes tied to prohibition era attitudes and local disaster response.
A combined news brief notes a Cuticura advertisement offering free samples by mail for scalp care and dandruff relief using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Sosp, plus a promotional request to address Cuticura Boston. It also reports Minneapolis shipping 6,400,000 barrels of flour in three months, a record and over two barrels produced per second of a workday.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline as removing dandruff and hair loss after weeks of use. It promises immediate shine and fullness, claiming hair becomes fluffy, lustrous, and healthy. The copy urges buying a 25 cent bottle at any store and notes a humorous quip about piano keys from a local joke.
Kidney and bladder weakness from uric acid is common but curable. Jad Salts neutralizes urine acid, easing bladder irritation and nocturnal urges. four ounces in water each morning for two to three days. Inexpensive and harmless, it’s advertised as a pleasant effervescent drink for urinary disorders.
Three thousand refugees from western Run rin provinces reach Irkutek in Sibheria’s expires region after a lengthy trek. Many traveled for up to twelve weeks seeking safety amid devastation.
A new sectional fence design uses U shaped wire units driven into the ground with ends buried. Each unit is a single wire piece, with a bent leg forming two loops at the top and ground line. Sections are erected by passing the straight leg through loops of adjacent units ensuring secure overlap.
The article urges improving yards by concealing garbage with underground receivers and screened ash storage, replacing bare clothesline poles with a vine covered pergola, and adding rustic seats around shade trees. It emphasizes low cost and personal effort to create an inviting outdoor space.
The Real Estate Magazine notes modern decorators must master rugs, furnishings, draperies, plastering, carpentry, and cabinet work to plan cohesive interiors. Decor and furnishing now rival painting in importance, shaping inviting rooms as tenants demand finished homes beyond bare walls.
A terse quip notes a longstanding joke about locating a woman's pocket with a playful backbeat. Singers Singleton and Woderly are referenced in a light exchange on marriage and domestic quirks.
A fragmentary dialogue features a talking toad and a cautious answer about belief and health. The odd exchange includes pronunciation hints and a question about whether a father is at home in the evening.
A Canadian letter collection from Willmont Sask and Golden Prairie Sask reports strong farm yields and confident settlers. It notes Henry Lohmann and sons taking homesteads, high wheat and oat yields, and better climate than expected. It also lists numerous Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan farm records and comments on schools and progress. a light ad section follows with a humorous exchange about oaths and a mortgage question.
A fragmented OCR composite includes an old Castoria ad touting the infant remedy with claims of safety and decades of use, plus stray humorous lines about family trees and unrelated visual garble. The text also contains disjointed references to a white elephant, Red Cross, and cryptic prices or weights.
SS shows prohibition sentiment rising in Ohio with dry counties sending far fewer youths to state institutions than wet counties. Data compare jail, penitentiary, reformatories, workhouses. costs show dry jail maintenance at $21,316.06 versus wet at $139,750, highlighting fiscal differences alongside moral arguments against alcohol.
A saloonkeeper offered a young minister $40 to help pay a church debt. The minister declared he would oppose the saloon as long as he remained in town and would campaign to close it. The saloonkeeper pressed the gift, saying he would respect no minister who refused.
Dr. C. W. Saleoby, an eugenist, notes four million British men sought service with one million rejected. He argues peace standards would have rejected three million, and that rebellious youths were drawn into service by early drinking. He adds German figures would show worse outcomes.
A brewery agent tells a W C T A woman that two forces threaten breweries first the new efficiency basis in industry where Barley corn no longer pays and second the enfranchisement of women. He predicts big corporations will be driven out of business or the ballot will finish them.
Graven Caleb Powers of Kentucky questions if aiding common defense and enforcing prohibition will make the nation virile strong and sober. He argues that domestic tranquillity is disturbed by high per capita alcoholic beverage consumption and asks what disturbs it more.
An old ad cites Cascarets as a remedy for constipation indigestion and biliousness, promising quick relief from headaches nervousness and gassy stomachs. It touts a 10 cent box as a path to health happiness and a clear head, urging use by children too and noting ads for laundry bleach and worry relief.
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