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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1914
Page
8
The Mansfield Mirror lists a yearly subscription at $1.0 in advance and shows the publication address at Mansfield Missouri with operating hours in the East Square block. It notes telephone number 192 for placing advertisements and states ads can be discontinued on request.
A brief notice asks readers if they have paid for paper, ink, rent, light, and other school costs. It emphasizes settling subscriptions and shared expenses to keep operations funded.
A local appeal questions the value of the Mirror newspaper at two cents weekly in Mansfield. It invites readers to contribute one dollar for a year of 52 issues, urging community backing.
If you enjoy the band concerts go out to the park Saturday night and show your appreciation by your presence.
A one year old boy wandered from home Friday. Parents and neighbors searched frantically and found him in the weeds along local streets. Cut the weeds and save the boy.
The speaker taunts rivals to provide players to test A J Grantham who has defeated champions in Nevada and elsewhere. He vows to pit him against any Sey mour or Ava can produce and promises to field a dozen more experts if beaten.
A Mansfield reader asks editor to add penalties for harassment on phone lines. They propose criminalizing taunting and abusive language toward fellow patrons and call for strict enforcement like in other states.
A quirky note from Senath Missouri requests a “creep for the Pics” and a feeding area where larger hogs cannot reach. It warns against sloppy feed for young pigs and includes a testimonial about J B R Black Medicine Co Eye Water and a sales pitch from Cancer Drug Store in Kennett Missouri.
The fifth annual Wright County Sunday School Association meeting in Cumberland Presbyterian church opened with songs and a scripture reading by Rev. Joseph Davis. President J R Braton presided, Sterling L Williams spoke on efficiency and duties of officers, with discussions on Cradle Roll and teaching preparation. Evening sessions featured Williams talks on winning and training boys. Wednesday covered graded lessons and problem solving, with missions and temperance discussions in the afternoon and notes on upcoming Norwood convention site and officers.
Advice warns against excessive mash for young growing chicks. It stressing that chicks need grit and grinding aid to train the gizzards and promote proper development, lest growth be sluggish.
Aug 25 news from Pleasant Valley and nearby: well drilling by Rob Gilleland, visits among Brasher, Gilleland, Pool, Rosevear, and Gas kill families, horse loss for M A Gaskill, typhoid illness, and cane canning. Local events include camp meeting, fieldwork, farming notes, box—G W Mackey purchase, and social calls across Antrim and Macomb with multiple households mentioned.
Roots for feed are excellent for dairy cows especially in fall and early winter. They are palatable and easy to digest and stimulate milk flow. Leaf grain is required while roota are fed. Change from roots to grain gradually, adding one pound of grain for every ten pounds of roota.
A brief note on eggs absorbing odors. Eggs are permeable through shells and can take in smells from nearby kerosene or stale oil. A reader recalls fresh eggs spoiled when stored near a kerosene can stand seeping with old oil.
J. J. Carter and his son Alva found a quail on the Frisco right of way this week with two chickens she had hatched. Carter had discovered the quail on the eggs some time earlier and allowed her to stay on the job. The quail seemed content with her fledglings but eventually escaped.
The notice states that Mrs Walker Alexander’s address is ordered changed from Niangua to Sanger California. The directive affects official records and potential mail and service addresses. The change appears to be part of a formal administrative action recorded in the public notice.
A Kansas farmer explains a method to keep butter cool in hot weather by building a wooden frame in a well, creating a cupboard on shelves, and using a pulley and weight elevator to raise and lower the butter box. The design uses a two by four frame spanning 20 feet deep with a rope, pulleys, and an iron weight to lift the loaded box easily.
The guide notes that skim milk plus protein-rich supplements like linseed meal cottonseed meal or gluten feed combined with alfalfa or clover hay causes unbalanced rations and digestive troubles. Calves should receive small, frequent dry feedings. grind grain during the first month, then switch to unground oats or corn later. All grain fed dry in a trough. avoid mixing feeds with milk.
A longstanding guide declares liberal annual manure for the garden and truck patch to boost family sustenance. It suggests turning a field into a hog pasture for two or three years and feeding grain to hogs across the field. Also advises keeping charcoal and grit readily accessible to chicks for growth.
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