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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1914
Page
7
Betty defies danger aboard No. 17 to thwart highwaymen during a railside robbery. She shoots one attacker, helps subdue another, and safely halts the train at a station. After recovery, she awakens home with her mother by her side and a relieved Ed nearby.
Excerpt from Pillars of Society presents Kitchener as a ruthless yet strategic war figure. While not a great battlefield tactician, he is praised as a formidable organizer of victory, aligned with Fisher’s ruthless three Rs for war. The passage compares him to Stonewall Jackson and Grant in terms of severity, emphasizing his lack of compassion and spiritual detachment in pursuit of ends.
A weary woman asks why the speaker refers to himself in the goat of this household. The Irritable man answers loudly that a goat is supposed to eat anything and act as if he enjoyed it.
An officer reports from the front in France, recounting a brutal August 11 battle at Lagarde. He describes surviving a fall when his horse was shot, leading a small squad to help seize prisoners, cannons, and guns. Fifty eight of his 142 squadron members answered roll call, and the attack is praised as a moral and historic achievement for Lagarde’s campaign.
Fourteen German soldiers buried at Charleroi are marked by helmets on their grave mound. A cross with inscription For Kaiser and Vaterland sits above a tablet engraved with the names of the fallen servicemen.
Berlin report from Ziegeistrasse clinic details a transport of severely wounded men. One defender, unassisted, climbs from the wagon and tells the doctor he is only hurt by three head blows, ten bayonet stabs and a chest wound.
A German officer in a London dispatch describes a trench armistice routine where both sides pause firing from noon to two. Germans and French reportedly trade songs during the lull while English on the other side refuse similar understanding, keeping bitterness. The piece notes a famous Heidelberg students’ song about trench life and mud as comedy amid war.
Los Angeles reports B R Davis a Utah native who lost his left arm in an accident and supports a family of 14 on 1.5 irrigated acres in Milford valley Utah. He grows vegetables fruit and berries on a small plot under an irrigation ditch. In a separate incident the Dunlap brothers attacked two men, knocking one unconscious with a broken skull and severe injuries.
Willem and Matthew Dunlap were returning home in Shenandoah Pennsylvania when three masked men halted them in a late night robbery. Authorities urge witnesses to come forward as investigation continues.
British soldiers renamed a small village in Flanders Bhrapnel village after German shelling around the clock. A single chicken was killed during the bombardment and the event prompted the nickname among troops.
Agricultural essay notes seed selection as the key to uniform, high quality potatoes. It describes soil preparation, crop rotation with alfalfa or clover, fall plowing, and fine, firm seed beds. The author recounts a 12 year seed selection process and a Carl Bennetts study that yielded uniform tubers and potential for 35 tubers per hill, emphasizing breeding principles and top plant vigor.
A historical poultry note warns against overfeeding green cut bone to laying hens. Fresh green cut bone provides egg elements but excess can stunt hens. An ounce per day per hen is advised, with bone cutters used to supply from butcher scraps to cut costs on grain.
Guidance on balancing roughage and concentrates for cattle. Provides ratios: two pounds hay per 100 pounds weight if hay is sole roughage, or one pound hay and three pounds silage per 100 pounds weight if silage used. Roots may substitute for grain at ten pounds per day. Also notes seasonal chores and gendered labor during rain.
The article notes weaning pigs face fewer troubles when ample skim milk is provided. It claims this feeding method prevents backset during weaning and praises the value of good property as a factor.
A Washington Experiment Station bulletin warns of rising hog cholera outbreaks in the northwest. It cites infection via new hogs, clothing, birds, dogs, coyotes, and streams, advising herd separation, burning carcasses, disinfecting facilities, and veterinary use of a serum to save hogs when properly administered.
Ear corn and green alfalfa meet growing pig needs more efficiently and cheaply than chopped alfalfa and ground cob and cornmeal. Alfalfa stems and cob meal suit sheep or cattle better due to their higher fiber content and lower digestibility for pigs.
Agricultural tip urges plowing sod land planned for potato planting next spring. Front wind and weather rot the sod, leaving the ground in fine condition later. Emphasizes plowing as a necessary adjunct to farming.
A small farm converts to sheep to manage the land with a well run flock. Orchard picking baskets become a necessity for handling unbrulhed fruit as part of the farming effort.
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