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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1915
Page
7
A cowboy named Jim and Bonita plan a daring elopement from a ranch after a sunlit pursuit. Their romance sours as Bonita resists life at the shack and societal expectations, ending with a bold vow to marry in town despite the long ride ahead.
Prof J B Reynolds and J W H Day of the Ontario Agrica college compiled data on buildings struck by lightning in Ontario. End of 1910 records show 699 buildings with 63 percent burned. only 3 percent had rods and just three protected ones burned. Insurance reports indicate 21 percent of insured buildings had rods and only 1.5 percent of struck structures were rodded. Among 7000 unprotected buildings 37 were struck vs two of protected. Day cites Iowa claims: 4474 dollars for protected vs 341,065 for unprotected over eight years, a ratio of 76 to 1. Skepticism about cheap rods persists, but science affirms Franklin’s invention.
The guide states ham and beef should be cut thin while pork lamb veal and mutton are cut a bit thicker. For a leg of mutton grip the bone end with the left hand and slice thinly down to the bone and loaven each slice by kissing the bone with the knife flat and cutting through. The slices should change direction slightly to cut across the grain.
A devotional discussion on the Intermediate state and Heaven as rest and service. It cites scriptures about believers ruling with Christ, the restrained limits of seeing God, and the saints bearing God’s image. It reflects on eternal glory, the promise of future likeness to Christ, and the joy of an unbroken worshipful rest.
Thought fragments note that distressing thoughts do not come from God and urge placing fears at God's feet with trust. The passage promises that love accompanies God and assures no soul truly in love will fall away, despite feelings of dryness or weakness.
Rev Joseph Henry Crooker argues in a temperance study that in a 3000 person village with four saloons the annual liquor spend is about 60000, halved to 30000 as conservative. He estimates 7500 local business outlays from licenses rent and household costs, leaving only one dollar of every four circulating back to community merchants.
Census notes Long Beach California as the fastest growing U S city with population rising from about 2000 in 1902 to nearly 45000 today. Mayor Wheaton credits the liquor prohibition and the city’s dry status for attracting growth and prosperity, with 60 percent of residents drawn to the caloonleas town.
Two visitors at a Milwaukee home missionary convention toured Schlite Brewing plant. When asked if the WCTU work affected business, the guide pointed to vacant buildings and said production had shifted from seven days a week to three, as machinery wheels turned.
A Pennsylvania hotel keeper and former secretary of the Philadelphia Liquor Dealers association asserts that opposition to liquor traffic stems from many liquor holders, large corporations, and merchants who fear economic impacts and prefer to prevent employees from drinking.
A New York physician prints on prescriptions that alcohol is a common cause of insanity epilepsy paralysis liver stomach diseases dropsy and tuberculosis. It asserts drinking poisons offspring and that even moderate daily use can lead to chronic alcoholism.
Baron Justus von Liebig argues that flour on the knife edge supplies more nourishment to blood than four measures of Bavarian beer. He contends a daily beer drinker would absorb in a year as much nourishment as a pound of bread, per his Chemische Briefe observations.
A Massachusetts town converted a local brewery into a shoe factory. The brewery payroll totaled 6340 dollars annually while the new shoe factory pays about 65000 dollars per year. The changes imply higher wage levels and more jobs, but may displace workers. The narrative questions how many families lost breadwinner support due to the transition and weighs overall business benefit against individual hardship.
A quotation reflects Sir Arthur Chance noting that a man who uses alcohol in moderate, daily amounts has, all else equal, a substantially smaller chance of failing under strain. The remark frames restraint as a factor in steadiness and resilience.
A student outlines progressive highway construction from sub-base locating and drainage through earth, gravel, concrete, and final paving options. It details costs for each stage: $30 a mile for an earth road, a few hundred dollars per mile for gravel, $1.50 per square yard for surface concrete with about $50 a mile maintenance, and mentions brick granite and wood or sheet asphalt final pavements as alternatives for boulevards or residences over a century of use.
The article advises spreading a gravel layer in a central space at least twelve feet wide to firm road beds. If gravel is suitable, two to three inches thick improves durability. Ideally, remove earth from the center, fill low spots with small stones, cover with earth, then lay two to three inches of gravel for a durable road where material is plentiful.
A historic note instructs road bosses to keep water from running onto roads by widening side ditches and, if needed, laying tile at least three feet below the ditch bottom on the uphill side to prevent seepage. It also urges road bosses to attend road making school and study highway construction and maintenance.
Spiders in South America reportedly work overtime causing widespread telegraph failures. In Argentina, dew or rain wets their webs, creating countless leaks that interrupt linen telegraph lines and disrupt Buenos Aires operations, causing government expense and inconvenience.
A city butcher recounts a well off customer who rushed in near closing to order special English chops and asked them wrapped to resemble a book. The anecdote highlights quirky patron tastes and late day shopping pressures.
A witty exchange lands on palmistry as the club’s current topic. The banter recalls Professor Biggers trembling since the German bombardment of Reims, suggesting a lasting psychic impact rather than a medical condition.
Edgar Lewis recounts a con involving Nat Pierce as Westerners in the Waldorf mistake his name for Elihu Root and Jules Jusserand. They chase the ‘promoter’ among cards from governors to Poincare, before abandoning the scam. Also noted is a Glasgow soldier’s wife receiving weekly pay.
Bridget asks the cashier to lend money on character as she parries a request with greasy references. The cashier hesitates, then flees, leaving the scene to a judge who finds the situation amusing and absurd.
At lunch a Western Union office girl reads a chum’s letter describing a new dress. The line fin dé sickle is mocked by coworkers. They joke fin sounds like fish and wonder if it means a dress trimmed with fish, illustrating playful misinterpretation.
A humorous exchange mocks Jobson as a man who cannot manage a wife who runs a cooking school. The quip notes he has been married two years and cannot use a can opener neatly. A farmer’s joke follows about a woman who, after a third marriage, believes her charms are irresistible.
A historical note urges keeping ditches clean to allow rapid water flow. It suggests tiling soft spots with a tile drain three feet below the surface and integrating culvert ends into cement end walls to prevent washout.
A dated notice on an English golf links invites mistresses to allow their housemaids to practice rifle shooting at the range. Recruits express disgust and one source recalls an awful vision of Germans invading town. Housemaids clash with new army in a darkly comic scene.
At the First Signs of falling hair get Cuticura I works wonders. Touch spots of dam druff and itching with Cuticura Ointment, and follow next morning with a hot shampoo of Cuticura Soap. This at once arrests falling hair and promotes hair growth. For free sample each with 22-p, Skin Book, address post card: Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston. Sold everywhere.
A young man calls on a father to request his daughter's hand in marriage. The father questions the suitor before learning the daughter has already accepted. The exchange reveals the couple's consent and the suitor's resolve to wed.
A courtroom quip about a congressman retreating to private life due to another man receiving more votes. The Judge notes the wife’s line about being a revenue cutter, adding a sharp distillation of political life and personal power. The exchange frames political defeat through wit and satire.
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