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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1913
Page
2
George Demutiny discusses hive design for comb honey, stressing uniform, interchangeable parts and appropriate brood chamber size to balance brood rearing and honey flow. He compares plain and bee way sections, detailing construction, handling, cleaning, packaging, and market considerations for efficient apiaries.
A Missouri Valley farmer describes a method to kill and hang hogs using a wooden lever and pole. Two slanted holes allow the lever to pivot while one man lowers the butt end and ties the hog, another pulls the small end to lift. A gambrel and rope setup enables hanging with minimal effort once the hog is positioned under the pole.
Agricultural hints urge careful seed selection and soil prep. Deep plowing, silo building, fodder preservation, and crop choices like alfalfa and silage are advised. Don’t plant large cucumber varieties, save machinery upkeep, and consider selling fresh vegetables to city areas for extra income.
Roxboro Missouri romance ends in license for Jack Barnett a 38 inch 34 pound man to marry Dorothy Warfield a 19 year old 120 pound woman in St. Louis Mrs H L Morris the seven foot four inch giantess acts as matron of honor and her husband as best man Barnett earns 75 dollars a week Warfield actually joined the show in Baltimore last April and says it was love at first sight after he saw her at a side show wedding details include heights weights and earnings.
In Kansas City a 16 year old boy William Miles keeps a tame three month old wildcat on a yard rope with a wire range. When a neighbor's bulldog charged the cat, the wildcat swiped once and the bulldog fled. The cat is tame except when fed and can be dangerous during meals.
EF Reeves reports two furtive arrivals at his home just before 1 AM. A frightened couple, newlyweds Harry L. Bowers and Mrs Joy Bowers, sought refuge, confessing during a tense exchange. They had wed hours earlier and fled in a taxi, pursued by others through the city for over two hours before reaching Reeves' door.
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