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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
7
A historical note explains that once a hog develops a habit of escaping its yard or pasture it becomes extremely hard to deter. Even tight fences fail if a hole is not present, and improper feeding drives hogs to seek food outside. Keeping hogs content at home saves time and patience.
A historic veterinary note prescribes a worming method for a 100 pound pig using santonin calomel areca nut and sodium bicarbonate with a solid fasting and a middlings slop followed by a wheat bran mash to flush the bowels. It warns worms signal disease and urges salt autophur and charcoal in pigpens for prevention.
Farm feeding guidance from Wallace's Farmer on nourishing weanling colts to build a large frame without fat. It outlines dietary mixes with bran oats and corn, adjusted by hay type, and suggests feeding five to seven pounds daily in the first winter to develop draft-animal potential for market readiness.
The article discusses building a movable rack to feed alfalfa to hogs, preventing waste by elevating the feed and allowing easy relocation. It emphasizes a broad bottom to avoid tipping and notes the need for a light rack for manual movement. Wool and Lamb Prices rise, attracting attention to sheep farming prospects in declining regions.
Purebred pigs prove profitable by adding value to the carcass and reaching market weight earlier than scrubs. They offer lower feeding costs and faster readiness, making them favorable for butchers seeking efficient meat production.
A fanciful tale where Daddy describes Elfland last evening a bonfire dance picnic and nutting frolic. Fairies gnomes and brownies attend Mr Grant and Old Witty Witch tell tales by the fire as the woodland orchestra plays. Bennie Brownie wins a red umbrella prize.
A child learns money equals labor and reward for services rendered, not a gift. The piece argues pennies earned differ from pennies solicited and stresses earning spending money teaches value and responsibility.
Winter golf, carried into the South, is not a pleasing institution. Yet Jerome Travers believes it helps develop championship form by October to April, while Oswald Kirkby shows near unbeatable play April to September. Phil Carter, dominant at Pinehurst in winter, struggles after April. A few weeks of winter golf may help, but year round play dulls keenness and sharpness.
A new mutual protection plan insures league players against injuries, a concept tried in California and considered elsewhere. The California Football Association funds the program via small player assessments, program sales, and other sources, offering up to 50 dollars per injury.
Experts predict rising billiards star Jake Schaefer may soon reach perfection in balk-line play. He is mentored by Willie Hoppe, the current champion, who learned the game from Schaefer Sr. The 23 year old Schaefer resembles his father and is hailed by friends as a future top titleholder.
Several major league clubs passed up pitcher Gould after a strong late season with the Cleveland Indians. The so called "Muscatine Midget" was rejected by scouts because of his size, despite an excellent showing.
George Pierce found a real home in Toledo last summer as fans backed him and he delivered the goods nearly every time he pitched. The southpaw earned strong support from local crowds through performances that impressed the city.
The article notes distances for fungo hitting led by Peter Schneider of Cincinnati with a 487 feet 6 inches shot on season’s end. It cites Ed Walsh 419 feet 0.5 inches in Chicago, Mike Mitchell 418 feet 8.5 inches, and mentions unverified claims of Larry Miller at 438 feet 2 inches with Winnipeg.
A collage of sport vignettes notes amateur unions with cash, city clubs turning profits, and quirky lines about riders, fighters, and spectators. It mentions Jess Willard, baseball, and a New York club planning a spring clubhouse in Macon.
A Chicago Port story notes Connie Mack’s long game sense and a famed glove ruse by George Moreland that sounded like a whip crack. It recalls changes in rules, Mack’s Pirates era, and a first strike foul tip rule evolving from player wit and on the road exploits.
The article recounts Connie Mack using a webbing and finger snap to feign a foul tip, fooling umpires and batters for eight outs in a game. The deception led to a rule change clarifying that a batter is out only on a third strike when a foul tip is involved, altering how gloves were used on pitches.
The Billiards Control club in England says Melbourne Inman will keep the title indefinitely. They cite possible military call ups among eligible challengers as delaying the championship setup for the coming season.
Bates College undertakes widening of its running track to 20 feet and extending it to create a 220 yard straightaway. The college intends to invite the New England Intercollegiate Association to hold its annual track and field meet on Garcelon Field next May.
Reported plan indicates George Stovall will succeed Ham Patterson as manager of the Vernon Tigers in the Pacific Coast League, with many positions already allocated for him next year.
Investigators argue war burden falls on farmers more than factory workers. In French trenches 60 percent are small farmers, 12 percent industrial workers. Modern weapons and supply production demand skilled factory labor at home, prompting exemptions for valuable workers. England plans conscription to draft 1,250,000 soldiers while agriculture groups mobilize against militarism. Farmers warn they will protest if their interests are imperiled.
James Boyle joins the list of lone survivors from famed calamities. Examples include Marcel Bader from the General Chanzy wreck off Minorca, Doctor Brydone from the 1842 retreat from Cabul, and a black prisoner in St Pierre who survived Mont Pelee’s 1902 eruption alongside thousands. Each case highlights extraordinary endurance against overwhelming odds.
Miss K. B. Henesey of this city offered $1,000 to a physician who could save her two pound Yorkshire terrier York Sunshine Girl after a swinging door injured the dog. The specialist declined to act as a vet, and the animal’s injuries proved fatal despite the offer.
The article explains how tracer shells aid range estimation in artillery. Tracers flare at impact, leaving a daytime smoke trail that helps gunners watch shell flight and time the explosion for accurate range adjustments.
The first announcement of phrenology by Frank Joseph Gall was in an address to medical colleagues in Vienna about 125 years ago. Gall, born in Baden, settled in Vienna in 1781 and began practicing medicine. He argued that human talents and dispositions can be inferred from skull shape, a theory he developed through lectures, pamphlets, and books, gaining many adherents in the scientific world.
In Farm Life style, a burglar is said to have entered the home of writer Scribbins last night and stolen manuscripts. Scribbins jokes that if the thief fairs better than he has, he will let him try again, prompting lighthearted police pursuit banter.
A speaker muses on improving captive goldfish conditions. He expresses strong support for humane treatment, noting he never leaves the cat alone with the fish and imagines the fish gaze back with appealing eyes through their globe.
Giving City Managers Control of Municipalities Has Worked Well and Idea is Spreading argues that about forty places from Ashtabula to St Augustine use city managers. The system concentrates power in a trained manager, enabling cheaper purchases, better staffing, and clear public reports to citizens who can back or fire him. It limits political interference and promises growth from engineers to city leadership.
The State College of Forestry at Syracuse reports nine tenths of rural roadsides in New York lack shade trees. It argues shade plantings, including bushes under overhead wires and small trees along narrow roadways, prevent vegetation damage to adjacent fields and reduce road deterioration.
Alderman Charles E. Merriam frames unearned decrement as a tool to argue for zoned urban planning. He cites cases in South Side and Wicker Park where land use changes depreciated property values, supporting a division of the city into residence and industrial zones to reduce property destruction and guide development per the Chicago Herald.
Public health department of Dallas urges citizens to keep city clean and safe. The note highlights spitting, littering, odors, dirty outhouses, vulgar remarks, and other offenses harming the public health and urban life. It cites Houston Post as context.
The word squatter emerged in colonial Australia during the early pastoral era when crown ten ants rented lands in their natural state. The first pastoral occupation began around 1840, marking the term's historical usage in land tenure contexts.
Cities noted for their beat were laid out on a well defined plan at the outset or millions have been spent on reconstruction, though parts of the latter class have become utiful.
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