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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
2
The article argues that better roads boost school attendance and enable consolidation into larger, more efficient graded schools with high schools. Improved highways turn rural schoolhouses into community centers, hosting meetings, lectures, and social activities, with access needed year round.
A reader letter urges reporting excessively dragged country roads to road supervisors or county engineers. The author warns that badly dragged surfaces tilt loads and endanger travelers, calling for action to keep roads flat and safe for all users.
The piece compares life to a rough road, noting both can be interesting yet must be traversed slowly and carefully. It uses food road imagery to describe life’s beat and occasional smoothness before hardship.
Soil fertility can be conserved by good crop rotations that include legumes and by feeding all crops on the place where they are grown with careful return of old manures to the soil.
A brief guide notes farm machinery must run continuously during use and stay in good order with proper adjustments. It also highlights that the amount of available plant food to the soil is a key factor in determining wheat yield.
A fragmented note proposes cutting haul costs by using aero roads to reduce charges to about 25 cents per ton mile. It recasts liability as asset and hints at road builds and assessments, but the fragmentary text leaves several terms unclear.
Daddy tells a bird story about Long Sparrows that stay through winter near a farm. Betsy the girl feeds crumbs and waters the birds while a white kitten Snowball befriends a cat, and the sparrow recalls near misses with a sleeping cat and with an owl. The tale blends barnyard life with playful animal banter.
A sleepyCat and Snowball propose a game with a ball of string to catch birds. The Kitten learns of the older, cruel chase while Song Sparrows hide in the orchard. Betsy brings milk and bacon as the tale shifts to focus on birds escaping. The children note the story centers on Cats and Birds and ask for an escape tale.
The world's largest bell has never rung. Cast in 1787 it survived a fire, broke before hanging, and now rests in the Kremlin. This 19 foot high monument measures 65 feet in circumference and weighs about 200 tons, as reported by American Boy.
A fragment from a household scene shows a child demanding a darker breakfast after recalling a night when Mary was told to provide a light supper. The exchange hints at domestic routines and parental choices without broader context.
Five year old comforts a mother, saying no one to bear him until she arrived, delaying tears until now.
A fashion description highlights simple, wise designs using lace embroidery to showcase delicate fabrics. Embroidered net, chiffon, and lace form a frock with net skirt, lace borders, and a chiffon fold. Accessories in black and white complete the stylish contrast praised as superb.
A display of new millinery presents demi-season hats suited for spring and winter wear. Styles include satin, silk, and fabric blends with straw braids, featuring black lace accents, satin turbans, and a bold silk rose trim. Prices and craftsmanship highlighted as reasons for luxury.
The passage urges guiding a child to wait and valuing education, offering practical tips. It suggests cheerful color laundry bags labeled Laundry to encourage putting soiled clothes away, sharing furniture for organized storage, and assigning a personal space for belongings. It notes an electric blower replacing towels in large washrooms.
The piece notes many muffs in fabrics beyond fur, highlighting a standout set of tulle velvet and fur with a fringe edge and matching collar. It mentions a striking three fabric hat and announces a trend toward long chains this winter. It observes women seeking individuality over strict fashion conformity.
A collage of sports gossip covers baseball trainers and players such as Joe Tinker and Ty Cobb, racing topics in Canada and Europe, university athletics, upcoming gymnasium builds, and league politics. The piece blends humorous asides with scattered names and speculative moves across baseball and other sports.
Bloody milk is more objectionable for appearance than health risk. Hemorrhages can occur in the udder from rapid motion bad resting position stall pressure or broken small vessels. Heavy feeding can cause it. Remedy includes careful milking night feeding with laxatives and mild purgatives. Reducing ration helps when milk flow is heavy. Moving cows to better stalls and careful handling over high sills also improves outcomes.
Dr Charles K Francis of Oklahoma A and M College explains milk densities. Whole milk at 60F ranges 1.027 to 1.085, skim milk with 9 percent solids is 1.086. Cream density varies with butterfat. 10 percent cream 1.024, 20 percent fat 1.0004, 30 percent fat 0.9074.
Experimental proof from a study using fifteen scrub cows bred to Holstein, Guernsey, and Jersey purebred bulls shows daughters of all but one bull produced more milk and butterfat than dams. Holstein crosses rose 71 percent in milk and 42 percent in butterfat. other breeds similar gains. emphasizes choosing proven bulls and tracking pedigree and dam records.
The piece stresses cleanliness and cold for milk quality, the roles of a cream separator, silo, and manure spreader in dairy farming, and the need to balance pedigree with actual performance. It covers cooling, wash water temperature, and managing stock alongside hogs and poultry for butterfat markets.
A collage of short notes cites Garfield Ten as a grandmother remedy for stomach and intestinal ills, remarks on high living costs, family harmony, and a mix of curious facts. Mentions include Russian female students in Paris, a 100 pound watermelon from Weatherford Texas, a 410 pound meteorite, bonbon cutlery patent by a Seattle resident, and Spain and Portugal supplying 70 percent of the world’s cork. Also notes a vanity case inside a modern women’s shoe, 1000 rice varieties in the Philippines, and Gibraltar-like odds on excuses.
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