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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1914
Page
5
A practical guide to growing melons and watermelons at home. It covers soil prep, irrigation, and labor tips, suggesting a rich, well fertilized bed and a below ground moisture reservoir to reduce drought risk. Mentions Rocky Ford musk melon and Indiana Sweetheart watermelon as strong varieties for early harvests.
Kansas City Missouri readers hear a testimonial about Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound aiding infertility and chronic pain. Mrs Winn recounts severe monthly agony and weight bearing hardship, then relief and two healthy babies after using the remedy. A companion letter from Mrs Charlie Bayley of Cumming Georgia also claims restored appetite sleep and energy after starting the same product.
Sir William Willcocks, famed for Assouan dam work, advises flood control on the Tigris Euphrates, urging wider levees and relief channels. He notes Nile valley irrigation supports 11 million people on 6 million acres, with Assouan-area land valued at 750 to 1000 dollars an acre. Also recounts a Berlin study that married men live longer than bachelors, vs noted mortality among wives due to childbirth. A light aside mentions Menzel’s portrait prank after a Berlin wine-shop encounter.
William Beattie, a wealthy, restless man, plots to secure a wife by raising a girl from an orphanage. He selects Anita, the daughter of a poor Italian mother, and showers her with luxury as a betrothal looms. Lombard, a mining engineer, enters Anita’s life at a betrothal party and she flees with him, rejecting Beattie’s wealth as a false measure of love.
A well dressed man steps in front of a New York autobus on Riverside drive. He refuses to ride until the conductor helps retrieve his glasses from twigs high in a tree above the bus route. The man emphasizes he would risk danger to save his sight. The conductor jokes that such a feat proves he does not need four eyes.
The South Bend News-Times opines on leadership and scale, arguing that the size of a job reflects the person who holds it. It cautions against inflated titles and suggests true influence exceeds nominal rank. The piece emphasizes personal stature and responsibility over grand titles.
A fragment notes Jones as a charming yet flawed card player, praising his good nature while acknowledging occasional losses. The remark hints at Jones being a popular loner with a tendency to win despite errors.
A devotional piece reflecting on John 1 38 39 where Jesus invites the two disciples to come and see where he dwells. It emphasizes following Christ, seeking a personal, unspeakable experience with him in the Father’s bosom, and the blessing of wholehearted response through quiet contemplation and companionship with the Savior.
A trained social worker uses a new volunteer to collect information during home visits by asking about husbands and children. The scene shifts to a Syrian setting where a Nomad chief reflects on a long wedding day and the exchange of a horse for his daughter.
Actor N C Goodwin comments on changing tastes in fashion and flirtation at the Players Club in New York. He notes the decline of the old Chesterfield type amid maxine fashion, slashed skirts, and cigarettes. He recalls overheard chatter at Sherry’s about cigarette use and amused reactions to a man kissing a woman on the forehead.
In a fragment from a Kansas City Journal clipping, two girls sip coffee and smoke through tubes while debating whether wives should work for their husbands after marriage. The dialogue contrasts old and new attitudes toward money and stage entertainment, ending with a remark on Belgium’s plate glass exports worth 5.7 million dollars.
In a light exchange a genial stout man admits to weighing two hundred fifty pounds and jokes about stepping on Miss Sparks's foot during a dance. Mise 8 sighs and the man promises to begin a diet the very next morning.
A short comic caption notes a girl exaggeratedly posing while adjusting a phonograph record, with the puzzled voice asking if she is fixing records or merely putting on airs. The gag hinges on misrecognition of her actions as technical repair versus affected display.
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