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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
8
At 6 00 promptly parents, brothers and sisters of pupils are invited to attend a school event. The notice lists family members as guests and emphasizes punctual arrival and participation in the program.
The club held its regular Tuesday evening meeting with reports from park improvement finances fair circuit and carnival finances and Frisco agents meeting arrangements. A membership committee was formed and several other items were discussed to boost Mansfield with local leaders Wm Fage and wife visit their son Fred Fuge at Newton Kansas. Fuge a leading local farmer. they moved from Pennsylvania in 1870 and Mrs Fuge’s first railroad trip in 43 years.
Professor L Petit presented to the Zoological Society of France a set of birds with accurately known ages. The birds include an eight year old sparrow, an eleven year old blackbird, a fourteen year old cardinal and a twenty five year old Amazon parakeet, challenging earlier age estimates for birds.
Dr Johnson notes in the Hebrides the harvesters timed by song while weaving. Dairymaids sang on the milking stool, believing cheerful tunes improved milk yield as cows were cheered during milking and work.
Great interest surrounds Roman discoveries at Kenchester near Hereford. Finds date to Constantine era about 320 to 350 A D and include pottery similar to pieces made before Pompeii’s destruction in 79 A D. Pottery linked to workers during Antoninus Pius reign is also reported.
A playful puzzle states that twelve people dining daily must not repeat seating order. At one dinner per day, it would take about 13,000,000 years to exhaust all possible arrangements, requiring over 479 million dinners to cover every seating permutation.
Advice to remove paint specks from glass by dissolving soda in hot water. Wipe stains with a soft flannel cloth after the solution. The text notes painters often splash glass and offers a simple home remedy.
A humorous exchange references a famous line about a horse and a tree. Bertram's second hand store advertises a selection of new and used goods. A new subscriber, Prof. Lynch, connected with the State Normal School at Springfield, visits Gainesville en route to promote the school and remains a Manafield Mirror reader.
A Chicago Record Herald columnist praises Ralph Wilder for his daily front page cartoons. He argues Wilder’s gentler, witty depictions of domestic life and human foibles lift readers' spirits and reinforce The Record Herald as a beloved family paper in the West.
A regional fair circuit across Mansfield Ava Mountain Grove Hurtville Sk Cuhool schedules shows the benefit of pooling towns to cut costs and improve acts. Proponents seek greater attractions at lower prices, including airship possibilities, to fund Mansfield's second annual carnival and stock show. The committee seeks funding guidance to plan attractions accordingly.
A reader recounts butter turning off flavor when Kaffir fodder fed to cows. After introducing cottonseed meal, butter flavor improved and yield increased. The change is attributed to cottonseed feeding, with the Oklahoma visitor's advice cited.
A supplier notes butter stays sweet under sanitary handling but flavor shifts when cows were fed Kaffir corn fodder without cottonseed meal. Recommends about a pint of cottonseed meal per cow twice daily as proper ration. Report from Mia, W. H. Utley, Maple City, Kansas.
The notice promotes the Weekly Kansas City Star as valuable to farmers and stockmen with farm department leadership. Chaperon aids wives and daughters on etiquette, Answers replies to inquiries, and short stories appear for potential book form sales. Subscriptions include Mansfield Mirror and Star at one year for $1.15.
A Mansfield advertisement urges public morality and dental care under the banner of a national health campaign. It emphasizes education, early dental care for children, and preventive exams with free assessment over Fuson's drug store. Dr. F. H. Riley signs the note.
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