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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
2
A guide on creating a wide seven to twelve foot piazza around a house, with options for a glassed sun porch in winter and an open shaded summer area. Advice covers roofing, ventilation, screens, and maintenance including copper wire screens for seaside homes and painting window ashes for winter windows.
The Alameda California board of health will post placards on homes and businesses to indicate sanitary conditions. Homes deemed dirty or filthy will bear labels until owners remedy conditions, with removal only once the board is satisfied. Violators may face legal penalties.
The town of Bristol Tennessee with about 10 000 people approves adopting a city manager for a three year term. Supporters say it will test the reform and compare old politics with new administration while arguing the move demonstrates the spread of the city manager idea.
The Pennsylvania state department of forestry and the state highway department have completed arrangements for cooperation in planting shade trees and fruit trees along the state highways. Trees will be grown from seed, transplanted in set aside areas, and turned over to the highway department when suitably sized, with Good s organizations assisting in planting. Species transplanted include Scotch, white and pitch pines, Norway spruce, Douglas fir, sugar maple, white ash, white elm, black cherry, honey locust and Europeans larch.
A new group named Society of Clean-up Boosters forms in Philadelphia with no dues or fees. Members pledge to help keep the city clean and receive a porch sign reading I Help Keep My City Clean, provided free by the city highway bureau.
An AP report notes a heating pad designed to be fastened under carpet and room flooring for discreet warming. It highlights installation approach and potential safety considerations.
Promoter Snowy Baker argues the Australian crawl builds shoulder power essential for knockout punching. He says swimmer athletes show superior muscular development, with the stroke stressing shoulders and arms through repeated exertion and rest, shaping a physique similar to boxers.
President Tener of the National League extols baseball as a healthful sport that stimulates the mind restores the exhausted faculty amuses the jaded sense and revives the sluggish blood. He says it makes strong the weak muscle and impels vigor and health unlike any other sport.
Cincinnati announces the signing of Cuban star Thomas Romanach who gained rating as one of Cuba's best players. He previously played with Long Branch in 1914 and was involved in a proposed Brooklyn purchase that fell through before returning to Cuba. Cincinnati secured his signing after initial interest from Brooklyn.
Edward F. Geers known as Pop has driven light harness for 45 years. He recently celebrated his sixty sixth birthday and hopes to complete 50 years of turf competition.
Cornell University athletic association members contributed over 24000 dollars and season ticket sales boosted revenue during the 2015 16 period. Football proved profitable and the overall balance stood at 1700 dollars.
The University of Pennsylvania rowing squad, led by new coach Joe Wright, trains hard in the gym as spring approaches. Candidates for the red and blue shell work on rowing machines, aiming to be ready to take the water when the season starts.
A fragmented collage of sport opinions and anecdotes. Mentions Umpire Joe O Brien leaving the American association, Al Sheer changing uniforms, the Toledo sale to St Paul, boxing, baseball salaries, amateur definitions, Benny Kauff batting, Belmont course racing near Narberth, Connie Mack pitchers, and various whimsical lines about fighters and press agents.
Freely predicted that Schaefer Jr will someday surpass Hoppe, with Young Jake shaped by his father the late Wizard Schaefer and mentored by Willie Hoppe. Experts say his stroke and technique echo the old master, though Hoppe currently holds the title for years to come.
The past year was notable for record speed in harness racing. World championship marks and yearly records were surpassed, with many fast performances by trotters and pacers. About 1,300 meetings occurred nationwide from June to December, showing strong public interest.
In a Cincinnati fan debate the speed of pitchers surfaced with Tony Mullane tied to Amos Rosol and Walter Johnson. An elderly admirer claimed Mullane was the speediest pitcher ever, and old buffs concede he had great early speed though Rosol’s fans doubt Mullane could rival their idol.
The schedule lists three annual games: Harvard vs Princeton on November 10 at Princeton, Princeton vs Yale on November 17 at New Haven, and Harvard vs Yale on November 24 at Cambridge. The matches determine the fall college football circle among Yale Princeton and Harvard.
Ralph Hadley weighs 268 pounds and is named captain of the Harvard freshman swimming team. His specialty is the plunge.
The piece critiques brewery publicity that touts sobriety in France and Italy versus Maine. It cites 1912 Italian premier Luzzatti pushing anti-intemperance measures and Lombroso endorsed appeals from Doctor Antonini. At Milan 1918 congress, Italian officials noted alcohol deaths rising since 1889, arguing official data undermine brewers' claims.
Hugo Munsterburg, Harvard psychologist and noted authority on German ideals, declared the American saloon degrading to civilized life. He argued it poisons social atmosphere, drains workers, wrecks health, enables political corruption, and drives crime, urging prohibition or education as the aim, with women helping lead the fight across states.
Ex Gov J Frank Hanly of Indiana recalls Abraham Lincoln's twofold dream: end slavery and end government sanction of drunkenness. Lincoln saw emancipation realized but not the temperance triumph, yet citizens remember and seek a new leader to continue the cause from the Capitol in Washington.
In Sweden three corporals and three privates tested alcohol’s effect on precision. Abstinent days yielded 28 and 26 hits out of 80 in quick-firing tests, while alcohol days produced only about three hits on average. Endurance tests showed similar impairment.
The Winton Motor Car company employs about 1,200 men in Cleveland and similar numbers in other cities. A rule has barred drinking employees since the factory opened. Founder and president Mr. Winton says the firm does not allow any man to enter the plant with liquor on his breath or to drink while employed, asserting that no well regulated plant can afford to employ drinkers.
The Business Men's Teague of St. Louis will not be counted with the wets as Missouri again votes on statewide prohibition. Last year the teague executive committee aligned with the Nguor people, angering business leaders. This year a 1000 member meeting elected dry supporters by a clear majority.
Advice on handling a sow during farrowing emphasizes minimal disturbance and segregation from other pigs. Keep help quiet or absent unless needed, provide water to the feverish sow, avoid feeding for a day or two, then start with thin slop and gradually increase. In two weeks, switch to a laxative milk-producing ration and maximize milk by feeding through the sow.
A rural notice cautions against keeping a ram with ewes through winter and spring. The ram, if fed by well-nourished flocks, may dominate feeding areas, cause abortions, and threaten the next year’s lamb crop. Recommend separating ram from the main flock while ensuring shelter and regular feeding.
Small lumps on cattle backs reveal ox warbles when squeezed revealing grubs under the hide. Warbles lower hide value by 1 to 2 cents per pound and can damage flesh, reduce milk output, and annoy cattle. Removing all grubs on infested cattle cuts next summer egg-laying females.
A Missouri station after two years of trials concludes silage can safely and profitably replace part of hay in work animals rations. It finds silage usable at the rate of two pounds of silage for each pound of hay, expanding feeding options and potential savings.
Weather care guidance for horses emphasizes scraping, blanket changes as they dry, and keeping head neck and legs warm and dry. It links good horse care to farm productivity, noting feed and cattle as factors for crops and profits.
A farm health note emphasizes hog care with good feed pure water air sunlight exercise and sanitary conditions as keys to keeping hogs healthy and reducing disease risk.
A 10 cent Cascarets box ad claims the product cleanses and regulates the stomach and liver, removing sour food and toxins. It pitches painless nightly action, avoiding gripe, and asserts improved digestion and relief from headaches, biliousness, coated tongue, and constipation.
The republic of Panama experiences its first bank failure, a rough but necessary stage in its emergence on the world stage. The note compares the crisis to a toddler’s teething, acknowledging the discomfort in a growing nation’s financial development.
A vintage ad promises removal of freckles using ethine double strength from the druggist. Apply a small amount nightly and morning, with more than one ounce occasionally needed for full clearing. The product is sold with a money back guarantee if it fails to remove freckles.
An old gentleman asked a pretty girl clerk for copies of the paper from a week earlier. She replied with a quirky insult suggesting a porous plaster, then pointed him across the street to obtain them.
Excerpt urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria, the famous old remedy for infants and children, noting the warning that Castoria should be used with care as it affects young users. The wording emphasizes trust in the product while prompting careful scrutiny by caregivers.
American shoes, recently introduced to Moscow, show strong consumer interest. The Journal of the All-Russian Company of Tanneries reports firms selling them, praising workmanship at first glance while noting roughness, with prices in rubles cheaper than local goods despite a 25 percent US price rise, import duties, and transport costs. A third of the cost must be paid upfront, with the balance on arrival at Vladivostok, a potential barrier to growth.
California plans an enormous walnut packing establishment slated to become the largest of its kind. The project will centralize processing, packaging, and distribution within the state, signaling a major expansion in agricultural processing capacity.
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