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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
5
A House Beautiful excerpt recommends a four inch concrete slab over damp earth to strengthen basement floors. It advises embedding coarse wire mesh or expanded metal to prevent shrinkage and cracking, with a cement finish of at least three quarters of an inch and up to eight inches on walls for waterproofing.
The San Francisco Call notes the city beautiful movement expanding across commerce, factories, railroads and schoolyards. Ground areas are being used for landscaping, station grounds and rights of way sprucing up urban spaces as California advances toward a more beautiful America.
The article urges citizens to start local conservation and tidiness efforts to inspire neighbors. It describes a new one story school design with a square plan, open air sash court, inner corridor cloister, and future wings, gymnasium, and basement pool as a community health focus.
A garden note recounts gophers thriving in vacant lots and central city areas. A homeowner uses carbon bisulphide to kill one gopher by digging a hole, pouring in the chemical, and sealing the hole. The next day the gopher is found dead three feet away. A joked exchange follows about workplace tenure and aging.
The W T U faces debate over christening ships with champagne. The Outlook criticizes extreme temperance views while Miss Anna Gordon argues baptismal symbolism justifies using water rather than alcohol. She stresses water as life, alcohol as disease, calling champagne christenings an anachronism.
The Russian finance minister offers 362500 in prizes for new alcohol uses and methods to deactivate alcohol as a beverage. Three prizes totaling 25000 target de naturalizing substances while 21 prizes totaling 237500 seek improvements in heating lighting motive power and chemical use of spirits. The top prize 57000 plus 50000 in two more prizes backs inventions for utilizing spirits in engines and producing vinegar ether chloroform and fuels. Russia aims to transform King Alcohol into a servant and friend, echoing a policy of practical, wise reform.
De G D Cameron of Ohio before the American Institute of Homeopathy soberly urged that alcohol dangers be taught in every school. He argued the European war highlighted alcohol's ruinous impact on home life, heredity, health, and social order, urging strong educational effort to counter its effects.
A practical durable topcoat for students offers rain and snow protection, with styles in broad widths and straight lines. The featured model is green and light brown, long with a wide belt, double breasted closure, and innovative patch pockets that extend from the belt. The design emphasizes resilience against wear at pockets and a mannish yet youthful look.
China has waged a relentless war on opium since declaring it illegal, with imports dropping from 10,000,000 pounds yearly to 997,000 pounds in 1914. Despite massive addiction, authorities report progress, noting 865 opium shops remain in the Shanghai international settlement and hope all will close within two years.
A grocer trying to prove profit is interrupted by a caller claiming bad strawberries were bought at his shop. The grocer proposes returning them for replacements, but the caller reveals they cannot return them because they were eaten.
The article notes a revival of simple decorative needlework in lingerie and dresses, highlighting feather stitching cat stitching herringbone smocking and buttonhole work as durable handwork. It describes a gown made of namook with long length, front tucks, narrow hems and beading, feather stitching across the front, and French knots forming small flowers with possible monograms. It suggests owners can replace machine laces with handwork like crocheted laces or tatting to boost elegance and wear.
A humorous remark notes an audience incident at an amateur theatre where a man applauded a scene involving a cupboard seizure. The punchline reveals the applauding man was the actress’s husband, making his first sight of her being forcibly confined a grim irony.
The Catholic Total Abstinence union at its Milwaukee convention votes to ally with the Dry Chicago federation and appoints committees to cooperate. They declare the saloon destroys civilized society and harms family life, urging defense to sweep the liquor business from the land.
An Echo of Militancy mentions an eminent woman surgeon who is a passionate suffragist and aids wounded guardsmen. London Punch records a brief banter with a constable and notes the weeping willow scientifically as Salix babylinica, native to China and now widespread in civilization.
A fragment shows two lines of dialogue: "What sour views of life he takes." followed by "Doesn't he? Enough to make your blood curdle." The terse exchange hints at sharp social critique and a character with a bleak worldview. The excerpt emphasizes tonal tension and character perception in a concise dramatic moment.
The remark plays on Maude’s hands and a humorous twist about a pair of college kids. A playful line about arguing with a bee and a tug claiming to have its tows behind adds local whimsy to the item.
William A. Pinkerton argues that everyone harbors potential crime in varying degrees and that social and civic structures bear responsibility for maintaining self control. He states crime is not purely an individual failing but a societal issue demanding collective action.
For the first time in state history, the adjutant general issues a sweeping order prohibiting use and sale of intoxicants in National Guard camps. The directive comes through regular military channels from Governor Brumbaugh.
A historic quip from Mary Harris Armor remarks that ridding the country of rum could extend even saloonkeepers' lives. The line frames early temperance sentiment linking alcohol ban to broader social well being.
Fashion critique notes the taffeta revival features intricate cordings and shirrings that edge toward bungling fussiness. Most frocks appear unfashionable or bizarre, with only one in ten deemed charming yet tied to high costs.
A vintage recipe describes serving fruit punch from a bowl carved from a cake of ice. It lists ingredients including pineapple pieces lemons sugar grape juice cherries and mineral water and notes lemonade served from a bowl hollowed from eggs is as pleasing to look at as it is to taste.
Painful Truth recounts Miss Slugwell leaving the choirmaster stunned by her resignation. The secretary hints the solo for the next performance may be the cause, noting the piece begins I once was young but now am old. The item blends with a discussion on farm electrification and rural power distribution developments.
In 4Yolland farmers keep barns spotless with mats at doors and foot cleaning for visitors. Bensonhurst echoes by emphasizing hoof cleaning as required before entry.
Women with tact differ in humor and social grace, some laugh freely at their husbands' jokes while others maintain dignity and restraint in conversation, shaping household dynamics and public perception.
A fragment notes a reckless remark about a man who peers into a loaded gun and this behavior allegedly foreshadows his decision to marry twice. The line frames a moral judgment without detailing events or identities.
Population of the regency of Tunis reaches about 2,000,000 with 200,000 foreigners, mainly Italians, French, and Maltese.
A motorist challenged a police officer after being stopped for speeding. He insulted the officer, was fined, and the judge admonished him for insulting police. He asked if calling an officer an ass was worse than calling a policeman an ass, and the judge smiled. The man then left the courtroom greeting the arresting officer.
A doctor recounts nine weeks of care for a deteriorating patient who asks for one last wish. In a faint voice the patient says he would have preferred another doctor, underscoring a quiet, somber moment at the end of life.
A humorous exchange about engraving on an engagement ring. The customer asks for an inscription that reads August us to Irene while the jeweler warns against a deep cut. The dialogue satirizes romantic overtones and engraver caution.
A fragment hints at humor and social commentary about gender dynamics and maritime disaster. It references a ship disaster caused by a submarine and notes that certain family trials are inappropriate for public view. The tone suggests a column or humorous note on culture and manners.
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