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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1909
Page
1
Fragmented report notes an officially unquenchable thirst and a long running dispute. References to The Standard Ol! Trusts and frequent lawsuits imply a pattern of adverse rulings. The piece touches candy consumption and potential changes in national attitudes toward confectionery but lacks clear, coherent facts.
Forsman, not a golfer or tennis player, has performed remarkably well in maintaining a favorable public image, according to observers.
A Democratic contemporary dismisses Bryanism as a forlorn hope and notes such hopes lead to no pie. The remark frames the political mood and underscores skepticism about the movement's prospects.
A brief exchange from a Chicago Record-Herald poem by Allen Bess where a little boy repeatedly asks his father if he loves him. The father reassures him with affectionate responses, highlighting the child's demand for affirmation and the tenderness of the moment.
A fragmentary verse set beside a purring lake recalls fairy barks and Dryads, seeking a secluded spot beneath turquoise skies. The speaker laments a marriage gone distant, noting nine offspring and a lack of baptism, while longing for旧 auld lang syne and the cooled shade beyond the meadow.
An owl, dog, cat, and others declare they are not afraid of the dark. A late girl peeks from her bed as a playful rhyme from a 19th century or early 20th century children play box verse recites how even brave animals fear nothing by night.
A fragment shows AL recalling courting days to George amid a tense moment beside red coals. George jokes that only night watchmen courted at night, while AL laments memory gaps, framing a strained domestic mood within a Western Publisher context.
Dr Charles A Eaton of Madison Avenue Methodist Church told a Cleveland audience laziness fuels misery, urging more effort and study. He compared society to a theatre s supernumerary delaying a carriage, urging a change in approach.
The W C T U held its first institute Thursday and Friday at the M church. The children's session featured Marnie Beach and Agnes Rogers with a vocal duet by Lois Beach and Hazel Burney. Mrs. May L. Woods led lessons from flowers and kindness. An evening lecture by Mrs. Woods on the Temperance Ladder followed. Friday included institute work and a bountiful dinner with devotions led by Mrs. G S Bur.
A Kansas city high school concerns section argues football should be excluded from serious athletic programs. It lists dangers like injuries and diminished study time, cites fatalities and cripplings, and claims football attracts rough students, demoralizes youth, and favors strong players, urging educators to oppose the sport.
A two day meeting led by Mrs. Beach and Mrs. Woods featured a legislative drill and a stirring parliamentary exercise. Six boys trained by Miss Gertrude Keller won the Silver Medal, presented by Mrs. Woods as Miss Vida Coday recited temperance verses. Master ye Dudley received the medal amid applause as Nass Or Guskinl played the organ. The audience was invited to attend the next meeting on May 12 at Mrs. J. D. Reynolds home.
The text argues against a degraded sport in schools and wards, criticizing isolated principals and noting critics from champions of an unregenerated port, condemned by Corbett, Sullivan and Fitzsimmons, with Wotewrts as examples of duty to the school.
In Wright county Missouri on March 15 1909 the Pleasant Baptist Church resolves to honor and remember our beloved brother Edward Dennis a longtime Mt Pleasant member He born March 26 1877 died February 9 1909 and family given sympathy as these resolutions are spread in church records Uncle Ned as he was known reflects a cherished life within the congregation and community
Directory items show Presbyterian and Methodist services on the Fourth Sunday and on the first and third Sundays, with Sunday School at 10am. Local officials listed include Mayor J D Reynolds Police Judge E8 Bertram, City Marshal Roe Strong and City Clerk John W Hrelseal. Aldermen N S Miller Jones Coday W E L Moore John W Brazeal referenced amid a note on future hourly Mansfield Bryant train service plans.
A listing of lodge meetings for groups including Lodge No 146, Rebecca Lodge, Mansfield Camp No 3148, Royal Neighbors, Mansfield Lodge No 643, A M and A M Mansfield Chapter No 70 and Eastern Star Mansfield Chapter No 70. It names officers and meeting nights, mostly the 1st and 2nd weekends, Wednesdays, and before full moons.
Manager J B Quigley announced that twenty men are already employed and sixty more are being sought for the electric railway project. A new section motor car from St Louis arrived to run daily on steel transport duties, powered by gasoline. Heavy rains delayed start planned for Wednesday. by Monday about forty workers were expected to be active.
A fragmented Mansfield advertisement highlights bargains at J D Reynolds and Fullington. It promotes farm equipment, furniture, wall decor, clothing, shoes, and a Spring clothing line. The Farmers & Merchants Bank of Mansfield is noted with directors listed, and other traders like G W Freeman & Son and Mucsnell are mentioned in passing.
In Paris readers anticipate Dr A T Osbron of Kansas City operating a rest camp on the Bryant. A dam will block the river to form a large lake near a new rail crossing. The camp may attract thousands of visitors as pamphlets on mental science are debated.
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