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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1909
Page
4
Local notes report delayed corn planting due to rain and a busy week of visits and social calls. Names include C L Beach, Gorman Freeman, Roy Handy, N S Miller, Raymond Coday, Cora Herod, Ora Gaskill, M A Freeman, J D Reynolds, Opal Freeman, Ada Hoover, and Dr Shoop. Activities span hospital visits, school events, church services, and a pharmacy promotion.
A fragment discussing perceived modern abundance and luxury versus ancient wealth. The narrator imagines Nero and Helen in Paris and London dining rooms, notes modern cities surpass ancient ones in grandeur, and questions the fate of vast treasures from Solomon’s era. The piece reflects on gold, temples, and precious stones lost to time.
An aging timber process uses a borax resin and soda solution with a large connected electric current. The current drives the liquid into the timber pores while raising sap to the surface, lasting seven to eight hours, after which the wood is dried. Seasoning occurs in days and rivals five years of storage.
A Juventia cynic remarks that women are notable for head over heart. Miss Cayenne counters that one can judge by comparing hate and corsets, implying social critique through witty exchange.
A dealer notes high prices for muminated leather footwear and describes color coordinated gowns with dull green suede shoes. The piece mentions girls wearing pale green or yellow anklets and superstition linking ankle bracelets to luck when gifted.
A court exchange centers on an advertising punchline about a sober man needed for a position. The judge notes the applicant, TVer, entered a morning bid, highlighting a humorous dispute over wording in an employment ad.
A young physician in Shrabville learns humility as an elderly man asks him to examine his wife who is ailing. After the visit the doctor requests privacy to consult the Brookfield physician, saying the case is complex. The husband resists but agrees that a good doctor is needed.
Society women in Washington plan a day off to tidy the dirty streets and front yards of the capital. They seek to prove themselves angels of cleanliness and, by doing so, earn the title of white wings.
The excerpt urges listening to Dr Osbron and invites acceptance of favorable outcomes while advising calm restraint in forming decisions and tempering expectations.
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