04 Dec 1908
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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
1
A reader asks what kind of play is being shown. Olson seated nearby confirms it is a tank drama, prompting discussion about the production noted in the Chicago Tribune.
A traveler from the far west recalls three train hold ups in one night. He explains no one was hurt as the robberies were carried out by women in a ballroom, a remark reported by the Chicago Daily News.
A city chap and a rural boy debate how long a goose can balance on one leg. The city man asks the question as the boy peppers the exchange with a wide grin and ready response. The fragment captures a rural humor moment from a Chicago Daily News item.
The provided text appears as a fragmented quote with unclear people and events. It mentions Jonea and Jils in a vague context about leaving and rising in the community, plus a dubious cause involving a piece of rope. No verifiable facts or identifiable entities for a proper news summary.
A Baltimore American item notes that thieves arrested recently were found to have committed a clean burglary the prior night, involving a soap factory. The report highlights the quick lead from the arrests to the prior night crime.
A witty brief cites a quip about a dressmaker and a remark on a woman’s form. The aside hinges on the phrase not being a literal description but a figure of speech, reflecting humorous wordplay in the Baltimore American.
A brief cartoon caption shows a patron objecting to the cost of a simple dinner while a proprietor defends it by noting the variety of microbes consumed. The exchange captures a satirical exchange on value and dining.
A Baltimore report notes Jenks balked at an ice deal, showing nerves and fear. The group pressed on, but Jenks’ cold feet stalled the proposal and cast doubt on its viability.
The piece contrast a gossip quarrel over a hat and a snow day reminiscence. Agnes buys a hat like Mabel's provoking a quarrel while a correspondent recalls Mrs Camden traveling ten miles in deep snow to a funeral and describing the lavish scene with lace, jewelry, lilies, carriages, and the costly casket.
The red coral is described as a horny axis forming a shrub-like colony. Fishermen surface it, remove soft matter, and sell the red core for necklaces. Rich in lime, coral resembles horn and polishes finely, but heat alters its color.
The queen favors the old time Hermosa rose a free flowering pink variety yielding fragrant blossoms. She grows thousands of these roses in vast borders near her dairy and in gardens around her home as reported by Own Paper.
A terse exchange unfolds between a man and a boy in a rural setting over missing chickens. The man insists he has not missed any, while the boy retorts that the father shot at a couple of the boy’s chickens yesterday and missed. The dialogue hints at a local dispute centered on poultry.
An exchange unfolds between a heavy father and his son about status and desire. The father boasts of his daughter’s luxuries while the son remarks that he herself has become the luxury she desires, revealing tension around wealth and affection.
A collection of historical notes recounts the famed loss of the Alexandrian library and its vast bearings, then shifts to a Wilmington whistle incident, a Danville wedding stone gift, New Zealand figure Jacob Jozeph, and a claim about celestial instruments tied to a German astronomer.
A fragmentary note indicates Onouy presented a 39D work titled Syfneg in a local opera. Details are unclear due to OCR garble, but the item suggests a performance or publication tied to an opera context and a named individual.
A historical account recalls a search party led by Cary that recovered the Prince Imperial of France in the Zulu War. The young prince, nicknamed The Dear Boy, died after 17 gunshot wounds. A boyhood abscess operation reveals a premonition about not running away if a scar returns.
The article traces powdered hair in Europe and America from the French court to colonial America. It notes violet or iris used for tinting wigs, pomade to help the powder, and a tax in England approaching 100000 yearly. It mentions Governor Barefoot wearing a powdered periwig and Cotton Mather denouncing wigs as luxurious. The piece cites wigs as a cause of baldness and links the French Revolution to a shift back to natural hair.
A medical specialist cites nervousness as caused by the hard floor and continual heel clump. He prescribes baked bananas for calming nourishment and rubber heels to eliminate the heel’s impact. He notes heels were devised in Persia and argues modern floors negate their need.
A seven year old writes a joke composition declaring cows are cannibal. the teacher corrects her, noting cows are herbivorous. The student cites Genesis 41:4 as source, and the matter ends with the teacher reserving a decision.
A fragmented old passage extols the resurgent strength of northern Maine forests after centuries of axe work. It mourns lost ancient trees along the Maewahoe Moluneis and Mattawankeag valleys, warning that continued clearcutting could ruin the region’s verdant timber heritage.
The piece notes a revival fear as directoire gowns return with excesses. Mme Tatilon, famed for Directory fashion, reportedly wore rings on the toes, silk stockings with glove like divisions, and jewel studded sandals. She discarded the lax wig in favor of natural hair, while empire era styles later grew elaborate with court ladies sleeping with elaborate headdresses.
A fragmented observation notes familiar lunar features nicknamed San in the Moon. It describes smooth plains named as old sea hollows, lower terrain than bright areas, and suggests upheavals and changes since waters receded or vanished, leaving bone-like structures.
The Parliament House in Stelbourne, Victoria, rushed by the unemployed of the commonwealth capital, is described as the costliest legislative palace in Greater Britain. A million pounds has been spent and it remains incomplete as ownership shifts to a wing of the nearby exhibition building.
A Newark woman owns a collection of 1500 pitchers, each distinct in shape and color, gathered from odd corners of the world. One pitcher came from the shop Dickens called the old curiosity shop. The entire collection is on display at the New Jersey Historical Society rooms.
Mabel Potter Dawes argues that psychology and religion are merging to heal the sick, reawakening Christ’s works through psychotherapeutic methods. The December Delineator piece notes churches embracing new therapy, with priests urged to reunite faith and science to restore miraculously healing powers.
Miss Alice De Rothsel ranks among England's richest women owning a Grasse villa and a limousine in Piccadilly. Seventy gardeners are needed to maintain her southern paradise. Her estate includes a collection of s ebras llamas and Adamant but s.
The text recalls Champlain naming a short strait linking Bussarde Bay to Vineyard Sound near Wood’s Hole. Though mapped, the waterway lacks an official name today. Champlain described it as a small river at first sight, later recognizing it as a strait connecting waters along New England shores.
A late Russian publication reports that forty five British corporations are active in southern Russia, directing key sectors. Sixteen work in petroleum, eight in coal iron and steel, twelve mine metals and stones, and the remaining nine engage in textiles bicycle melting and general construction.
Ex United States Senator Arthur Joe Gorman of Maryland faced a street query at the Fifth Avenue Hotel after breakfast when a messenger asked for change. Gorman, displeased, remarked on New York manners, while a separate note mentions Stockbridge Maine maple trees and nearby birch and raspberry bushes growing along a route, detailing plant sizes and fruiting.
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