11 Dec 1908
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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
1
Local notes report visits and travels among residents P W Jackson in Oklahoma D A Taylor in the city Mase A Dates offering calves for sale and other ads Freeman Miller promote wire and Christmas goods J D Reynolds selling hardware and fencing livestock transfers and a missing item notice include Dr Shoop Medicine Co advertising and a local fire incident at Abe Hawke residence.
A California letter from Los Angeles dated December 2, 1898 narrates a man informing friends of his marriage to Essie May Webster of Pittsfield. The brief note, written by a Mr. and Mrs. Rhoads, mentions the ceremony on Thanksgiving Day by Rev. Locke at their residence and extols marital bliss and social progress themes.
A plain speaker recalls a New York ad for shoes claiming they restore collapsed feet. He describes distrust of gimmicks and warns about deceptive marketing. The text discusses foot shape and racial bias, noting differences observed by a wearer in professional terms.
An elderly observer in the park notes that little girls prefer Teddy bears to dolls, claiming bears may undermine motherhood and traditional female roles. He contends dolls require more work and dressmaking, while bears need less care. The report records his concern as a social curiosity.
Residents protest a band’s intrusion on Olark land threatening Bryant Mill. They warn the water wheel and historic site may suffer if the intruders’ destructive art continues. The message urges preservation of the mill’s legacy for future generations.
A Masonic lodge details the death of J Preston Hesterly on October 14, 1905. The resolution honors him as a devoted father and member, notes his faithful fulfillment of duties, and expresses sympathy to his family. An engrossed copy will be sent to the family and the record kept.
Poem fragment recalls joyful days and a transformed landscape. The speaker longs for bygone paths as memory lingers in lonely hills and weary feet trek a changed road. Mentions M. Rustmore and The Dy hneaiqr as attributed sources.
The article recounts a discovery that wheat and hogs spittle can produce rubber, a development praised for its future impact as world rubber demand grows. It highlights Cary, the inventor, who formed the elastic material from grain by chewed cores, starting in a yard shed with a coffee grinder and kettle, later expanding to English workshops.
The text explains color by light and pigment, noting water absorbs red yellow blue and violet components, reflected greens and the white surface. It discusses how tomato rejects and leaves reflect, and how water takes in blue light, creating the sea’s deep hue.
Washington notes describe Mrs. Straus as a young, cultured, cosmopolitan figure in New York Jewish circles. Married 26 years to Oscar Straus, she devoted herself to daughters before his ministerial posting to Turkey. Her frank manner and intelligence are seen as assets in diplomatic life.
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