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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
3
A noted doctor's best rheumatism prescription is described using one ounce compound Sarsa parilla, one ounce Toris compound, and half a pint of whiskey. Mix and take a tablespoonful before meals and at bedtime, with the bottle well shaken each use. A druggist can obtain these ingredients or source them from his own stock.
A fragmented page item mixes a humorous needle and thread vignette with a dubious patent medicine claim. It references a Toledo scandal style testimonial for a cataract cure and a pill advertisement, plus a brief historical note on the original 13 states and their current area. The jumble includes dates and names, but the readable thread centers on a comic aside about sewing tools and a dubious cure testimonial.
A fragmented meditation reflects on time happiness faith and emboldened resolve against despair. It hints that life is not merely shadow but a field for action, urging steady effort and belief to counter life’s fears.
An article extols a whiskey free laxative cough syrup to treat cold coughs bronchitis and tonsillitis. It recommends mixing fuld wild cherry bark compound essence cardiol and white pine syrup then taking twenty drops every half hour for four hours followed by smaller doses. Children receive reduced amounts.
A curt exchange features the Mayor boasting of marrying twenty people in two hours and the Admiral quipping that is only ten knots per hour in a playful nautical aside.
A 65 year old man from Mouth of Wilson Virginia reports long term eye inflammation finally relieved by Cutlourn Ointment after trials with several doctors. The ad notes the product sold by Potter Drug & Chem. Corp and cites a 1908 testimonial. A second brief anecdote describes a dinner guest who improvises a cigar using an overcoat pocket find.
Admiral Evans recalls a Christmas at sea during the Fort Fisher bombardment of 1865. Sailors trimmed mastheads with greens, opened gifts from home, and shared grog and hearty meals as the fleet endured war. The piece celebrates Uncle Sam’s holiday provisions aboard battleships and the enduring sailor’s spirit at Christmas.
A man and a woman share a tense moment about wealth as he teases her about money. She reveals she is worth 1,250,000 dollars and he admits feeling the sting of losing such a fortune. The exchange ends with a sharp, fatalistic joke about perception.
In a reflective exchange, Gwendolyn laments how dreadful it would be if her parents had never met or if Harry’s parents had not met. She shudders at the idea and muses on the chain of love that led to their very existence, in a sentimental moment from Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
Mr Cumrox proclaims a political party’s success while his wife jokes that crowd crowds make her feel like a stranger in her own house, turning the moment into a wry domestic aside about public events and private life.
Bella says the divorce is not satisfactory as she must keep the children for the entire year, creating a heavy burden.
An advertisement touts Dr Hetchen’s relief for rheumatism claiming radical cure in a day and gradual improvement over three days. It promises removal of the disease cause and noticeable rest from winter ailments, urging readers to try the remedy for better comfort.
A jumble of old ad copy promises cough remedies and fabric whiteners. It mocks a parable about slippers on a boy and hints at a joke about a married man and leniency. A Lewis' cigar plug ends the snippet.
A dialogue hints at marital tension as a husband boasts of always yielding to his wife. She counters that true satisfaction comes from effort and parity, suggesting she would be more content if she faced resistance to her demands. The exchange dramatizes domestic power dynamics.
Fragmented ad text mentions Allen's Foot-Base for foot pain and relief, facial beauty claims with Red Cross Blue, Lewis' Single Binder cigars, and generic consumer assurances. Also includes miscellaneous motivational quotes and unclear fragments about personal care and worry reduction.
A reflective Christmas meditation notes warmer hand-shakings and charity in winter. It recalls Jesus's teaching that the poor are always with us and honors the Bethlehem shepherds and angels. The piece urges brotherhood, peace on earth, and goodwill among all men.
A fragmentary note recalls prayers in Ohio and Nassau Suffolk counties that voters would be dry as a form of social or political weapon. The text mocks the idea, mentioning an old bachelor remark about love hatched in an incubator and raised in an insane asylum.
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