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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
4
A Scotman traveled solo to London to “speer round” and returned to his village declaring the capital grand yet the people not honest. He admitted weeklong debts but left them, saying he bought a bar of pins labeled 1000 for a penny. On counting in the train he found 17 short, a tale recounted in the Financial Times.
Wheat and hogs once food staples now feed a new rubber industry. The English inventor Carr backed by early testing shows a glutinous compound from cereal spittle can become elastic material. With rising demand, annual consumption could reach 80 000 to 100 000 tons in about five years.
A compact card invites readers to select a painting purpose and receive recommended paints. It highlights color cards as a quick reference to match project needs with suitable products and hues.
Senator Arther Pue Gorman of Miryland was interrupted in the Fifth Avenue Hotel lobby when a street gumin asked for change a quarter. The senator replied with a firm denial and warned associates present, remarking on the shocking scene in New York.
An old advertisement touts Preventics as a magic remedy for colds with candy like taste. It claims relief within hours, appealing to children and promising feverishness reduction. Priced at 25 cents for a large box, sold by H Coday through druggists.
Frederick M Haas or Lone Star, Kansas plainsman and Indian scout, says he possesses an Indian chronic copy of the Penn treaty made under a elm tree and offered to present it to Independence Hall. The Philadelphia Inquirer notes Curator Jordan will assess its genuineness and seeks to determine if a white original copy exists while Haas recounts a fragile eight by twelve inch buckskin relic with a tree leaf design and year dots.
A list of local officials includes Representative Presiding Judge R H Hanson and Probate Judge J W Allen along with county officers such as Sheriff, Clerk, City Attorney, City Treasurer and various clerks. Church schedules show Presbyterian and Methodist services on Sundays and the fourth Sunday monthly, plus Sunday School each week. Several fraternal organizations meet regularly, including lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows, Rebecca, and Royal Neighbors, with officers named and meeting nights listed.
A dusty discussion notes armor piercing shells with soft metal caps may be more effective than bare points. The sapada and ward point interactions are unclear, and critics warn even soft caps can fail if a tiny point fragment rebounds, causing chain splitting. Caps help prevent such splitting but are ineffective at low speeds.
A physician warns that one in ten people over 35 may die of cancer and identifies pressure and irritation as a key cause. He cites examples of eastern women wearing tight belts and Turkish porters bearing heavy loads, linking these pressures to cancer development in the waist and shoulder regions. The speaker notes heat and irritation from attire and tools as possible cancer triggers.
A brief exchange features Mrs Bluehose asking about a favorite writer and Mrs Shopleigh noting her husband writes checks, revealing a witty twist about his literary turn.
A fragment from Sidney Bulletin describes a light blue enameled box with a trade for Cascarets Candy Cathartic. It mentions a well known New Zealand figure Jucob Joseph, a Hebrew capitalist driving a blue-glassed turnout who has been stone blind since boyhood after an incident with a servant girl.
A European nobleman described as a democratic sort tries to blend with the newly rich. Mr Comrox notes the man appears eager to share an heiress's fortune to gain status among the nouveau riche.
Dr Nair, a dentist, is listed with an office over the Freeman Miller Store. Contact number shown as 52.
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