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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1909
Page
2
The Mansfield Press based in Mansfield Missouri, led by editor and proprietor 1M. Davis, serves the local community with regional news and notices from Mansfield and surrounding areas.
The Seneca, first ship built to destroy sea wrecks, is sent to patrol the Atlantic from Portland to Charleston and Bermuda. Masters urged to report derelicts with location and wind data, as the vessel uses wireless and guncotton to blow wrecks. The piece also notes tipping, fur trade, map jokes, and Prof Ferrero on American republican heritage.
A Chicago woman three times divorced urges her sisters not to marry, deriding the idea as ridiculous. She argues that men are incidental and each person seeks her own experience of marriage's absurdities, though she herself has pursued various experiences.
A terse quotation suggests France could face such peril that in self-defense it might need to take in orphans from around the world. The remark frames a grim view of international response and humanitarian burden.
A collage of brief quotes from Harper's Weekly and the Smart Set. The entries touch on medicine bills, language learning, and a joke about marriage and a colored citizen. The tone reflects period satire and dialect humor from late 19th to early 20th century publications.
A collection of quips on politics, resilience, sentiment, and social judgment. Contains sayings about brick houses, inside politics, insomnia, and the iceman. Ends with humorous lines about appearances and family wash.
Henry B. Harris presents Robert Edison direct from triumphal runs in New York Boston and Chicago at the Willis Wood. The play The Call of the Worth is based on Stewart Edward White’s Conjurer’s House with Edison in a notably comic role by George Broadhurst author of The Man of the Hour.
The report lists patent grants dated January 12 1909 with inventors and assignees from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Notable entries include rotary stacker look-nut milking machine signal valve and porch swing among others. Inventors include R T Dye J L Gash H N Grisell W F Harris A M Mcleran C H Seymour Wim Lingsborg G P F McIntyre RK McIntyre T B Murray and L B Kimball and Weston Westinghouse signors.
A fragmented column mocks social tricks of women and old men in Atchison. It ponders pride in aging, the chatterbox, and shifting fashions as a widow recalls two marriages. A quip about Mrs John Smith hints at delayed notices and satirical social clocks.
A brief vignette shows a mistress asking Jane if she prepared chicken broth. Jane confirms she made it earlier and fed the chicks with it, reflecting a domestic scene centered on caretaking and ready meals.
A two and half year old girl suffered an irritating hip and leg eruption starting in October. After two doctors failed, Cutiura Remedies were used for two weeks and the child recovered by February. Now fourteen, she has had no recurrence. Mrs R R Whitaker Winchester Tenn Sept 22 1908. Potter Drug & Chem Corp sole props Boston.
Five year old Helen Bentley of Los Angeles loves her grandma who visits Seattle. The aged relative writes of a cold on the trip and Helen later hears of a supposed misstatement from a neighbor. The item blends with an advert noting how Defiance Starch omits harmful chemicals and adds strength.
A concise reflection notes that the hand can never execute any action higher than what the heart aspires to. It emphasizes the primacy of inner motive over outward action in achievement.
An old time advertising blurb touts Bal Alu with Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry, claiming a large 2 oz package costs five cents. The line contrasts a cane as an old man’s strength and a young man’s weakness.
A Minneapolis reader publishes a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles. The letter claims the product relieved pains and restored health within three months, urging others to write for confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Mary Miller a Chicago lawyer of 13 years won a mandamus case forcing examination of a poor person seeking to sue under Illinois statute. She helped restore the right of the poor to sue in court, overturning a burdensome rule that favored corporations. Her fee was modest, but the victory aided paupers nationwide. Born on a Michigan farm, she funded studies through teaching and stenography, later joining the Illinois bar in 1895. Her work inspires women in law and suffrage.
A Paris medical society report describes a man and his wife contracting pneumonia within hours of one another after both drank cold water from a well. The cases followed nearly identical courses, suggesting a common source. Investigators propose well water as the infection vector, with rodents as a possible link.
A method by Fischer am Ringe yields argon in quantity. Heating a powder mix of 40 percent calcium carbide and 10 percent calcium chloride at 500 degrees C absorbs oxygen and nitrogen from air. The crude gas left is about 99.75 percent argon with traces of helium neon krypton and xenon, producing roughly three gallons in two days.
The Wonderberry, a new fruit plant from California’s Luther Burbank, grows anywhere and bears abundant fruit all season. Seed-propagated and takes three months to fruit, usable in gardens or pots, promoted by John Lewis Childs of Floral Park as introducer and seed supplier with agent offers.
Mr Dude imitates Miss Sly by joking about resembling her carpet always at her feet. Miss Sly responds with sly humor and mentions shaking it soon in the exchange.
A pharmacist explains a home remedy using Concentrated pine compound half ounce bottle glycerine two ounces whiskey half pint to be mixed and dosed every four hours. The pine product is marketed for medical use in half ounce bottles labeled Concentrated and praised by a prominent local druggist for its effectiveness.
The piece critiques a popular dish dubbed funny paper and mocks a household laundry advocacy. It references three mothers in law, two Irishmen, one German, tough kids and a coon, plus a jag and spices. It promotes Defiance Starch as a stronger, thinner option for proper laundry stiffness and better fabric appearance.
The fragment mentions Garfield Tow mild herb remedy for constipation and general health, plus unrelated ad blurbs. It lists Pharmaco claims about curing in 6 to 14 days, refunds, and various quips about virtue and bottles. The tone mimics a period newspaper page with ad-like snippets and famous quotes.
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