18 Jun 1909
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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
1
Local Mansfield items report visits from Hartville and Ava residents, shop talks, and farm news. Marian neighbors, sales, and church club events are noted along with bank director names and a public singalong plan.
In Salem Massachusetts a man claiming to be John Betrosky tried to withdraw 100 dollars at a local bank, presenting a depositing card with red whiskers. He returns with a group, explains his whiskers were shaved after hospital injury when a police club struck him. Ex-mayor Hurley helps confirm the tale as the group celebrates the cash.
The legislature adopts new game and fish rules. Open turkey season Nov 1 to Dec 2. quail Nov 1 to Dec 31. ducks geese and Brant Jan 1 to Apr 30. grouse Sept 1 to Dec 31. Squirrels may be killed July 1 to Dec 21. beaver otter muskrat April 1 to Nov 1. Deer and birds limited to food use: two turkeys one deer and 25 birds. Nets for fish banned except hooks. small seine up to 25 feet allowed for minnows. Size limits: trout 4 inches pike 11 inches jack salmon 11 inches. Hunting licenses: in-county $1, state $25, nonresident $25. Christian County Republican.
Notice from E. E. Newton orders city streets alleys and lots cleared of rubbish and overgrowth. Property owners must mow weeds around their property or face city-clearing at owners expense with a special privilege hearing possible for some owners. Citizens urged to act now to improve sanitation.
Directory lists regular meetings for C F Lodge No 146 Royal Neighbors Mansfield Lodge No 43 and other groups. It covers meeting days on Wednesdays Saturdays and specific weeks, officers names, church service times at Presbyterian Methodist and Baptist churches, and Sunday School timings.
A rustic vignette describes a summer scene with a cow named Asi and a girl with tender brown eyes standing in sunlight. The mood is peaceful as the narrator notes calm eyes, contentment, and a quiet farm atmosphere with gleaming hay and gentle cattle.
Notice grants Letters of Administration to Mantzau Busser on May 7 1900 by the Probate Court of Wright County Missouri. Creditors must file claims within one year for allowance or risk forfeiture and within two years from publication for bar. Dated May 22 1900 Mantzau Busser Administrator.
A weather torn scene shows the printer persevering through winds floods and turmoil. Despite crashes and knocks the printer continues his craft delivering the issue with steady hands and resolve. The piece preserves a vivid everyman portrait and the public role of the press.
A brief note from the Texas County Star questions the fate of Robert and his roost, hinting at a lingering mystery or change affecting the site. The exact details are not provided in the fragment.
Partisan loyalty indebted to G. W. Miller for merchandise are requested to call and settle on or before July 1. Am going away and must exact prompt payment.
An old advertisement claims pain relief from Dr Shoop’s Wink Pale Tablets promising quick relief in twenty minutes. The copy urges readers to ask a doctor or druggist about the formula and offers a free trial to prove value in Racine.
Many farms could pasture hogs in orchards if the area is dry and well drained and no wallow holes exist. Hog pasturing should be temporary and used with restraint, not as full-time feed. Hogs help reduce fallen fruit and pests, but overstocking or full-season grazing can damage trees. Fencing may enable orchard use for mutual hog and orchard benefit.
A claim invites rheumatic sufferers to obtain Dr Shoop's book on Rheumatism and a free triad test. It promises a simple method and suggests that rheumatic pains can be quickly killed by Shoop's liquid or tablets. The ad notes the book is available via Henry Coday in Kadloe Wis and offers a free test.
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