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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
2
The City college trustees plan a fall start for a night college to serve bright boys who must work daytime. A New York World view lauds it as a sane shift from the old seven year apprenticeship ideal. The piece notes three year to degree paths via summer sessions and two hours nightly study for 46 weeks to meet minimum requirements.
A consular report on rat catching in Denmark notes an extensive industry with revenue from skins used in bookmaking frames purses and gloves. Rat prices and daily earnings range from 75 to 90 cents a day for catchers while large markets in Scandinavia keep the trade active amid efforts to exterminate the rodent.
The Charleston News and Courier suggests arresting automobiles as a method to deter speed law violations down south. They argue a car in custody cannot be implicated in a new offense while an old one is pending and fear of losing use would push owners to push for caution.
Americans resume diamond purchases as trade activity picks up though labor remains unsettled. Maiden Lane reports the U S diamond market back to satisfactory condition with March imports valued about nine times higher than a year ago, signaling renewed demand for precious stones and pearls.
The nation endures religious agitation and an looming labor conflict as monarchist forces push the old order as the only public safety. Yet restoring monarchy is deemed a radical reform unsuitable for republican times.
An association in New York is formed to educate public opinion and support building permanent homes for American ambassadors abroad. It notes that shaping opinion and funding homes overseas will be the hardest parts of the patriotic effort.
Iowa has followed New York with a law against immoral theatrical performances amid the La fome craze. Public opinion, though stirred, shows general healthy growth as a flood of pruriency on the stage prompts demand for legislative interference and correction.
The note mentions approaching a distance of 25 million miles to Mare next September and asserts readiness with horns. The source lacks verifiable details and official context.
A long excerpt offers practical farming tips from Willim Cif on dairy hygiene, parasite control, calf rearing, milking methods, and farm design. It covers cow handling, feeding, manure management, silo use, and the shift to machine milking, with guidance on barn fixtures, drainage, watering, and tools. It notes New Zealand dairy methods, dried blood treatment for calf scours, and the Tennessee station findings on machine milking versus hand milking.
Mary Bourchier Sanford presents a New York apartment house mix up. Angelina Haughton sits with a stranger who drugs her in a bid to abduct, triggering medical rescue and a public misunderstanding. Juliet Haughton reveals she is to marry Fred Wells, clarifying the confusion.
A Rockland Maine woman describes lasting relief from backache and side pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The advertisement cites women’s health, urging others to seek root-cause relief and to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice amid a flood of testimonials.
Clergyman questions what a father would say about digging for worms on Sunday. Willie replies that the father would comment if he did not dig, pointing to the father fishing in the distance.
Arizona Al questions the new editor of The Daily Rattlesnake about policy and press rights. The editor replies that his policy is to tell the truth according to his rights and let the chips fall where they may. A warning follows to adjust rights to suit all parties, noting the danger of the wrong focus in the publication.
In 1908 twelve expeditions pushed toward the pole with Seeker teams from Canada Denmark France Germany England Russia Sweden and the United States represented. High leaders included Peary and Cook of the United States Bernier Canada Erichsen Rasmussen Denmark Charcot France Shackleton England and Geer Sweden leading the efforts.
A wry remark compares an actor who forgets his lines to a tragic pitcher who has lost his curves. The quotes underscore how memory slips or form falters alter performance and fate in both stage and sport.
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