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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
1
A crowded Mansfield page reports shop ads, new goods arrivals, and farm supply deals. Local residents Freeman & Miller unload wagons, Miss Flora Rippee joins Springfield staff, and J S Freeman advertises seeds. plus weather chatter, cough remedy promotions, and social events at the Mansfield chapter of the Eastern Star.
Sherlock Holmes identifies workers as colliers by their seated posture. He notes miners endure squatting on heels in confined spaces, a habit learned from long mining service, contrasting it with the idle on street corners.
New Buhr Mill on the south side of town solicits patronage offering meal and corn chop kept for sale or exchange. Custom grindings and specialty Tuesdays and Fridays promoted. J. F. Ilenson serves as manager.
Citizens met at the G A R Hall to discuss the school board bond plan. N N Nichols reported 4000 bonded debt and 4135 on hand. a vote authorized 45 bonds. a committee of Day Freeman Reynolds and Graig was formed to confer with the Board on building plans.
A promotional notice touts Dr Shop's Cough Remedy as a quick relief for bronchial coughs. It claims the remedy is harmless and safe for children, citing mountain shrub leaves as the active ingredient and urging readers to test it for a few days.
A fragmentary old advertisement extols a home curfew device using siding as a clapper to discipline children up to 18 and claims three uses will curb street loafing. The text shifts to touts a tonic called Restorative, praising its health benefits for stomach and kidneys with dubious medical claims.
Instructions urge readers to support the local paper, avoid ads, and not to overstep deadlines. It emphasizes correcting neighbor praise, taking extra sample copies, submitting on press day, and demanding services from the press as a public servant. These tips apply to towns, schools, churches, and all local dealers.
Last Wednesday senior William leading stockmen of Hammond Missouri purchased 6000 pounds of cottonseed meal from Newton and Oliver. The deal reflects seasoned stockmen seeking best profit feed for cattle. Fullington offers furniture wallpaper carpets and goods.
In Salem a man calling himself John Betrosky tried to withdraw 100 dollars at a savings bank. An ex-mayor Hurley helped verify identity. The story notes the man’s red whiskers were shaved off at the hospital after a brawl, and several locals suspect Hurley’s involvement.
Directory lists local officials including Representative HansonPresiding Judge J W Allen Probate Judge Wm Mickle and others. Also contains church schedules Presbyterian and Methodist services with pastors J A Russell and B D Jones, plus various lodge and fraternal group meeting times and officers. When looking for a paper consider your home paper.
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