06 Nov 1908
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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
1
The writer notes lingering election rhetoric from both sides and the threat to express opinions. He argues against surrendering voice to majority pressure and urges moving forward to improve local areas and the nation, contrasting with retrospective battles and stressing constructive civic action.
A worker begins at the bottom, advances through effort for the employer, yet stays off the strikers list due to slightly below average wages. The firm needed this help to continue, later employing more workers, with the idea that bread cast upon the waters returns in time.
Laborers nationwide cry for higher wages and fear smaller firms could grow to monopolies. If so, they may strike for more pay and limit patronage to weaken firms, risking business failures as owners cannot meet wage demands and the public blames monopolies for unemployment.
After the battle, the message urges readers to apply steady effort to build a better future. Diligence leads to prosperity and a sure reward for persistent labor.
A reflective line notes that truth tends to prevail despite suppression while falsehoods fade. It contrasts those who stand for truth with those who rely on power to bury facts. The speaker suggests endurance of honesty. victory belongs to persevering truth-tellers.
A speaker urges resilience after defeat, telling a listener to persevere through struggles. The message emphasizes continuing the fight ahead and maintaining value despite setbacks, calling for grit and persistence.
A terse message urges the reader to recall others share burdens besides the solitary “conquered hero,” dismissing any notion of unique hardship and framing the struggle as part of a collective challenge.
The county of Wright reports imperfect election returns with emphasis on conservative, steady governance over spectacle. Voters favored firm, businesslike candidates. graft and grandstanding were rejected. Returns compiled by phone reflect how voters judged options and the need for clear debate.
The Bryant campers tied to a newly bought sight by Mayor Wands hosted a grand feast. J A Wands L Andrews Eugene McBune and Ernie Bartlett attended as a ten pound roast with salt pepper onions and cornbread was served along with bean soup peas corn celery olives homemade jelly country butter milk cream and coffee. Bartlett deflected questions about the cook saying such feasts are rare. A graphophone was played as neighbors wished they had attended.
A Ugandan correspondent describes Kikarongo, a half mile wide circular lake near Mubokya, where hippos gather from Lake Rulsaambu to bathe in shallow water. They splash and surface in playful displays, with roaring confrontations between bachelors and veterans, prompting amusing humanlike comparisons.
The Mansfeld community joined W R C members for a quarterly dinner at Grand Army Itall. The event featured Army bean, Boston baked beans, chicken, pies and cakes served on tin plates with standard utensils. A large crowd attended and praised the ample, varied menu.
A new streetcar conductor recalls many amusing incidents including a mother asking him to babysit. She asks the driver to take her two year old around the car while she shops, but he refuses citing safety. The woman suggests she could “sap him,” prompting humor from the scene.
Directory entry lists Alderman Muller James Coday W Hl Moore John W Brazeal as local officials.
A list of fraternal groups with officers and meeting times. I C O F Lodge 146, REBECCAH Lodge, MW A Manstiela Camp 3148, Royal Neighbors, Mansfield Lodge 543, R A M Mansfield Chapter, Eastern Star Mansfield Chapter 76, with officers such as George Tripp Gilbert Pope J D Reynolds Maggie Reynolds J A Hylton and others, meeting on various Saturdays and Wednesdays.
In an Outing magazine excerpt the author contrasts English settlers in Canada with American and other immigrant groups. Early remittance men showed little progress, while urban English migrants were industrious but lagged behind western pioneers. Later arrivals included prudent English agricultural settlers, valued yet often unprepared for Canadian life, shaping a complex national immigration narrative.
Presbyterian church holds services at 11 am and 7 30 pm on the fourth Sunday of one month with Sunday School at 10 am led by Pastor J A Russell. Methodist church offers services at 11 am and 7 36 pm on the first and third Sundays with Sunday School at 10 am led by Pastor B D Jones.
The article recalls Samuel Champlain naming a waterway between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, now a narrow strait near Woods Hole with no official name. Champlain described the inlet as a difficult mouth near a small river he called by his own name. The pass remains unnamed on current maps though Champlain’s attribution is historically noted.
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