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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
2
The article debates dirt as matter out of place and its economic value. It highlights vast cleaning labor by women, from homes to libraries, offices, and shops, noting Holland’s zeal, including scrubbing fences and poles, and even cleaning animals. It asserts cleanliness serves both workers and humanity and links it to noble human nature.
An extended discussion notes a global rise in self harm deaths spanning rich and poor alike. It argues this crime resists preventive and punitive laws, asserting that legislation after the act offers little remedy and calls for broader social attention beyond legal punishment.
Edith Abbott argues in the Atlantic that women face apathy from within their ranks. The new franchise movement sees skilled women organizing to demand independence and a voice in the laws governing their toil, a crucial step for industrial regeneration.
The daughter of a wealthy man claims she staged a sham marriage to dodge an arranged union with a foreign nobleman. She accuses her parents of pressing her for a title to elevate the family status, and says the public shame they faced is a deserved consequence, condemning a supposed un-American worship of titles.
A fragment suggests William M. Chase completed a self portrait at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence in about three hours. The speaker praises the match of subject and artist, claiming no artist equals this subject or this artist.
A London woman physician asserts that women wearing low neck gowns or open-work stockings appear older than those who do not. She adds that a relu woman ought to know better.
A compilation of agriculture and livestock tips stressing proper feeding, shelter, and care for horses sheep and poultry. Advice covers cream ripening, butter quality, hay and grain quality, calf and lamb rearing, egg production factors, manure management, stable cleanliness, and humane horse handling to improve profits and welfare.
Humorous exchanges about age looks and family lines mix with jokes on frame designs and marriage luck. A tossed line about a sly widow and a caricatured vendor scene threads through the column of quips and brief dialogues from a Nashville paper.
A compact editorial piece argues that productive work requires action rather than loafing. It notes that sharp criticism hurts more when the critic is keen. It claims success favors those who take chances and warns against stubborn, unyielding attitudes in women.
Joseph M. Galtes presents Three Twins a smart musical comedy by Charles Dicksor with Carl Hoschna music and O A Haverbach lyrics It premiered in Chicago last spring ran five months then moved to New York opening at Werald Square Theatre now in its sixth month The show features popular songs Yama Yama Man and Cuddle Up a Little Closer Lovey Mine with pretty scenery and varied artistic costumes.
A review notes the James production of Peer Gynt at Willis Wood on Oct 22 23 24 appeals to out of town audiences for its poetry and drama while examining the soul problem of self realization versus self assertion. It cites Wicksteed on Be thyself and discusses the idea that choosing self realization allows one to fulfill destiny in God's universe.
Week of Oct. 18. The Sunny Side of Broadway offers twenty three original musical numbers and strong vocal gems. The production is hailed as the best musical comedy of the season with songs like Sahara Sarah Butterfly Life Most Every Town Has a Broadway But There Is Only One The Circus Queen Love Is Very Foolish Good Old College Days and I’d Rather Be a Billy Goat In Harlem.
London’s St Peter’s Vere Street is famed for two weddings in two centuries aided by special licences. The church, built two centuries ago for the Earl of Oxford, now hosts a celebrated congregation of scientists and peers with Burne-Jones stained glass and costly interior adornments. The vestry maintains a long pew waitlist as rank and social season attract many attendees.
A humorous anecdote from John D. Rockefeller as quoted in The World's Work. It recalls an Irish neighbor who built a bright colored, very ugly house and a local joke about moving trees to block the view to avoid envy.
Germany has expanded its mining output over twenty years from 100,000,000 to 242,609,000 metric tons valued at $439,086,200. Coal now forms about 85 percent of production, with minerals including salt iron ores copper lead zinc pyrites gold silver manganese argentite saltpeter vitriol and other. About 700,000 workers and around 2,000 companies are involved in the sector.
A promotional piece extols Borax as a simple effective disinfectant for unclean sinks and drains, claiming it kills germs when flushed as a hot solution. It highlights additional uses from cleaning linens to keeping baby bottles sanitary, asserts safety for human health, and offers a free hook called the Jingle Dock and a baby tops offer from Pacific Coast Borax Co.
A short sketch of Walter Pater at fifty, bald and plain, likening himself to Swift in mock dialogue. He remarks that men and women pull in different directions and that marriage holds little appeal, given the need for proper consideration and the perpetual perversity he assigns to women.
In a witty exchange from Smart Set, a prompt query about a philosopher yields a playful answer. Mr. Hennypeck calls a philosopher a married man who does not wish he was not, highlighting a humorous contrast between intellect and domestic life.
Instant relief for irritated eyes from dust heat sun or wind Pettit's Ever Salve priced at 25 cents. Available from all druggists of Stoward Drow Buffalo New York.
A vintage ad notes a young voter underestimating his knowledge as it promotes Lewis Single Binder straight 50 cigar. The message hints at value from a Peoria Illinois factory and urges buying through a dealer.
A succinct maxim notes that a wise man with high self esteem often keeps it private, suggesting prudence in boasting. The saying frames self-regard as a personal matter rather than public display.
Mis Sallie French of Pancannla Indian Territory writes that seven years of female trouble left her run down and nerv ous. Doctors gave no relief. After writing to Mrs Pinkham and taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she is now strong and well.
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