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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
2
Mansfield Missouri brief notes reference a blood pub and press items involving Walter 8 Fyles. The fragmented OCR mentions Mansfield and a Missouri location with unclear context regarding event or publication. Entities include Mansfield and Missouri with person Walter 8 Fyles.
A steamer brings a cargo of holiday toys to New York signaling the start of Christmas shopping. The column notes Rockefeller’s income remark, plans for a 128-family apartment building with a retired major general as janitor, and satirical jabs at various topics from longevity bureaus to stock market turmoil and aeronauts.
A prominent botanist asserts that plants remember past conditions, form habits, and respond to moods. The claim reshapes thinking on plant intelligence and behavior, suggesting plants exhibit adaptive responses beyond simple growth.
The editor notes it is hard to obtain a loan this winter and reports the first trained nurse for the navy has been appointed. Hence forth the naval hospital will lose its terrors as cases of heart trouble among sailor boys are expected to rise with alarming frequency.
Many Japanese porcelain factories are failing to pay expenses and cutting production by 3 to 40 percent. In Tsumaki-mura, 2 of 80 factories have suspended operations due to reduced American and Chinese imports.
Consul Hunter Sharp of Kobe advis es that the value of the raw cutter imported into Japan during the first three months of 1908 was 18 249 446 dollars against 18 512 576 dollars in the same period last year. Owing to trade depression there is a congestion in stocks.
Since the war the great Nitsui Trading Company of Japan has done an annual business of $100,000,000 with Europe, America, Australia and Asia scattered over the world the company has 76 offices and 1,300 employees. The company and its business are to be reorganized to suit the changed conditions.
The Newport Delaware women's citizen committee resumes efforts to improve town sanitation after raising funds in 1899 and 1900. They blame local men for neglect and have restarted cleanup work. Prince Henry is said to have invented an automatic windshield washer for auto windshields, not for housewives but to keep rain off car glass so drivers can see in storms. The piece notes a sparse summer of world’s fairs and lampoons protests demanding a fair or death.
Lieut-Gen. Josceline Heneace Wodehouse, former Bermuda governor, states Bermudians lag in onion cultivation and Bermuda lilies have ceded prominence to Easter homegrown decor. He asks what remains of Bermuda’s ancient glory beyond healthful climate and winter resort status.
Mrs E C McAllister of Miami Florida returned from a three months European trip carrying all her belongings in a single suitcase. Her extra luggage consisted of a raincoat and umbrella. She managed with four pairs of stockings, three silk union suits, six handkerchiefs, and six collars while doing some laundry en route. She deserves the franchise for showing women can travel as men and happiness does not depend on frippery.
A fragmentary column recalls playful quips about Hamlet reception in Oshkosh and a Philadelphia Press exchange, with a Detroit Free Press joke about love, locksmiths, builders and exes. It closes with a quip about brides and clever egg cooking from various papers.
A collage of humor lines and quips on love age rivals and everyday folly. A rangy set of gags touches on engagement bills broken hearts and mistaken priorities with brisk, period humor.
Fragmentary quotes show a judge remarking that a suitor’s claim to marry his daughter is premature as she is still a schoolgirl. Other lines joke about appetite and perception, with a Baltimore American quip about rushing to avoid crowds.
A young man with social duties invites eight guests to a cold Hallowe en supper. Four girls and four men share a dimly lit dining room with candles as the only light. Guests are instructed to pass whatever is handed to them and must not look.
Fashion brief notes emphasize khaki trimmed wear with smoked effects in, street gowns with minimal trim, waistcoats remaining popular, autumn jackets featuring large buttons, and a short waisted coat silhouette. Half tones lead winter materials, new neck rubes gain a touch of popularity, hats worn low on the head.
Discussion on remedies for muddy complexion and moth spots attributes them to a sluggish liver. Recommends lemon juice diluted in water with no sugar taken on waking and a brisk ten minute morning walk to improve liver function, mood, appetite, and overall health.
Instructions describe making a doll cot from a wooden or cardboard box using a wire support for the hood drapery. Details cover head coverage, lace trimming, mustin curtains, and a lace edged pillow and sheet. Materials said to be readily available at home with no outlay.
In Nimes France the amphitheater and the Maison Carree temple stand as pristine Roman relics. The Pont du Gard aqueduct across the Gard river, built 27 B C by Marcus Agrippa, remains a towering three tier arched bridge spanning nearly a thousand feet and 180 feet above the river.
New York professor Dr FE Smith of Fordham uncovers oxygen as the athletic food of the future predicting a smash of record tables after recent swimming trials. Chicago’s Dr A A Stace plans trials on football players to boost touchdowns this fall. Dr Gles notes oxygen as the vital element in air and says pure air feeding athletes poses no harm and should improve records.
Deafness cannot be cured by medicine or oil says Sutan, who offers hundred dollars for any cure. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio advertise remedies and offer free circulars. Sold by druggists. testimonials and addresses provided.
Edwin and his mother walk on a Sunday afternoon. At a cherry tree the mother lowers a limb for him to pick fruit, but when Edwin asks to climb higher he is warned that would be breaking the Sabbath. He quips that they are only cracking the Sab bath now, mamma.
Important to Mothers urges careful inspection of every CASTORIA bottle for infants and children to ensure safety and authenticity, warning caregivers to avoid substitutes or unsafe products. The notice emphasizes parental diligence in selecting trusted remedies for young ones.
The Houston Post quotes a quip about a thief who dives into a river with heavy money. He cannot swim and sinks, but supposedly recovers every cent from his clothes. A joke follows about a man begging a kiss and blaming a heavy infant for a girl’s affection.
A historical promotion extols Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as highly successful for women's ailments. It cites testimonials from women and references the Pinkham Laboratory in Repeece, claiming the product saves some from surgical operations and acts on the feminine system without drugs.
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