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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
2
A columnist cites Orison Swett Marden on balancing work and play. He notes business leaders trimming hours, embracing golf, travel, and leisure to boost health, mental vigor, and efficiency, while gaining broader perspectives and reduced fatigue.
A discussion argues that American sports face betting-related challenges. English crowds show large attendances at football and cricket, but American horse racing struggles to find a popular, morally safe betting model. Baseball, or Basebill, is proposed as the sport strongest against gambling and poised to gain prestige.
A fisheries congress discovery claims Massachusetts cod aided early American intellect as a brain diet, but its salty nature supposedly fostered a modern thirst that water alone cannot quench. The humorous critique warns New England to brace for this “soft impeachment” of Pilgrim legacy and Puritan influence.
A Pennsylvania pastor was forced to resign after attacking the powder puffs of the female choir. The ensuing explosion shook the church, prompting talk that he may seek a place where powder puffs are unpopular.
The excerpt notes Queen Victoria of Spain recently visiting England and the scene as a regular homecoming for royal life. It suggests Spanish etiquette prompted formal ceremony while implying English custom may loosen long standing royal domestic constraints in Spain.
A remark notes that more blond criminals exist than other types and urges verifying a man’s complexion and weight before sharing such information. The quip frames bias as a cautionary joke about judgment.
A New Jersey man was tried for the murder of three people, found insane, and committed to an asylum all on the same day. The Baltimore American praises Jersey justice for avoiding delays that turn courts into melodrama and preserve dignity and efficiency.
A long compendium of farm advice on poultry care, crop management, milk quality, equipment upkeep, and seasonal preparations. Emphasizes thrift, cleanliness, proper feeding, fall and winter duties, and the value of education and experimentation for better yields and healthier stock.
On a remote Big Red ranch in August, five children stage a solemn mock funeral for a venerable dog, Miss Jug, turning a quiet evening into a ritual. Tony leads a playful cremation on Golgotha hill, with siblings as a heavenly choir while Mrs Allbright and narrator discover the prank as real danger looms.
Mrs William Geeding of Attica Indiana recalls severe itching sores on her son. After trying various treatments, three uses of Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment healed the sores with no scarring. She endorses Cuticura Remedies and urges others to try them. Public notice dated July 22 1907.
A girl hosts a tea party with fashion week opinions from Uncle Tom on pink tissue paper and cambric tea. The ad copy touts Defiance Starch improvements and a claim of stronger, smoother starch. Also mentions Lewis' Single Binder cigars and Red Cross Hall Blue laundry aid as product endorsements.
Hon R S Tharin tests Peruna for catarrhal disorders and endorses its remedial merit and tonic usefulness. T Barnecott of Ontario reports recovery from pneumonia and a recovering tailor after Peruna use. Some readers prefer Peruna tablets, which contain the solid medicinal ingredients and equal one dose of Peruna.
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