#Mansfield Advertiser

[questionableadvice]

~ Mansfield Advertiser, Mansfield, Penn., June 24, 1914

Finally a use for all those dead flies you've been saving!

[steelycunt]

‘gay retelling of a classic!’ ‘feminist sapphic twist on this greek myth!’ why don’t you write a better book than that. i think we deserve better books than that

[gameraboy2]

Imagine! you starring in a movie with Jayne Mansfield! 1960 ad

[monkeyssalad-blog]

1949 Manfield Shoes ad by totallymystified

[saint-starflicker]

"I hate that over-invested Austen fans assume you just don't get Austen's brilliance if you say you don't think her work is actually very good."

My sympathies to OP for having read that. Are Austen fans over-invested, or were they only wondering if the person who typed that was... lost? Because the person who typed that apparently knew they were amongst Austen fans and then decided that was the perfect circumstance to announce that "I don't think her work is very good" and then make a sweeping generalization about the reaction.

Fandom grumpiness under the cut:

I recently saw a post (off Tumblr) that went something like:

I hate that over-invested Austen fans assume you just don't get Austen's brilliance if you say you don't think her work is actually very good.

I'm sure it can be annoying! I've certainly disliked things that are critically and popularly lauded. But ... most Austen fans firmly believe she was a brilliant writer. If you are arguing the opposite, most of us definitionally are going to think you are wrong and are missing her brilliance.

There are plenty of caveats here: this does not mean we think she's above criticism in every particular, or that her work will (or should) personally appeal to everyone, or that actually telling someone we think they're wrong is always appropriate, or that it can't be handled badly, or that it's not annoying, or that there are no finer points or nuances that can be discussed.

But the fundamental convictions here are fundamentally irreconcilable. And this is often the case! If you hold an opinion with conviction and don't end up changing your mind, you are going to think certain other opinions are absolutely wrong and that the people who hold them are missing something important (often many somethings).

I'm talking about this mostly because I've been thinking again about how much fandom (at least contemporary, social media-centered fandom) struggles to navigate irreconcilable differences of opinion like this. On the one hand, there's a push to soft pedal things to give a sort of hazy impression that we're not really saying "I think you're wrong" to each other, ever. On the other, there's OTT hostility and sweeping moral judgments. And it's like ... I don't think you're a bad person if we disagree about Austen in this specific way, for instance. But I do think you're incorrect.

It's not always the time or place to say so, sure. But you can't reasonably expect people to never think it or never challenge things you say.

[hotvintagepoll]

I was looking through some old microfilm of newspapers from 1957 for unrelated reasons, and I came across so many movie advertisements for our vintage hotties (plus one funny gossip article on Vivien Leigh), and I thought you'd like to see them! Before this poll I wouldn't have even looked at these twice, so thank you for encouraging me in a very fun hour of enthusiastic time wasting!

Oh, these are so fun! I love looking through old newspapers and fan magazines. You really get the sense of all these movies coming out at once, the way it felt right then—like it's one thing to read the Wikipedia for a given year in film, it's another to realize, oh, so all at the same time Audrey Hepburn is in War and Peace and The Forbidden Planet is right here but at the same time I could catch High Society and there's a scandal involving Vivien Leigh and Gene Kelly is in a movie with Michael Redgrave (?????) and Jayne Mansfield is kicking off the 60s in The Girl Can't Help It while June Allyson is making the terrible could-not-be-more-1950s-throwback The Opposite Sex. History is truly happening all the time all at once.

[massachusetts-official]

Cybertruck spotted in a cemetery in Mansfield. It had a wrap advertising a business

Legitimately want to know why you'd buy a cybertruck of all things to use for advertisement

I repeat, do not do anything with ads on the hideous trucks

[bethanydelleman]

What do you think about Northanger Abbey? I think this book is quite underrated, not to mention it is sadly in Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility shadow. My love for Jane Austen began with this book, so it's special to me. I'm so happy I've found your blog, it's just amazing :)

I LOVE Northanger Abbey. Here is my advertisement post for it. It is sadly underrated! Henry Tilney is criminally underappreciated! Catherine Morland is such a cutie! It's a lovely novel.

The most amazing part to me is how much it makes me feel even though everything is so mundane. Catherine meeting Henry and then dancing in her seat all the way home makes me so happy. When Thorpe tricks Catherine into leaving and then SHE SEES THE TILNEYS, I'm crushed along with her (even though I know it's all going to work out alright). And when Henry comes to Fullerton at the end and Catherine is too happy to even speak... ❤️❤️❤️

I still regret not reading it when I was younger because then I could have loved it for longer! My Gr. 12 English teacher told me it was "weird" so I avoided it and Mansfield Park. I don't know why people dislike it. It's hilarious and fun and cute.

and thank you!

[oldshowbiz]

The Institute of Oral Love at 7722 Santa Monica Blvd advertised “Sexual Relief.” 

Its landlord was Jayne Mansfield’s widow, the blaxploitation director Matt Cimber.

Next door was the famous Pussycat Theater where John Holmes, Marilyn Chambers, and Linda Lovelace had (and still have) their foot and handprints in cement.

[historicsaranaclake]

Once in a Lifetime by Amy Catania

Last week I drove from Saranac Lake to Mansfield, Ohio, tracing the path of totality to visit the grave of John Baxter Black.

John Black was born on this day in 1896, and he lived for just 27 years. He died of tuberculosis in Saranac Lake 101 years ago, but here at the museum he feels like an old friend. We see his portrait every day, and we’ve read his letters from Europe during the first World War. A century after his death, John's story links us to another time and place.

History connects people, and so do rare events like total solar eclipses. The wobbly axes of the moon and earth have to align perfectly, and you have to be in just the right place at the right time. The last total solar eclipse occurred in Saranac Lake 675 years ago. After April 8, we’ll have to wait 375 years to see the next one here.

[Read the full post on our blog at the link in bio!] The last major (although not quite total) eclipse came over Saranac Lake in 1925, two years after John Black died. The newspaper reported, “the beauty of the Adirondack country as revealed by these conditions was beyond description.” TB patients observed the sky from their porches at the Trudeau Sanatorium, protecting their eyes with "darkened bits of glass and old camera plates and films." Hundreds listened to a special radio program broadcasting reactions to the big event.

We no longer gather together around the radio, but collectively we sense something magical is about to happen. Each town between here and Ohio is conjuring a pot of gold on the other side of the moon’s shadow. Billboards seek to attract hordes of tourists, from Cleveland’s “A Blackout to Remember” to Watertown's "Total Eclipse of the Park."

Tupper Lake is one of the smaller communities in the path of totality, but it boasts one of the best marketing campaigns, "Totality in Tupper." With their new observatory, Tupper Lakers are well-positioned to pay attention to the sky. And observatory board president Seth McGowan has helped stir up excitement, having personally witnessed this country’s last total eclipse in Tennessee in 2017.

Seth describes experiencing a wonderful sense of unity among the crowd of onlookers at the last eclipse. He also warns about the chaos that ensued when over 116,000 people descended on Hopkinsville, TN (population 30,600). Seth explains, “You need to pay attention to the three T’s — transportation, trash, and toilets.”

In these divisive times, it can be hard to embrace strangers or even neighbors, especially when you are worrying about the three T’s. On my way to Ohio, I passed through one community after another where eclipse advertising competes with strident political yard signs as the country gears up for another national election. Perhaps our fascination with the eclipse is, to some degree, a response to our fractured society. Wearing our special glasses, we eagerly turn our heads towards a phenomenon greater than the forces that divide us.

As I drove home from Ohio, I thought about the pull of the eclipse and the power of history. The total eclipse will happen only once in our lifetime. It probably won't make us rich or heal our society. But as we gather in the path of totality, we might share a sense of the history that binds us. We might just look up and notice each other.

For Andy Pederson.

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Visit our website to purchase eclipse merchandise!

[toriaurora15]

I can see you Chapter 1: The Instagram Notification 

A notification from Instagram fills the silence of Los Angeles's two-story library.

Several people from around the room stare with deadly glares as they look for the reason for their disturbance to see a blushing Irish woman with newly dyed blonde hair and ocean-blue eyes rushing towards one of the many studying tables with romance books scattered across the brown wooden table.

The petite woman almost misses the table before franticly grabbing her Samsumg S xx phone from its previous position on top of a forest green duffle bag.

"Fuck! Sorry," she whispers with guilt behind her soft voice as the young lady lowers the phone's volume to vibrate.

Some of the library's visitors gave her a stink eye while others nodded in acceptance before returning to their daily tasks.

The mortification of disturbing the silence makes the woman of five-one's ivory face flush red as she touches her phone's screen to see a new notification from HungryTravelerMan1815.

After pressing the notification button, PenFlower1812's profile appears on her screen before seeing an image of a glorious picture inside a coffee shop with the words, "Enjoying one of my favorite places in Los Angeles."

A smile forms upon her plump lips as she looks at the influencer's story. At this moment, she debating on the decision to interact with the one person she always wanted to talk to since she was sixteen. Rowan Bazinson.

This thirty-year-old traveler made his money traveling several continents.

After dropping out of college, Rowan spent his days finding unique food cuisines, interviewing the locals, and advertising for new restaurants. He recently made the top ten sexiest men alive. But this curvy Irish lady is not interested in his fame. It is his personality.

Rowan has a child-like personality. His charming smile and welcoming presence caught Penthia-Pen, for short- Athy's heart.

Today will be one of the few times he will be on the same continent as this wallflower, Los Angeles, and Pen would love to gain the courage to contact him.

Sixteen-year-old Pen had always dreamed of falling in love with someone like Rowan and living the fairy tale endings she reads in her favorite Romantic comedy stories.

Unfortunately, Pen is now a twenty-seven-year-old. She is considered an inspiring romance writer who spends her summer reading stories from other writers as she finds inspiration for her next book, I can see you.

Pen doesn't remember the date when she stumbled on Rowan's profile.

All she knows is that he inspired her to write her next story. I can see you.

The plotline is on her dreams of one day reaching out to him and hopefully becoming friends.

The shy author doesn't expect their story to be like her favorite trope: friends to lovers.

Nevertheless, Pen always wanted that guy who was okay with being friends before anything else.

The writer lets out a dreamy sigh as her jelly nails press the heart symbol on his story. She embraces Rowan's lack of acknowledgment before scrolling through her small group of followers.

After looking at her Instagram account for a few minutes, she closes the app and prepares to leave the library.

Pen picks out three new books to rent out before walking into the pitch-dark parking lot of the modern library at six pm.

One is a mystery romance book, Rebecca.

The second book is a period classic, Mansfield Park.

And lastly, her all-time favorite Bridgerton book series by Julia Quinn, Book 4, Romancing Mr. Bridgerton.

Summary

[lboogie1906]

Jack L. Cooper (September 18, 1888 - January 12, 1970) is acknowledged as the first African American radio broadcaster. He was born in Memphis and was the youngest of 10 children. He was raised in a poor, single-parent home, and, at the age of 10, quit school and moved to Cincinnati to work at a racetrack. He worked several odd jobs as a teen and was a successful boxer, winning the Ohio Negro welterweight title in the late 1910s. He began his entertainment career as a dancer and comic for the Theater Owners Booking Association. He met his first wife, Estelle Mansfield (Madam Lamar) Cooper, and they created the Cooper and Lamar Music Company

He wrote for Black newspapers in Memphis and Indianapolis. This led to the position of assistant theater editor at the influential Chicago Defender. He wrote a weekly column, “Coop’s Chatter,” and the newspaper selected him to help open up its DC office. The producer of a show on WCAP in DC hired him to help write and perform comedy skits based on Negro dialect.

He quit his job at WCAP and returned to Chicago. He developed an idea for a weekly variety show but had no luck finding a station that would take his show. Joseph Silverstein, owner of WSBC, agreed to air his The All-Negro Hour. It focused on live music and vaudeville comedy but incorporated the comedy serials, and humorous skits that followed the same characters each week.

He developed into a radio mogul. He popularized playing records on the radio. He built his radio studio and created a radio advertising agency that profited from the advertisements of Black and white entrepreneurs as well as local entertainers. He produced over 40 hours of radio each week on four radio stations. He produced religious shows such as Know Your Bible and public affairs shows in coordination with both the Chicago Defender and the Pittsburgh Courier.

He commanded the largest Black radio operation in America. His success laid the groundwork for generations of Black radio personalities. He was posthumously inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[mybookplacenet]

Author Interview: Pete McGinty

Tell us about yourself.: I'm a retired marketing/advertising executive who is embarking on my next career of writing novels. Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?: I grew up in Mansfield, Ohio, and have lived in Columbus, Ohio most of my life. Growing up in the midwest has settled me with what I consider common sense values and an ability of observation of people and imagination. Do you have any unusual writing habits? None that are unusual. I try to write in a linear fashion but that always goes astray! What authors have influenced you? I grew up in Mansfield, Ohio, and have lived in Columbus, Ohio most of my life. Growing up in the midwest has settled me with what I consider common sense values and an ability of observation of people and imagination. Do you have any advice for new authors? Same answer as above! What is the best advice you have ever been given? Write, write, write. Force yourself to overcome resistance. What are you reading now? John Irving - The Last Chair Lift Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian John Grisham - A Time to Kill What's your biggest weakness? Resistance and procrastination What is your favorite book of all time? A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. When you're not writing, how do you like to spend your time? Reading, relaxing, exercising Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you? Catcher in the Rye and Watership Down. Not sure I can articulate the impact on me. I suppose it sparked imagination. What has inspired you and your writing style? To be true to myself and write what's inside me. Not to try to copy any other style. What are you working on now? A book that will be part of a series with my novel, Private Cummings. It's a portrait of another character from the book. What is your favorite method for promoting your work? To do a few things and do them well. Solicit book reviews, Amazon ads, power boost campaigns via subscription lists What's next for you as a writer? My goal is one book a year for as long as I can write. How well do you work under pressure? I work well under pressure when I'm faced with a deadline. How do you decide what tone to use with a particular piece of writing? Only to be true to myself and use the tone in my head. If you could share one thing with your fans, what would that be? I'm fulfilling a life-long dream of publishing novels Pete McGinty's Author Websites and Profiles Website Goodreads Profile Read the full article

[cascadegardencoop]

The Art of Composting and Compost Tea

Dirty fingers and composting go together    When I saw an advertisement by Martha Stewart being a dirt nerd, I recalled a column I did a number of years ago I met someone who made a business out of making compost. Then I looked at my fingernails and said, “Yeah I could compost that.” Last week I met someone in Canton who has a 18-acre farm in Mansfield. Not by much of a stretch of an imagination…

[storytimesammy]

I saw this in a Facebook group recently and of course said I’m going to find more information! This couple - Robert S. Fitzgerald and his wife Clara - set out on September 6, 1910 on a mission to walk from Mansfield to San Francisco. They carried all their necessities in the pictured push cart and the cart could be unfolded to make shelter for sleeping or waiting out bad weather. The purpose of their walk was reportedly “for the fun of it” and something beneficial for Robert’s health. The original post I saw said the last record of the couple was the beginning of October in Richmond, Indiana. I found a mention in the Indianapolis Sun, dated October 12, 1910, that places them 67 miles west of Richmond in Irvington. They were making progress on their journey and then they just disappear.

My theory is this novel local interest piece was actually old news. In May 1910, a couple out of Kansas City, Dwight Wolf and his wife, had walked from Kansas City to New York. Arriving in New York by mid-August, the couple turned around with their dog, horse, and a cart and made the journey back to Kansas City in less than a month. They were “tanned and dusty” but not too tired to announce, “Let’s do it again!” On October 19, 1910, newspapers from Utah to South Carolina to Vancouver reported Dwight and his wife would be taking their dog, horse, and a two-wheeled cart on a 7500 mile walk. The group would first head for Texas and then move east to Jacksonville, Florida where they would spend the winter and then wind up the East coast to the Canadian border before rounding back to Kansas City. We know the Wolfs had some success with their trip because newspaper reports show them arriving in Boston in August 1911.

With two couples going on a walkabout at the same time, who was the press going to put their focus on? The one with a proven record of completing the journey. Sorry, Fitzgeralds. We have no record beyond Irvington, Indiana, of where the Fitzgeralds went. Robert and Clara appear in the 1913 directory for LaPorte, Indiana, 155 miles north of Irvington. Robert is listed as the manager for the advertising department of M Rumley Co. This directory listing suggests their journey didn’t take the couple any further than Indiana, though what took them almost 200 miles north remains a mystery.

[ear-worthy]

"What A Creep" Podcast: Humanity At Its Worst / Sarcasm At Its Best

Sometimes, if you dive into the rabbit hole that is TikTok and watch as Karens are exposed in all their glorious insanity, meltdowns, and temper tantrums, you begin to think that average, non-celebrity people kind of suck.

Well, fear not, because after listening to the What A Creep podcast, you then realize that there are plenty of celebrities who can win the footrace to become some of society's most horrible human beings.

And that's the simple premise behind the What A Creep podcast. Expose celebrities for their heinous actions and words that are too often smoothed over by their P.R. people, legal team, or studios.

 Some of the subjects of their episodes -- AKA Creeps -- are well known and well known as creeps. For example, actor Armie Hammer, who hit the creep jackpot with allegations of sexual assault, rape, and even cannibalism.

Then there's the lesser known creep like self-avowed Christian evangelical comedian Steven Crowder, who allegedly exposed himself to co-workers a la Louis C.K., created a toxic workplace, and was seen on a video, verbally abusing his pregnant wife.  

Then we have well-known people who we've had suspicions that they may be a creep.  That's Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak on the June 24, 2023, episode. Suffice it to say that Sajak has always curated an air of dismissive disdain and ennui about his game show and especially the contestants. Apparently, Sajak revels in homophobia, climate change denialism (he could probably afford his own personal climate) and whining about people not working hard, despite the fact he only works four days a month.

A June episode was a "Creeps" bonanza when profiling Robert Kennedy, Jr. Sometimes, it's a case of too much decrepitude. You have to hand it to Kennedy. He spreads his hate and contempt around -- Wi-Fi, vaccines, Jewish people, Chinese people, and gay people along with a twisted belief that antidepressants cause mass shootings.

Margo Donohue and Sonia Mansfield chat about creeps as co-hosts of the show, who are not paragons of restraint. These two don't hold back. 

Notably, these co-hosts note their sources and attempt to present factual information before their "editorial" comments fly around like arrows with razor-sharp tips. These co-hosts have the facts to support their "creep" exposures.

On their website, Donohue and Mansfield announce: "We talk about Creeps of the past and the present: It's the who's who of who's the worst. Do you have a story about one of the Creeps we covered? Email us at whatacreeppodcast@gmail.com." This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, which specializes in distribution, advertising, sound production, and analytics for independent podcasts. That's admirable that there is a ecosystem extant for podcasters who don't have the financial backing of an Amazon or Spotify.

Margo Donohue is the co-host, producer, and editor of a whole slew of podcasts, including Book Vs. Movie and the Not Fade Away podcast.She makes her living as a public relations/marketing and social media consultant and as a part-time fitness instructor. Her new book, “Filmed in Brooklyn” is available for pre-order on Amazon.

Sonia Mansfield is a former TV critic and celebrity gossip columnist for the San Francisco Examiner. She also wrote for a lot of entertainment websites that don’t exist anymore, including Cinescape, IF Magazine, and EON Magazine. She pays the bills working as a content designer.

Donohue and Mansfield excel as a hosting team. They don't rant unintelligibly, like say Charlie Kirk, but often present a "creep" biography before proceeding with the bullet points of pure creepdom.

The duo seem to have a special section of Hell for comedian Chris D'Elia, who has allegedly been accused of sexual assault or harassment by more than 12 women. D'Elia has been accused of threatening to release intimate, adult videos of a woman and making death threats against her. If the requested videos and photos were not sent instantly, multiple women in the exposé claimed D'Elia would become enraged and berate them. 

Donohue and Mansfield roast this creep in a saucy concoction of revulsion, contempt, and utter disgust. 

What makes this podcast so good, and ear worthy are its sarcastic and sharp-witted co-hosts, the sardonic venom they spew on these celebrity douches, and their ability to construct a narrative that is equal parts comedy, satire, sarcasm, and righteous indignation.

Some of my favorite creeps exposed include Scott Baio, Eric Clapton, Josh Duggar, Matt Gaetz, and Pete Rose. 

Recent episodes to enjoy include an update on Russell Brand and Harvey Levin of TMZ.

Check out the What A Creep podcast. You never know what creep will be profiled each episode.