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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1908
Page
11
A reflective musing on tableware and symbolism in dining. The narrator recalls a childhood plate bearing vanity and jokes about depictions of appetizing faces, from Welsh rarebit to a severed head, and muses on taste, ethics, and appetite.
From Outing Magazine April edition, John Sevier leads about 300 backwoods fighters into Cherokee country in December 1780. He uses a daring three wing battle plan at Boyd's Creek, routs part of the Cherokee, captures ponies and plunder, then conducts a bold March 1781 raid into the Brati heartland, burning villages and returning with trophies before retreating to Tennessee.
The article recalls General Sevier’s multiple terms as Tennessee governor beginning in 1796, his leadership in successive Indian wars, and his service in the national Congress. It notes his death in 1815 while acting as United States commissioner to treat with the Creeks, surrounded by warriors who honored his heroism.
The Philadelphia Record describes an electric safety razor that moves a protected blade back and forth like a mowing machine. It touts convenience for the masculine face and hints at a motorized method of grooming, labeling the device a new invention in personal care.
A man with current available can glide the machine over his face to remove whiskers in seconds. The device uses a guarded mowing blade, housed between clamping plates with finger guards, powered by a small motor inside a circular handle. Suitable for home or barber shop use.
Paris letter recounts Count Barnard De Pourtales uncovering a chemical solution that preserves eggs indefinitely in freshness. The French Academy has approved the method after a China voyage test. His three daughters stay at Cannes while their mother lives in seclusion on a Pourtales estate.
An advertisement urges readers to use deep stomach breathing and outdoor exercise for stomach issues. It promotes Federmann's Drug Store and Prosene Compound with Tincture of Cinchona, instructing a teaspoonful before meals and at bedtime. It also suggests preparing the mixture at home to save money.
Classifieds note piano and organ ads run at 3e a word with a Sunday rate of 2%4e, and mention out of town ads payable in advance. Also offers to loan or take furnished room for use, with address reference at B, 680 Star.
A historical snippet lists daily march dates from March 1 to March 16 and ends with a total for a period. The fragment hints at a summarized tally or ledger entry but lacks clear context or entities.
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