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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1914
Page
5
The article describes durable two piece Russian blouse outfits for boys aged three to six, with knee pants and easy wash fabrics. It notes plain patterns and contrasts for collars cuffs and belts, and urges simple designs for practicality and neatness during play and daily wear.
readers can craft fashionable collars at low cost using cheap frillings and batistes. An upstanding frilla stitched inside low collars adds a delicate finish to bare necks under a coat. One crescent moon shape features embroidered scallops done with careful stitching, showcasing thrift and style.
Ribbon accessories dominate feminine wardrobes from baby to grandma. Ribbon roses and violets evolve into brocade bags and tango caps, with wide ribbons and lace forming belts, carvals, and decorative trims. Designers showcase bold brocade and new colors, keeping ribbons central to style.
A reader explains that white Canton flannel bleached with sulfur causes tarnish on silver stored in the bags. The correspondent notes that Silver Amithea uses blue Canton flannel bags and cases because no sulfur is used in blue fabric, preventing tarnish and spotting during storage.
Fashion notes describe shirt bosoms carried from chiffon and crepe de chine blouses into early spring tailored waters. A change appears as contrasting fabrics are used, such as a light weight linen model with a plaited handkerchief-type bosom and floral lavign in color, not echoed on the Robe npierre collar.
Johnnie Jessie and the Sandman visit an apple tree factory high in a sunbeam road. They meet Jackie the apple worker, observe green yellow and white juice pipes, drink fresh juice, and ride back home on a leaf wind ending in their beds at night.
A Sunday school teacher promotes thrift among Jada’s class by paying sixpence to Joe and Johnny for work. At their next meeting Joe shows two sixpences, and the teacher praises the lesson’s fruit. Johnny’s response reveals a misquoted or joking remark about sharing with Joe.
Two children discuss school with playful mispronunciations and shy anticipation. They walk toward the school hand in hand, easing into the idea and appearing more positive about going together.
Mrs. Mary Harris Armour addressing the National W C T U convention at Asbury Park and a later Senate hearing urged a saloonless nation by 1990. She linked science and religion, argued temperance growth through education, and noted public health reform as momentum against liquor, calling for abolition.
A historical exchange contrasts the money value of truth in the liquor trade with public welfare. The National Liquor Dealers' Journal and American Brewers' Review frame liberty versus morals, hygiene, and social order, arguing that if public welfare demands suppression of alcohol, it should be done.
The statement argues that saloons are outlawed nuisances tolerated by law, asserting that abolishing them could yield worse outcomes. It claims communities cannot trap vice in one block yet tolerate vice’s pollution and deny neighbors the right to protest. William Jennings Bryan is cited as voicing the critique.
The writer denounces the alcohol industry as a force wrecking a coming generation and harming children. He frames the struggle as a defense of youth against powerful business interests with vast invested capital. The cause is presented as a moral fight for the future, not for the current generation.
In a toy bench speech Judge Robert Cary, presiding in New Jersey, notes he has judged over 16,000 criminal cases including robbery and murder. He states the crucial factor is not the offender but the environment, with seventy five percent of the unfortunates entering court due to saloon influence.
New York reports that 16 Japanese sailed in a sampan from near Yokohama to America, crossing about 5 000 miles in 63 days before immigration authorities intercepted them near San Francisco. The craft, an oriental small boat, is often used as a habitation on inland waters.
Four nurses at Cuckfield Workhouse Sussex seized Miss Edwards after supper frog marched her to a bathroom and plunged her fully clothed into the bath. She reported the incident to the matron and doctor Wells ordered the offenders to leave, but the order was not enforced. An official investigation and possible further scandal are promised.
Albany reports show a shift in methods of self harm as poison rises in use for personal crisis, with hanging leading and poison tied with asphyxia for second. October totals include 124 crisis reports, 23 by firearms, nine by jumping, and 908 total violence deaths. Rail and vehicle crashes, 154 and 52, plus 156 other accidents, are noted. firearms still appear in 19 of 37 October homicides.
Boulogne reports the death of Lady Warmington wife of Sir Marshall Warmington who fell seriously ill aboard a train from Basle. She died en route to hospital. the body was not received due to regulations and was moved to the morgue amid delays. Lady Warmington, married in 1808, daughter of George Ing of Lewins Edenbridge Kent, had been traveling from Lake Como for medical treatment.
An order signed by John D. Rockefeller chief owner of the Colorado Coal and Fuel and Iron company prohibits cigarette smoking by employees whether on duty or off.
The lesson centers on Luke 12 1 12 and the call to confess Christ openly. It contrasts Pharisee hypocrisy with genuine faith, warns against fearing human judgment and death, and emphasizes reliance on the Holy Spirit for bold witness. It notes the fear of the Lord banishes other fears and frames open confession as essential to the Christian life.
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