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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1913
Page
9
A fall amateur palm reader tells a girl she is engaged to Mr Mooney. The woman disputes the reader and exposes a joke as she reveals the ring had been returned to Jim three weeks earlier.
Michael Meehan, proud owner of a silk high hat, was unscathed after a brick from a building site struck his head. A bystander recovered the hat. Meehan remarked luckily he saw the lady in time.
In a lively exchange, Misa Gusher asks Mr Boerd about preference for big versus small weddings. He responds that large weddings are essential, especially for the lat ter Dartmouth Jack o Lanterns. The dialogue blends playful banter with a focus on community event significance.
A brief quip notes that marriage exposes the temper associated with red hair, claiming stronger emotion and candid behavior in spouses with such hair color.
Edgar Jackson a Kansan faces trial in New York on charges of defrauding Harry M. Dingley and others of nearly one million dollars in a Jackson Brothers Realty venture. Four linked deaths tied to the scheme, including Mrs Eleanor Berry who killed herself after the indictment, are noted by attorney Dennison. Jackson, son of the late M. Jackson of Olathe Kansas, appeared before Justice Goff amid the case.
New York reports the marriage of Miss Helen Miller Gould to Finley J. Shepard at the bride’s country residence near Tarrytown. A small gathering witnessed the ceremony with relatives including the Irdles, Duke and Duchess de Talleyrand, and Prince de Sagan. A large orchestra played. Rev. Dr. Russell officiated. breakfast followed.
A Chicago Rock Island & Pacific passenger train derailed three hundred yards east of Allerton depot. Bridge foreman Stanley Morgan of Alamont Missouri died. W A Trekpania of Haywood Wisconsin suffered a fractured arm. Hugh West of Alamont and Harry Doman of Wichita Kansas were bruised.
A destructive blaze in Larned Kansas consumed about half a business block with origin undetermined. The estimated loss reached 150000 dollars affecting several storefronts and local commerce. Fire crews battled the flames through the night as investigators began work at the scene.
The New York Sun recalls a humorous anecdote by Mark Twain and playwright T. R. Augustua Thomas. In a game with Colonel Roosevelt, Twain, and Thomas, Roosevelt asked if brave men are nervous before battle, and Twain answered that he remained calm throughout the engagement, recalling his Confederate soldier days.
A witty exchange labels a controversial speaker as “human high explosive” and suggests his uplift and outburst are often confused, hinting at volatile rhetoric and public reaction.
A fragmentary line describes time and race as Ite Pace questions if time runs its race and answers yes, existing in the laps of years, hinting at a philosophical or poetic note about duration.
When leaves turn yellow and fall the plant is dying. Feed it olive oil a tablespoonful every two weeks. Wash the plant weekly with warm soapsuds ensuring the earth is moistened. Sprinkle every other day. Use this same treatment on ferns.
Classified note offers a canning factory sale with payment terms and pricing cues. Mentions a booklet from Thor M. Bhown in Springfield Mandy. Also includes a stray line about an ageing wife and a calm husband as a non sequitur.
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