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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
7
A new superdreadnought battleship hosts visitors as its captain spots a familiar foe approaching. The captain orders action stations and guards to repel boarders while the visitor claims to be known, prompting a tense exchange over boarding. The scene blends bravado with a comic twist as recognition defuses the threat.
Mrs Edith Schwartz of Hillsboro Illinois reports a two month eczema case on a child’s lower limbs that caused burning itching and sleep loss. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment a large supply cured the child in ten days. Free samples offered with a 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Boston.
The article recalls oversized eighteenth century hairstyles worn by Marie Antoinette era figures. Dwellers required tall headpieces and kneeling positions, with anecdotes of Mme de Genlla narrowly escaping danger and the Duchesse de Chartres displaying miniature scenes in their hair.
Fragmentary OCR lines describe Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and stomach discomfort, with garbled wording suggesting a dramatic moment and an aside about breath strength. The readable phrases imply a nostalgic or wartime era prose fragment.
M B Telsor and bride Dora Seltrous faced an outlaw border ordeal from Eagle Pass to Boquillas after bandits seized their car and horses. They endured 200 miles through trackless Mexican terrain, finding aid at the Bill Blocker ranch before completing their perilous return to Texas.
A preliminary conference in Vienna celebrated Norway gaining full women’s franchise. Rev. Anna H. Shaw, American suffragist, said the Norwegian example shows men most ready to understand women’s suffrage.
Holborn borough council opens a chapel of rest where the poor can place their dead pending burial at no charge. The reform aims to relieve one room families and residents of underground rooms by providing a dedicated, cost free facility. Other councils are urged to follow Holborn’s example.
Rancher Romain Moll of Escalon county died after stepping into a dirt posthole along a field near the Tidewater and Southern railroad. Foreman and others searched the area after Moll, who was walking to Escalon, suffocated before rescue. a dog led workers to the scene.
London report recounts King Edward in a Biarritz room detecting onions on several aides. Stamper swears the sergeant footman and courier Fehr ate onions, prompting sharp royal reproaches and a dramatic confrontation. The king insists, with growing vehemence, that all involved have partaken in onions.
James W. Gidley assistant curator at the National Museum Washington and Raymond Armbruster local fossil expert have been excavating fossilized bones above Burkey's near Corrigansville about four miles from Cumberland Maryland. Fossils discovered last November by Armbruster prompted a Smithsonian investigation yielding valuable finds. The ongoing dig has produced several wonderful discoveries with more to come. The bones are in perfect condition and scientists say the find may rank among the country's greatest fossil discoveries. The marrow is crystallized resembling clusters of diamonds or quartz.
The British Museum adds Timarchus silver coin, Satrap of Babylon and usurper after Antiochus IV. He reigned one year around 162 B C, striking rare coins including a unique one drachm silver piece. A four drachm coin exists in provenance, with related items now in Germany and Britain. A dragon auction sale and acquisitions expand the collection.
A reflective note from the Christian Herald on early summer evenings, describing a farmer’s softened heart under mild southern winds. It speaks of peace, kindness, renewed friendships, and a view of creation as a sign of the Creator’s hand.
A brief ad note promotes Tyree's Antiseptic Powder for chafing hives with a price of 25 cents. A Pittsburgh Dispatch fragment argues men should be allowed to wear bracelets and earrings, even nose rings, claiming it would be a more American adornment.
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