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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
3
A boastful bullfrog on a slippery log scoffs at a barking dog and accepts flattering praise. The dog’s praise lures the frog closer to the bank where a boy nets him, ending the frog’s vanity lesson. The tale cautions against flattery and pride.
A playful gymnastic stunt trains leg and back muscles. A prone chair is held upright by a partner, the performer hooks heels under the chair, stiffens the back, and bends to touch the chair with the head without using hands or bending other joints.
A five year old boy attending a children's party explains his contribution. While others sang or spoke, he says he could do nothing until he stood and said his prayers, prompting gentle praise from his mother for his faith and participation.
The grass hopper puzzle, once popular with London apprentices, features twelve numbered disks with a central vacant spot. Movement rules mirror a clock-face path with two groups moving in opposite directions, creating a sliding and jumping challenge tied to the Grasshopper crest historically linked to Sir Thomas Gresham.
The article presents a peg solitaire puzzle with 12 holes and one vacant disk. It states the minimal solution length is 62 moves and shows a sequence of moves. It notes a general rule: the square of the number of grasshoppers in a direction plus four times that number plus two equals the required number of moves, illustrated by 36 plus 24 plus 2 equals 62.
The New York World reports health department measurements of 10,000 pupils from July 18, 1914, to April 12, 1915. It lists average weights and heights by ethnic stock, noting Russian Polish Bohemian boys as heaviest and German boys tallest, with girls slightly lighter but heavier overall than boys.
The London Chronicle notes Shrewsbury school once hosted Charles Darwin on its benches. As a pupil he showed little genius, called "a dull and apathetic boy" by his formmaster. He favored Horace and Euclid among books, while his sole enthusiasm lay in curiosity collecting and playful chemical experiments.
A local board school held a Scripture exam where one question asked what the widow's mite reveals. A thoughtful absent student answered humorously, noting the widow’s mite relates to a child born after the father's death, showing wit beyond her years.
A boy named Tommy went fishing last Sunday without his mother's consent. The next day at school a friend asked if he had caught anything, and Tommy replied that he did not catch anything until he got home.
In the discourse on keeping a boy on the farm, a proposal ties girls’ presence to farm viability. It suggests giving a girl a chance to earn spending money by managing a flock of chickens, implying economic activity for girls as a path to sustaining rural work.
Readers note a fashion shift to light gay sportswear colors for autumn all through coats sweaters and hats. Fads include long woolen scarves in white cream and bold hues, with practical golfing sweaters and belted caps designed for outdoor life and weather defiance.
Julia Bottomley surveys the new fall hats showing rich fabrics velvet satin metallic laces and braids with fur and silk flower trims. Styles include high crowns and upturned brims with clever draping and metal buckles reflecting American and French design influence.
Wartime Paris theaters face closures as France aids actors and staff. Le Figaro reports 100000 meals served to needy theater people by July. L Oeuvre, founded by Theatrical Directors, funds food through donations and offers medical care and schooling at Jardin de Paris with no charge for food.
The Freemasons in the United States report 1 671 477 members in the counted year. The membership figure reflects ongoing fraternal activity across lodges and affiliated bodies.
Letters to the American Museum of Natural History claimed a sea serpent appeared off Long Island and terrorized the water for nearly an hour. A spectator photographed the creature, but Dr. F A Lucas identified the image as a thrasher shark, noting its habit of thrashing with its tall and its general timidity toward humans.
An old time advertisment touts Cuticura Soap for face bathing and Cuticura Ointment for red rough itching and pimply skin, claiming it soothes skin scalp and hands. It offers free samples by mail with a postcard address to Cuticura Dept XY Boston and notes sale everywhere.
A Canadian artillery corporal writes a friend that gas made air thick and choking. He recalls tobacco saving many lives by easing the choking and helping soldiers endure the attack. He notes they began using tobacco to cope with gas and now habitually chew to cope.
A recipe recommends one ounce cedar oil two ounces citronella and two ounces camphor to keep mosquitoes away for a long time. A cloth on the bed allegedly wards off insects and may last, though odor may bother some. If the scent offends you a clothespin on the nose is suggested.
Quote laden exchange shows a performer revealing a stranger’s profession after an unexpected two hour journey. The line highlights the theme that roles can be blurred and assumptions challenged in everyday encounters.
The excerpt features a dialogue fragment from Puck noting a habit of paying spot cash for everything and a sentiment about speaking with a husband about past times, paired with a caution that compliments avoid being forced to eat words.
In a reflective passage Mrs Blight recalls Cleveland once had a “perfect baby” and laments her own gloom and loneliness. She contrasts being fed sweet milk in childhood with a grownup craving sourness, blaming her hygienie era upbringing for her current mood and outlook.
A witty exchange shows the boas declaring they oppose a single office and would place several of their men into office instead. The remark highlights opposition to concentrated power and hints at a broader political maneuvering context.
The speaker offers a wedding toast phrased as a playful compliment directed at the bride. The line frames the marriage pursuit as a quest and frames the bride’s upcoming union as a success.
In Pearson's Weekly two young women Angeline and Emmeline exchange playful barbs on a tram. Angeline gives Emmie a letter stamp and declines money, saying to pay next time they meet, though Emmie fears a long separation. The scene ends with Angeline's sweet quip.
A Boston woman, venturing from her usual path, reads a mile post claiming "1 M. from Boston." She misreads it as a gravestone, then muses that the phrase "I'm from Boston" is simple and enough, a wry reflection attributed to Lippincott's.
An exchange contrasts a turkey’s out of favor status with a desire for silence. A quip suggests a woman can do more with a hair pin than a man with a full carpenter’s kit.
A proposal from an Overseas club member suggests planting sugar maples over isolated graves of Canadian soldiers in Flanders and France. Millions of seeds have already been sent to France with more planned, creating a living memorial along roads to cemeteries.
Dialogue captures reactions to Fogarty leaving the field amid a bustling day. One speaker questions the move while noting Fogarty is scheduled to appear on a bill that day. The exchange hints at motives tied to a business lunch encounter.
The statement notes that ocean waters become less salty the farther they are from the equator, indicating a latitudinal salinity gradient driven by global circulation and evaporation patterns.
A Denver woman describes severe post meal distress, loss of appetite, and weakness before discovering Grape-Nuts. She credits the cereal with restoring her health, noting stomach and brain comfort returned and she gained 12 pounds after a period of hard work.
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