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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
7
Handy Boys and Girls learn to make an indoor golf links with simple holes hazards and homemade clubs. The guide covers hole construction using cardboard rings, ridge hazards from cardboard, a hollow from a tin pan, and basic scoring rules for match play. It also notes room size options and provides suggestions for varied hole counts and practice setups.
The article details making kitchen scrap toys from egg shells including a cup and saucer from shell pieces, roly poly egg-shell dolls, and a roly poly chef. It describes hollowing shells, weighting ends with paraffin or plaster, drawing features, and constructing hats and a balloon car combination connected by thread.
New York reports the Terrazas and Creel line, built from a small shop, rising to power and vast landholdings in Chihuahua. Once beloved, Luis Terrazas and kin fell when Diaz era politics and revolution enabled land grabs, war losses, and Villa’s 1918 seizure and ransom crisis ending with exile and guarded living.
New York woman Mrs William Moore testified at the ecclesiastical trial of Dr Jacob Price, a Methodist preacher, describing a kiss from the minister as the spark of a tragedy in her home. She said the kiss ruined her hope for conversion and led to marital strife after the pastor urged secrecy. Her account painted a vivid, circumstantial picture of how a small gesture escalated into a charged conflict within the church.
The Times reports Prof Robert Kennedy of Glasgow showing that a brain cell can be trained to perform two separate functions. In dog nerve grafting the foreleg muscles were connected to the nerves controlling flexion, initially paralyzed but recovered by day 123. The discovery could restore movement to useless limbs by rerouting brain signals through healthy brain nerve tracts.
In New Orleans Marceline Brady aged 107 and Willis West aged 97, both Black and former slaves, united in marriage after a 76 year romance. The couple’s long partnership began in slavery, later blossoming into a lifelong bond celebrated after decades together.
A Mashlight photograph taken in court by Thomas W. Payne without warning caused a near panic during the trial for assault to murder Miss Beatrice Douthit. The incident disrupted proceedings as spectators reacted to the camera in the courtroom.
Recollections of Nantucket and Monterey whaling recall a time when the trade persists on Labrador and Newfoundland coasts. The feature explains whale anatomy, baleen plates, and a factory process where fat, bones, and gills are stripped, boiled, and sold, with Hawk Harbor noted for turning 60 whales in a summer.
The Portland Oregonian notes that German authorities will tend Stevenson's grave in Samoa for a time but may neglect it later, while Oblivion honors great names but forgets them eventually. It also mentions a bridesmaid’s gift garters in palent blue silk with turquoise and seed pearl clasps.
A terse maxim urges avoidance of action speech and visibility to dodge criticism, advising individuals to retreat and withdraw from engagement. The message frames inaction as a protective strategy, presenting an ironic critique of evasive behavior.
A reflection on personal fault and conflicts with others. The speaker argues that much trouble comes from our own faults, not the faults of others, and suggests self-awareness as a path to smoother relations.
A garbled quotation reflects a speaker explaining how mounting debts and aggressive bill collectors force them to improvise. The fragment hints at using a bluff or deception as a coping tactic in financial pressure.
A fragment warns that fretting and worry exhaust and tarnish the mind and face. The line suggests anxiety leaves lasting marks and discourages needless concern.
Jugs Johnsons affliction described as something loose in Jute Joby prompts concern. The brief notes a local figure facing health worries and possible community discussion. No further details recorded.
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