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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
3
Miss Dorothy Upton and Mrs Fane travel toward a mine near the Mexican border. Lt Kynaston investigates gun running reports as Villa revolutionists clash with Carrancista defenders. Intermingled talk questions patriotism while gun runners use loopholes to move arms.
A pursuit crosses into American territory as a Mexican officer requests raiders be returned to Mexican law. Kynaston refuses to surrender prisoners and orders looted arms and treasure to be seized, with the group camping for the night before continuing the back trail.
A cavalry squad returns to an old desert camp as prisoners await breakfast. Dorothy, Mrs. Fane, and Kynaston discuss confiscation laws for refugees who cross the line. A blind man crawls down the slope attracting concern and instruction from the group.
Kynaston, leading prisoners along a ridge, sees the camp fires of his permanent camp and feels relief that shelter and food might be available for sympathetic Mexican inhabitants awaiting chance to smuggle them back to federal forces.
Aged blind man set among a tangle of romance raises questions about his role in a discreet affair. The correspondent hints at secrets and shifting loyalties influencing the outcome.
The lesson traces Paul and Barnabas in Iconium and Lystra around AD 47, highlighting their witnessing, miracles, and ensuing opposition. It notes arrests and persecutions, the shift from idol worship to the living God, and concludes with the pair returning home to confirm believers and appoint leaders.
The feature presents two coats in checked serge and tan covert cloth designed to withstand dampness. It describes a novel two-piece look with a cotton net slip, lace yoke, and shirred hips, paired with a short over dress in taffeta and a black and white contrast finish. Also shown is a short covert coat with broadcloth trim and an afternoon taft dress in blue taffeta, plus a patent maid’s party frock for ages eight to twelve with lace trim and net overlays.
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