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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
2
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative for internal cleansing and gentle relief. It claims no after effects and notes physicians approve its safe components. Consumers urged to buy the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co. through leading druggists.
The Old Dodger recalls Judge Thomas Rott visiting the Sit and Argue club last night. He spoke for about two and a half hours but was not in good voice and did not reveal his topic. Simpry merely says he didn t say.
The article recounts Robert Hewes of Boston founding the first American glass works in Temple New Hampshire in 1780, chosen to evade British forces. It describes the site on Kidder Mountain, views toward Mount Monadnock and local towns, and notes only the stone ovens and foundations remain as a relic of America's early industrial independence.
A woman writes of relief from coffee linked ailments after trying Postum. She details a slow path to acceptance, proper preparation, and a family shift away from coffee. Her husband initially resisted but eventual trials lead to embracing Postum, improving health and vitality.
After talks with Ohio manager Arthur Vorys Taft says the Republican national committee chairmanship is not yet settled and no decision will be announced until after a Hot Springs conference. Kellogg of Minnesota is out of the race but his name was briefly considered amid campaign gossip.
About one thousand workers returned to the Missouri Kansas Texas machine shops in Parsons Kansas yesterday ending a layoff that began May 14. The revival is believed to extend to shops across the MK&T system and signals a regional restart of operations.
One man died and two others were badly hurt when a Chicago Great Western work train collided with the Rock Island and Indianola local at the East Sixteenth street crossing. A half dozen more suffered minor injuries in the Des Moines wreck on July 2.
Gustav Rohland, 60 or more, died of heart trouble while walking from his residence to the business district in Winona Minnesota. He was found dead on the street. The event occurred today with medical help arriving too late.
Four year old Tillie Reichstadt of Inver Grove was struck by her father's mower and lost her left foot. Doctors believe she will survive the injury.
Fire rips through the rear of J J Molstad’s saloon in Crookston Minnesota causing a total loss of the building stock and fixtures valued at about 10 500 firefighters battled the blaze and prevented spread to adjacent properties as the investigation begins into the cause of the catastrophe.
Washington reports two key conferences with Judge Taft and leaders. Secretary Cortelyou outlined the national committee’s practical workings and urged Hitchcock as national chairman while Taft pledged support to secure his election. Taft and family planned to depart for Hot Springs.
Milwaukee reports three personal crisis cases in one day. R Schultz, found hanged, wills his ashes to Miss Meta Guether for use in tooth powder. Carl Hober, an aged cigarmaker, died by carbolic acid.
Immigrant commissioner George Welsh prepares advertising reports for Minnesota. Illinois led inquiries to the state house with 355, followed by Town with 202. Advertising cost per inquiry ranged from 4 to 10 cents, averaging about 40 cents for roughly 3,000 inquiries in the first half of the year.
Seven saloon licenses, higher than last year, have been applied for in Eau Claire Wisconsin on July 4. The move follows a previous license increase from 100 to 500 dollars two years ago, which led to the closing of a few smaller establishments.
John Welsh, who stabbed his wife with scissors in Colfax last week, was adjudged insane and sent to Mendota asylum. Mrs. Welsh remains in critical condition in Menomonie Wisconsin on July 4.
In Winnipeg on July 4, William Paul was sentenced to hang for the November murder of Minnesota homesteader Henry Shelling on the Canadian side near Rainy River Ontario. The case centers on the late 1919 crossing and official verdicts.
A severe rain and hail storm swept Denver and surrounding area twelve miles north of Waterloo yesterday afternoon causing thousands of dollars in crop damage. Rain fell in torrents for about an hour and the hail stripped corn leaves and beat other grain to the ground.
River levels in St. Paul show the Mississippi receding after rising to near the danger mark. By 7 o'clock yesterday morning the water stood two feet above the danger line and continued to fall at a rate of about one eighth of a foot in the past twenty four hours.
Little Falls on July 4. The city council refused renewal of John Dolanya’s license to sell intoxicating liquors. He pleaded guilty to selling liquor to a posted habitual drunkard and was fined $50 plus costs.
A youth about eighteen years old drowned while bathing in a Casselton reservoir. He had gone to the water with others and disappeared beneath the surface. A search by bystanders and authorities followed with no immediate results.
Advises from Buenos Aires report Paraguay’s revolutionaries toppled the government and formed a new cabinet led by Emiliano Gonzales Naveiro. street fighting damaged public buildings. casualties estimated around six hundred. Refugees sought shelter in foreign legations as peace hopes rise with a combined Liberal Colorado leadership. Wide telegraph links to Asuncion awaited restoration.
Rear Admiral C. M. Thomas died suddenly of apoplexy at Del Monte California on Friday night. Mrs. Thomas and daughter Ruth remain at the hotel and will accompany the remains East. He had just given up command of the Atlantic battleship fleet after a week in the post to allow Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry to study the fleet before its world voyage from San Francisco.
An official statement reports 228 bodies recovered from the Kikovsky coal mine after a gas explosion in European Russia. Nineteen injured remain in hospital. The fire is out and eight miners were brought out alive on Saturday. sixty five bodies were recovered yesterday, thirty buried after identification, with the rest to be buried today. The inquest will begin today.
At St Paul on July 2 the West side flats area is submerged as high water drives hundreds from homes. Dwellings lack protection with no tents for women and children. waterfront warehouses suffer major property loss. Water levels begin to recede as several inches drop.
Belle Fourche South Dakota July 2 Known enemies of A Giles a large sheep owner of Two Top thirty five miles north of here caused deterrence among ranchers when over 150 of Giles best sheep suddenly died after being dosed with arsenic. Neighbors also reported losses and all ranchers now guard sheep with shotguns as stockmen are blamed and Giles vows vengeance.
Frank J. Glenn of Bowbell North Dakota drank bedbug poison mistaken for liquor while trying to relieve a cold. He quickly sought a physician but died from the toxic ingestion.
Clinton Iowa July 2 John Nicholson slept on the Iowa and Interurban tracks by the Wapsipincon river bridge. Motorman John Homer stopped the car in time and rescued him. Nicholson suffered a scalp wound and received treatment at a Clinton hospital.
Fergus Falls Minnesota July 2 reports crop prospects are excellent with winter rye four and a half to five feet tall and headed. Winter rye winter wheat and barley will be ready soon. Wheat and oats are heavy with growth almost too rank in places.
A teacher quizzes children on architecture and asks what a buttress is. Tommy Smart volunteers and humorously defines it as a nanny goat, prompting a playful exchange in the classroom.
Patent lawyers Lothrop Johnson report in St Paul Minn noting inventors from Bemidji Duluth Thief River Falls St Paul and other locations receiving patents. Names include D Backlund F Butchart M Forder H B Fuller M Hills Baird lp F Geiger and others for items such as tying appliance railway car sheet metal buckle and wrench.
Ornithology note recounts whimsical wordplay on birds and phrases about paying for a wife's hat with several eagles. Quirky observations mix bird terms with humorous a motto about spending.
Zimmerman Bros in St Paul Minnesota claims to run America’s finest Kodak Store offering developing and printing for amateurs with very beautiful work at reasonable prices. They will mail a price list to any amateur on application.
A brief exchange shows a daughter asking when she will be old enough to talk and the mother chiding her for monopolizing the conversation. The vignette captures domestic tone and family dynamics.
Cooperstown New York July 7 hope rises as Bishop Henry Codman Potter shows improved condition after a serious stomach and diver trouble complication. Doctors report gains and carry a favorable outlook following better reports Saturday night and yesterday.
North bound passenger and express train on the Chicago and North Western strikes cattle near Ordway, derailing the locomotive, express and baggage cars. Conductor Prothrow led the train with engineer Michael Murray and fireman Fred Sirkow both severely injured.
In Hastlake vicinity an Italian suspect named Joe Hinson was captured in woods near Irondale yesterday. He confessed to killing Charles G. Bassford with an ax at Hastlake on Saturday, claiming self defense.
Springfield July 7. C A Balddard a hoisting engineer was stabbed to death at his home yesterday and Joseph James 82 was arrested charged with the murder. Lynchings are freely talked of in the community.
Fragmented text from an old page hints at a local path event with unreadable details. Readable names or places are not present enough to confirm participants dates or location.
Mel Powers a former steamboat man race horse owner and gambler was shot through the heart and killed during a pistol fight between Harry Clayton and Al Scheeler in Sioux City Iowa last night Clayton a bartender is under arrest authorities report Powers acted as peacemaker before the fatal shot.
A garbled excerpt mentions a fox scenting a man and a smile with ambiguous context. The passage references Yonkers and PEAY along with scattered letters and phrases, yielding no clear event or subject.
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