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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
7
The article explains North American bats are harmless while vampire bats of South America feed on blood. It notes giant bats in Asia and the Malay Archipelago and a five foot wing span species in the Philippines. It emphasizes these creatures are mostly timid and insectivorous or frugivorous.
S G Brinkley of South Carolina declares the longest beard in the states at five feet four inches with a six foot two inch cropped length kept under his shirt. He started growing it at twenty five and wore it for 27 years until recent trimming.
King George of England has been granted a patent for a stove designed as an open grate in one room and capable of cooking meals in another. The device aims to combine heating and cooking in a single apparatus for homes.
Archaeologists confirm the Chester infirmary field yields Roman era burials from the twentieth legion period. Four grave forms include a plastered sandstone tomb, tiled floor arrangements, V shaped trough burials, and shallow clay trenches with bronze coins of Antonius Pius and Commodus found in mouths. Coins indicate ritual burial practices to aid passage for the departed across the Styx.
A cliffside tidal pond near the Mull of Galloway houses cod kept to fatten for the table. A keeper feeds the animals daily and the fish learn to respond to footfalls. Some cod over four feet long are handled by the keeper and returned to the water.
A columnist questions how the nation honors past leaders noting presidents lie in varied cemeteries and urging a national shrine for Jefferson at Arlington and Washington’s Mount Vernon. The piece details Mount Vernon’s simple tomb and Martha and George Washington’s sarcophagi and cites Van Buren buried in Kinderhook NY with a plain granite marker.
The Mercer family faces foreclosure when Henry Brown pressures Mercer to break up his daughter Ethel's relationship with Harry Lane. Uncle Silas arrives as a hermit investor, revealing Brown's scheme, paying the notes, and naming Mercer as heir. Marriage bells ring as the farm is saved.
The January import value of diamonds, pearls and other precious stones at Vast Sum, New York, reached a record high of 3,899,995 dollars, 725,000 more than January 1912, with the only larger total appearing two years earlier at 4,541,606 dollars.
A Republican member of Congress in Providence rides a bicycle each Sunday to attend church and avoid autos, explaining to a Democrat colleague that the tactic lets him avoid 15000 car trips. The exchange highlights party humor about Providence and tariffs.
A restaurant patron speaks to Rudolph the waiter promising a lump sum Christmas tip. Rudolph asks for advance payment, then reveals he is leaving the restaurant that day. The patron gives five dollars, and Rudolph pockets it with a smile.
Instructions describe a method to clean tennis balls using pipe clay mixed with water to a paste, melted tallow added, cooled, then brushed off. A lump of the pipe clay and tallow is dissolved in cold water to cream consistency, applied with a sponge, and left to dry before gentle wiping.
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