09 Aug 1912
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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
1
Sen Robert M La Follette argues the progressive movement began within the Republican Party. He urges Pro gressive Republicans to maintain organization inside the GOP and says blind allegiance to every nomination or declaration is not essential.
A chaplain answers that the opening prayer will be offered but stresses it is a prayer not a prophecy. The exchange underscores caution against equating religious supplication with predictive forecasting.
Hans Larson and Bert Jones organized a raffle of a new rag carpet to aid Coleman Crocker who lost his left hand in a shotgun accident. One hundred tickets were sold quickly with eight left and many buyers lined up. Crocker, a hardworking newcomer from St Paul, hopes the community effort will help him start anew near Cabin Creek. Larson thanks friends for generous support and the local response boosts Crocker’s prospects.
Report of Larry Thom receiving a serious arm injury while helping Henry Harnack and Elmer Harnack break a horse on Whitney Creek. The horse grabbed Thom’s left arm, throwing him and nearly trampling him before Elmer intervened. X rays revealed a two place arm fracture. Thom was hospitalized and recovering with support from friends.
Notice states the Republican county primaries will be held Saturday August 17 1912 at J E Prindle s office at 2 p m to elect seven delegates to the Republican county convention at Miles City Montana on September 3 1912 J J Prindle precinct committeeman
A fragment quotes a French writer praising courage of early writers who faced the pillory and imprisonment to publish views, arguing they laid the foundation of free press later enjoyed in this country. The source notes the London Globe as the citation.
A vast bed of reindeer moss lies near the Poronal river mouth in Kamchatka. The bed extends about seventy five miles along the coast, is over nine miles wide, and six feet deep. The moss is used in cardboard production.
Vegetable fibre from the dwarf palm leaves, called chin vegetal, clung to soil and hindered early Algerian colonization. Pioneers fought it foot by foot, not knowing the plant would later become a valuable commercial resource.
A concise reflection on equality of opportunity and effort. It argues that steady work yields a steady living for anyone, asserting that the same laws of right and wrong and the same chances to act are available to all.
The article notes the blow fly Calliphora vomitoria senses the odor of death from afar. Xavier Raspail observed flies locate a recently dead bird rapidly and avoid landing on a bird that is not truly dead. He suggests a volatile death clue may guide the fly, though this conclusion is treated as hazardous.
A city girl on her country vacation adores the moonlit night with her first beau. She confuses toadstools for crickets and jokes about the music they make, while the country man calmly explains the sound is crickets not seats.
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