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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1911
Page
2
A Chicago millionaire who arrived in 1871 with 12 cents in his pocket credits a rule of never being out of work and never spending more than earned. He advocates saving and economy as healthy habits, noting people can live well on modest meals and cut unnecessary expenses. He cites a west side school where teachers dine happily on light meals.
The Bureau of Animal Industry proposes a substitute for oats made from coconut and peanut meals that could lower feed costs by $15 per ton. Initially horses resisted the new ration like humans adjusting to unfamiliar breakfast, but they eventually adapted as critics note oats have become costly.
German explorers in East Africa uncover bones larger than any previously recovered with a humerus of 6 feet 10 inches suggesting a nine-foot thigh bone. Until now diplodocus was viewed as the era's largest creature and its humerus measured 3 feet 11 inches. The record implies giants in ancient geological ages.
A telephone was installed near the pulpit in a Kansas church to let the congregation hear the sermon without attending in person. The feature, though practical, creates a challenge for listeners to sleep and hold the receiver to their ear simultaneously.
A young Japanese graduate from an American agricultural college plans introducing the American bullfrog to Japan. Large healthy American frogs will chorus “To go Tago” from marshes, boosting charm in Japan and strengthening Sino-American relations.
A new doctor is added to the list of surgeons sued for operations on patients including forceps. The editorial notes such cases may alarm patients about hospital plans and the dangers of new medical practices. It also jokes about apple growing forecasts and investor caution amid crop failures.
An Illinois woman used hypnotism to pacify a maniac aiming to attack her and her children. The incident suggests women consider hypnotism as a protective skill alongside other precautions.
A witty remark declares that no patriot will allow a guilty fly to escape punishment as every fly is duly convicted, delivering a satirical take on crime and justice.
A fragmented note discusses a seventeen year period for locust food in English crops and references an inglorious end. The text is sparse but implies concerns about locust impact over time and decline.
Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter recalls Grant reading the court martial record and reversing the injustice of his 1860s conviction. Porter says Grant’s act, aided by private indifference from some officials, restored his rank and honor, illustrating Grant’s character and sense of justice.
The piece recalls Theodore Winthrop a Civil War officer and writer linked to Yale and Susan Coolidge. It notes his disordered path from failed manuscripts to posthumous acclaim after his death at Big Bethel, and how publishers later sought his novels despite early rejections. It highlights his frontier insight and contrasts his cultivated appearance with soldierly courage.
In 1832 1850 era tales Samuel J Randall recalls Daniel Webster preparing to answer South Carolina Senator Hayne. Webster declares I am primed three fingers meaning ready for strong rhetorical onslaught. The scene shows Webster delivering a landmark speech with every senator seated in attentive silence.
Police found Mrs. Eleanor Rogers dead in her Gillingham home after forcing entry. Three money bags contained 371 sov ereigns 385 sov ereigns and 63 sov ereigns totaling £662. The house valued around £1,000 was her own property.
In a quippy exchange, Jonesey notes Mrs Blondey dislikes him while Witherell teases a possible romance. Jonesey hints the woman knows his past and hints at a connection tied to a game day. The dialogue reflects social tension and implications of a local affair.
A New York inventor offers a painter's time saver a metal ruler with a wide straight edge and legs to guide the brush along the edge of window sash or door jamb. Held tightly the tool prevents smearing and speeds edge painting for do it yourself projects.
The article describes wooden steam boilers used in the early 19th century, including a Norwich to New London steamboat in 1817 and a Center Square Philadelphia water works boiler from 1801 to 1804. It notes the wooden enclosing box and iron ash pit and fire box, the low steam pressure, and why the wooden design was abandoned due to leaks and lack of safety features.
Railway ticket printing machines will be installed at a Birmingham station. The clerk inserts a blank card into a sliding carriage, moves it to the station name, then depresses a handle to print the ticket showing issuing and destination stations, price, date, consecutive number, and class, with an automatic operation log kept.
A Swiss inventor develops a coating process that reduces tin zinc copper lead aluminum or other metals to a fine powder under inert gas pressure and jet shoots the particles through a flexible tube onto the target surface to form a metal coating.
The article notes Indian paper mills struggle to stay profitable as raw material travels long distances and freight costs erode margins. It cites 1910 fiscal year paper and pasteboard imports valued at about 3,284,900 dollars as context for the industry’s challenges.
A Pennsylvania inventor unveils a combined pool and billiard table with a single rubber bed that tightens for a firm surface. The adjustable frame accepts billiard corners or pool pockets, folds for storage, and offers side pockets and an adjustable cue for use indoors outdoors or on water.
A new combined crowbar and truck is described for handling heavy workpieces in workshops factories and warehouses. Used in sets of three for balance it features iron rollers and a protective spike to prevent damage and allows lifting and wheeling loads of several tons.
A German professor reports that in industrial cities unwashed windows for ten days block 36 to 48 percent of light. If not washed for four weeks they may exclude as much as 80 percent of light.
A mix of economic and industrial facts and curiosities including Buenos Aires as a major hide and wool market, 97 American manufacturers with Madrid and Tokyo agencies planning about 16 million dollars in drainage work, German alcohol stoves in Canada, geological and material notes on sandstone and aluminum, burglar proof glass in France, copra production in the Philippines, ancient lime use, and fragmented references to zinc in a French bridge and taxi axle standards in London.
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