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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
3
A clever mother hosts a three hour doll hunt for twelve guests at Polly Flinders party with dolls of many kinds hidden around the lawn and house. The winner takes a plain inexpensive doll while refreshments include gingerbread dolls and ice cream shaped like babies.
At a New South Wales gold district rally a fitful crowd heckled a candidate until the chair, a muscular miner, quieted them with a promise of questions. A Welsh agitator approached the platform but was knocked down by a swift left hook, followed by the chair asking for further questions with no response.
A playful dialogue asks where hard cash comes from, with the punchline that it comes from a soft thing. The exchange uses a cheeky misdirection to hint at money origin in a lighthearted manner.
A version of Blindman's Buff is described where players form a circle with a stationary blind man in the center. Each player has a rotating number and must switch places when the blind man calls two numbers. The blind man then tries to catch one of the players. after long spells of mixing marked by calling One Hundred the game ends when a catcher is made.
A description of a novel basket shower for a bride to be, with thirty five articles forming a set of games. Guests brought diverse baskets including a wistaria waste basket, a market basket, a Dutch peasant basket, a clothes basket and a covered lunch basket.
The article notes draped fichu effects in net lace chiffon or mousseline de soie on nearly all the new dresses, highlighting a fashionable detail.
The passage extols simple life in Burma where scarce population and vast lands invite migration. It praises self sufficiency as villagers build and dismantle homes with family labor, and suggests flight to forests if local rulers oppress. It envisions a transfer of power to a better leader and a freer life.
An absurd exchange mocks female suffrage advocates with a Louisville Courier-Journal line about reversing the approach. An unrelated Tyree Antiseptic Powder ad promotes relief for perspiring feet with powder or solution. A Pathfinder joke critiques a lawyer’s bill for waking at night to think of a case.
Dr J H Rindlaub of Fargo offers eye ear nose and throat care and notes the need for good facilities to assist the needy. The fashion statement highlights small shoes as a symbol of style.
London watchers heard Mrs. John Hartness argue the Star of Bethlehem was a comet. She linked Magi expectations and a long shining celestial body to fit the biblical account, noting Professor Bickerton would accept a comet if his own new star theory failed.
Miss Sarah D Robbins caught a large pickerel and nine smaller fish near a village lake. The seventh fish held a muskrat inside which sprang to life and escaped into a pond before capture. Robbins plans to fish again hoping for another large pickerel with a small animal inside.
Washington and Mrs John W Gibson celebrate fifty years of marriage. They began a delayed honeymoon visiting Norfolk and Bar Harbor with Mr Gibson noting life was hard when they wed.
The Stehr case reviews a father sentenced to one to ten years for criminal negligence after a blizzard left his family freezing due to a fire going out and a broken window. A child’s feet froze and, after sixteen days without medical care, died from blood poisoning. The court held parental neglect causing death as manslaughter, even without intent, and urged seeking public aid if the parent cannot afford care.
A dated line suggests a man gains required credentials only until a girl reaches eighteen. After that her interest responds only to a pair of shoulder straps, implying a shift in attraction linked to uniform attire.
The remark notes that a man who does not laugh at his own jokes may still find them funny. It implies restraint or self-control rather than absence of humor, suggesting laughter is not the sole measure of amusement.
A Elyria Ohio man F J Busher reports ten year scalp disease cured in two months using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He washed twice daily and applied the ointment noting hair regrowth and disappearance of scales. Advertisement promotes Cuticura products with Boston address and 32 page Skin Book.
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