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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
2
The Ismay Journal reflects on an era of large ships and power, contrasting Philadelphia’s bustling ball games with a sleepy Ismay mood. It comments lightly on fashion and safety, noting women’s attire and a joke about sleeping on floors lacking springs.
A mix of quirky notes and short items reports a German dentist jailed in England for spying, a Milwaukee man struck in a barber chair by a car, and a statistician claiming married people live longer. Other bits touch on fashion, travel weariness, and U.S. music spending.
A Kansas City judge ruled a girl need not confine her attentions to her fiancé but warned she should be careful about her associations.
Mrs Oelrichs declares life in the country valueless though tone suggests irony as a porter narrowly avoids trampling her toes with a truck. The remark captures a restrained, wry view amid daily bustle.
A Chicago physician links noise to shortened life expectancy in residents, sparking concern about urban health. A tango fan attempting water tango nearly drowned, prompting reflection on risk and resilience in city living. The mermaid anatomy concept underscores caution in interpreting maritime legends.
Citizens alerted to counterfeit twenty dollar bills in circulation after a watermelon purchase. Local authorities advise inspecting change carefully and reporting suspected notes to police.
Several witnesses who saw a man burning debris the other day shouted for him to keep cool as flames engulfed the material in a southern area.
The national bureau of chemistry urges using smell and sight to detect spoiled food. Ear checks in restaurant service were adopted earlier, alongside eye and nose assessments.
The remark suggests dandelion greens are valued only when paired with flavorful dishes. It implies culinary acceptance hinges on how they are seasoned and served, not on the greens themselves.
The St. Louis team presses for a deeper probe into the congressional baseball investigation, aiming to understand barriers preventing a top division breakthrough and improve its competitive standing.
A public notice states a college for women to study oratory will be started in Chicago. A playful remark suggests future schools may even teach young ducks to swim.
Andrew Carnegie once sought a position at a Pittsburgh newspaper but was told no. He recalls the editor would not hire him, implying the editor still holds the paper.
The piece argues that despite science defining love as lunacy, no actions are underway to cure those affected or halt the wider social progress of the condition.
The article notes Russia must prepare for a European scrap airdropped by aircraft with machine guns and bomb throwers. Vilhjalmur Stefansson sails on another Arctic expedition as some people seem to have all the luck.
An Illinois court rules that a man can be beautiful in its ruling though the statement is not connected to his task of changing a tire on his automobile.
A fragment describes distressed horses overwhelmed by the cold and exhausted by the crowd of self appointed horse doctors trying to aid them in their final moments.
Detectives and lawyers describe using registered letters to obtain signatures for forgeries and to trap suspects. A postal receipt is shown only to authorized authorities, not shared with others, and the method has helped prove signatures in court.
The article discusses how organs and bones grow through life, with height increasing until age forty due to organ development and reduced spinal compression. It notes the heart lungs and brain mature into the fourth decade, and that height growth typically stops early due to downward body pressure on the spine. A scientist suggests quadrupeds freed from weight could grow taller for ten more years.
A report notes lingering belief among English coal miners that a husband may legally sell his wife. It recalls a Lancashire case where a man allegedly sold his wife for half a crown with a halter and receipt, and later used the sale to dodge debts.
In the Pacific Northwest giant conifers reach five to eight feet in diameter and 100 to 125 feet tall. An arbor vitae near Snohomish, Washington, 39 feet nine inches in circumference, has a passage cut through its trunk. Thousands of pedestrians and bicyclists have passed beneath the arch.
John Dunning a railway mail clerk from Corona was whipped from a mail car by a wire lasso as a freight train passed Floral Park. The trailing wire snagged his left leg and dragged him along the ties until the wire broke while the train stood at the switch.
An obituary note describes a Korean funeral rite where a peculiarly constructed hay bundle is lighted and burned for a year near the deceased’s home, following the death of a wealthy individual.
Léon Jean a ropemaker from Cherbourg France awoke to find himself in a hospital after supposedly sleeping seventy seven days. He believed only a few hours had passed and his current health is reported as good.
James Lafferty, a farmer near Newark New Jersey, reports a hen that began laying eggs in a pig pen and, after the piglet litter arrived, shifted to caring for the pigs. The hen roosts in the pen and, though the mother pig ate her eggs, the hen hatched a brood for the piglets. The piglets now scamper to the hen when she clucks, and the mother pig tolerates the arrangement.
French zoologist M. Charles Barrios observed 60 000 dragonflies alighting on telegraph wires in Morbihan drawn to the west by the setting sun. They remained paralyzed and evenly spaced, then vanished where the road bent south. He wonders if electricity or solar reflection caused the pattern.
An ornate roadside signpost near Wolferton railway station on the Sandringham estate, erected by King George. A carved oak device atop the post shows Tyr wrestling Fenrir, symbolizing Fate, with a background scene of gilded Asgard rooms.
Riddles and wordplay puzzle style questions appear with mixed phrases about thieves editors shoeblacks and ships to conquer Hard to parse but suggests a humor column or dialectic pun feature listing incongruous questions and brief answers
An apparent empty bottle used to demonstrate compressed air. The performer covers the mouth with a thumb, blows into the bottle, then releases to extinguish a candle when the air rushes out. Outside the room, the helper keeps the thumb over the opening to hide the maneuver.
The article notes iridium about three times the value of gold with a price near 62 dollars per ounce and osmium around 50 dollars. Osmium is the heaviest known substance and resists melting, while palladium at 40 dollars an ounce can disappear in steam and is used for division marks on precision scales.
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