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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
6
An article promoting Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, effective laxative for women. It claims drastic purgatives upset the system, recommending a nightly spoonful to bring relief by morning and strengthen stomach and bowels over time. Free trial offered by mail from Monticello Illinois.
Rev. E Heslop of Wigton Pa suffered dropsy with swollen limbs and fatigue. After using 65 boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling vanished and he felt restored. He confirms continued faith in the remedy and invites correspondence. Free Household Hints music and recipes offered.
A Detroit Free Press quote exchange notes extreme wealth with a boast about coal in a cellar. The remark contrasts nine tons of coal owned with the other speaker who says one ton is in but paid for. The item highlights a witty exchange on fortunes.
An old advertisement urges mothers to examine Castoria bottles for the signature of Y. A. A. in use for over 30 years. It claims Castoria is a safe remedy and notes children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A suburban home sale is reevaluated after an advertising story influences the Wilkins. The judge notes the change of intent as the Wilkins decide to keep the property.
Mildred and Carl Devereaux find love in Venice as Carl recovers from a fall. Seth Turner, a Harvard fraternity brother, supports Devereaux after a street-altercation in which a Sicilian punches him. Mildred and Carl plan to marry with a future back home debated amid Thanksgiving plans and cultural currents.
A simple, movable lamp system uses a semi circular arm, a sliding base, and a socket joint. The base travels across the desk, the arm tilts and extends, and the lamp head moves along the arm. The setup allows light to be directed to any point and angle and can be removed if space is needed.
The scene recalls Mark Twain's visit to Keokuk when Edward Brownell, a book cler k, teased him about ever writing a book. Twain later proved the point as his fame grew, even joking years after about the islander remark during a Spanish Islands lecture in Keokuk.
Fragmented exchange shows a speaker expressing strong hostility toward Turks and linking it to cigarette habits. The context hints at ethnic tension and smoking references without clear source or event.
A witty old time line presents a puzzled Mrs Jones as she laments coal scarcity while her husband faces a rush of duties. The exchange highlights daily struggles and a domestic moment with a humorous bite.
A Hamburg engineer Herr Emil Pein forms a company to harness tidal power on a large scale with Prussian government backing. The scheme centers on Husum Schleswig with Nordstrand island as a tidal reservoir, linking to the mainland by two dams. A 15 000 volt feeder will reach 80 to 100 kilometers, with 220 volt local distribution and a cost about two cents per horsepower hour.
A method to illuminate aisles between shelving uses steel messenger wires run through turnbuckles to hooks in ceiling beams. One central lamp hangs with reinforced drop cord reaching shelves, tied to a knob on the messenger wire. A spring absorbs jarring, and the tungsten lamp sits in a protective guard.
Electricity was first used in a mine in 1879 at a Barnock colliery in Scotland, where the underground worksite was lit by electric lamps.
A magazine piece extols the electric servant as a household helper performing cleaning washing drying ironing cooking warming and grooming tasks. It notes vacuuming polishing washing clothes drying indoors with a fan ironing efficiently beating eggs grinding coffee and meat and operating devices like mixers a tea kettle percolator and sewing machines.
R. D. Mock explains a simple fix for noisy telephone lines. By adding two stiff coil springs between insulators on each wire and looping the wire around the insulators, the springs absorb wind-induced jerks, reducing moaning sounds on blustery nights and improving sleep. The key is using springs stiff enough to prevent wind from pulling the wire taut.
A Missourian patents a trolley system to power aircrafts while a Seattle inventor outfits a policeman’s club with an electric flashlight. Other items describe wireless contact with Vladivostok, Chicago restricting electrolysis damage, a California electric company serving a 200 by 75 mile region, and a port able desk lamp hook for reading. Additional notes cover poultry heating, Birmingham motormen bonuses for safety, filtered air in a German power plant, snow clearing by electric car plows in Vienna, and an auto lamp switch for ships signaling rooms.
The German imperial post office issued a world map of wireless telegraph stations to advertise drahtloge facilities. It highlights German stations with Neuen claimed as the most powerful, boasting a 2100 mile range, 200 miles more than the Eiffel Tower's.
A humorous dialogue features a speaker asking about liking pie and another replying they enjoy all kinds except humble pie, delivering a pun on humility.
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