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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1912
Page
7
The article explains elephants use trunk and throat sounds to convey fear pleasure want and other emotions. It notes trumpeting during fury a roar or shrill trumpet for fear and a low squeak or inaudible throat sound for pleasure.
M Joubert a professor at the agricultural college of Fontainebleau reports a new method to make hens lay by adding wine to their ordinary food. He tested two groups of 12 fowls across six trials over winter and found the wine-fed birds produced about 20 more eggs per month on average.
A Paris cafe owner claims the smallest cow in the world, just over two feet tall and five years old. The diminutive bovine provides milk, though in small amounts, and draws many customers to the cafe.
The Tehuana women of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico wear a remarkable lace head dress called a hul pil. It resembles an Elizabethan ruff and varies in shape, sometimes flaring from the head or hanging down the back. Tehuana women run small town businesses while men stay idle, with daily costumes bright and oriental in color.
About twenty years ago Amsterdam diamond merchants traded informally in cafes and streets. They later rented a hall named Beurs voor den Diamanten. With prosperity, Amsterdam captured two thirds of global diamond trade and a minister opened a dedicated exchange hall on the Weesperplein.
A Nagoya violin maker debuts a four stringed instrument named the reikin resembling a guitar with a samisen neck. It supposedly replaces several samisen through key manipulation and has already been demonstrated in an orchestra of Japanese instruments.
The first stocking frames were made by William Lee in 1686 with help from his wife. He reportedly died in Paris in 1610, poor and unrewarded. The stocking weavers’ company, founded in 1663, held a long monopoly, while Britain now makes about half the world’s stockings, with Germany second in output and famed for cheap, fine hose.
A colossal tree in Southern California is described as the world’s largest, standing over 300 feet tall with a 90 foot base. A pictured section weighs 650 tons and spans 56 feet in circumference. Dendrochronology suggests growth began in the year 550.
A man who gives his wife all the bright dimes and quarters and halves he gets says bright money runs in streaks. He notes periods of many bright coins for days or weeks followed by a month with none.
J F Ward of Massachusetts shares a cheap plan in New England Homestead to make sap bucket covers from 28 gauge sheet steel. A bundle of ten sheets yields fourteen covers, each cut from a 28 by 96 inch sheet with a ¾ inch hole and bent end for hanging on the sap bucket spout.
A vintage warning stresses checking every bottle of Castoria for the signature and notes its use over thirty years. The text includes a quip about a child Freddie and a father discussing doctor bills amid a scene of medical need and suspicion.
Marine Eye Remedy marketed as quick acting relief for red weak and watery eyes with a labeled book in each package and claims of professional backing. A Detroit Free Press quip notes a child’s remark about a new stepfather, underscoring a brief divorce-related joke amid the ad copy.
Burn and cut pain ends when Cole's Carboli salve is applied. Heals quickly and helps prevent scars. 25 cents and 60 cents by package. Free sample available by writing J. W. Cole & Co. Black River Falls Wisconsin.
Popular Mechanics describes a French spraying method for vineyards using two compressed air sprayer tanks tied to a horse’s pack. Liquid is expelled through a six-head discharge pipe supported by two connecting pipes to the supply tanks.
An eclectic OCR fragment blends a mock peace dinner line with old medical ad claims for PAX MUNDI remedies, PAZO ointment, Hamlins Wizard Oil, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and other dated products, reflecting era advertising and quirky quotes.
An old ad touts BromO Quinine laxative Bere ANINE branding and claims worldwide use to cure colds in a single dose. It hints at signatures by BH. W. Grove and notes 25c price while promising easier patenting than converting to cash.
A farmer notes five to six pickings last year to keep fruit in prime condition. They compare five eights baskets to boxes this year and favor Williams early red alongside yellow transparent. They warn against shipping both colors to the same dealer and stress careful handling of early varieties. The writer discusses tipping, profitability of summer piles, and caution against planting an orchard without some early varieties. They shipped most fruit to New York but Baltimore also accepts early fruit.
The text advises keeping rabbits and mice away from tree trunks by boxing or fencing to about twenty inches high. This method aims to prevent damage to trees and reduce replacement costs after injury. It notes snow and crushed crust considerations affecting young growth.
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