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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1913
Page
2
A collection of light notices and curiosities from Ismay Montana. Items touch on fruit and crop headlines, a Chicago man walking to St Louis, jokes about cigars and income, eggs and publicity, blains from hose, a New Hampshire goat in print, exam opinions, lemon crop impact, coffee consumption, buckwheat nostalgia, a two hook waist, skin grafting on twins, and Siamese twins in sideshows.
A Harvard professor predicts a permanent gout cure soon, while market price lists still serve current needs. The failed suspender company might have endured longer, and suffragettes advocate wearing them.
A Chicago woman spends a striking $5,000 on a dog described as a solid tenderloin specimen. The unusual price prompts questions about value and demand in elite pet markets.
A pastor in the east distributes printed sermons to every ill church member to guard against fakery. The plan aims to ensure each sick person receives spiritual guidance and affirmation during illness.
A Philadelphia resident pursues incubation of diamond back terrapin eggs amid plans to expand to cold storage as a future step.
A French woman playwright plans a play about a fatal incident involving a woman friend. If this habit catches on, friends or other dramatists may grow concerned.
A busy postman carries a bulldog under one arm and a crate of eggs under the other as the house mistress retrieves her morning letters without a salute.
A brief note ponders the death of the composer known for Sweet Bye and Bye and other war ballads. It asks what qualifies as a war ballad and how such songs reflect conflict times.
The future king quits an Oxford club after taking part in a rag colloquially called a rag, signaling the king's disapproval of such frolics and a stance against ragtime.
British Columbia fishermen rely on the whale to guide shoals of herring toward shore. The ancient image of the whale hag features in long standing tall tales dating back to Jonah.
An investigator asserts New York has no haunted houses suggesting residents would not wish to return from the afterlife even if conditions are hot.
A Philadelphia hotel roof will be equipped with a landing area for aeroplanes. The project aims to keep management busy as traveling theatrical troupes may adopt this mode of transport.
Chinese reformers who are baseball enthusiasts share views on the government changes while commenting on the diamond and related reforms. The remarks mix sports culture with political outlook, reflecting public engagement on both topics.
A Kansas City saloonkeeper who never used a cash register valued his business at 300000 dollars based on trust in his bartender. The puzzle now centers on how much he would have been worth if a cash register had been installed and records kept.
A historical reflection notes wars sparked by minor incidents. It cites the water spill between Mrs Masham and the Marquess de Torcy, a stolen bucket in Modena, and the quarrel over long hair leading to Henry II’s marriage alliance with Eleanor and long dynastic wars that followed, claiming millions of lives in France.
In Pont Croix near western Brittany lies Comfort village famed for its cavalry and a rare church wheel of fortune in Notre Dame. The crude device hangs from the roof by timber and rings by a rope driven bell rim. locals believe bells carry healing power for ailments.
Sam Park a New York steeplejack painting a sign three stories high on a Detroit building fell after a sparrow fluttered into his face. He slipped from a coping while crossing a wire, breaking his neck and dying instantly.
A new rabbit hunting method was found by chance when George Mills and William Swift hunted near Waynesboro Pennsylvania. Two rabbits chased by dogs ran toward each other on a narrow path and collided head on at about sixty miles per hour, killing both instantly and producing game for both parties without gunfire.
Seven boys recite the Creed Lord’s Prayer and Ten Commandments in Wooden Hatch churchyard near Dorking for prizes from George Glanville’s bequest. Each boy who correctly performs the prayers and places hands on the tomb earns two pounds.
Mrs. C. R. Miler describes German doll production in Leslie's. The kneading room mixes rag materials with gum tragacanth, then the paste is molded. Workers craft heads eyes and features, paint limbs and attach real hair wigs sourced from China, producing varied eye colors and flesh tones.
For a dull winter evening, a magic square puzzle offers entertainment. The illustration shows a square whose numbers must sum to 111 in all directions, with a current total of 74 achievable through multiple lines.
A historical note recalls Belgian engineer M. Braile who in 1848 proposed a mile wide and 20 miles deep shaft to tap earth heat and end English coal dependence. Lord John Russell considered plans and pumps and granite jackets, but the idea faded with a political upheaval and the overturn of the government.
The crescent shaped Vienna roll traces to the 16th century siege of Vienna. Turkish miners under the walls near bakehouses prompted alleys of alarm. Bakers adopted the crescent emblem to celebrate the event and shaped bread accordingly.
Elizabeth Doran died at the home of Miss F M Campbell in Heweletts S 1 at seventy five. She served continuously for 61 years in the Campbell family beginning when she was fourteen.
The London Post Odessa desk notes the correct spelling tsar over czar for the Russian monarch. It questions the English origin of tsarina and explains Russia uses gossudar or imperatritza rather than tsarina. Grand duke and duke terms are commonly misused.
A turkey marked by eighteen spots on its tail moved in equal jumps starting at spot 9. It landed on spots 17 7 15 6 12 3 16 8 13 18 2 14 11 19 1 6 10 and finally 4 before being caught.
A note on the numbers 142857 285714 428571 714285 and related sets, exploring how these repeating digits form patterns with 7 and 9. The sequences include 999999 1111111 1999998 222222 2999997 333333 3999996 444444 4999995 656555 857142 and variations ending with k 7, 9.
A short family exchange unfolds with a father prompting his daughter Ethel to recall who the Bible says will inherit the earth. Ethel passes, then hints reveal the word begins with M as the parents guide the discussion.
Tommy replies he ignores what goes on behind his back as mentions of being whacked at school surface. The exchange hints at ongoing misbehavior and retaliation between students and a figure named Father Tommy.
A collection of old jokes and puns. The lines play on word meaning and double sense with topics like imprisonment, bald heads, newborns, frontier costumes, tonics, charity, night lights, marriage, country girls, and poor singers. The humor relies on soundalikes and clever twists.
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