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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
3
Lieut Harry Mallory and Marjorie Newton attempt elopement aboard a long transcontinental trip. A series of misadventures includes a wrecked taxi, missed ministers, clasped by passengers, accusations of romance, and a masked train robber who steals jewels from Kathleen Lewellyn while Mallory and Marjorie face deception and fear.
In Chapter XXXVII a robber robs Mr Baumann on a train, stealing money and items while he and a companion also pilfer two cigars and a watch. The tale shifts to Little Jimmie Wellington and a kneeling thief who plunders jewelry from Lucretia as they fear losing their honeymoon in Reno.
In a tense scene, Marjorie exposes a bracelet theft by a masked robber who robs Kathleen and Mrs. Whitcomb of jewelry. The thief plunders a locket and other keepsakes from Mrs. Temple while Jake the Claude Duval urges coercive focus on the robbery. A sobering reminder of crime's wasteful cruelty follows.
On a crowded coach Mrs Temple and Marjorie guard a treasure of jewelry as two robbers threaten all. Mallory restrains a leap to defend Marjorie, sensing a deadly risk if he acts, while the crowd watches the tense standoff unfold.
A newspaper fragment notes a speaker often fails to convey meaning when talking merely to fill space. The text suggests caution about empty rhetoric and the futility of hollow discourse. The tone hints at reflective critique of verbal performance.
A moving picture account shows elephant drinking first, followed by rhinoceros, then giraffes and zebras at a remote Abyssinian waterhole. Animals from miles away observe a hierarchy as two rhinos clash while others wait their turn before quenching thirst.
Thales weighing 25 tons and its allies of the cuttle fish E group possess ink sacs. The ink is secreted by a gland and released as a dark ink cloud when pursued. Sepias are caught in nets with fish and discarded on beaches, oozing ink in small pools as they seek concealment.
The piece explains sepia as a natural animal substance from cuttlefish ink sacs and contrasts it with ordinary ink. It describes cuttlefish anatomy, ink expulsion, and its ability to camouflage by expanding pigment cells under the skin.
Six year old Charles Vanderbilt of Williamsburg New York was given whisky by his mother to ease a cold. He developed an alcohol habit after ingesting five tablespoons of liquor while alone. He was removed to Williamsburg hospital in a critical condition. Neighbors had advised further doses. The mother called an ambulance after finding him in an alcoholic coma.
Charles K. Hamilton, the aviator, wears a bone watch charm made from his own skull. The ornament dangles from his watch fob and resembles the Elks’ pin. The bone was taken from his head during an operation after he lay unconscious on the operating table where surgeons trepanned his skull.
A pack of about 20 wild dogs led by a large collie raids farms near Thermalito daily. They kill livestock including hogs, chickens, rabbits and turkeys and have persisted since floods in 1907 stranded tame dogs on a Feather River island.
The Women's Anti-Gambliner association threatens to use horse whips and clubs on gamblers who harass the town's husbands. After police efforts to curb gambling, members meet and issue an ultimatum to act on their own if needed.
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