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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
7
The Woolwich Antiquarian Society president Leo W. T. Vincent reports a likely discovery of the Henry Grace a Dieu, Britain’s first line of battle ship. Built 1512 at Woolwich Royal Dockyard, she carried Henry VIII to the Field of the Cloth of Gold and now lies on a keel twenty feet beneath the wharf during a recent excavation.
William Schultz of Rochester Minnesota found a roll of greenbacks totaling four thousand dollars while about to burn an old family mattress in a surprising windfall. The money's origin remains unexplained.
A horse on the Wilmington and Reading railway near Glenhall Pennsylvania ran along the tracks in front of a southbound passenger train, delaying the schedule for nearly an hour. The animal moved about three miles, pausing to bait the locomotive before leaving the line at a crossing.
Minnesota Fanny, a renowned English setter owned by Troy Cantrell of Lead Hill, Arkansas, wears spectacles fitted by an oculist who diagnosed astigmatism. The dog, famed as the best hunting dog in the region, now hunts with improved vision using goggles like lenses.
A census shows Meng Yu Shih, a widow from Mangtao, Wei-hai-wei, leads China with sixty six members in one household plus one servant. Her family, aged sixty six, includes nine sons and many descendants, marking the valued practice of sizable clans in Chinese culture.
The scenario asks the relation of Gehring Harkness’s potential children to his father’s uncle and stepfather. If Gehring’s father is Henry Harkness, and Harry E. Harkness is Gehring’s uncle through marriage to his grandmother, the children would be great nieces or nephews of the uncle by blood and step relation through the stepfather.
A report describes the shadoof as an ancient Egyptian irrigation tool growing less common. Trenches cut in river banks form a stepped system. water rises by hand from one basin to the next until reaching the irrigation trench. The counterweight is Nile mud.
Kidney weakness harms the blood and nerves explains why backache, stiffness, and fatigue appear. The ad touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a quick, nonpoisonous remedy that restores filtering of the blood, eases pain, and improves overall health. A testimonial from E D Wert of Port Aransas, Texas claims dramatic recovery after two months of use.
Advertisement for Cuticura treatment detailing scalp massage with Cuticura Ointment, followed by shampoo with Cuticura Soap. Advises routine to alleviate itching and dandruff, promote hair growth, and protect pillows. offers free samples via post card request to Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.
A large determined woman in a theater hat is asked to remove her hat to ease a gentleman behind her. She replies with disdain calling him tiny, then counters that removing him would be easier and more pleasant. The exchange highlights social humor and etiquette in audience manners.
A Muncie bride of two months visits a city department store to buy four pairs of socks for her husband. When asked his size she replies that he wears a 14 collar. The remark comes from an Indianapolis News source.
Mr. Dustin Stax laments his hard work yielding wealth while the staff enjoy its benefits free. He questions the fairness of wealth accumulated through labor versus the leisure enjoyed by servants. The dialogue centers on social inequality and entitlement.
The page collects light witticisms about pessimists and engagements. A joke defines a pessimist as a man bringing an umbrella to a ball game and notes about engagements and perceptions versus reality.
Dr. L Kebler of the Agriculture Department claims 99 percent of cocaine and morphine in the U S is consumed by patients formed into drug habits through physicians prescriptions He warns laws fail to curb the habit and imports of opium rise Meanwhile Dr J A Patterson cites that 19 of 20 patients treated for drug habit at his institution are driven by doctors prescriptions
On January 27 1778 Don Bernardo de Galvez then governor of the Spanish province of Louisiana petitioned the king of Spain asking for negro slaves to help Missouri river and Mississippi river settlers grow flax and hemp. He notes the inhabitants would repay the slaves with crops.
An evocative line contrasts affection with doubt, suggesting love’s fragility under mistrust. The phrase casts suspicion as a rival force that can overwhelm romance and alter relationships.
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