Odd Bits From The Ismay Journal In Montana
The Ismay Journal reports on playful and curious items including a boy wielding a baseball bat for health, a sauerkraut claim about longevity, the phrase please remit being hated, a Boston woman learning to saw wood, Reno divorce travel, sculptor Butensky rising, a New York boy in crisis mania, concern about a future college professor, a mother with thirteen sons in Oklahoma, a Los Angeles man’s suicide from a fall, the creed that if it’s worth doing it well, a Illinois youth barred from navy enlistment for large ears, coal cost per life, sun heat propulsion hopes, a dealer fined for selling loaded dice, and a note on their usefulness.
Police Records Called Citizen Complaints Book
Gotham police maintain a squeal book recording citizen complaints. The term is facetious yet offers little reassurance to residents.
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Gotham Police
Protest in England Targets Tone of British Novels
A protest in England attacks the tone of British novels, seen as a boost to publishers seeking to capitalize on controversy and increase sales.
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England
Traffic on Chicago traction lines numbers surge
Statistics indicate 1578 persons a minute are carried on Chicago traction lines. They are not all on a single car, though it sometimes seems as if they were.
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Chicago
Chicago Professor Sees Detective Tales Cure Seasickness
A Chicago university professor argues detective stories help cure seasickness, noting the paradox that high literature may then have fewer practical uses. The remark hints at a broader debate over literary value and utility.
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Chicago
Professor Henderson Critics Har vard Meal Claim
A Harvard professor argues ten cents a day suffices for food, but the remark is questioned as possibly theoretical rather than practical by observers who doubt the professor’s own adherence to his stance.
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Henderson
Harvard
New England Preacher Declares Women No Longer Blush
A local sermon in New England proclaims that American women have ceased to blush. The preacher questions why any woman should blush at his words, provoking debate about gender norms and propriety.
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New England
Emperor William to Use One Auto at a Time
The article notes that Emperor William plans forty automobiles for the season but, as King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, can ride in only one car at a time.
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William
Prussia
Germany
Gotham Telephones Note Low Profanity On Call Lines
Officials report little profanity or rude language on most calls though busy lines may trigger more coarse exchanges. The remark highlights how congestion influences tone in telecommunication.
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Gotham Telephone
Local prank burns four hay warehouses in East Lynn
A practical joker set a lighted match to hay in East Lynn Massachusetts causing four buildings to burn. The act drew attention as an unusually large joke among the local prankster group.
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East Lynn
Mass
Judge blasts Vanderbilt for crossing legs in court
A New York judge sharply criticises Cornelius Vanderbilt for crossing his legs in court. The judge tells Vanderbilt to content himself with thumb twiddling or mustache twisting.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Damaged Peach Crop Reported Amidst Economic Strain
A damaged crop and reduced yields are reported with an estimated impact of about 8 million dollars. Officials note slower production in the country due to weather and burden on growers, highlighting financial strain for the sector.
Sweet Pea Dispute Settled by Macgregor Booklet
Adelaide resolves the Aunt Charlotte and Aunt Julia feud by using Macgregor's sweet pea planting booklet. The guide, praised by the duo, directs planting in an 18 inch trench in March, easing tensions and leading to a pleasant reunion with Macgregor and Loftin Macvane.
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Macgregor’s
Adelaide
Julia
Macgregor
Aorist
Aunt Charlotte
Macegregor
Charlotte
Loftin Macrane
Macvane
Loftin Macvane
United States
Loftin
Wyandotte Varieties Compared for Laying and Breeding
There is little difference among white silver-faced and golden Wyandottes when well handled. Strain quality largely determines egg production with good and poor layers in all breeds. Some growers breed out broodiness, as Philander Williams did with his Light Brahmas, to create non setting lines. Plumage beauty is a separate consideration.
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Adelaide
Macgregor
Margregor
Macvane
Wilton
Mac‘gregor
Philander Williams
Coop for Hen and Chicks Box Style Run
A compact three by two by two foot coop for hens and chicks is featured in the Homestead illustration. Front slats measure one and a half inches with three inch gaps, providing front access and ventilation in a simple box design.
Improve the Poultry Flock Plan by Veplon
W E Veplon of Colorado Agricultural College proposes a simple system with twenty hens in a colony house and a 50 square foot yard. Use two males and rotate them to prevent fighting, improve weight vigor and egg fertility, and better preserve infertile eggs through warm weather.
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W. E. Veplon
Colorado Agricultural College
Feeding Plymouth Rocks for Profit
The feed plan for twenty White Plymouth Rocks calls for morning feeding of one and a half quarts of oats or wheat, green food at noon, and a mash at night comprising ten pounds of wheat bran five pounds of corn meal five pounds of ground oats two and a half pounds of oil cake meal and two and a half pounds of dry beef scraps.
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Plymouth Rocks
Lice Among Hens Warn of Weather Aided Infestation
The Farm Journal cautions that wet weather confines hens and chicks to coops, boosting lice populations. Pests can sap the vitality of even the hardiest chicks, making them prone to gape or other ailments if not controlled.
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Journal
Incomplete OCR snippet yields unclear poultry rights note
Fragmentary text mentions poultry and rights with garbled names and punctuation. The readable items include references to poultry and a questionable phrase about rights, but no coherent event, date, or identifiable entities to confirm a news item.
Rowdy crowds force talk of police at New York games
Complaints of rowdyism at the New York baseball season opener say spectators disrupted events and attacked women escorting them with paper balls and improvised bludgeons. Management plans to urge police return to the grounds after special officers failed to control the crowd.
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New York
Remembering the Tigers and the pennant races
The quoted reminiscence by Kid Elberfeld recalls the defining 1904 pennant race with the Highlanders, noting a wild pitch and a spitter by Chesbro, and cites Washington and Detroit as pivotal forces that cost the club the title in 1904 1906 and the following season.
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Elberfeld
Highlanders
Boston
Chesbro
Jack Kleinow
Lou Criger
Washington
White Sox
Eee Storie Slices Second Division Ambiguity
Fragmentary text mentions second division and personnel initials AP PIP EONS with unclear context and no identifiable events, dates, or named entities to confirm subject or outcome.
Gracious Mr Bore Observes Late Hour
A comic exchange shows Mr Bore and Miss Caustique debating the late hour with a jab at plutocrats. A judge laments the poor losing income as machines fly and speeders are caught, while a wail from the near future echoes the absurdity.
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Mr. Bore
Miss Caustique
Honest Living Sparks City Rivalry in Monopoly Exchange
Urbanite questions a country boy’s motive for moving to the city while the country lad insists he comes to earn an honest living and to face no competition. The exchange reflects class and opportunity themes in a compact urban setting.
Better Days Promise Of Summer After Long Winter
A dialogue contrasts harsh winter with hopeful anticipation of warmer days. One speaker sighs while noting it is the third winter this year. the other reassures that summer will soon arrive.
Trust Between Mother and Mr Owens Echoes in Dialogue
A mother declares she can trust her daughter to Mr Owens and Owens affirms that he is trusted by all, reflecting a scene of assurance and confidence in a custodial relationship.
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Mr. Owens
Owens
Sunset of Your Life Remark by Colonel Hunter
A quoted line from Colonel Hunter warns that the day’s work shapes the sunset of life and ties beauty to a pleasant home life. The remark emphasizes balance between professional and domestic spheres.
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Colonel Hunter
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