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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
2
A humorous miscellany from The Ismay Journal includes remarks on per capita strawberry circulation, cubists, cold storage eggs, owning a farm, silk hat fashion, and a playful critique of spelling and daily life. It notes a St. Louis man’s death while starting a kitchen fire and lightly hints at social behavior and identification through letters.
An Australian city objects to the name Can berra meaning laughing jackass. Officials say the city is exercising its prerogative to address the nickname and its impact on local pride.
A call urges all soda water dealers to study the matter carefully and dispassionately and concede the need for clean glasses for every glass served to customers.
If fashion’s strict rule that men must wear tight clothes is enforced, some people say they will stay indoors except between midnight and dawn. The remark frames a playful warning about extreme dress codes and public visibility.
A baby show will be judged by doctors on criteria beyond appearance, inviting mothers to question what medical experts know about infants.
A Chinese gunman who killed the wrong man offered a polite apology to police for the error. Despite courtesy, the misdirected killing highlights the limits of politeness as a remedy for fatal mistakes.
A fashion note predicts tighter skirts for the season with a future trend toward clingy silhouettes as seen on stage chorus performers. The commentary highlights evolving hemlines and shaping ideas shaping women’s apparel.
A Pennsylvania judge comments that many upright men get drunk while few drunken men regain uprightness, reflecting on personal conduct and alcohol.
A brief note mentions Washington’s habit of occasionally composing poetry in a casual, cursory manner. It adds a humanizing angle to the political figure.
A discussion questions whether hats should use protective pin tips for women or alternative goggles for men to improve safety and style. The proposal centers on practicality and appearance without definitive policy guidance.
Visitors view medical pictures illustrating how the stomach operates during active service while many show interest in the practical effects of digestion under military conditions.
A New York civil service exam asked a candidate to define right ascension. He replied it is a home run hit to the fence when the bases are loaded, illustrating a comic mix up between astronomy and baseball in a testing room.
A stray dog is linked to a new announcement noting that two billion cans are produced annually. The item highlights public attention to the production scale and the canine presence at the event.
Reading the garbled lines, investigators note that thumb prints found on safes point to possible burglary. In contrast prints on restaurant plates are more likely linked to a new kitchen staff member or cook, suggesting a shift in personnel rather than a crime.
Report notes that medieval physicians understood operations on appendix-like structures, illustrating the era's risky medical practices and the persistence of invasive procedures despite limited anesthesia and sterile technique.
A Calgary Alberta area reports nightly hill washing using a hydraulic giant to move dirt. Workers terrace the slope and fill an old river channel by displacing 110000 cubic yards of dirt over about 90 days. Water at 200 pounds pressure jets from a 100 hp motor driven pump.
Pierre Desse, Creole farmer living near Sidney Arceneauxs place six miles north of Rayne Louisiana, was struck by lightning while returning from town with a wagon loaded with cotton seed. The bolt shredded his hat and clothing, melted eyelets, tore soles from his shoes and slashed trousers. Both his two horses were instantly killed. Despite severe burns and shock he is not seriously injured and will recover.
In a Michigan hospital doctors grafted 360 square inches of flesh from a dying man to the shoulder of Kalem, a Kala mazoo Paper employee injured in a mill accident. The donor, a railroad accident victim, died after the procedure, kalem later fully recovered and discharged.
A pure white moose was killed by trapper Ezra Higgins on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. The skin and head arrived in Seattle on the Northland from Cordova after secrecy about the killing. Thrinket Indians link the albino to a maiden spirit and fear loss of the creature, suggesting there may be others in the area.
A short feature explains sticklebacks as clever parents. Males build pear shaped nests from sea weed and silk thread, guard eggs for weeks, and repair damage, proving notable parental instinct in these fish.
The text describes nesting habits of certain fish. It explains that some species attach nests to water plants high above mud, with males forming weed bundles and burrowing inside to shape a muff like nest. Catfish are noted to nest in odd places such as stovepipes or sacks, while males often lead nest construction and parental care.
Ernest Lemmy of St. Paul's Road, Peterborough, watched his pet owl strike piano keys. The bird pressed a key and listened, then tried others, seeming pleased with the sounds. It explored the upper range and then all notes to reach the bass end.
New York recalls the romance of fortune born from revenge with the death of E. C. Welles inventor of Rough on Rats. Once impoverished he vowed vengeance after rats ate their bread and built a business in Jersey City turning experiments into wealth within four years.
A compilation of midieval style sayings linking animal behavior to weather predictions. Cats sneeze or wash heads, goats cry, foxes bark, dogs eat grass, cows’ behavior signals rain or snow, horses’ hair growth or roughness forewarn weather, bears’ tracks predict mild winters, and sailors claim cat frisky signals gales.
The article describes how groups of circular dots look honeycomb like when viewed with one eye or half-closed eyes. It explains the retina sees intense contrast between black and white, making white circles appear larger than black despite equal diameters.
Seaweed once deemed useless becomes a valuable fertilizer for Cornish farms and Jersey coast plots. Collected at low tide, dried in heaps, and spread on land it delivers nitrogen and potash to soil. This practice supports excellent crops including Jersey new potatoes and Cornwall spring cabbages. The sea also provides soil nourishment in other ways.
A humorous legal exchange about a geometry proposition and the idea of using the other side of a case. The quip contrasts a simple theorem with a lawyer’s cunning thought experiment.
An office boy reports his grandmother has died. The boss rails that she has left him a fortune and he resigns, then quietly ends the scene by closing the door.
A short dialogue shows Lillian, four, prompting her mother to reveal aging. the mother explains she was once a little girl but is now a woman, and the child asks what happened to the girl she used to be.
Dialogue from a baseball crowd reveals a player named Jimmy humiliated after his mother arrived from home to take him away at the start of the second base. The piece reflects a community reaction to a perceived embarrassment during a game.
A Pathfinder note describes a simple two glass experiment. A lit candle in one thin glass heats air, driving it out under damp blotting paper. As air cools the upper glass seals to the lower, and the lower glass clings to the upper.
A brief instruction describes cutting a cardboard boomerang to the given size and pattern. It outlines placing the item on the back of the left hand with fingers spread and angled for the throw.
A playful guide explains how to throw a toy boomerang using the right hand. It describes flicking with the second finger to achieve a returning arc that lands in the sitter’s lap.
Instructions describe making small boats from walnut shells using cardboard seal wax matches and white paper. Clean shell interior cover opening with cardboard cap attach with sealing wax then pass a match through the cap to serve as a mast and sail from paper attached by two holes.
An ordinary india rubber band stretched and released suddenly develops a negative charge that remains for a long period. The effect is independent of rubber quality and also occurs with thin walled tubes. The key is a rapid contraction. slow release yields no electrification.
A list of light hearted riddles and puns about doctors camels wearers and poets. The questions cover humor about why doctors are bad characters how camels back up why weary people tire and other wordplay on water vowels and oxides. The tone is playful dated comic style.
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