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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
3
James C. McReynolds recalls a Tennessee small town lawsuit where a neighbor sued for 10000 dollars after being called a hippopotamus two years earlier. The plaintiff explains he waited because a circus visit last week altered his view of the remark.
The United States pension office predicts the last Civil War veteran will die in 1955, about ninety years after Lee’s surrender. Comparisons note Kronk of the War of 1812 and Bakeman of the Revolution living long after peace.
A tall woman struggles aboard a street car as twelve men sit without offering a seat. A small boy offers his seat and explains the pause was not politeness but gum stains on the seat. The exchange ends with a humorous remark about the chewing gum.
A brief, dialogue driven item features a speaker confessing fear of falling in love and a quip about domestic science as a tease. The fragment evokes social humor and relationship anxiety in a terse, newspaper card style.
The piece suggests timeless gift ideas for brides and graduates. It recommends silver items like door knockers, candlesticks, sugar tongs, and decorative boxes, plus china pieces and pottery. It notes books with class histories for graduates and practical keepsakes from relatives.
The piece suggests gifts for a bride or graduate including brass, bronze and silver items, leather boxes, hand made towels, pillow cases, and bedroom sets in embroidery. It recommends grouping gifts by family or friends to share costs and ensure coordinated desk sets and accessories.
A historical wedding menu listing offers several course ideas for different reception types. It outlines a wedding luncheon with lobster cutlets and ice cream followed by a bride’s cake and coffee as well as an elaborate afternoon or evening reception featuring croquettes and lobster or salmon salad.
A shopper is urged to consider bracelets that suit different incomes from filigree silver and crystal silver links to intricate engraved bangles in sterling silver and gold. More affluent buyers may explore gold snake bracelets set with amethysts.
Pretty little scarves are made from two lengths of tulle knotting at ends or ornamented with tassels. They add warmth and a splash of color, pairing a colored piece with white or black for varied costume accents.
The article outlines a simple four piece table bookcase for amateur carpenters. It suggests dove tailed joints or screws, half to three quarters inch upper wood, an inch thick base with rounded corners, side handles with brass screws, and a dark green varnish finish. Useful on writing desks or bedroom chests for keeping reference books.
London society notes describe Jean Cochrane as a striking beauty with brilliant coloring and reddish gold hair, deep blue eyes, and simple artistic gowns. An intimate friend of Lady Diana Manners, she frequents the homes of wealthy American residents in London and favors American company.
Professor Nathaniel Schmidt of Cornell urged Reform Jews to support a self governing Syria with resources development and secular education as a basis for higher learning. He questioned if a Jewish state in Syria could be realized, noting Christian and Muslim ties to the land.
Harold Van derbilt and George F. Baker Jr. of New York joined Vice-President J. H. Loomis on a road tour and labored as miners in the Truesdale mine of the D L & W Co in Nanticoke. They wore mining attire and gloves, toiled for hours, and loaded a regulation coal car after five hours of work.
A dozen chickens at Kansas City's market drank whisky from a jug dropped by a passing man. The birds sipped liquor, crowed loudly, fluttered, and soon grew drowsy before sleeping in their coop.
Murray L. Pennell, a defendant in the Indianapolis dynamiting case, caused a diversion during cross-examination by chewing gum. United States Attorney Miller urged him to remove it and Judge Anderson ordered the gum to be spat out. Pennell claimed he swallowed it, suspending court for a moment.
Sam Marcus of 905 Lowell Place Chicago describes severe hand eczema relief after five to six months using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with warm water and topical treatment. He notes persistent sores, swelling and itching resolved by the regimen. The ad promotes Cuticura products sold worldwide with free samples and a 82 page Skin Book from Cuticura Department L Boston.
A sage reflection urges embracing today with gratitude for blessings and bearing present evils with patience. It cautions against dwelling on distant troubles, noting yesterday is gone and tomorrow not yet born. Focus on this day and its weight becomes manageable and reasonable.
The excerpt argues against a clear split between anatomy and mind, citing Weininger. It states some people are anatomically male yet psychically female and that true feminine psychic traits persist regardless of masculine appearance.
The New York Sun recounts Chief Justice Isaac Russell of the court of special sessions visiting city hall on a rainy day. He slipped on stone steps as he left, was assisted up, and quipped that his honor remains intact though his spine seems jarred.
A family humor tale from Chicago Journal where William deflects a bedtime scolding by asking why wake the Lord at such an hour. The exchange highlights a playful view of prayer and propriety in a domestic scene.
The item lists Dr J H Rindlaub as a specialist in eye ear nose and throat in Fargo North Dakota. It mentions the Atlantic liner with 11 decks and compares it to a skyscraper reversed.
W. T. Hunter reports a wall in his Rye Colorado home is solid honey he observed bees entering last fall. The air space between the boards is filled with honey and the winter supply was used to make pancakes after scraping off a thin honey lining.
In Southampton a group of boys teeters near the water as a weathered onlooker, an old salt, steps forward to cuff one boy. He explains he does not fear a fall but cannot stand the uncertainty of danger around the edge.
Lord Redensdale informs the King Edward memorial fund advisory committee that country grass withers in London while London grown seed grass thrives. The remark highlights plant adaptation to urban environments as the Shadwell market site is discussed for a pleasure garden.
After a lopsided baseball game the humorist Irvin S. Cobb teased Frank Chance by offering a surprise for the Yankees. Chance replied calmly and invited Cobb to present the joke, hoping to lift the mood with a playful third base quip.
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