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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
2
A compact vignette of late 19th century humor notes from The Ismay Journal. It riffs on baseball and hot days, girl scouts, fly swatters, fruit outlooks, Fez politics, saccharine bans, neighborly love, coin debates, conference banter, tipping culture, Bacon, rheumatism, tonsils, appendix jokes, liquor, Bible copies, tiger paper traps, umpire sight lines, Peacemaker, and Chauncey Depew’s jab at the Senate.
In Porto Rico walking sticks are seen as marks of distinction while Americans view them as signs of weakness, whether physical or mental.
A Chicago professor argues that motion exists in all matter as molecules constantly move, suggesting even the smallest components are in perpetual motion. He posits that molecular activity underpins physical change in every substance.
A New Orleans scientist warns fish and oysters can transmit leprosy yet local anglers push ahead with the fishing season. Despite health fears, the season opens and fishermen benefit from good catches.
A Chicago preacher claims present times surpass ancient Rome in sinfulness. The speaker suggests the world today is spiritually worse than during Rome’s peak, though the remark may overlook variance across places.
The text notes a general principle in China where telephone operators respond to callers with the question How can the insignificant one serve the enlightened master This reflects a cultural emphasis on deference and respect toward authority or higher status figures in daily interactions.
A long convicted burglar from New York, jailed for seventeen years, says the loot he gathered would not amount to $20. He suggests that honesty sometimes pays.
A New York woman sues a local hairdresser after her hair was dyed green. She seeks redress claiming the dye harmed her appearance and caused embarrassment in her neighborhood.
Sparks from a locomotive landed on a Nebraska woman's bonnet, burning it to a crisp. The episode illustrates the various ways money can be burned up in everyday mishaps.
Elsa a German maid at a New York lodging house discovers music and love with Rudolph a fellow German in the home city. Rudolph reveals he is von Heide Edelsheim heir to wealth and duty calls him back to Germany, but Elsa follows and the couple reunites after shared truth and choice.
A magician and his assistant perform a stage escape from a large meat bag like sack. The assistant enters the bag, rope is tied by volunteers, then placed in a cabinet. In under 30 seconds the assistant slips out by pulling rope slack, frees himself, and exits the cabinet.
The Bell system reveals 4,030,668 strictly Bell phones with partnerships totaling 6,888,719 connected lines. It shows 11,642,212 miles of wire and 1910 revenue of $165.6 million, up nearly $16 million from the prior year, implying a daily national talk bill near $1 million.
A distressed observer describes shaken nerves after witnessing a moving picture showing a bars gain counter rush. The account highlights heightened anxiety and public reaction to troubling imagery.
A puzzle uses buttons or checkers arranged to form nine straight rows of five. The geometric design in the illustration shows how to achieve the feat. The solution is not obvious and the challenge can entertain a group for some time.
A simple method teaches coloring a printed photograph without drawing skills. Trace outlines on the back with window as a guide, color the back, apply a benzine and vaseline mix, rub through the paper, let it dry, then mount on cardboard.
The piece describes butterfly hunting as a perilous, well paid occupation in Africa and India. Collectors climb trees amid snakes and insects to capture rare species worth up to $1,000 each, often sending specimens to London for private European collections and public museum holdings.
The New York Commercial of April 19 outlines Western Canada as a future farming hub along the Grand Trunk Pacific with land priced at 8 to 18 dollars per acre, rising to 30 to 100 depending on farming type. It highlights rich soil, abundant water, strong education, and social opportunities, arguing land will become scarce and valuable for grain, mixed farming, and livestock.
A Connecticut farmer traps a clever rat with a cheese bait trap but uses an old steel trap to kill the first rat. Three weeks later two half grown rats infest the trap area and hoard two quarts of chaff and hay as they settle in. The farmer displays them as specimens of contentment under difficulties.
A brief, humorous exchange contrasts white lies and black lies with a punning take. Lucy explains white lies are what she tells while black lies are what Tommy always tells.
The fragment urges relief for hungry children when no bread is available. It advises avoiding scolding and instead giving a little aid to ease immediate hunger amid hardship.
In a rural district report, tinderbox use persists alongside efforts to shift to modern methods. The article notes Spain and Italy as examples where traditional tools still guide fire lighting practices amid gradual adoption of new devices.
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