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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
7
The Louisville Courier Journal notes two reasons for marrying in a dress suit. It argues fashion and a last chance to own a dress suit, offering advice with a touch of pessimism.
A man named Brown hid a mechanical piano near a front window and spent hours pedaling melodies. A neighbor complimented his father’s piano skills, and Brown’s son William quipped that his feet make him the great performer.
Dialogue snippets touch on writing income and postal support, with a tongue in cheek tone. A child asks about motor cars while a mythic reference to Niobe is invoked, reflecting casual newspaper quips and literary allusion.
A sanitary drinking fountain maker has devised a bubbler that rises to the lip level so a user can drink upright. The device uses a double tube hose with an inner feed and outer waste tube. Water flows continuously through the inner tube and drains into the basin when the cup is lowered.
Practical mathematical accuracy in the use of anaesthetics was announced at the New York Society of Anaesthetics meeting with many clinical congress members present. An inventor demonstrated immunity from pain without losing consciousness, another showed self administration, and a third claimed death can no longer occur when approved agents are used. Nitrous oxide is highlighted as reliable and valuable, alone or with other gases, with devices shown to mix substances in desired proportions.
A French invention described by Popular Mechanics uses a convex xylonite pad with a handle. The pad pressed against lathered skin helps soap penetrate and soften beard growth, reducing shaving time and also soothing skin after shaving.
A French inventor claims his automobile with an aerial propeller is efficient because the blades are shaped like a bird’s wing. The design aims to reduce drag and improve lift on motorized flight-assisted wheels.
The article cites scientific views that a distant dead world could collide with the sun, producing immense heat that would vaporize planets. This cataclysm would also spark Nebulae formation and the birth of a new solar system in the distant future.
A New York inventor creates a portable folding drafting board with three hinged supports that fold into a flat surface. The device uses a transparent squared sheet and an angled reflection to copy reduced images from a picture laid on one horizontal support to a sheet on the opposite support. A folding light shield links the upright with a work support for illumination.
Europe shows strong interest in hydro aviation as inventors seek practical craft. Other items report vaccines to prevent typhoid, a French bottle cap with a tearing rim, car windshields doubling as dining tables, California pincers that lock shut, Germany's dirigibles flying safely, a swinging locomotive seat, a £5 000 mine lamp prize split among nine inventors, English damp-wall sealing with lead sheets, a French monument for Hubert Latham, and aluminum tubing caps and masks for circulating water as surgical compresses.
A Western Canada paper reports an unusually large number of residents planning winter holidays in California. Many also plan abroad trips over Christmas while others stay home, backed by wealth from wheat farming or steady earnings. Twelve thousand expected to travel east and abroad for the season and return with friends.
Mrs Marsh questions Norah about following a recipe. Norah admits she used six eggs instead of four to compensate for two bad ones, aiming to even them up.
Dr J H Rindlaub, specialist in Eye Ear Nose and Throat practice in Fargo North Dakota is noted. The ad emphasizes art contrast, stating art may be long but different with most artists.
Very few go through life without constipation and many injure themselves with strong laxatives. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin offers a mild, non-griping remedy suitable for all ages. It trains the bowel to work naturally, with guaranteed results or money back. Send address for a free sample.
An old advertisement fragment promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach and bowel regulation and warns about Isabel's appearance. It also touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with gum soothing and colic relief. The ad hints at a mysterious claim about kleptomania and notes a man who sleeps a lot.
An advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a laxative and cold cure with bold claims that it cures a cold in one day and grip in two. It directs readers to look for the signature of Ed W Grove and notes a porous plaster as inferior for bad habits.
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