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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
2
A collage of quirky quips and short anecdotes from early 20th century papers spans weather, railroading, aviation, romance, crime, and science. It notes staged stunts, high speeds, price hints, and social quirks with a wry, tongue in cheek tone.
A New York legislator pushes an anti treating bill aiming to curb social drinking practices. The proposed measure targets vendors and patrons amid debates over public etiquette and restraint. The piece notes broader travel to avoid winter conditions and mentions high altitudes reached by a recent traveler.
Vassar girls form a fire brigade but may drop the hook and ladder unit. A London professor says the kindest way to kill an oyster is to eat it. A California surgeon who removed his own appendix shows people will do anything to dodge a bill. Umpires might avoid talk during a coming baseball investigation.
A Chicago preacher promotes a school for courtship while skeptics say courtship is a private art not a school. The forecaster who predicted a hard winter remains confident, though he must pay his coal bill like everyone else.
The nation saw about 2,000 fewer books published in the previous year compared with 1910. Lovers of literature may welcome this reduction as notable for readers and printers alike.
A woman suggests adding flirtation as a formal topic for girls education. The text parodies future learning trends predicting excessive curricula and even a course for teaching young ducks to swim.
A witty remark notes that cold feet signal displeasure with something. It adds a humorous aside that similar feelings may arise if a wife also has cold feet at night, suggesting shared unease.
A London magistrate ruled a cabman cannot recover a fare from an intoxicated rider, but observers expect cabmen to continue collecting multiple fares from intoxicated persons in similar cases.
Report notes tension as Spanish princes press royal authorities for approval of a union with an American woman. The piece hints at entreaties and the potential upheaval within royal circles if truth about the match were known.
Ruth Russell and Charles Bennett defy disapproval from their fathers over a love match. After two families initially quarrelled the couple plans elopement but a carriage pursuit leads to a joint reconciliation. The four attend a mid ceremony where Ruth and Charles wed with their families accepting the match.
A Mississippi Girl suggests games for eighteen to twenty year olds and offers to share book sources via self addressed envelope. She favors ice cream and cake, small fancy cakes, and advises on punch recipes and suitable light gowns like silk voile or marquisette in a princess style with a sash and elbow sleeves.
A reader asks for money making ideas as the class has only 16 cents in the treasury. The adviser suggests a home delicacy sale by the girls and a popcorn and peanut stand plus odd jobs by the boys, proposing a follow up if they report success.
Plan a leap year dinner with guests then a dance. Suggest courses and flavors suitable for a festive leap year menu. Centerpiece features tinsmith made 1912 figures with small flowers. Favors display clever proposals at men's places and mittens at girls. Place cards attached to favors.
A historical menu fragment describes a formal dinner with a hostess monogram in gold or hand painted crest. It lists raw oysters cream of celery soup crown roast browned potatoes rice croquettes peas in pastry shells hot rolls banana salad with nuts cheese and barbecue heart kisses filled with ice cream and coffee.
A reader asks for the full lyrics of an old tune sung by their mother titled Welcome to a Lafayette The first verse is presented and the writer thanks helpers for past assistance. The note seeks the complete wording of the song.
A newspaper writer laments lacking the song lyrics and asks readers to send the missing words to the paper in care of the newspaper, hoping someone will provide the verses for print.
A reader asks about proper calling card practice for married women. The note seeks guidance on when a wife's husband’s card should be left and when it is not appropriate, reflecting norms of visiting etiquette.
The rule states that two of your husband’s cards remain when calling on a couple one for each gender. For a widow living with her father or grown-up son, place one card for your husband with the widow and one for the father or son.
In a two daughter family address the outer envelope to The Misses Margaret and Helen Jones. Sons may have a joint outer envelope reading The Messrs Harris. The inner envelope bears the recipient’s name only.
Fashion notes predict a vogue in hats and dresses with Louis XVI simplicity. Cerise accents appear on white crepe de chine blouses while waistlines favor normal proportions. Changeable silk hats feature a single bright rose, and feathered towering hats and plumed bonnets trend. Floral mousseline de sole and foulards in blue and rose color palettes shape spring wear.
A House Committee report highlights opportunities in Southern Alberta and Western Canada for homesteading with six months leave and favorable soil and climate. Letters from American settlers praise crops and moisture, noting comparable advantages to Dakota and Wisconsin, and government agents offer literature and low-rate certificates. Excursions are available daily.
Gerald talks about adapting to life while Geraldine suggests cheering up and moving forward.
To keep artificial teeth and bridge work antiseptically clean The Paxton Toilet Co Boston Mass offers Paxtine Antiseptic at 25 cents a box or by postpaid mail on receipt of price.
A pithy proverb cautions that ambition should match means and capability. The saying emphasizes prudence and restraint in pursuing goals.
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