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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1912
Page
7
The passage describes five or six people each taking a tube and smoking it. The item, a five dollar brand, is known to the trade as promienies. It is about sixteen inches long and resembles a yellow Roman candle more than a cigar.
The article discusses peat cutting in the Highlands and Skye using cas-chrom, praising its efficiency for stones and sods. It then traces claims over the Baldwin apple’s origin among the Butters and Thompsons families, noting a state committee in the 1850s that marked the original tree on the Butters farm in Wilmington.
The Baldwin apple, long a favorite, traces its origins to Williams Butters of Wilmington Massachusetts who found a prolific wild tree. Col Thompson grafted scions from the pecker tree, and Baldwin propagated the variety, with the original tree later blown down in a century-old gale.
The article reports rising deaths from animal attacks in India as floods drive wildlife into villages. It cites over 2,000 human deaths by large predators and more than 22,000 by snakes in 1910, with total mortality near 24,000 and 93,000 cattle killed by snakes and beasts. It notes reprisals against humans and many snakes and beasts killed.
Lawrenceburg Indiana resident Jackson Axby believed his thoroughbred English bloodhound was poisoned. Veterinarians confirmed poisoning after the dog died and four glass eggs were found in the stomach. Axby had placed the eggs to stimulate his hens to lay. the dog apparently sucked and swallowed the glass eggs after a drop in egg supply.
Five dollar cigars have become a luxury once common. Havana manufacturers struggle to meet demand driven by the ultra rich banquets and Heidelberg University students who crave more. A favored method they employ involves smoking cigars in social settings.
Government breeders note success breeding Grevy zebra stallion with donkeys at the National Zoo. Hybrids show strong action and disposition, resemble horses in size about twelve hands high, and are expected to be tougher and more disease resistant than mules, with greater endurance.
In the Great St. Bernard valley of Switzerland, ice formations are known as Devil's Organs. They are named for the eerie whistles the wind emits from the icicles, which can reach 100 to 150 feet in length.
Reported tale claims Lady Ashburton held 5,000 men on her English estate whose skins were used to fashion coats and muffs for her three American sisters. Each coat allegedly used 800 skins and each muff 80 to 90 skins in a lurid social drama.
Christianity grows on the continent with 15 Episcopal cathedrals and 12 Roman Catholic churches noted alongside numerous other denominations.
Miss Sarah Calkins of Waukegan Illinois reports a winter breakout covering her body with severe itching and sleepless nights. After four months using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent she fully recovered with no recurrence. Sample packages offered by Cuticura for free upon request to Boston.
A barroom wit jokes with a moon-faced farm laborer asking about marriage. The laborer confirms he is married to a woman, then hesitates and reveals his sister also married, provoking further laughs.
An advertisement touts a fly killer that lasts the season and kills thousands. It urges purchase at 15 cents each from dealers or six prepaid for one dollar, listing H Somers at 150 De Kalb Avenue Brooklyn New York as the contact.
A judge remarks on G W Smith who loves suburban living in winter. The dialogue notes he was born on Washington's birthday and named after the president, prompting a wry comment about his character.
Carbolic salve advertised as stopping pain from burns and cuts and preventing scars. Available in 23c and 50c sizes with free samples by Cole & Co. Black River Falls Wisconsin.
Fragmentary OCR text presents a chaotic scene with garbled punctuation. It mentions a nervous man reaching a top and looking for fire escapes near Garfield Tea, plus incomplete phrases about digestion and continued good spirits. No clear identifiable people, places, or events emerge.
Mrs Newwed reports the new cook swearing loudly in the kitchen this morning. Mr Newwed replies that it shows she is beginning to feel at home.
An 1880s style snippet notes Afra Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teething, Garfield Tea promises relief for dyspepsia, and a quip about men explaining things to their wives. It references Tea and syrup products in a lighthearted, gossip tone.
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