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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1912
Page
7
Henry C. Terry details a criminal’s plan to cover all routes to guilt while a detective demonstrates the futility of such efforts. The piece argues that murder will out, illustrating how truth emerges despite attempts to hide it.
In a decades old tale from Trinity Church Yard and Liberty Street ferry days, Phil Heinrich recalls the Red Pepper Gang's final heist. The duo, after counterfeiting and jailbreaks, staged a bold bank bag robbery using pepper to blind guards and fled with $53,000.
Detective Dalton describes tracking Ellis and Heinrich from a daylight bank robbery through New York streets to a Pittsburgh arrest. He follows clues from a lost bag, ferry workers, and a poster, then confronts the duo with a police escort, culminating in a twenty year prison sentence after trial.
An inventor from Illinois unveils a no wind repeating rat trap that can kill 16 or more disease breeding pests. The device uses a spring striking arm to deliver a deadly uppercut and kicks the rat away, leaving no scent to warn others. A bait is placed behind the opening to attract rodents anyway.
A New York American report recounts a public phrenology lecture where a professor asked a boy to prove the bump of philoprogenitiveness. The boy quipped that his head shows affection for his mother and that the bump near his belt buckle marks where his father struck him.
A quotation from W. S. Royston in Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup discusses faith inspired by time trusted friends. The ad notes soothing for teething gums and claims of curing wind colic at 25 cents a bottle.
A vintage advertisement claims Cole's Carboligaive cures itching skin diseases and leaves skin smooth. Sold by all druggists for 25 and 50 cents. Advertised as a topical remedy.
A Baltimore American writer urges farmers to gear up for spring by stocking plows harrows cultivators drills and rollers and sharpening teeth. Buy seed oats corn clover and grass seed this month and arrange fertilizer now. Consider hiring a corn planter and grain drill at 25 cents an acre if planting small acreage. Do not buy unnecessary gear or overextend credit. avoid guaranteeing others notes. avoid farm sales if possible.
Mrs H O McPherson describes a foldable washing tank and drying table for market vegetables. The hinged table and legs fold compactly with the tank forms a lid, and a drain hole with a plug allows water removal after washing.
The article describes the change of life as a critical period for women with symptoms like hot flashes dizziness and headaches. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy and includes a testimonial from Estella trecaige Mirtle of St Anne Illinois claiming significant relief and improved ability to work.
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