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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1913
Page
2
Gloria Kerr a motherless girl returns to Belmont to live with her father David Kerr political boss. He plots a debutante rise to shield his public image while Gloria’s presence unsettles his campaign and prompts a Belmont opera house box purchase.
In Belmont, Judge Amos Gilbert uses dinners to influence politics and steer the town away from a favored railroad franchise. Kendall, Kerr’s attorney, presses for a quick new deal while Wright, owner of the Belmont News, weighs the impact of media on public policy amid a tense, fading alliance.
In a detailed study Jerome A Hart explains Sardou’s method of work. He kept hundreds of dossiers with engravings maps and documents from the French revolutionary era. When ideas formed he drafted skeleton plots placed in dossiers and later expanded into full plays like Thermidor and Theodora after long incubation.
In a brief courtroom exchange Louise asks about Pauline's husband debt while Julia affirms Pauline's happiness in marriage. The judge weighs the remark in a moment of terse dialogue.
The article recounts Newton House, once Isaac Newton’s residence, and its Burney family connections. It notes Mme. Burney and her literary circle, visits by Garrick and Reynolds, Johnson’s letters, and various engravings and misinformed tales about an external observatory. It also mentions later occupants and a mischief tale of a foreigner’s fake top observatory.
Alexander Dewsnap of Bristol tried to catch a sunning blacksnake in Newtown Bucks County. The reptile slipped into a ground hole and shed its skin as he grabbed it. He kept the skin as a curious souvenir and now uses it as an umbrella cover.
James Freeman of Arlington New Jersey says his wife called him a pig and slapped his face in a restaurant. He claims he traveled to Reno and obtained a divorce citing marital problems that began during their honeymoon in Europe.
Henry C. Davis of Orange was held up and robbed of six World Series tickets in Orange New Jersey. Davis suffered no injury to money or jewelry beyond the theft of the tickets.
An old advertisement extols Cascarets for headaches and stomach ills claiming a 10 cent box will cleanse the stomach remove undigested food and foul gases and carry out all waste and poisons from the bowels while you sleep. It says the medicine will straighten you out by morning and keep you regular for months.
A quoted revolutionist notes reporters missed points of cruelty while denying extreme acts, joking that they did not run the insurgent general for vice president after detailing his capture starvation beating ear cutting and banishment. The remark appears in a satirical retort from the New York Evening Post.
Miss Mildred Dennis of Pierson North Dakota describes a year and a half illness starting on the scalp with itching and sores spreading to the back arms and chest. After two months daily use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment she reports complete cure. Sample offers and address included.
In a village church during morning service an organist complains about the organ-blower's loud lever work after the organist finishes. A preacher from London is to preach. The organist writes a note asking the blower to stop when told, but a choir boy misdelivers it to the preacher. The note asks for the noise to cease so the audience may hear the music.
A soldier Pat in the barracks stride is halted by a sergeant who notes his disreputable trousers. Pat asks where he is going and explains he is fetching water, not for drinking but to use the pail. Saturday Evening Post report.
An old advertisement promotes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. It emphasizes long use over 30 years and urges mothers to choose Castoria for their babies’ upset stomachs and teething discomfort.
A short dialogue sketches a man known as Tom who rose from humble beginnings to success, noting his former trade as a cigar maker and his ascent in life. The snippet signals a rags to riches arc framed by casual chatter.
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