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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
3
A Savannah Morning News columnist recounts a Sunday street moment with a four year old boy. The piece contrasts adult sarcasm with the child’s simple answers and notes the boy’s feelings after being declared mamma’s boy by decree.
The royal motto Dieu et Mon Droit God and My Right was the parole used by Richard I at Gisors in France on September 20 1198 when the French army was defeated. It appears Henry VI first adopted the motto in the early 1400s. Sempre Idem Always the Same was a motto of Queen Elizabeth and later adopted by Queens Mary and Anne.
In a sharp exchange Mrs Oldcastle criticizes a suitor as superficial while Mrs Gottalotte hangs a $15000 necklace over a chair and comments on his claimed catches. The dialogue reveals distrust of ostentation and appearances.
An Ohio woman credits Postum with ending coffee induced dyspepsia and heart trouble. She describes long coffee use causing sleeplessness and stomach burning, then notes improved sleep and weight gain after switching. Her family comments on her improved appearance and health. the letter endorses following package directions and cites Postum Co. Battle Creek, Michigan.
Lieut Harry Mallory and Marjorie Newton plan to elope but a wrecked taxicab delays them from meeting a minister. On a transcontinental train the couple face comic mishaps, rival romances, and a roving parson as they chase a ceremony that ends in a chaotic wedding amid rice showers and a fleeing crowd.
An Edmonton article by George B Fraser describes a chicken roost design with a 45 degree or steeper dropping board that directs droppings into a trough. The system uses nail keg nests filled with straw and a windowed henhouse to keep nests dark, with cleaning aided by a hoe shovel and earth cover for sanitation and space efficiency.
A wedding unfolds aboard a moving train heading toward Ogden. Guests, including Mrs. Whitcomb and Mrs. Temple, decorate with ribbons and kazoo the Mendelssohn and Lohengrin melodies as Ira Lathrop and Anne Gattle await their clumsy ceremony amid creaking carriages and a halted wedding trek.
Mallory, exhausted by pursuit and fate, confronts Marjorie in the smoking room. She demands a word then reveals she will marry him not for love but for other reasons. He is stunned as she asserts she no longer loves him and is determined to marry anyway.
Sheriff Arthur B. Salt of Prince Georges county Maryland says he will not hunt foxes again after a recent chase ended with a skunk joining the fox at its hole. They killed both animals and carried them to Forestville. A daring companion rode his horse through a village store with the skunk attached, causing the store to quickly empty.
In L lin Germany the public school trains 120 boys on a land ship. Larger pupils act as officers while daily tasks include gun practice naval drill and shipboard chores. Boys wear mid dy blouses and caps and enjoy climbing spars and hoisting sails with eager applicants exceeding crew spots.
A young woman asks if young women should join the suffragettes. Mr Growcher replies in favor, joking that he supports anything to take their minds off the leap year.
A poultryman reports cowpeas as excellent egg food. After harvest the peas were stored and fed to hens, leading to a sharp rise in egg supply within weeks. Hens showed strong health, preferred the leaves, and avoided the stems. Cowpeas are easy to raise and worth testing as poultry feed.
The article explains choosing poultry breeds by goal whether meat or eggs. It notes selecting fowl with higher meat yield for market sales or higher egg production and then maximizing output. The guidance emphasizes personal responsibility in optimizing results.
The piece urges readers disposing of old poultry to pick out the poorer laying hens. It notes they are still suitable for roasting and cautions against wasting money on existing productive birds.
Garvin Minnesota harness maker Poole says illness began 1902 with painful limbs and numb feet and spread to legs spine and bladder. after five doctors deemed locomotor ataxia he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with stunning recovery from bed in 1905 06 to walking and working by 1907. He urges others to request the disease booklet and notes pills sold by druggists or by mail at 50 cents per box six for 2 50.
A London firm received a rare business humor piece. It describes a cashier fainting at his desk and the firm unable to get a word from him until 4 p.m. except customers’ names. It ends with the line that they have the clients’ checks to aid his recovery.
Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pennsylvania suffered four years with dropsy swelling and exhaustion. After using Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling disappeared and he regained strength. He confirms continued faith in the remedy. Advertisement for 60c boxes from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY invites correspondence and free household hints and recipes.
A man asks a shopkeeper if they have a help wanted sign for a boy over sixteen. The proprietor replies yes but the man says he is not seeking work, just checking if they are discouraged.
A humorous remark notes that sailors left on desert islands wore maroon suits. The line playfully contrasts formal attire with isolation, hinting at a peculiar style choice amid survival.
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