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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
3
The article describes a bird themed party with wall mounted bird name clues and prizes. It also suggests a Field Day style party with chase games races and relays for all ages and recommends appropriate refreshments and transportation ideas.
A Victorian card party plan suggests guests dress as face or suit cards with paired five of diamonds representing partners. Prizes include a deck, a card game book, ferns, brass, or pottery. Decor uses diamonds hearts clubs and spades, with dry score markers. Refreshments feature bouillon, patties, salad, sherbet, cakes, coffee, nuts, and heart shaped ice cream with citron decorations.
The text describes delicate shadow lace on parasols as a charming decorative feature. It notes variations such as lace squares in silk and lace fringed by small pink rosebuds. Simple one color parasols look pretty with edges outlined by close packed silk blossoms.
Description of two period costumes with details on materials and trims. The right costume features sand pique, draped skirt, long coat front fastened by buttons, black satin collar and hat trimmed with feathers. The left uses dark cloth with press studs and a gray pedal straw hat with blue trim.
Garrecht of Idaho City Idaho describes a suspended electric light fixture with counterbalancing to adjust height easily. The design conceals wires in extensible elements and allows ornamental production, aiming for a neat housing and concealed wiring while maintaining functionality.
A dairyman near Poynette Wisconsin installed what is described as the country’s smallest farm lighting plant. A 12 foot windmill powers a six ampere at 36 volt dynamo feeding 24 lamps with a storage battery. The system also runs a drill press and other small farm machines. Total cost not exceeding 250 dollars for windmill generator battery and wiring.
A Portable lamp combines direct and indirect lighting with a silk or art glass shade. The reflector directs light to the ceiling while incandescent lamps arranged around a circle provide horizontal direct light. The glow is concealed by the shade for a unified lighting effect.
A messy clipping mentions long distance language topics and a reference to French adaptation. It notes London timing and a casual exclamation, but readable details are minimal. The item reads like a fragmentary diary or note rather than a full report.
John Barnwell of Yorkville proposes an electric crib system to move a baby’s cradle along a 30 foot taut cable on a porch. An endless cable driven by a small sewing machine motor moves the cradle back and forth, stopping at ends to reverse direction.
Reports show electric saws aiding butchers, florists using heated lamps for lilies, and electricity applied to most power machinery. Wireless ships rise, dam projects boost hydro power, and vast exports of electrical gear surge. Submarine phone tests and lamped house numbers signal growing electrification and global reach.
Churches schools labor unions and other groups totaling at least 200000 will be invited to join the Fourth National Tuberculosis Day observance set for December 1. The drive is led by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis with 1000 plus anti tuberculosis societies nationwide. Clergy school heads and organization leaders will be asked to schedule lectures in the week around December 7.
Mrs. Carrie M. Brown of Lucerne Colorado reports a two year old infant with eczema starting on the neck and spreading to the cheeks. A sample of Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment provided relief and within a month the condition disappeared completely. Advert. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold worldwide with free samples upon request from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
A child seated beside her mother at a dinner party is ignored while adults chat. She sobs, lifts her plate, and asks if anyone wants a clean plate, highlighting her hunger and the neglect she faces.
A caution to mothers to inspect every Castoria bottle for the proper signature and over thirty years of use. The fragment mentions children crying for Fletcher's Castoria and a stray quote about an inky razor seen in Doom's office, hinting at concern over paper sharing.
A witty exchange features a student asking about Saturn rings and a retort that dismisses the topic as irrelevant, reflecting a humorous misalignment between curiosity and instruction. The dialogue underscores a playful clash of knowledge and authority in a campus setting.
An advertisement highlights Dr J H Rindlaub a specialist in eye ear nose and throat care based in Fargo North Dakota. The message emphasizes personal sentiment over financial strain.
In letters from Mrs. W. F. Sawyer of Moretown Vermont and Mrs. Ina Mitta Blagle of Gifford Iowa, readers report long standing female weakness, pains, and poor circulation improving after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash, with claims of restored health and the ability to work.
A witty exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal shows a wife lamenting she has nothing to wear while her husband jokes about going to a dark movie theater. The banter hints at entertainment choices and social skepticism of fashion.
Mrs. Comrox discusses a set of paintings praised by an art dealer as old masters while she believes some works look nearly new. The exchange highlights differing opinions on the artwork's age and condition.
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