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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1913
Page
6
A historical discussion outlines Mosaic food laws including forbidden foods such as pork and shellfish and the separation of meat and dairy. It notes many Jews still observe these rules, cites the shochat ritual slaughter, kosher fish, and health claims by physicians, while contrasting with wider diet practices.
Ashbourne Derbyshire famed parish church praised as one of England's most beautiful is warned by experts to be in danger of collapsing after centuries of wear. The site, visited by Boswell Johnson Moore Hilot and inspired literary works, is known as the Pride of the Peak.
A piece notes that foot shape mirrors nationality with examples across cultures. It cites the French narrow long foot, Spanish curved high instep, Arab high arch, Scottish thick high, Irish flat square, English short and fleshy, and claims Grecian form peaked in Athens era. It adds Swedes Norwegians and Germans have large feet while Americans are smallest.
In Jamaica some men fashion coconut oil soap and home made lye for shaving. They carry a coconut shell cup a donkey tail brush and a bottle to a mountain pool mirroring the scene. A sharp broken bottle piece serves as a substitute blade for a lathered face.
Native life in the Congo is described as rudimentary by British Consul Lamont, with crude farming and hunt driven by rubber and palm oil. In Calderby, Lincolnshire, Teapot Hall is a rare 500 year old boat shaped cottage built from trees and mud, with thatched roof and wind braced framework, historically called a booth.
A two year old heifer found at a Fort Worth packing plant by Dr Louis Newberg inspector of the US bureau of animal industry has three perfectly formed feet on the left fore leg. The deformity was discovered after slaughter when the three feet were inspected. The animal was sold to a packing company in an ordinary cattle shipment.
Richmond Va old tidal mill on East River of Mobjack Bay claims status as America’s oldest grist mill. Built in early Virginia settlement days, it uses tidal power to grind corn and later flour. It survived five wars including a cavalry raid and ground corn for Washington during Yorktown siege. Virginia led the nation in wheat and corn for over 225 years.
Hammersmith Borough council, managing a municipal electricity undertaking, backs a plan to move coal from the wharf to the electricity works by blowing it through a pipe. A water-coal mix would be forced at about seven feet per second, five miles an hour, with water returned to the river after settling. Estimated cost is 50 000 dollars.
London notes report a change in male fashion as gaudy socks and flashy laces fade. The trend embraces unobtrusive socks and spotless shoes with stringlike laces, and a rest suit gains popularity for quiet evenings. A peer is said to wear a dark green watered silk rest suit with olive trim and wide trousers.
Leonard Thomas of Haverford, Pa will receive $100000 on his 21st birthday if he has not used tobacco in any form during his life according to the will of his grandmother Elizabeth Van Horsen Nicholson. The probate includes Thomas age 13 eight years old and still tobacco free.
In a historic Tower of London ritual the beefeater and chief yeoman porter take keys from the governor, march to the guardroom and back, saluting at Lions Gate. The sentries challenge "Keys" and affirm "King George's keys" before blessing the monarch and returning the keys.
A Farmers' Mail and Breeze note encourages boys and girls to build simple bird houses and provide water and baths. Weathered boxes attract tenants and the birds will eat many insects, offering lasting enjoyment through observing nesting habits.
A grocer faces a weighing riddle with 20 pounds of sugar and only 5 and 9 pound weights. In ten operations he partitions into ten two pound bags by clever balance work, first weighing four pounds, then combining weights, finally dividing the sugar into the required portions.
A playful collection of brain teasers and puns including sunbeam doorbell and silence while noting trick answers. The set asks about timber questions, timing weeks in a year, and a quip about authors and funerals.
A dialogue centers on whether an abyss can be sleepy. The child asks, and the parent insists an abyss is not sleepy, exploring perception and metaphor in a concise exchanges.
The article describes finger meanings in Chinese and Japanese palmistry with the thumb as the great finger linked to ancestors and the index as the head of man linking to the father. It notes the middle finger associated with the mother, the ring finger with sweethearts or wives, and the little finger with descendants. It also mentions the significance of the Venus mount and ink finger prints as personal signs in the East. It concludes that Japanese palm readers study finger tip pores alongside palm lines.
A simple plan to improve air flow by placing a long stick between closed flaps to create an opening. The method allows adjustable sizes and multiple openings for better ventilation.
An old man asks a boy if he took his dog to the neighbor vet. The boy answers yes and recalls the vet saying Towser suffers from nerves. The man suggests the sister should give up playing the planner.
In Tit-Bits the scene shows a child asked what a desert is. The boy’s reply says its “Papa's head” revealing a humorous misunderstanding about the term. The next day in school the child’s answer to what Waga’desert is given as a joke response.
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