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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
9
A man named Bill, an ostler, stood at a yard gate contemplating life after a quarrel with his wife. A brake stopped to fetch travelers to Burnham, and Bill asked to join for a price. He offered three shillings to the coachman if he would wait while he fetched his wife.
The piece describes a recent New Thought convention at Carnegie Lyceum New York gathering followers from New York Poston and Brockton. It highlights Mrs Julia Seton Sears as leader and healer guiding beliefs that wealth health and love flow from cosmic consciousness with emphasis on mind over matter and practical healing through thought. It notes an expansion of the movement including a New Thought church and college at Carnegie Hall and remarks on woodcut engraving in coming decades.
Elephants adapted to dry Indies climates suffer flesh and skin diseases in temperate regions. Veterinary surgeons in zoos must treat even minor foot scratches with antiseptic to prevent serious injury as the horned sole grows rapidly in captivity.
The highest authorities place the total years since humanity appeared at 228000. Of this 78000 belong to the preglacial epoch, 100000 to the glacial era, 44000 to the interval between glacial and protohistoric periods, 10000 to the late epochs, and 6000 years since the start of historic times in Egypt.
Edwin Warfield, former Maryland governor, explains ex governors seek another term and fail while former governors do not pursue re election and return to ordinary life. He spoke during a Milwaukee interview.
A suffrage lecturer quips that she has no vote but her groom has one, praising male stables work while joking that if she asked him to vote he would reply politely asking which horse should vote. The line captures playful gender politics of the era.
Forestry capital at Orsa Sweden has sold 5 500 000 dollars worth of trees in a generation. By strategic replanting it now expects a similar income every thirty or forty years. No taxes apply and railways telephones and schools are free.
Chief Kohler's forward arrest policy spreads to Harrisburg Pennsylvania and toward the East. The mayor directs police to take intoxicated men home and treat drunkenness as a disease.
The notice warns buyers to beware of patent leather skins with holes neatly covered by varnished paper on the unfinished side. The surface is patched with glue and leather dust putty to disguise flaws.
Readable portions show questions about a $500 bank transaction and a suspect named Molly and George. The dialogue suggests interrogation over involvement, borrowing money, and threats to release someone. The text includes garbled names and unrelated phrases, yielding a damaged fragment rather than a full report.
An Independent piece profiles a Southern city man who aids women deemed undeserving poor. He catalogues sins as a physician would diagnose poisoning and then shelters them at home to recover, relying on family warmth rather than admonishment. He boasts of marrying off his wards nationwide.
A St Louis Globe Democrat essayist notes railroad workers embrace fetishes and omens as daily danger looms. A North Carolina wreck, salvaged mail sacks, and a Massachusetts conductor with a red rose illustrate how fatalism and charm lore persist in the industry.
The article outlines New Thought tenets asserting perfect health endless wealth and divine realization for all. It highlights Mrs Sears and Dr. Sears promoting interior opulence, absolute supply, and the belief that fear or lack keeps purses empty. It notes compatibility with some medicines while pursuing spiritual energy and attraction.
A critique argues wood cuts offer superior art to modern half tone engravings and notes eye care concerns raised by the New York Association of Women Principals. The piece cites medical journals and foreign publications while lampooning a disturbingly social anecdote about a distant city and a preacher’s appearance.
A Liverpool teacher demonstrates compressed air by placing a bicycle in a classroom. After failed student guesses the hidden force is revealed as wind. The moment amuses the class and ends with the teacher’s lighthearted parable.
The German post office proposes an underground electric network to connect central Berlin with branch offices. Trains would run about 25 miles per hour beneath the street, with a small 29 inch high tunnel and guarded cars. The complete system would feature compact locomotive cars and rebuilt tracks for rapid mail distribution.
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