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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1909
Page
3
A guide discussing how property owners often undermine painters by interference and rushing work. It notes the cost of poor results, promotes using a painter’s expertise, and advertises National Lead Co.’s House Owner’s Painting Outfit No. 49 for proper materials and guidance.
A clergyman boasts of once extending a service to include longer prayers and sermon while serving as chaplain at a prison. He recalls that the inmates dreaded leaving the church for their cells and sat through the extended session with quiet endurance.
A South American general full of vanity surveys his reflection before a grand dance and asks what he lacks. His orderly, hidden nearby, answers plainly with the punchline sense. The anecdote highlights vanity versus prudence in a concise, humorous vignette.
Tommie ate walnuts and felt ill according to his mother who blamed cats. He insists the discomfort is from tight pants not sickness. The Delineator vignette captures a humorous domestic moment with a child blaming pets for a wardrobe squeeze.
Elder W. H. Underwood the state senate chaplain walked with a friend at his Clay Center home. A second friend teased him about his company and Underwood replied I am not going to stop walking with them.
A Washington woman praises Postum as a healthful substitute after years of coffee use. She recounts rheumatic pain sleep issues and fatigue fading after six months without coffee and using Postum, claiming full health recovery.
Mrs. Frank Rosefoaom of Moscow Idaho recounts hereditary kidney trouble with nerve strain poor eyesight weak circulation and sleep disturbances. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with freeing her from all symptoms after years of costly attempts at cure. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A fair young woman Amy Alright, claiming to be from 1770, seeks legal aid to resist dematerialization by a medium manager. The pair trap her in Barker’s bank vault during a seance, then Amy dematerializes and robs the bank, leaving behind napkins and a table knife. Barker and the Psychical Research society confront the fraud.
At a German shipbuilding exposition the electrical exhibits focused on shipboard use. A standout feature was a giant octagonal chandelier of angle iron with woven decorative material, suspending 16 flaming lamps. The light from the cluster was nearly blinding.
An analysis argues that government shipyards cost 25 to 60 percent more than private yards. The result is a loss of 500000 to 1500000 dollars per battleship built by the government, based on experience and McClure’s assessment.
A brief exchange recalls a man selling metal mothers, prompting curiosity about the term incubators he described. The dialogue hints at a street corner misunderstanding of a modern device.
A Philadelphian cites Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf noting America’s rising divorce rate signals improved treatment of wives and better future marriages. He contrasts critics who see only evil with a tale of girls walking in formation, where a boy asks why legs seem to shrink as girls grow older.
Captain George P. Bliss of Morris Manitoba describes severe skin disease from dusty weed removal. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for under ten days his itching eased and boots could be worn again. Reported by Potter Drug & Chom Boston.
A Baltimore American excerpt shows a distressed wife fearing her husband’s death from a severe cold while a young doctor jokes about Dill. The exchange conveys dramatic tension and dark humor in a domestic medical scene.
The item promotes Castoria as a safe infant remedy and contrasts it with Hamlin’s Wizard Oil for pain relief. It notes Bryant lines on men's words to young girls and advertises Brown’s Bronchial Troches for bronchial and throat diseases, priced 35 cents, with free samples from Joan I. Brown & Son of Boston.
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