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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1910
Page
3
In a London Eng suburb a police court dismissed a divorce suit after Mrs Tunnicliffe ordered her husband from the home and threatened to lock him up. The magistrate asked about the husband’s reaction and he said she wanted to be master. The case ended with no alimony.
Weary Wag and Dusty Rhodes discuss hardship among hoboes as costs rise and meals become harder to obtain. Dusty notes frequent requests for breakfast now require two asks, highlighting economic strain on itinerant workers.
A jocular note from the Yonkers Statesman references Penmah and Wright about a new paper titled the Sausage Links. The remark hints at caution to avoid trouble akin to Adam and Eve.
The text extols clear brain function and steady nerves as keys to wealth and fame for the owner. It stresses regular food and drink for a healthy body, warns coffee contains caffeine a poisonous drug, and praises Postum as rich in gluten and phosphates supplying energy for vigor in boys and brains.
More than 8,000 delegates from the United States and Canada and 500 from other countries are in Washington for the World's Sixth Sunday School convention. Bishop Grantson will give the invocation at the opening session as President Taft plans to extend a welcome to the delegates.
Dickinson May 18 John 8 White pleaded guilty in district court to forgery in the second degree. He reports to Judge Goss twice daily until sentence. The ex auditor forged $48,000 in warrants over eight years and appeared in a full courtroom.
At least twenty eight dead and forty injured after a dynamite explosion at the rural guards barracks in Pinar Del Rio Cuba. Officials say the blast may be linked to a fall of a dynamite case from a public works employee while loading seventy two cases for transfer to the government magazine. Further casualty details await thorough examination.
In Williams Bay Wisconsin on May 19 astronomers including S A Mitchell Columbia University Edwin B Frost Yerkes Observatory Edward Barnard University of Chicago observed the glowing tail of Halley's comet in the eastern sky contradicting expected western view and noted it as the comet's tail after earlier calculations.
Lima reports cabinet acceptance of a tri nation mediation offer from the United States Brazil and Argentina to avert war between Peru and Ecuador. Washington confirms the mediation plan with both nations expected to honor the move despite no official acceptance yet.
Aged Mrs Catherine Sullivan of Joplin Missouri reports kidney trouble relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She describes back pain numbness and frequent urinary issues before finding benefit and endorses the product priced at 60 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo is the distributor. The Jeweled Set anecdote follows with a humorous exchange about summer and winter destinations.
Dudley Lappin an 18 year old boy saved his 2 year old brother from a burning Detroit home May 18. He shielded his head with a coat and crawled through smoke to recover the infant from the bed. He escaped with painful but not serious burns to himself.
The White House announced that President Taft authorized several administration senators to deny circulating stories claiming he denounced the insurgents in strong terms. Insurgents, offended by such reports, were said to push to defeat the railroad bill and other measures regardless of party consequences.
Merry claimed to be the Dickinson Commercial club’s authorized agent and took $100 from Dr. Johns of Hettinger for a preliminary survey. The court ruled the money could not be used to exonerate him. Now wanted on new road promotion charges, Merry fled the state with a $2,000 bond, having a long history of promotion schemes and evading arrest.
State officials from Columbus opened an investigation into seven boiler explosions at the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co plant in Canton Ohio. Fourteen men died and scores were injured as rescue and hospital teams assess the ruins. Officials fear more casualties may occur and estimate the property loss as large.
Chicago May 19. General Solicitor Daniels of the Pullman company files a bill for injunction against the Interstate Commerce Commission attacking its jurisdiction over the company. Hearing expected next Wednesday. The suit contends Pullman is not a transportation provider but rents cars to railroads as traveling hotels.
Denver on May 19 reported a decisive defeat for the anti saloon group. The election results show the dry forces beaten by a large majority estimated between five and ten thousand votes.
Fire Marshal Craft and state bloodhound pursued three escapees from Chamberlain Sunday night. The hound tracked the scent for fourteen hours along the Missouri river bank until darkness, then resumed after light rain the next morning. By 2 o'clock the following day the fugitives were located twenty five miles from Chamberlain near river bluffs.
Papal delegate Rev. Diomede Falconio arrives in St Paul to attend the consecration of six new bishops at St Paul Seminary. Archbishops bishops and priests from across the United States are arriving for the ceremony.
An old advertisement touts Marine Eye Salve and Tic Tubes trial size from Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago. The copy suggests customers may feel they get value, though the narrator claims personal experience differs.
May 18 Grafton North Dakota reports the Business Men's club is pursuing a ferry across the Red River ten miles east of town. The aim is to extend city limits and attract Minnesota trade that currently bypasses the city.
In Neenah Wisconsin on May 18 fearful that the comet may attract dangerous substances farmers in the Polish settlement removed rods from their flames and barns and took other precautions. Families stay in their homes in prayer.
London crowds increase as the body of King Edward lies in state for a final day. A resolute band of about a thousand, mostly women, endures the storm through the night, swelling to thousands before sunrise.
Commander Gilmer of the US gunboat Paducah warned General Irias that no bombardment of Bliefields Nicaragua will be permitted and also told General Madriz that no armed conflict within the city will be allowed. The notices followed Irias threatening to bombard the city unless General Estrada surrendered, with the expectation that Estrada would comply.
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