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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1909
Page
3
Stokes visits a tailoring shop and resists, then is swayed by a slick salesman into considering a loud green plaid suit. He jokes about taste and self respect, debates price differences, and contemplates having the suit made up for fun despite warnings from friends. Copyright 1909 by W G Chapman.
Irad Biglow plans rainbow dyed eggs as a patriotic market novelty with potential prices from six to nine dollars a dozen and a tenant of unique designs. The tale follows his cousin Edgar and a trunk of dye powder as they discuss feasibility and risks to hens.
A narrator recounts eight years as a renter who becomes owner through a scam. He quits a demanding boss after a confrontation about work pace, then describes a spring fever and a reckless start toward an independent life. He leaves with a coded farewell from his father and ends with a note on returning home.
The National Museum, built at 3.5 million dollars, will finish in six months and be shared with the Smithsonian. The domain will house the natural history and Indian history exhibits and correspond to the Burnham plan for central Washington.
President Taft announced a return to three meals a day after deciding a light lunch failed to satisfy his appetite. Cabinet members praised the change, with Knox gaining weight after joining the regular meals and Wickersham humorously remaining skeptical. The shift follows his routine of golf and horseback riding to offset the extra meals.
Washington revisit recounts how Dr Burchard and the fatal line in his 1884 speech allegedly doomed James G Blaine. Andrew Devine, a Brooklyn reporter, alerted Blaine after reading the press account of the ministerial response. Blaine blamed Dr Burchard for the defeat.
A humorous retelling notes President Taft formally signing a naval regulation barring midshipmen from marrying during the six years of cadet training. The cartoonish bout with Dan Cupid suggests the rule, once debated in the Roosevelt era, shifts to Taft’s administration with a decisive win for the policy.
Mrs Bourdalot asks how the prospective boarder stays in fine shape. He admits he does a few gymnastic exercises each morning. They refuse boarding due to bathroom monopolization concerns.
An anecdote from a tobacco convention contrasts European aristocracy with frontier wild west humor. A New York tobacconist recalls the countess saying that ancestry talk won’t be understood in the wild west. A Texas cowboy replies his blood is mixed too, linking Tudor and Plantagenet lines with his Jersey and Digger ancestry.
A 65 year old Virginia resident recounts severe eye inflammation lasting about two years. After failed treatments from multiple physicians, he used Cuthura Ointment for one to two weeks and saw marked improvement with no recurrence. Source: Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. advertisement.
In a brief exchange, Jimmy Green reframes an octopuss as an eight sided cat while answering a question from Teacher-Now about the creature. The playful definition showcases classroom humor.
A humorous exchange from Success Magazine captures Mrs. Dennis confessing she plans a Christmas gift for Pat but is unsure. She notes she considered a new pair of pants, yet Pat already arrived wearing a pair just the night before.
Fragmentary quotation on creativity and delight in creating order from nothing attributed to Ol phant. The line expresses the joy and meaning found in bringing structure and value to emptiness.
An Illinois reader recounts severe illness and multiple surgeries prevented by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites inflammation a tumor and drastic improvement after use, urging others with female ailments to seek treatment and consider the product.
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