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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1909
Page
2
Scattered lines show a family exchange about careers and health care. Father questions new doctors while mother suggests providence, reflecting concerns over medical professions and future ailments. The excerpt appears as a clipped, out of context piece.
An advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Ease for curing corns and easing burning itching feet. Included is a testimonial from Mrs. W. J. Walker of Camden New Jersey. The piece also weaves a political quip about women voters and charitable giving, ending with a cautious woman’s reply about funding causes.
A facetious Fred claims realism and a poet jokes about a sonnet to the gas company with a defective meter. Maudie questions the humor as the conversation veers toward wit and wry observation. The exchange ends with the narrator feigning faintment.
At a national meeting in Atlanta the Bill Posters association voted to donate 1.2 million dollars in tuberculosis awareness publicity across the United States and Canada. The campaign will fill 3 600 billboards with posters on prevention and cure with 200 000 dollars in printing and paper support. The effort is led by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in cooperation with the National Bill Posters association.
A reader recounts headaches nervousness and sleepless nights from coffee then credits Postum with calming nerves and restoring sleep. The account urges others to quit coffee and switch to Postum, claiming it tastes better and removes the troubling effects of caffeine.
Practical guidance for dairy farmers on cow maintenance and milking efficiency. Emphasizes gentle handling, appropriate rations including skim milk for young poultry, avoiding spoiled feeds, encouraging exercise, and use of the Babcock test with proper precision to measure butterfat. Also warns against unnecessary investments in cheap stock and emphasizes cleanliness and disease prevention.
A Kansas City inventor introduces an electric cream separator that uses alternating current to rapidly separate cream from milk. Milk enters a funnel and passes along inclined chutes while alternating current from nearby batteries induces separation, with cream collecting on top and skimmed off at the bottom.
A Baltimore American writer warns milking tubes can infect cows causing loss of quarters. Replace with a germicidal teat plug kept in place between milkings, wash teats with germ killer, apply ointment, and use the plug to overcome hard milking and sore teats.
The article describes three blouse patterns: an over bodice matching a skirt in silk or wool with triple tucks and galloon edging, a plain tucked blouse with lace or broderie Anglaise yoke, and a spotted lawn blouse with a muslin embroidery band and Valenciennes lace trims. It lists materials and widths for each version.
The piece discusses washable home made rag carpet rugs under an assumed name linked to Martha Washington. It notes evolving weaves and modern color patterns with nursery friendly borders featuring village scenes, rabbits and geese. It highlights female inventive powers in continuing rug evolution for homes and nurseries.
Amethysts are described as fashionable for day wear with sets including hat pins long watch chains and brooches. Lapis lazuli gains popularity for brooches, large square or diamond shapes set in silver worn at the throat to hold a jabot.
Immense outstretched white wings decorate hats in both colored and black millinery. The summer styles are durable and handsome, with black flowers and yellow centered buttercups adorning big black net hats. Black and yellow combinations suit many wearers.
A practical cream serge dress features a center panel with side button trimming and plain skirt sides. The bodice folds at the waist, tucked crepe de chine yoke and collar band, turnover embroidered collar, tucked sleeves with crepe de chine cuffs, and a golden brown satin sash. White chip hat with brown chiffon lining and large rose trimming completes the ensemble. Materials listed include six yards of 48 inch fabric four dozen buttons and one yard crepe de chine.
The piece notes handsome durable summer millinery with cheap perishables least. Black flowers appear in various forms, with buttercups adding yellow centers to black net hats. The combination is described as becoming and attractive, suitable for many wearers.
A feature praising all white frocks for sultry weather. The writer favors pure white garments for their cooling charm and effortless charm, noting colors remain appealing but lack the same allure in heat.
A method trims a light frock with a three inch black satin hem. The edge uses tattata or watered silk on sheer white frocks. Smart contrast on white and black foulard frocks described as fashionable.
Mrs. H. D. Ellison of La mar Missouri credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief from backache dizziness headaches and urinary troubles caused by kidney issues. She says doctors failed initially but the remedy brought quick relief and a final cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Mr Hardup asks Miss Aughtumn for ten dollars in a shy, comic exchange. The dialogue hints at a humorous courtship moment with light embarrassment and a clear request.
An anecdote from Success Magazine recalls Shakespeare clubs in New Orleans staging amateur plays. A social celebrity lord delivers four words about a queen’s swoon, earns boos and laughter, then mispronounces lines in escalating falsetto, finally exits amid chorus of jeers.
Andra Fa accuses Chauncey and Dayse Mayme of family disgrace while Chauncey’s mother suffers a swoon after a daytime altercation. The boy sobs as Andra questions his loyalty and Dayse Mayme’s boastful talk draws derision from onlookers in a Kansas City region paper.
An orator tells a young man that he is self made by gaining favor with influential people. He explains his ascent came through cultivating allies with "pull" and leveraging that access to attain a lofty position. The exchange highlights ambition and social climbing.
A cycle dealer touts a cyclometer as accurate comparing it with faulty devices that overstate mileage. Miss de Byke questions the feature, seeking assurance that the device registers true distance. The exchange highlights consumer skepticism about measuring equipment.
Samuel Gompers derides a recent newspaper assault on a wealthy firm calling it cruel. He compares it to a parody obituary in the Jonesville Clarion naming Deacon Hiram Ludlow of Frisbie township aged 82 and detailing a mocked death after a "short but severe attack" by widow Maria Higgins.
The piece argues that modern women reject dowdy styles and embrace attractive clothing as a sign of good taste. It condemns past expectations that virtue required plain dress and asserts that looking well is a chance to please others.
N. W. Zimmerman argues that the universe repays a person in kind for their outlook and actions. A positive, hopeful approach attracts friends, opportunity, and nature’s bounty, while censure and hate invite similar reception from others.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton is quoted on a woman’s duty to develop powers for guiding the next generation. Mrs. Stanton raised seven healthy children and Julia Ward Howe’s offspring attest to her virtues as a mother. The eagle may be as good a mother as the hen or the goose.
A brief dialogue fragment shows a back and forth exchange with a humorous insult style. The Cleveland Leader quotes a man and woman arguing over a crawling sensation with a wry verbal reply. The snippet captures a light local paper tone and conversational humor.
A discussion questions the competence of a man recommended for high level decisions calling him a barber. The exchange implies skepticism about his abilities and suitability for cerebral tasks.
A boastful Argive cowherd named Argus brags of having a hundred eyes. The tale quips about the impractical idea of wearing 560 pairs of goggles to drive a motor.
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