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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1910
Page
3
In a South Wales bank panic years ago a desperate manager used hot coins to calm farmers. A clerk heated sovereigns in a frying pan and paid them over the counter as if freshly minted. The trick restored public confidence and let the bank weather the crisis.
A compact quotation from Silas K. Hocking notes that there is a duty of pleasure as well as a pleasure of duty, reflecting on balanced personal obligations.
A prominent industry figure known as the Empire Builder released a sharp interview critiquing current business prospects. The interview targets market confidence, regulatory impacts, and future investment climates. Officials or peers were cited as reacting to the controversial assessment.
James J. Hill denounces fear to invest as senseless and likens pessimists to a flock of sheep. He cites a North American Review article on conserving common sense and urges business leaders to apply plain, sound judgment amid current conditions.
The National Association of Supervisors of State banks opened a three day convention in Washington with Lawrence O Murray the comptroller of the currency urging cooperation between state and national examiners. He cited a list of removed competent officers and warned that such names would be shared with state authorities. He said 108 applications to form national banks were refused in eighteen months for incompetence dishonesty or lack of business prospects.
In Philadelphia on September 12 a campaign began to end the practice of burying at sea bodies of persons who die aboard ships. Rev. William McLoughlin died at sea last week and his body was cast overboard despite a wireless request to land it. The Holy Name Society of Our Lady of Mercy urged action and tasked clergy to query steamship firms on their stance.
The California, a French freight and passenger steamer, arrived from New York to Havre with a fire that raged twelve days in the hold. The crew, nearly exhausted, appealed to the city fire department, which flooded the vessel in a bid to save part of the cargo.
A Hocking Valley passenger train derailment near LaMoyne Ohio today killed three people and injured many others when a broken rail caused the wreck.
Fragmentary OCR hints at an indictment connected to Packers officials with references to Berg Kenyon and a conference. Details are unclear but suggest formal charges or accusations amid a legal proceeding.
Vienna news marks Emperor Francis Joseph I turning eighty, born August 18, 1830, crowned in 1867, and lauded for liberal reforms and conciliation toward nationalities. The octogenarian ruler is praised for vigor a sportsman and steward of Austria Hungary, and once planned a hunt for Theodore Roosevelt.
Seven year old Harri son Money was bitten by a copperhead while asleep on J. W. Lovell’s Bennettsville farm near Borden Indiana. The snake fled after striking the foot the poison swelled the leg and the doctor treated the boy through six days of antidotes. The family were berry picking on the Lovell farm and the home was a rough board structure with large wall cracks.
In Rehoboth Delaware the residence of Dr William Menack was struck by lightning for the second time in a month. The incident occurred on the other day causing possible damage but no injuries reported.
Mark Twain took over as editor of the Buffalo Express in 1869 and pledged to avoid inflammatory reforms. He vowed to write honestly, rebuke crime, but refrain from profanity except in rent and taxes discussions. He also teased leaving poetry to the political editor and warned against meddling with politics.
An ad from J. F. Haynie of Forest Grove Oregon touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney disorders causing frequent or scanty urination discolored urine and nocturnal enuresis. Haynie says the pills saved his life after a severe illness and blood in urine with no attacks for over a year. For sale by dealers at 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Senator Depew jokes about London English while recounting a Bloomsbury lodgings anecdote. A visitor asks for tea and the landlady retorts with a sharp correction highlighting pronunciation and timing in British speech.
Mrs. Joseph Kossmann reports her two month old baby suffered widespread eczema with raw skin and thick scalp scales. After trying multiple doctors, she used Cuticura products including Soap Ointment and Resolvent, noting new skin formed in three days and full recovery by four months. Lorimer quote ends note.
An old advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup targets parents seeking relief for teething children. The copy touts soothing properties and claims pain reduction, mentioning bottle pricing in dollars and the product’s appeal to caregivers.
A brief line reflects a communal sentiment. The phrase emphasizes caring for fellow men and living with humanity.
Senator Clapp recalled a past rivalry between Minneapolis and St Paul at a dinner in Minneapolis. He cited an address on careless building noting an incident where a St Paul resident is killed by accident every 48 hours, prompting a sharp heckle from the audience.
Roy Bone, brother of U S District Attorney Harry Bone, once reported for the Wichita Beach. While covering a blaze a fireman was thrown from a hose cart and killed. Bone authored a headline Gone to His Last Fire, the article ran, and he was promptly fired.
Mothers urged to examine every bottle of Castoria for the signature of Leary ensuring safety for infants and children. The notice emphasizes Castoria as the remedy in use for over several decades and confirms the product the public has always trusted.
A humorous exchange reveals a man’s irritation with a woman’s cooking-school habits. She asks for his opinion, while he frets over motor troubles and jokes about tasting gasoline when the car fails to start.
An advertisement touts Good for Sore-Eyes Pettit’s Eye Salve as curing eye diseases for 100 years. It credits Howard Bros. druggists of Buffalo New York and features a Horatio Stebbens attribution praising enduring principle and novelty.
Fargo North Dakota lists Dr J H Rindlaub as an ENT specialist offering eye ear nose and throat care. The note shares a John Bright quote on compassion highlighting ethical focus.
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